It was a mid-November day in 1980. I was sitting in the co-pilot seat of the Cessna 180 Marine Fisheries floatplane riveted on the scene in front of me. We were traveling south, flying under the radar of the Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station, mere feet above a vast expanse of black needle rush...
RALEIGH — N.C. law allows for the creation of historical districts, which can require that a certificate of appropriateness be obtained before certain types of changes are made or a new building is built. In a recent ruling, the state’s second highest court found that Beaufort’s Historic Preservation Commission went too far in its efforts to prevent a three-story building from being erected.
BEAUFORT — Beaufort County Commissioner Stan Deatherage recently presented two resolutions to the County Board for vote. One, a resolution on nonsupport for the NCACC endorsement of a land transfer tax and impact fees from developers, passed. The other, against economic incentives, failed.
