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Gallup Poll: McCain 48%, Obama 45% (9/7/2008)
 Polls released today show a competitive presidential race in which momentum has, at least for the time being, shifted in the direction of Republican presidential candidate John McCain. The latest Gallup Poll daily tracking update, which was released earlier today, shows McCain leading Democrat Barack Obama, 48% to 45%. The poll has a margin of error of two percentage points. The general-election results are based on combined data from Sep. 4-6, 2008. Pollsters interviewed a sample of 2,765 registered voters on land-line telephones (for respondents with a land-line telephone) and cellular phones (for respondents who are ce...
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Congressional candidate Breazeale holding fly-around to commemorate 9/11 (9/6/2008)
 Will Breazeale, the Republican candidate for Congress in the Seventh Congressional District, is holding a “Memorial Fly-Around” on Sept. 11 to honor the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The tour will include stops at airports in each of the ten counties in the Seventh District. According to his campaign Web site, Breazeale is a combat veteran and Bronze Star Medal recipient who served in Iraq and Kuwait.<...
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Presidential race a dead heat (9/6/2008)
The race for the White House is in a dead heat following the two parties’ conventions, and polls indicate that Republican nominee John McCain’s choice of Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate has had an impact on the race.
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday, Sept. 6 shows Barack Obama attracting...
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Belville Board of Commissioners notice of emergency special meeting (9/4/2008)
Belville, N.C. - Mayor Pro Tem Jack Batson will hold an emergency special meeting of the quorum of the Belville Board of Commissioners today, September 4, 2008 at 6 p.m. The meeting will discuss storm preparation and the possible declaration of a state of emergency for the town of Belville due to the anticipation of Hurricane Hanna. The meeting will take place at 497 Olde Waterford Way, Suite 205....
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Transportation Board to Consider Nearly $158 Million in Highway Contracts Thursday (9/3/2008)
RALEIGH — In Raleigh the N.C. Board of Transportation will be meeting on Sept. 4 to consider awarding contracts totaling $157.9 million for highway improvement projects in 21 counties.
The contracts are for projects in the following counties: Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Catawba, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, Ga...
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Labor Day "Booze It & Lose It" campaign nets 2,821 DWI Arrests (9/3/2008)
RALEIGH — State Transportation Secretary Lyndo Tippett announced today that state and local law enforcement officers cited 2,821 motorists for driving while impaired during the Labor Day “Booze It & Lose It” campaign, which ran Aug. 15-Sept. 1. A total of 100,424 traffic and criminal citations were issued statewide.
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