CAPE CARTERET — Town commissioners will vote Thursday night on whether to put a $1.2 million bond referendum to fund construction of the remaining sections of the Cape Carteret Trail on the Tuesday, Nov. 3 ballot.
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CAPE CARTERET — Mayor Will Baker issued an apology Tuesday for inadvertently excluding some people who might have wanted to comment during a public hearing Monday night on a proposal to schedule a Nov. 3 bond referendum to finance completion of the Cape Carteret Trail.
BEAUFORT — Following guidance from the State Board of Elections, the Carteret County Board of Elections has expanded one-stop early voting to two additional Saturdays proceeding November’s presidential election.
CAPE CARTERET — The Carteret County Board of Elections has received proposed language for a Tuesday, Nov. 3 general election bond referendum to finance completion of the Cape Carteret Trail, but will not finalize it until after the town holds a public hearing Monday night.
NEWPORT — Coastal Community Action Inc. in Newport has received a $49,885 grant through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Housing Choice Voucher Program, according to a press release issued Thursday by the office of U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump signed the Great American Outdoors Act Tuesday, green-lighting funds for restoration and improvements to public lands, including at Cape Lookout National Seashore and Croatan National Forest.
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BEAUFORT — Voters in two of Carteret County’s smaller precincts will cast their ballots at a different location Tuesday, Nov. 3 as a result of recent changes.
CORRECTION: This article was updated at 10:12 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, to distinguish that Mr. Cunningham does not accept corporate political action committee money, rather than PAC money in general.
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CAPE LOOKOUT — Both Cape Lookout National Seashore and Croatan National Forest may receive funding from a new act Congress passed July 22 that now goes to President Donald Trump for approval.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A North Carolina congressman wants to see children head back to school and a stronger federal response to civil unrest.
CAPE CARTERET — Although the Carteret County Board of Elections has not yet received the specific language for a bond referendum to finance completion of the Cape Carteret Trail, the office has received and forwarded to the state Board of Elections signed town resolutions necessary to move t…
BEAUFORT — Newly minted Carteret County Commissioner Chris Chadwick filed Monday as the Republican nominee to retain his appointed seat on the board.
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BEAUFORT — The Carteret County Board of Commissioners Monday passed a resolution setting a $42 million school bond referendum on the ballot for the November general election.
BEAUFORT — County commissioners and members of the public came out strongly in support of preserving the Confederate soldiers’ monument sitting on the grounds of the county courthouse complex in Beaufort.
By Heather Wilburn, Fleet Readiness Center East
BEAUFORT — The Carteret County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing Monday to gather input on a $42 million school bond referendum to be included on November’s ballot.
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CAPE CARTERET —Town commissioners Monday night adopted three resolutions their attorney, Brett DeSelms, said were necessary to conduct a Monday, Aug. 10 public hearing on a $1.2 million bond referendum to fund the remaining segments of the Cape Carteret Trail.
CAPE CARTERET — Town commissioners will consider a resolution Monday night to place on the Tuesday, Nov. 3 General Election ballot a bond referendum for up $1.2 million to fund the completion of the Cape Carteret Trail.
BEAUFORT — With the filing period closed for the Carteret County Soil and Water Conservation District supervisory board, elections officials are closer to a final November ballot.
CEDAR POINT — The Cedar Point Planning Board declined Tuesday night to enter discussions about changing regulations that allow itinerant merchants to sell political paraphernalia, among other items, in town.
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PINE KNOLL SHORES — Former Town Commissioner John Brodman is now the 12th mayor of Pine Knoll Shores.
PINE KNOLL SHORES — The next mayor of Pine Knoll Shores may be announced Wednesday at the regular board of commissioners meeting.
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CARTERET COUNTY — Those who have not yet responded to the 2020 census still have time to do so before the deadline.
BEAUFORT — The Republican Party Monday night selected Judge Clinton Rowe to run for the District 3B Superior Court seat formerly held by now-retired Judge John Nobles.
BEAUFORT — When the ballot for the November election is printed, Brenda George of New Bern will be on it as the Democratic nominee for Superior Court judge for Carteret County’s district.
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