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Residents urge New Bern council to appoint Darlene Brown to vacant Ward 6 seat
Summary
During public comment, multiple New Bern residents asked the City Council to fill the vacant Ward 6 alderman seat with Darlene Brown, saying the ward has lacked direct representation for roughly 10 months and could remain unrepresented until the next election. No formal council vote was recorded in the transcript.
During the public-comment period, residents urged the New Bern City Council to appoint Darlene Brown to the vacant Ward 6 alderman seat, saying the ward has lacked direct representation for nearly 10 months and could be unrepresented until the next election.
The request came from several speakers who described the vacancy as a practical and symbolic problem for Ward 6 residents. Carol Kaspersky, a resident of Pine Valley Drive, asked the council to "put Darlene Brown in temporarily so that we can have Auburn's representation on this board," citing Brown's local experience.…
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