RALEIGH — A U.S. District judge sentenced two former N.C. Ferry Division officials Tuesday to three years of probation for their roles in the illegal dredging of the Currituck Sound in 2004.
RALEIGH — A jury found former Ferry Division Director Jerry Gaskill guilty on Thursday of making a material false statement to a federal agency in connection with an investigation of the illegal dredging, or “prop washing,” of a channel in an essential marine habitat in the Currituck Sound. Related Currituck Ferry Articles: 'I'm extremely disappointed in the verdict'
RALEIGH — U. S. District Court Judge Terrence Boyle created some excitement among the more than 25 friends and witnesses that had come to show their support for former Ferry Division Director Jerry Gaskill yesterday when he dropped two of the four charges Gaskill was facing in federal court.
RALEIGH — Former North Carolina Department of Transportation business officer Charles Utz admitted in federal court yesterday that he prepared a letter claiming the dredging in the Currituck Sound was accidental even though he had already determined it was deliberate.
RALEIGH — Twelve jurors and two alternates were selected yesterday for the trial of former N. C. Department of Transportation Ferry Division Director Jerry Gaskill. A federal grand jury indicted Gaskill, 63, of Cedar Island on Jan. 18 for illegal activities associated with the state’s efforts to establish a passenger ferry service across the Currituck Sound.
RALEIGH — North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division Director Jerry Gaskill, who was indicted by a federal grand jury on Jan. 18 for illegal activities associated with the state’s efforts to establish a passenger ferry service across Currituck Sound, made his initial appearance Tuesday in federal court in Raleigh. Deceased Employee's Memo Speculated About Dredging The late Danny Noe, who was found dead on April 15, 2005, wrote a memo detailing what he knew or had heard about the illegal dredging scheme.
RALEIGH — A federal grand jury in Raleigh indicted N.C. Department of Transportation Ferry Division Director Jerry Gaskill, 63, of Cedar Island yesterday for illegal activities associated with the state’s efforts to establish a passenger ferry service across the Currituck Sound. Previous stories on the Currituck Ferry
RALEIGH — Many of the questions arising from the state Ferry Division’s controversial purchase of a new boat for ferry service in Currituck County cannot be answered because a key state employee who was involved in the transaction — and who was a witness in a federal investigation — was found dead. N.C. Department of Transportation Ferry Division employee Danny Noe, 59,(photo at right) was found dead April 15, 2005. His hands were tied behind his back and a plastic bag was tied over his head.
RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Transportation’s project to establish passenger-ferry service across the Currituck Sound is a long way from hauling the schoolchildren it ostensibly was designed for. With Sen. Marc Basnight of Dare County as the driving force, the N.C. General Assembly appropriated $834,000 in June 2003 for the project. But evidence shows that the legislature approved the project without ordering a thorough analysis. Meanwhile, problems continue to multiply.
RALEIGH — Poor planning, denial of environmental permits, and subtle business and tourism interests have crippled a N.C. Department of Transportation project to establish passenger ferry service across the Currituck Sound. Plans for the project were initiated soon after the Currituck County Board of Commissioners asked Sen. Marc Basnight in July 2002 to help establish a ferry service to transport about 40 schoolchildren from the Outer Banks to the mainland. Students had been attending Dare County schools.
RALEIGH — A deal brokered by Sen. Marc Basnight to get the Currituck-to-Corolla passenger ferry up and running would result in the construction of an 1,800-foot docking pier extending into the Currituck Sound, which, if approved by the federal government, would be the longest pier on the East Coast. The pier proposal, the result of a recent meeting between Basnight and several state and local officials, would be twice as long as the 900-foot Apache Pier near Myrtle Beach. However, several federal agencies would have to approve the project before it could be built.
