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There's also a gang oath that tells members to "stay strap (armed), and keep bustin'." Blue was one of several suspects picked up in a row Thursday morning. Just before, when the six-deep team of undercover officers pulled up in two vehicles at the home of Melvin Travis, the suspect was standing at the door. He ran to the back and three officers vaulted a chain link fence to cut off his escape. Two others tackled him in the kitchen with a small amount of marijuana. His car was also towed. It's alleged he sold from the car. Travis, 31, denied selling dope, but he's on video. "I didn't sell no dope out of the car," he attests. The officers found a loaded revolver under a bed in the house. "This is some cold-blooded (expletive)," he exclaimed as he was taken out in cuffs.
The Meaning of Lice
I'm an adult male with short hair, not an 8-year-old girl with long wispy locks and a penchant for playing dress-up with other 8-year-old girls. And I wasn't walking into this house alone but rather alongside a confident professional, 57-year-old Helen Hadley, who calls her Needham delousing business The Nit-Picker, and who's been making house calls like this one for six years now. OK. No sweat. But then I recalled how Helen had responded an hour earlier, when I asked her if she had ever gotten lice as a consequence of her work, and she admitted that, yes, she had. Twice. And if this visit led to a third infestation, at least she would have pulled down her usual 120 bucks an hour for her troubles. But me? All Id get would be an ironic ending for my story. Michelle, the friendly, chatty mom of the house, met us at the door and led us through a well-lit foyer and into the open dining room/family room area, where her daughters, ages 7 and almost 5, sat on the upholstered sectional, watching the Disney Channel.
Miscalculations dogged Romney from the start
My conduct and conversations during the next several hours, to the extent that I can remember them, make no sense to me at all. Although my doctors informed me that I suffered a cerebral concussion, as well as shock, I do not seek to escape responsibility for my actions by placing the blame either in the physical, emotional trauma brought on by the accident, or on anyone else. I regard as indefensible the fact that I did not report the accident to the policy immediately. Instead of looking directly for a telephone after lying exhausted in the grass for an undetermined time, I walked back to the cottage where the party was being held and requested the help of two friends, my cousin, Joseph Gargan and Phil Markham, and directed them to return immediately to the scene with me — this was sometime after midnight — in order to undertake a new effort to dive down and locate Miss Kopechne.
Hotelier's 'Fawlty' stag hell memory
AN ANGRY hotelier claims he and his family suffered "a weekend of hell" when a stag party from the Amman Valley descended upon a plush south Devon resort. Grim-faced Stuart Lewton maintains 14 young men from the Brynaman area caused around £3,000 of damage to the Downs Hotel during a wild weekend in Torquay. But organisers of the stag-do insist events at the Babbacombe Hotel - situated a few hundred yards from the establishment that inspired the legendary BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers - have been blown up out of all proportion. .
Is the city taking taxpayers for a ride?
Although the top administrator for the city, Hamilton does not take home a vehicle.“Councils in the past have offered but I don't want one for this very reason," Hamilton said. “I don't want to have to deal with the hassles."Coming this weekend:More on the city's budgetSunday-- What factors created the city of Bloomington's $3 million budget shortfall, and what expenses should be scrutinized to help solve it?-- Should an administrator who earns a six-figure salary teach gift-wrapping to city employees?Monday-- A combination of budget cuts and tax and fee increases likely will be used to solve the city's current budget woes. But Bloomington Mayor Steve Stockton warns more fee increases may be looming. .
Time for a fresh start
And here in the Cape Fear region, we ring in the new year on roller skates. At least a few dozen did this year, when the Round-A-Bout Skating Center opened its doors to the youngest revelers at noon. Those who preferred to celebrate without wheels took to the streets in Southern Pines, the ballroom at the Holiday Inn Bordeaux and the dance floor at the Big Apple. Here’s a countdown of all the fun: 3:20 p.m. at the Round-A-Bout Skating Center’s Almost New Year Skate: The rules of the game are simple. When Daniel Honan yells green light: Go. When he yells yellow light: Slow down. When he yells red light: Stop. The first skater to span the Round-A-Bout rink and touch the wall on the other side wins a free item from the concession stand.
Vandals trash Island Recreation Center, leave satanic graffiti behind
The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office has stepped up patrols around the recreation center in recent months in response to the surge in vandalism, but stopping graffiti is an ongoing battle, said Capt. Toby McSwain, head of the southern enforcement division. "The thing is, the graffiti has been all over the island," he said. "It's been something we've been constantly chasing." Deputies have arrested some juveniles for graffiti in the past, but the problem persists, McSwain said. Graffiti was also reported this week on the Cross Island Parkway overpass. The Sheriff's Office suspects most of the perpetrators are young people, and that the spray-painted gang symbols likely were from imitators instead of signs of actual gang activity, he said. "It's always an area we try to be proactive in," McSwain said.
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