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Despite one of the busiest seasons, there has not been an increase of traffic crashes thus far this summer and the city is on track to experience the same amount of motor vehicle accidents in the same amount of time as last year.

  Will recreational marijuana be able to be legally sold in Lamar?  A petition may be circulating to determine if there’s sufficient interest among registered voters to have the question placed on the City of Lamar’s November ballot.  SoCo, a cannabis retail company with interests in the state, is undertaking the task of circulating the petition, according to Lamar City Administrator, Steve Kil.  The number of signatures will help the company determine if there’s enough interest in re...

BEAUFORT — The Carteret County Planning Commission last week voted to recommend approval of a rezoning request for a parcel on Utopia Drive in Newport that will be used as a personal storage facility.     The panel convened for its monthly meeting Dec. 14 in the commissioners’ boardroom of the administration complex in Beaufort to consider the rezoning request, sent by Keith Maready. Mr. Maready is requesting to rezone a 5.09-acre parcel at 190 Utopia Drive from R-15M (modera...