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Chowan falls into state's Tier 1 economic category
With a budget shortfall of $3.8 million, a nine-cent property tax rate hike, high unemployment and a looming national recession, Chowan County is feeling the economic pinch.
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Camden turns out for lighting ceremony
About 70 area residents braved nippy temperatures Monday night to attend Camden County's annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
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New Camden board gets sworn in today
Camden County's new board of commissioners will have two new faces and maintain Republican control when members are sworn in today.
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Farmland district eyed for Camden
Camden County may have found a way to kill two birds with one stone. Maximilian Merrill, conservation specialist with the state's Farmland Preservation Trust Fund, recently proposed that Camden adopt a ...
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Snow Catches Some By Surprise
In Norfolk and the Hampton Roads vicinity the snow didn't present too much of a problem for early morning commuters, but in Camden, N.C. it snowed enough that motorists had to clear windshields before setting ...
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Camden building fee draws criticism
Camden County's "voluntary mitigation fees" for schools are drawing complaints from builders and residents who say the costs are too excessive.
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Surprise snowfall in Virginia and North Carolina
A surprise overnight snowfall scattered flurries in some locations but brought a modest accumulation to others across Virginia and North Carolina Friday.
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Butterfield: OLF position unchanged
Some Camden residents whether U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-1st District, is on their side in opposition to the Navy's plans to locate an outlying landing field in northeastern North Carolina.
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Camden in line for $2M grant
Camden County is in line for a $2 million grant for economic development, but one of the requirements for receiving it is community consensus on how the money should be spent.
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Camden agrees to fill tax, DSS vacancies
Camden commissioners have agreed to fill vacancies in the tax office and social services department but will hold up approval for an additional worker in the Register of Deeds office.
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Obama: Most anticipate positive changes
Even those who don't agree with President-elect Barack Obama's policies have to agree that this has been a historic election in which a female ran for vice president and an African-American man was elected to ...
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Duke reports progress in OLF study
Duke University researchers say they are pleased with the initial findings of an environmental impact study that will examine five sites the Navy is eyeing for a possible jet landing field.
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9,000 cast ballots today
Despite some early morning rain, turnout for today's elections continued on a record-setting pace, with large numbers of voters swelling the totals already recorded with early voting.
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Wanted: Missing family, separated at birth
As a child growing up in Camden County, Jeannie Bundy never imagined that she was one of five children.
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Saturday is the last day to vote early, absentee in N.C. and Va.
Saturday is the last day for in-person absentee voting in Virginia and early, one-stop voting in North Carolina, but the available hours vary by location.
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Navy landing field, economy are big issues in N.C. county race
Candidates for the Camden County Board of Commissioners name two main issues as priorities - stopping the proposed Navy airfield and attracting business and jobs.
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Nearly 12,000 vote early a " Dems outvoting GOP voters by 4-1 margin
Nearly 12,000 early votes have been cast in next month's elections, more than half of them by Pasquotank voters, election figures show.
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Hunter rescued in Camden
A hunter who fell into Sawyer's Creek while docking his boat was rescued by two Camden sheriff's deputies Saturday afternoon.
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Camden County Board of Education candidates
Three candidates are running for two seats on the Camden County Board of Education.
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Kuster-Brown
Sarah Jane Kuster daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Kuster III of Cynthiana, Ky. and Ashley Graham Brown, son of Mr.
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