CEDAR POINT — Town commissioners Tuesday night postponed a decision on a 45.8-acre rezoning proposal by Andy Ennett.

CEDAR POINT — Town commissioners Tuesday night voted 3-0 to approve Cedar Point’s 2020-21 budget, which totals $985,000 and increases the property tax rate to 11.75 cents per $100 of assessed value, from 9.25 cents in the current year that ends Tuesday.

CEDAR POINT — A town planning board member and unsuccessful November 2019 board of commissioners’ candidate resigned Friday after he chastised Cedar Point Thursday night for not taking further steps to prevent flooding from heavy rainstorms.

CEDAR POINT — Commissioners took comments but did not vote on the proposed 2020-21 budget Thursday night after conducting a public hearing by Zoom.

CEDAR POINT — The town’s waterfront park was closed most of this past week because of flooding from a severe thunderstorm Tuesday night, but town staff announced Thursday it’s seeking a federal grant for improvements there.

CEDAR POINT — Commissioners will hold the public hearing on the proposed 2020-21 Cedar Point town budget Thursday at 6:30 p.m. on the Zoom video conference platform.

CAPE CARTERET — A slow-moving, strong thunderstorm with frequent lightning dumped 3 to 5 inches of rain into already saturated ground in western Carteret CountyTuesday night, deluging yards and streets in portions of Cape Carteret and Emerald Isle.

CEDAR POINT — Commissioners will hold the required public hearing on Town Administrator David Rief’s proposed fiscal 2020-21 budget Thursday, June 18 at 6:30 p.m.

CEDAR POINT — After months of waiting for the right conditions, what is almost surely the biggest bonfire in town history got underway late Tuesday afternoon.

CEDAR POINT — Commissioners Tuesday night authorized Administrator David Rief to hire an appraiser and a surveyor to perform what he said would be the final steps needed to receive a long-approved $1 million grant to help pay for the land for the town’s waterfront park.

Editor's note: This article was updated at 10:21 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, 2020, to correct a typo.

CEDAR POINT — Officials will open town hall to the public Tuesday for the first time since closing it in March to protect residents and employees from the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

CEDAR POINT — Town commissioners took public comment but did not vote Tuesday night after a public hearing on Andy Ennett’s proposal to rezone 45.8 acres of land between the Magen’s Bay subdivision and Bogue Sound RV Park off Highway 24 for a new residential subdivision.

CEDAR POINT — Town commissioners Tuesday night will hold a public hearing on a proposal to rezone 45.8 acres of mostly wooded land between the Magen’s Bay subdivision and Bogue Sound RV Park off Highway 24 for a new residential subdivision.

CEDAR POINT — The town planning board Tuesday night voted unanimously to recommend approval of a rezoning request to allow residential development of 45.8 acres of wooded land between the Magen’s Bay subdivision and Bogue Sound RV Park off Highway 24.

CEDAR POINT — The town planning board Tuesday night will discuss a request by owner Andy Ennett to rezone 45.8 acres of land off highways 24 and 58 from MXD (mixed-use) district to R-10 conditional (residential).

CEDAR POINT — If a resident or business owner violates a town ordinance, he or she will no longer face possible criminal charges, only civil penalties, and the town could benefit financially, thanks to action by town commissioners Tuesday night.

cedar point — With warm weather seemingly here for good and traffic through town on the rise, officials are urging drivers to heed the speed limit on Highway 24.

CEDAR POINT — Commissioners voted 4-0 Tuesday night to adopt a rewrite of the town’s flood damage prevention ordinance for residential structures.

cedar point — The town should soon receive its long-delayed $1 million N.C. Clean Water Management Trust Fund grant to help pay for the land for its waterfront park, Town Administrator David Rief said Tuesday night.

CEDAR POINT — Town commissioners will hold their regular monthly meeting Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom.

cedar point — Based on discussions during a work session Friday, property owners likely will see a 1.5- to 2-cent tax increase when the 2020-21 fiscal year budget takes effect Wednesday, July 1.

CEDAR POINT — Town commissioners will hold a 2020-21 fiscal year budget work session Friday at 9 a.m. via Zoom digital platform.

EMERALD ISLE — With Easter weekend – the traditional start of tourism season – come and gone, officials here and in Cape Carteret said Tuesday they were pleased with the response to restrictions imposed to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Cedar point — The Western Fire and EMS Department’s new ambulance arrived at the main station on Sherwood Avenue last week.