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Young Democrats a primary interest |
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March 30, 2008 - DURHAM - Rejecting calls for an early end to the Democratic presidential race, surrogates for U.S. Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton said both candidates should continue their fight to North Carolina. At a Young Democrat convention in Research Triangle Park, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, one of the party's rising stars, said Obama essentially has won the primary race because of his lead in delegates, but he stopped short of saying Clinton should drop out. "North Carolina is a perfect place to add an exclamation point onto a sentence that I think has already been written," he told reporters. Political commentator James Carville, a supporter of Clinton's campaign, said at the same event that he has heard from Democratic voters that they want the race to continue at least until the state's May 6 primary so that their voices can be heard. "What's so awful about having a primary here in North Carolina?" he said. The ongoing Democratic nomination fight brought new interest to the annual daylong convention of activists ages 18 to 35. Nearly 600 Democrats, a high in recent years, and a host of party candidates for statewide office came to the Sheraton Imperial Hotel for the event. By Ryan Beckworth and Matt Tomsic Read Primary Interest |
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Latest housing grants include $850,000 for Brunswick County |
Feb 2, 2007 - Brunswick County and the town of Navassa are among 18 North Carolina communities that will share in Community Development Block Grants.
The grants totaling $13.7 million were announced by Gov. Mike Easley last week.
Brunswick County and Navassa, located in the northern portion of the county, are to receive $850,000 each.
The grants are used for community revitalization, infrastructure improvement and construction of affordable housing.
“These grants will help improve the economic well-being and quality of life for North Carolina families across the state,” Easley said.
CDBG funding, he added, provides local governments with resources to help address environmental, health and housing needs “and make our communities better places to live, work and raise a family.”
Three towns, Oxford, Lumberton and Tabor City, are to receive a total of $740,000 in CDBG Housing Development funds to help pay for construction of 148 apartment units offering affordable housing for low- to moderate-income families.
The other 15 other recipients, including Brunswick County and Navassa, will receive CDBG Community Revitalization funding totaling $13 million.
The towns of Lawndale, Lexington and Maxton will receive $1 million each.
Other communities to receive $850,000 are Columbia, Lewisville-Woodville, Rockingham, Raeford, Selma, Washington and Stanly County. Other allocations include $847,000 for Conover, $841,000 for Enfield and $700,000 for Onslow County.
The grants, according to information from Easley, will be used to help renovate or replace 194 apartments and fund construction of 59,000 linear feet of water and sewer lines, street improvements and flood drainage to improve low- to moderate-income residential neighborhoods. By Laura Lewis |
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