Cumberland Community Foundation has welcomed four new members to its board of directors. They are retired Army Sgt. Maj. Jabbar Surles, Emily Schaefer, Brenda Sparks and Mac Healy.
CityView’s Bill Horner III spoke to Jennifer Barnhill about the state of military families and about her work in that area. She’s a Navy spouse and a mother of three, so Jennifer Barnhill understands the plight and the struggles military families face.
The end-of-year holiday season comes with both joys and challenges when it comes to military life. One of the greatest challenges many service members face is deployment. For military couples, friends and families, whether the service member has been deployed or not, the prospect of deployment looms large in the background of their relationships and plans.
Gladys Hill was honored at Monday’s night’s Fayetteville City Council meeting with a proclamation from Mayor Mitch Colvin to recognize her community work of selling pink light bulbs each October to promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Terry Sanford’s quarterback and a Gray’s Creek volleyball record-breaker are the Athletes of the Week in Cumberland County Schools.
Seventy-First football coach Duran McLaurin has basic criteria he follows when deciding to use a player as a starter on offense and defense. First, he’s got to be a player you can depend on. Second, he’s got to be one who gives his best effort and won’t be taking breaks on the field.
They were pulled together from two dramatically different schools, a relatively small neighborhood group that was closing its doors and a mega-school with a rich athletic history that was having a hunk of its student-athletes moved into an unknown situation. That was the circumstance that led to the birth of Douglas Byrd High School back in 1972 when the boys from Massey Hill and Seventy-First united to make history.
Army air defense units from Fort Liberty are among those deploying to the Middle East amid the Israel-Hamas war, according to Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, the top Pentagon spokesman.
Every year, the 6,000 people who live adjacent to the Port of Wilmington, in New Hanover County, are assaulted with hundreds of tons of air pollution: from the concrete plants spewing ultrafine dust, the fumigation facilities legally emitting neurotoxins like methyl bromide and phosphine, the ships and trains and tractor-trailers exhaling plumes of diesel fumes.
Cumberland County Schools has been named a “District of Distinction” by zSpace — a company that creates virtual and augmented reality-based educational programs and technology — for its achievements in integrating AR/VR technology into high school and middle school classrooms across the district.
One-stop early voting for the Nov. 7 municipal elections is underway at two locations in Cumberland County. Voters will be required to show photo identification at the polls, according to a Board of Elections news release. Residents who do not have a photo ID can get a free one at the Board of Elections Office.
SPRING LAKE -- The Spring Lake Board of Aldermen earned praise Monday from the North Carolina Local Government Commission for responsible stewardship and efforts to get the town’s financial problems corrected.
The Murchison Choice Neighborhood Plan has earned the 2023 North Carolina Marvin Collins Award in the “advancing equity” category. The awards are presented by the North Carolina chapter of the American Planning Association.
Editor's note: As part of CityView's commitment to filling gaps by providing reporting and information for the Fort Liberty community, our HomeFront initiative has added two columnists who will write regularly about issues military families face. In this column, Jaylin Kremer, who lives at Fort Liberty with her active-duty spouse, talks about the power of social media for learning and engaging in a new area. If there's a topic you'd like for our columnists address, let us know at talk@cityviewnc.com.
Spring Lake’s Board of Aldermen is expected on Monday to pass an ordinance declaring a road closure for the town’s Veterans Day ceremony. The board meets at 6 p.m. in the Grady Howard Conference Room of the Spring Lake municipal complex.
Pine Forest women’s golf coach David May said he was talking to a cohort recently when the subject of Trojan senior golfer Jordan Blanton came up. “Jordan is playing with a different mantra,” May said. “She’s calm and collected. Her whole game is changing.” After a string of scores in the 80s, Blanton peaked earlier this week in the All American Conference tournament at Chicora Golf Club in Dunn, turning in a personal best of 77.
A South View football standout and a Cape Fear golfer are the Athletes of the Week in Cumberland County Schools.
There will be a strong Cumberland County presence at the first East-West All-Star football game played in December this year. Two Fayetteville coaches are on the East staff for the game. Pine Forest’s Bill Sochovka will be head coach for the East while Terry Sanford assistant coach Jeff Morehead will be an assistant. Players from Cumberland County chosen for the game include kicker Juan Hernandez of Pine Forest, wide receiver Rico McDonald and linebacker Landon Sargent of Cape Fear, and defensive back Kamal Thames of Terry Sanford.
She’s one of about 450 drivers who take the wheel of a school bus every school morning and afternoon around Cumberland County, and on this particular afternoon, Sharron Barnhill has visitors.
A funny thing happened to Fayetteville Academy after completing its soccer regular season with a perfect 16-0 record. When seedings were announced for this year’s state 2-A playoffs, the Eagles found themselves sitting at No. 6. The lower seeding did earn them a double bye, meaning they won’t play their first game until Saturday, but both Eagle head coach Andrew McCarthy and some of his players were a little mystified that they didn’t get more of a reward for their unbeaten record.
A loaded gun was found in a student’s locker at Gray’s Creek High School on Tuesday, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.
Oct. 18 is the anniversary of the day in 2006 when I met Lt. Col. Justin Constantine. And it’s also his “Alive Day” — a day marked annually by some who survive a close brush with death, especially if it happened in combat. It's kind of a second birthday, but with a more serious undertone. WUNC | By Jay Price Published October 17, 2023 at 6:56 AM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email …
Editor's note: As part of CityView's commitment to filling gaps by providing reporting and information for the Fort Liberty community, our HomeFront initiative has added two columnists who will write regularly about issues military families face. Today: Aria Spears, who lives at Fort Liberty with her active-duty spouse, writes about moving. If there's a topic you'd like for our columnists address, let us know at talk@cityviewnc.com.
It’s been nearly two months since Cumberland County Animal Services removed seven horses — two adults and five juveniles — from Witts End Quarter Horses, resulting in arrests and charges of animal abuse.
GRAY’S CREEK – Slip the notch in your belt down by one. No need for a snug-fitting skirt. Those country cooks from “down at the branch” are busy this week preparing for the 56th annual Gray’s Creek Woman’s Club Buffet and Bazaar from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at the newly remodeled Gray’s Creek Community Building.