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Beaufort Pirate Invasion 2010

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Beaufort Business Association
PO Box 56
Beaufort, NC 28516

www.beaufortseaport.com

For Immediate Release

May 23, 2010

Ready A-A-Aarrgh Not!

BEAUFORT, NC – Never ever duplicated, the Beaufort Pirate Invasion is scheduled for August 13 and 14, 2010.

For the 2010 Beaufort Pirate Invasion, the oldest North Carolina seaport is authentically transformed while reliving the actual invasion of its Colonial past. It becomes 1747, and the streets bustle with activity as news spreads of Spanish privateers stealing command of supply ships in Beaufort Harbor. Beaufort and its people can expect to be targeted next!

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Beaufort Applying for Boat Grant?

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

The town of Beaufort’s Police Department may be applying for a grant to purchase a boat and hire a part-time officer. The $130,000 grant would require the town to match it with $32,495. After one year, the town would be required to shoulder the annual salary and boat maintenance costs in full and on it’s own.

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Explosive Spill Morehead City

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

At about 4:45am this morning an accident at the NC State Port in Morehead City resulted in a chemical spill. The chemical was PETN, a potentially highly explosive substance. Authorities claim the chemical is stable and not even explosive until mixed with other chemicals. The spill was caused by a forklift puncturing barrels of the chemical while they were being offloaded.

Officials closed the bridge from Morehead to Beaufort for most of the day, but have re-opened it.

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Carteret County Courthouse

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

I had to go to court today in Beaufort. But let me warn you, be prepared to hunt for a parking spot there if you have a court date. It’s hard to believe they expect all these people on the docket to find a parking place anywhere near the courthouse.

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Crystal Coast Christmas Flotilla

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

This Saturday December 6th, The 2008 Crystal Coast Christmas Flotilla will take place along the Morehead City and Beaufort waterfronts. I never had the pleasure of witnessing a flotilla of any kind really until I moved to Carteret County. The first flotilla I watched go by was the Swansboro flotilla several years ago.

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