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Listen to the story here. New Hanover County is in a legal battle with the development team, Coswald and Tribute Companies. It’s over how a parcel of land in the northern part of the county is developed. Each political season brings the question: What power does the county commission have when it comes to directing development? The answer is complicated, but at a recent agenda meeting on January 28th, 2021 Commissioner Jonathan Barfield addressed the new board members: “The one thing I don’t want to see happen that the county gets sued. We’ve had several missteps in the past where we’ve got it wrong and developers had sued the county and won and built what they wanted to build.” ....
Dec 28, 2020 SALEM – Ellen L. Sox, 91, passed away Friday, Dec. 25, 2020 at Brookdale Salem. She was born Nov. 17, 1929 in Calla, Ohio, daughter of the late Hubert “Jeff” and Florence G. (Slagle) Knauf. Ellen last worked as a receptionist at the WSOM Radio Station and for Dr. George F. Jones D.O. as an Optometric assistance for 12 years. She was a member of the Greenford Lutheran Church and the VFW Post #892 Ladies Auxiliary. Ellen loved gardening and playing cards. Survivors include a son, Raymond L. (Caroline) Stone; daughters, Jeanette Stone, Patricia Coy and Carol (Dave) Waggoner; nine grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Besides her parents, Richard L. Stone, (father of her children) preceded in death in June of 1994. Her husband, Joseph P. Sox, preceded in death on Jan. 16, 2011 and a great-grandchild also preceded her in death in 2016. ....