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Appeals, secret deals delay fine payment for assisted living centers

By Thomas Goldsmith and Mona Dougani  When Ashe Gardens Assisted Living in Pender County ā€œfailed to provide supervision for 11 residents with assaultive, aggressive, sexually expressive and wandering behaviors,ā€ state officials fined the facility $70,000 for that and other lapses, state records show.  But the center hasn’t paid a dime of the fines levied in […]