(Sandy Semans is a retired newspaper editor and reporter who now works as a free-lance writer. She lives in Stumpy Point. Her update on the goings-on in this session of the General Assembly will appear weekly in The Island Free Press, usually on Friday.)
Pursuing funds for dredging Oregon Inlet has become akin to “follow the bouncing ball.” At its meeting on Monday, the Dare County Board of Commissioners requested that the General Assembly approve using $5.5 million from the beach nourishment fund for dredging Oregon Inlet. The funds were collected to use for beach nourishment under a 1-cent […]
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(Sandy Semans is a retired newspaper editor and reporter who now works as a free-lance writer. She lives in Stumpy Point. Her update on the goings-on in this session of the General Assembly will appear weekly in The Island Free Press, usually on Friday.)
(Sandy Semans is a retired newspaper editor and reporter who now works as a free-lance writer. She lives in Stumpy Point. Her update on the goings-on in this session of the General Assembly will appear weekly in The Island Free Press, usually on Friday.)
(Sandy Semans is a retired newspaper editor and reporter who now works as a free-lance writer. She lives in Stumpy Point. Her update on the goings-on in this session of the General Assembly will appear weekly in The Island Free Press, usually on Friday.)
The Outer Banks Community Foundation is now accepting grant applications from qualified nonprofits for several different grant programs, including the David Aycock Loy, Pauline Wright, Aviation Education, and Community Enrichment grant programs. Applications must be completed and submitted online by Friday, May 1, through the Community Foundation’s website: www.obcf.org. David Aycock Loy Grants are intended […]
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Since convening a couple of months ago, legislators in the North Carolina General Assembly have filed a number of bills aimed at getting proposed amendments to the North Carolina Constitution on a future General Election ballot. Amendments to the state’s Constitution can be enacted only if voters approve the measure by casting their ballots for […]
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Local government entities in Dare County are collectively penciling in their proposed budgets for the next fiscal year while the General Assembly goes through its own taxing times. An action this week to remove a provision aimed at Dare County has allowed local officials to let out a tentative sigh of relief. Senate Bill 160 […]
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In a week of what for many was an overwhelming amount of introduced legislation – some welcomed, some not so much – one bill, even if not signed into law, provided a brief history lesson. Senate Bill 583 is an attempt to gain state recognition of Juneteenth Observance Day in North Carolina. According to the […]
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By SANDY SEMANS Finance officers for the county and town governments in Dare County have been scrambling to try to determine just how hard local budgets will be hit if Senate Bill 369, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Harry Brown, an Onslow County Republican, and filed on Monday, becomes law. The bill proposes a three-year […]
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