SPRING LAKE — A mural depicting a message of support and gratitude for those who defend America was unveiled before the Spring Lake Board of Aldermen on Monday night as one of the first public …

SPRING LAKE — The Spring Lake Community Appearance Committee will unveil the design and name the artist for a new mural on Main Street during the town Board of Aldermen meeting.

SPRING LAKE — The Spring Lake Board of Aldermen has applied for a rural transformation grant to revitalize Main Street, the board said at its meeting Monday night at Town Hall.

SPRING LAKE — The Spring Lake Board of Aldermen is expected to approve a resolution to apply for a Main Street transformation grant and create a special events committee. The board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday in the Grady Howard Conference Room at Town Hall.

SPRING LAKE — The Spring Lake Board of Aldermen on Monday discussed moving forward with applying for a Rural Transformation Grant through the N.C. Department of Commerce for revitalizing Main Street.

SPRING LAKE — The Spring Lake Board of Aldermen expects to hear more information about the new interlocal agreement on tax revenue between Cumberland County and the town at a work session on Monday. The board will meet at 6 p.m. in the Grady Howard Conference Room at Town Hall.

SPRING LAKE — Voting to adhere to its vision for Main Street to be a thriving commercial corridor, the Spring Lake Board of Aldermen on Monday night rejected a plan for a 72-unit apartment complex in the district.

SPRING LAKE — A public hearing is scheduled Monday on a plan to build apartments on Main Street that is drawing criticism from some town officials.

“It doesn’t matter how hard things get,” said Lucas Simmons, a sixth-grader at South View Middle School. “I’ve got to keep on going and not stop no matter how tough things are.” Lucas’ sentiment echoes that of hundreds of Cumberland County Schools students and parents who had the chance to hear former NFL player Keith Davis and former college football player Germard Reed during a two-day visit to local middle schools.

SPRING LAKE — Revenue is on track and expenditures are being closely monitored, according to a financial report presented to the Spring Lake Board of Aldermen on Monday. David Erwin, the town’s finance officer and accounting and financial management adviser for the N.C. Department of the State Treasurer, said that property tax revenue is the “cash high of the year.”