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  1. Seatrout interim rules meetings set

    Submitted by Webmaster on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 12:34

    MOREHEAD CITY – Several advisory committees to the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission discuss possible interim rules for spotted seatrout at meetings scheduled for July.

    At its May meeting, the MFC asked its regional advisory committees and its Finfish Advisory Committee to review and comment on a proposal to ask the director of the Division of Marine Fisheries to raise the minimum size limit for spotted seatrout from 12 to 14 inches. The MFC also asked the advisory committees to provide comments on how to address user conflicts in the spotted seatrout fishery.

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  2. Pamlico Community College Board of Trustees holds special meeting Monday

    Submitted by Webmaster on Sun, 06/28/2009 - 16:05

    GRANTSBORO - The Pamlico Community College Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting Monday June 29 at 7:30 in the Johnson Board Room for the purpose of discussing a request to county commissioners to approve the conversion of this f/y's carry-over funds into a capital expense fund in the next f/y for roof repair of the Johnson building.

    Also, the board will discuss presidential moving expense.

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  3. Condo noise triggers lawsuit

    Submitted by Webmaster on Fri, 06/26/2009 - 16:09

    ORIENTAL – The Oriental Harbor Place Condominiums, immensely controversial when first envisioned and when later constructed, continue to generate noise – only this time it is through the floors and ceilings.
    In a lawsuit filed earlier this year, the homeowners association for the 27-unit condominium complex accuses the developer, the architect, and the builder of shoddy design and construction.
    The condos comprise two buildings, which were first occupied in December 2006. When built, the three-story structures came in just inches under the town’s height limit and remain some of the highest density residential living in all of Pamlico County.

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  4. Memorial in Cape May honors crew of Lady Mary

    Submitted by Webmaster on Fri, 06/26/2009 - 15:00

    CAPE MAY, N.J. - Stacy Greene grew up in a fishing family but had never visited the memorial to fishermen lost at sea overlooking Cape May Harbor until fiancee Royal "Bobo" Smith perished aboard the Lady Mary.
    Greene said she has been here "quite a bit" since the Lady Mary sank March 24. On Friday night, she stood alongside hundreds of people at the stone memorial on Missouri Avenue, and suddenly the pain of her loss was not as bad.
    "I was born and raised in Cape May. All my brothers were fishermen, but I never knew. It's a place I will go pray and seek comfort," Greene said.

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  5. NOTICE OF CHANGES IN PAMLICO COUNTY WATER TREATMENT

    Submitted by Webmaster on Fri, 06/26/2009 - 14:38

    Beginning July 1, 2009 the Pamlico County Water System will return to treating the water with chloramines, a mixture of chlorine and ammonia.

    Twenty-five percent (25%) of all water systems are treated with chloramines. Some of those systems include Oriental, City of Havelock and the City of Greenville.

    Chloraminated water is safe for people and animals to:

    • Drink
    • Cook with
    • Bathe in
    • Water the Garden
    • All Other General Uses
    • Most Consumers should not notice any change in taste.

    Only three (3) special groups should take special precautions with chloraminated water:

    • Fish , reptile and amphibian owners
    • Dialysis Facilities
    • Businesses using or requiring highly treated water.

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