Cars filled the Onslow County Fairgrounds Saturday. Families waited with trunks and hatchbacks open as they neared a conveyor belt filled with food boxes and supplies, which were loaded into their vehicles as they passed.
Alissa Morgan, of Jacksonville, who arrived around 8:15 a.m., was nearing the front of the line around noon. It wasn’t the wait that she was concerned about.
Morgan said she is disabled and lives on a fixed income with her 16-year-old daughter, Alicia Murray. COVID-19, she said, has affected her family as it has many others.
Bills are a little higher as they spend more time at home during the pandemic, and there are out-of-pocket expenses for necessary prescriptions and all the additional expenses that come with school sports and internet costs for remote learning.
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A seat on the Onslow County Board of Commissioners is now officially vacant.
William Shanahan formally resigned from his seat on the board Tuesday in preparation for his transition to his new judicial duties as a District Court judge.
Shanahan said he will be sworn in as judge on Jan. 1 and he wanted to submit his resignation to allow enough time for the appointment of someone to fill the vacancy before the commissioners begin planning for the upcoming year.
“I wanted to submit my resignation early so that the process of (filling the vacancy) can be completed before the board’s goals workshop at end of January or early February,” Shanahan said.