Fayetteville City Manager Douglas Hewett has proposed a new budget for the city, and it includes a hike in property taxes — as much as to 56.95 cents per $100 property evaluation, a 7-cent increase.

Graduates at Terry Sanford High School were encouraged “to disobey” as they pursue their dreams. Nearly 1,000 high school students in five Cumberland County high schools, including Terry Sanford, received their diplomas Wednesday as graduation week wrapped up.

Nearly 1,000 high school students in five Cumberland County high schools received their diplomas Wednesday as graduation week wrapped up. Wednesday was the fourth and final day of the district’s graduation marathon.

SPRING LAKE — The Spring Lake Board of Aldermen discussed preparing for a shortfall in sales tax revenue while hearing good news about the state of the town’s finances during a budget meeting on Wednesday night.

Cumberland County’s property tax rate will not change next fiscal year after the Board of Commissioners unanimously passed a budget proposed by County Manager Clarence Grier. The tax rate will remain at 79.9 cents per $100 valuation, according to a county news release.

Michael John Kenney, 68, of Fayetteville, NC, died Saturday, June 3, 2023, at the Fayetteville VA Medical Center.  Michael was born July 30, 1954, in Arlington, VA, to the late John Franklin …

Timothy Charles Morris Jr. passed away June 4, 2023. He is survived by his parents, Dawn Eason Dixon and Tim Morris; stepfather, Chris Dixon; brother, Brooks Dixon; maternal grandparents, George and Lois Eason; grandmother, Vera Dixon; Aunt Cindy and Robert Yarborough, Aunt Katrina McCourt, Uncle Art Morris, Aunt Ashlee and Ryan Ciccone; and cousins Amanda Morris, Dixon and Beckett Ciccone.

Larry Dean Ritch, 70, of Fayetteville, passed away Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. Larry was born in Talladega, Alabama, on July 7, 1952, son of the late Lawrence and Patty Sue Lewis Ritch.

John Alvie Sargent, 71, passed away on Monday, June 5, 2023, at the VA Medical Center. John was born June 2, 1952, in Flint, Michigan, to the late Constance and John Sargent.

On June 7, 2023, John Francis Lamonski Jr., 90, of Fort Liberty, NC, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loved ones. John was born June 15, 1932, to John Felix and Rose (Bombarski) in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.