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Oriental Snow Days
Published Tuesday February 3, 2026
…Clark photo) Saturday evening at the Schoolhouse Condos. Hodges Street, Saturday night. A look out the …

Meet the 2025 Oriental Town Board Candidates
Published Wednesday October 15, 2025
…and moved here permanently to the Schoolhouse Condos. We really like Oriental because of the small …

Melinda Penkava-Smith, 1959 - 2023
Published Wednesday November 22, 2023
…you’re walking from the marina over to the condos, you know, you walk into the bridge. So …

School House Celebration - Sept 4
Published Friday August 26, 2022
…in Oriental. The residents of the School House Condos invite alumni and members of the community with a …

Town Board Meeting February 2020
Published Tuesday February 11, 2020
…that may have been there succumbed when the condos at the bridge were built. • Duke Energy Light …

Minnesott Beach Votes No On Acquiring Golf Course
Published Wednesday August 14, 2019
…been afraid developers would come and build condos and develop this property. That’s not what …

Hurricane Lost & Found
Published Monday September 17, 2018
…right in the yard of the house just before the condos. All of the following are at the condos at …

In Matthew's Wake
Published Sunday October 9, 2016
…shade on Church Street and at the Schoolhouse Condos. Matthew’s winds pushed over a very large … Beagle) Another view of tree down at Schoolhouse Condos. (Photo: Lucy Athey) Roots of cedar tree downed …

Letters: Fenced In
Published Monday September 15, 2014
…it there. It certainly does not add value to the condos nor does it entice anyone to the restaurant or …

Board Says No SUP for Extended Deck
Published Wednesday April 2, 2014
…and Missy and Bob Baskervill, who own one of the condos in question, spoke before the Board Tuesday … noticed the deck of the neighboring Oriental West condos were encroaching on the setbacks set down in the … her, Bob and Missy Baskerville who own one of the condos with the extended deck; they claimed the extra …

SUP Public Hrg - Setbacks @ Oriental West Condo - Apr 1
Published Monday March 24, 2014
…a requested Special Use Permit. The Oriental West Condos want the Town to allow a deck off the back of one …

Planning Bd Mtg SUP Request - Setback @ Oriental West - 3/18
Published Sunday March 16, 2014
…a Special Use Permit request by Oriental West Condos to allow a deck to extend in to the 7 foot …

Tree Shadow On Schoolhouse Condo
Published Tuesday May 21, 2013

Oriental's New (Old) Town Hall
Published Wednesday February 6, 2013
…of Education next to the old Oriental School (now condos). But the old cinder block building is in there …

Letters On The Land Swap
Published Friday February 10, 2012
…Southport, NC. The town allowed 2 square big box condos to be built on a promontory in the harbor. Most … be built that would look like a wall of condos or whatever. Something will probably sometime be … of the building of a wall of Hatteras style condos across the outer edge of the harbor on the … Mr. Fulcher, making the possibility of a wall of condos more plausible. Since 301 Hodges Street is …

Tour of Homes and Gardens - Apr 16
Published Tuesday February 15, 2011
…513 Broad, the Old Hotel, one of the School House Condos in the former elementary school building, the …

Oriental Resident Al Church Found Dead
Published Tuesday August 3, 2010
…not find Al Church at his home in the Schoolhouse Condos on Church Street. Neighbors there said … he was our neighbor over here at the school house condos for the last three years. He did love Doobie very …

NCSU Prof Offers Lesson in How Sound Travels
Published Sunday March 1, 2009
…waves were reflecting off of: the three-story condos facing the Tiki Bar stage. The sound waves leave …

Conditional Zoning - All of Town A Business District
Published Monday August 4, 2008
…the R2, only duplexes are allowed, no stacks of condos. The purple bits on the map are R3 — again, … residential with no business. (R3 allows condos, but still not as densely as in the MUs) All of …

Conditional Zoning - Coming To a Residential Neighborhood Near You
Published Monday June 30, 2008
…a loophole to the town’s regulations on condos and townhomes. This could happen on any lot in … and marinas.) They can still be converted to condos – or any other business use — … in to the equivalent of Mixed Use ones. More condos. Businesses that could shake the quiet of the …

Oriental's Frog Chorus
Published Tuesday June 10, 2008
…in a pond alongside the Oriental Harbor Place condos, that we returned and recorded it. Here’s … The frog uses the drainpipe on the outside of the condos to make his way between the third floor balcony …

Town Board Meeting Report
Published Thursday June 5, 2008
…rabid raccoon” near the Schoolhouse condos. It “had been poring thru garbage,” …

Duck Pond Update
Published Thursday February 28, 2008
…stormwater runoff from beyond the Schoolhouse Condos on Church Street; dredging the duck pond; …

Exceptional Density, Bless Their Hearts
Published Wednesday May 30, 2007
…you: Reducing density. What comes to mind? Fewer condos that can go up on a lot? Tall new buildings set … Not less dense. More dense. As in, allowing more condos on even smaller lots of land. As in, having more … for building ‘multi-units’ — condos and town homes. There’s a proposal that … being proposed say that if you wanted to build condos in the Old Village MU1 district, you would need … of land or less could put in twice as many. More condos on less land. Again, The Question: How does this …

Slow Windup May Deliver A Fast One
Published Sunday May 13, 2007
…the 5,000/3,000 rule allowed one to build two condos on the same 8,000 square feet. So, fine, … on a 9,000 square foot lot, there could be two condos in accordance with the residential 5000/4000 rule … town, and be able to convert them to additional condos? If you set up a way to work around the system, … estate development. It could encourage many more condos to be built on a much smaller parcel of land than … about 7500 square feet. And that the Schoolhouse Condos are approximately 5,000. He suggests a maximum …

Lots To Be Wary Of
Published Tuesday April 10, 2007
…a year ago, would have retail shops topped by condos. Retail means one needs parking for customers. …

Density Formulas Extended Til June
Published Tuesday March 6, 2007
…wish to build multi-units (townhomes and attached condos) in town will have to have 5,000 square feet of … under the current temporary formula only 3 condos could be built there; George Smith’s plan …

SAG Saga: Time for the rest of us stakeholders to comment
Published Tuesday February 13, 2007
…needed if you want to put in multi-units – condos or townhomes. This most pertinent part of the GMO … of permits was granted for developers to build condos in town. Under the existing formula, they could … was to be encouraged, and not for example, as condos.) 5,000/3,000 in the MU1 would mark a return to …

The Glass Slipper
Published Thursday November 9, 2006
…of the GMO on how much land is needed to build condos in town. Instead of the current requirement …

Learning From Experience. Acting On It.
Published Wednesday November 8, 2006
…Bysheim the Special Use Permit he needs to build condos at the end of Whittaker Point Road. For almost … who oppose the scope of his project. The 12 condos would go on less than an acre of land at the end … with the GMO. He is. But just. For instance, the condos’ flat/mansard roof would stand 48.17 feet …

Two Commissioners' Proposals To Reduce Density:
Published Monday November 6, 2006
…from converting them to purely residential, i.e. condos? In so doing, they could build to a higher …

Tuesday Night: Town Board Can Focus On "The Formula"
Published Sunday November 5, 2006
…formula to one requiring more land for condos. That’s the spirit of the originally …

"Stakeholders" To Hold Things Up?
Published Wednesday October 25, 2006
…would leave the town open to more of the condos under the current density rules which many here … the News and Observer this summer saying that if condos went on that property, it “wouldn’t … Whittaker Creek Marina who is proposing a dozen condos there, and who lives in Arapahoe; and Bob and …

PUD-Lite: The Misguided Idea Formerly Known as PUD, Is Back.
Published Sunday October 22, 2006
…Mrs. Herlands is proposing. (See story below on condos and density) Commissioner Herlands says his wife …

Density, Math, and That Second Number
Published Sunday October 22, 2006
…23 resumes the public hearing on density and condos. It is a window of opportunity that is closing in … adjusting. It’s the second number that lets condos and town homes multiply like rabbit .. hutches. … If you want to prevent more large blocks of condos, yes, by all means put in a limit on the square … which would seem to rule out the four story condos, such as the ones that have been proposed at … units would be called: Attached (town homes, condos, duplexes, apts) Detached (single family …

TB Meeting 10/3 - No Action on Density. Stopgap Measure Voted Down 3-2
Published Wednesday October 4, 2006
…Tuesday night that would have prevented more condos from being proposed at that density. Warren … County passed a few months ago which limits condos and other multi-unit development to 1 unit per … will prompt developers to seek to put more condos in towns such as Oriental with their weaker … zones — R2, R3, MU and MU1 — where condos and town homes can now be packed in, would … Permits for three projects that would put 25 more condos in town. Those hearings will be held at the …

Town Board Also To Pick Planning Board Members
Published Monday October 2, 2006
…the public hearing on reducing density and condos, (see below) The Town Board also has before it …

Density and Condos: Speak Up Now.
Published Saturday September 30, 2006
…reducing density in Oriental, and allowing fewer condos and town homes to be crammed in. (See the … accompanying report for more details.) Condos are something you hear more and more complaints … And paperwork is in to the town for three more condos near the harbor. Individually, condos are not … bad. Really. But by definition, condos don’t come individually. They come in … concerned that, like some giant erasers, these condos will wipe away large parts of Oriental’s …

Being Less Dense: Why Not 5,000 Square Feet For Any Unit?
Published Friday September 29, 2006
…If you don’t want Oriental overrun by condos, the next few days could be very important. This … density in town as a way of stemming the tide of condos. It’s at 7pm, October 3, at Town Hall In … several different proposals that would require condos and town homes to have more square footage of … per acre, which is more than three times as many condos per acre than the new Pamlico County regulations … that should be protected from an overrun of condos. But given the disparity in the numbers between …

Aug 29 Planning Board Meeting
Published Friday September 1, 2006
…Bysheim’s proposal calls for building his condos over what is now the private road in to the …

Being Less Dense About Development
Published Monday August 28, 2006
…lax rules on density are having a consequence. Condos and town homes account for most of the new growth … 10 town homes completed near the churches. 27 condos nearly completed at the end of Midyette St near … the Wildlife Ramp 16 units being changed to condos at what used to be the River Neuse Motel The … proposed 12 condos at Whittaker Creek Marina The proposed 12 town … density regulations allow too many town homes and condos. Some worry that the town could become more …

Developer: If You Don't Like It, Change The GMO
Published Tuesday August 15, 2006
…acre parcel.” Images depicting the proposed condos are shown at the August 1 meeting. Though some … neighbors found the scale of the condos to be out of place for the neighborhood, Knute …

Sidewalks Down The Drain?
Published Monday July 31, 2006
…be a big public hearing over the White Farm Road condos (see previous post), a question of sidewalks also … Sylvan Friedman’s plan for 12 Tudor-style condos behind the Post Office. …

White Farm Road Condos - Public Hearing, Public Lessons
Published Sunday July 30, 2006
…Use Permit. Anyone building a multi-unit project (condos, townhomes) in Oriental needs an SUP before they … this spring, they said they had more than 200 condos in mind. They have since scaled it back to 144. … build in the Old Village. In the Old Village four condos are going up where in the past 2 homes might have … a model of restraint compared to the put-as-many-condos-on-the-land-as-you-can mindset elsewhere in the … Could it be that our GMO allows too many condos per acre? Could it be that it needs to change? …

Let's Not Roll Over on Overlay Districts
Published Saturday July 15, 2006
…higher density would mean even more of the condos and town homes that are cropping up in the …

Bad Policy Happens When Good People Do Nothing
Published Sunday July 9, 2006
…For Two Loophole”? Or the “Allow More Condos On His Lot And Never Mind The Parking Spaces …

Selling The PUD. No Sale.
Published Saturday July 8, 2006
…gone to the Planning Board wanting to create 9 condos by converting the B&B and putting up more … his) with joint ownership of the land making them condos; or perhaps allowing him to recreate (within …

Taller Buildings Could Rise From Slick PUDdle
Published Wednesday June 28, 2006
…of retail and commercial. It could be all condos. No longer would there be a minimum lot size. … become a magnet for developers wanting to build condos. So, what’s a small town to do if it wants … County Commissioners making it harder to build condos in the county and developers likely flocking to … you think our GMO already allows more than enough condos and tall buildings, if you thought you could …