Kenneth Edge thought his 80th birthday celebration would be a family affair with his wife, Brenda; the couple’s sons and daughter and their spouses; and those seven grandchildren. Well, they fooled him.
In this week’s notebook: Dr. James Lester to receive the 2022 North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians Community Preceptor Award; Jalisha C. Pone joins Methodist University as senior director for development; the N.C. Department of Transportation is holding workshops for small and disadvantaged business owners; Cumberland County Cooperative Extension to hold charcuterie board workshop.
Cumberland County Schools will recognize the district’s top school administrators at an awards presentation Monday night. Eighteen finalists are in the running for Principal of the Year and Assistant Principal of the Year honors for 2023, according to a CCS news release.
To help respond to the opioid epidemic in Cumberland County, county officials are allocating opioid settlement funds to provide services for those addicted to opioids, often prescribed …
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Thursday voted to place a $2.5 million agreement with the city of Fayetteville for improvements to the Martin Luther King Jr. Park on its Oct. 17 …
You can only talk about something for so long, and it’s time for Mayor Mitch Colvin and the City Council to make a decision on whether the municipal body will approve $6.6 million for the …
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners’ American Rescue Plan Committee on Thursday scrapped its administration’s proposal to aid nonprofit organizations by contracting with them for …
Two people face multiple drug charges after the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office executed search warrants at three locations on Wednesday and found fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and …
Six middle school students and three elementary students have been selected for all-state honors choruses, according to a Cumberland County Schools news release.
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners’ American Rescue Plan Committee will meet Thursday to review several programs and other issues related to the funds. They include the …
Preliminary site plans for a Costco Wholesale store in Fayetteville are posted on the Cumberland County Development Review Finder website. It would be the first Fayetteville location for the international retailer that has warehouse club stores in eight countries.
The new director of the Cumberland County Board of Elections is a familiar face. The Cumberland County Board of Elections on Tuesday announced that Angie Amaro has been appointed elections …
Fayetteville Technical Community College will host a free Youth Dental Health Fair on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Horace Sisk Gymnasium. Students from FTCC’s Dental Hygiene and …
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Thursday will consider a proposed agreement to pay the city of Fayetteville $2.5 million for improvements to the Martin Luther King Jr. …
The public can offer feedback on plans to build a Civil War history center in Fayetteville during a meeting Tuesday night at Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church. Organizers said the designers …
Deadlines are looming to register to vote and to request an absentee ballot for the Nov. 8 election. Voter registration will close for the Nov. 8 election on Friday, Oct. 14, according to the …
In this week’s notebook: Lisa Kennedy Geddie promoted to president of Coldwell Banker Advantage’s Sandhills region; Red Hat to be at Fayetteville Technical Community College to discuss job opportunities, training options; Methodist earns ‘Best for Vets’ ranking; Cooperative Extension to conduct Master Gardener volunteer training.
A spokesman for Cumberland County Schools said that two Fayetteville schools were placed on lockdown Friday morning after an “unknown individual’’ was seen on one of the …
It is all too common to find lead in tap water at North Carolina child care facilities, according to a new study by researchers from RTI International.
A man arrested on robbery charges in 2019 has been linked through genetic testing to the rape or sexual assault of 10 women a decade earlier, according to the Fayetteville Police Department.
The Cumberland County Public Library is participating in the “31 Days of Love” campaign to benefit animals at the county animal shelter. All library locations are accepting donations …
The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded a $247 million contract to widen an eight-mile section of Interstate 95 north of Lumberton. Flatiron Constructors Inc. of Morrisville will widen …
You can expect to hear some “booms’’ starting this weekend as the 10th Marine Regiment returns to Fort Bragg for its semi-annual training. The Camp Lejeune-based Marines will …
Gray’s Creek High School has teamed up with two community service organizations to reopen its “Bear Necessities” food pantry.
Cumberland County Schools is working to expand access to behavioral health therapy for students in more of the district’s schools. Natasha Scott, executive director of student services for the district, told committees of the Cumberland County Board of Education on Tuesday that 144 students have received written consent from their parents to participate in the therapy-services program.
