| Daily News writers win three press awards - Mayo wins first place for investigative reporting |
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02-29-08
Washington Daily News
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| Nikie Mayo won the first-place award in the general news-investigative reporting category for a series on the Navy's proposal to build an outlying landing field in Washington and Beaufort counties....(more) |
| Victory vs. OLF was a team effort |
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02-28-08
North Carolina Sportsman
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| "It was a team effort," said Joe Albea of Greenville, a outdoors television show producer and OLF opponent. "Many groups of people came together at the right time to get the job done."...(more) |
| Map - Five Site Alternatives - Regional Map |
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02-28-08
No OLF News
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| The State of North Carolina and the Commonwealth of Virginia identified site locations ... for the Navy to consider as potential alternatives for the construction and operation of an OLF. The Navy intends to evaluate five of these sites in the OLFEIS....(more) |
| Chris Lam to Receive First Annual Alumni Pro Bono Attorney of the Year from UNC School of Law |
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02-26-08
Carolina Newswire
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| Chris played an integral role in the nationally recognized pro bono representation of two economically distressed counties in eastern NC in their lawsuit against the U.S. Navy over its decision to build an OLF within 5 miles of a national wildlife refuge....(more) |
| Gates may join Camden OLF fight - Gates citizens hire lawyer to fight airfield |
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02-26-08
Daily Advance
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| Anita Earls, Southern Coalition for Social Justice: federal laws that could stop an OLF from being built in either Camden or Gates. Title 6 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars federal funds from being spent that has a disparate impact on minorities....(more) |
| Duckwall: Camden may need two plans - One would include OLF, one would not |
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02-23-08
Daily Advance
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| County Planning Director Dan Porter said planning board members have indicated to him that they would like the county to develop a plan detailing how an OLF would adversely affect the county....(more) |
| Gates County moves to block Navy field |
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02-22-08
Virginian-Pilot
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| Gates County has turned to activist groups much like Washington County did to oppose the Navy's proposal to build a jet practice airfield there, including FreedomWorks and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice....(more) |
| Washington County residents recall OLF fight |
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02-17-08
WAVY-TV 10
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| Now that the Navy has to find a new site for its proposed outlying landing field, it's also looking at a new approach to gaining approval....(more) |
| OLF legal fight may cost $500K - Gates has less to spend on lawyers than Camden |
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02-16-08
Daily Advance
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| The looming legal fight to stop the Navy from picking either Camden or Gates counties for a practice landing field could cost more than $500,000, a county official said this week....(more) |
| The unwelcome mat is out |
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02-13-08
News & Observer
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| THE NAVY'S OUTLYING LANDING FIELD -- The NO-OLF group that spearheaded the campaign that knocked the Navy off a site in Washington and Beaufort counties deserves credit. Its members made their case, played by the rules, and beat the Navy fair and square....(more) |
| Money behind push for OLF - Letter to Editor |
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02-13-08
Daily Press - Newport News, Virginia
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| Based on the conversations I have had with neighbors, we have concluded that there are those who would "wrap themselves in the flag" to obscure the real issue, which is economics....(more) |
| Camden prepared to fight an OLF |
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02-08-08
Washington Daily News
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| the grassroots opposition group NO OLF, based in Washington and Beaufort Counties, have formally resolved to support residents of Camden and Gates counties in their fight against an OLF. We would hope our battle-tested local governments will do the same....(more) |
| N.C. leaders tell Navy that airfield won't fly |
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02-08-08
Virginian-Pilot
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| State Sen. Marc Basnight and Rep. Bill Owens have jointly sent a letter to the Navy promising a fight over the proposal to build an outlying landing field in Gates or Camden counties no matter what incentives come with it....(more) |
| OLF hyperbole - Letter to Editor |
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02-08-08
News & Observer
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| Our reputation as the "most military friendly state" certainly does not require that we blindly accept any military proposal, regardless of the cost to our natural heritage and native people....(more) |
| An extreme effort - Letter to Editor |
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02-08-08
News & Observer
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| The "environmental extremists" I met in Washington County are housewives, politicians, farmers and mechanics, to name a few. Most of them had roots there that go back for generations, I can't think of anything more American than protecting one's homeland....(more) |
| Camden hires law firm to fight OLF - Morrison: Poyner & Spruill suited for battle with Navy |
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02-08-08
Daily Advance
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| The goal is a unified political front of citizens and governments that prevents the Navy from picking sites for an OLF in either Camden or Gates counties....(more) |
