The work of area volunteers and unsung heroes was honored Wednesday during the New Bern Sun Journal’s 52 Faces of Community Recognition Drive-Thru Celebration at Union Point Park.
Now in its fourth year, the event spotlights those individuals featured in the paper’s weekly 52 Faces of Community feature, which focuses on those who have made a positive difference in the community.
Antoinette Boskey-Chadwick was also chosen as this year’s recipient of the Jefferson Award for Public Service. The award honors “Outstanding Americans who are making a difference.”
She will represent Craven County this summer at the national Jefferson Awards event this summer. Past Jefferson Award winners include Tharesa Lee, Ben Watford, and Patti Peebles.
52 Faces of Community Recognition Drive-Thru Celebration set for April 14
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The annua;l Bridge Run charity event contionues despite COVID-19 restrictions
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ByZack Haber Unhoused residents (left to right) Matt Long, Deanna Riley, and Edward Hanson stand behind a barricade at Union Point Park. Photo by Zack Haber on February 28
As the City of Oakland has stated intentions to relocate unhoused residents living in Union Point Park in East Oakland, some residents say they will refuse to move unless they can receive a new place to live where they can have independence and services for survival.
“We’re trying to figure out solutions to make it better for any and everybody that comes into situations like this,” said Deanna Riley, who has lived at Union Point Park for two years.
Saturday Links: Friday Night Embarcadero Shooting Leaves Two Injured
There was a double shooting Friday night near Drumm Street at the Hyatt Regency Hotel that left two men injured. One man is said to have sustained life-threatening injuries, while the other one is recovering from less severe wounds; both men were taken to a nearby hospital and police are still looking for the gunman. [ABC7]
SF police have set up additional patrols around Chinatown over the Lunar New Year weekend after a wake of violent attacks on older Asians. [KRON4]
The navigation center in District 3 which is designated to help mostly homeless youth between 18 to 24 opened this week at Post and Hyde streets. [Hoodline]