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NICU babies dress up for 4th of July at Cape Fear Valley Health
Some adorable photos to brighten the Fourth of July.Cape Fear Valley Health shared photos to social media of its tiniest patients.NICU babies were decked out in shades and onesies ready for the Fourth of July.Nurses also posed the babies in small pool floaties and some were ready to go with red, white, and blue popsicles.ALSO SEE: 'Ride to Remember' tour honors fallen law enforcement officers during stop in Raleigh
Greensboro Six, Black golfers who teed up against segregation, to be honored with mural at Gillespie Golf Course
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A Greensboro golf course is getting a new art installment. Gillespie Golf Course on Florida Street was infamously known for excluding golfers of color until six Black men came along and challenged the law. Though Gillespie was city-owned and, at the time, it was illegal for city-owned golf courses to be […]
Mebane’s backroom dealing both illegal and unnecessary
We continue to shake our head in disbelief at the lengths some public officials will go to conceal information from the public they supposedly serve. On Monday night, Mebane mayor Ed Hooks took the unprecedented step during a public meeting (while conducting a public hearing, no less) to halt a long procession of public speakers on a proposed rezoning and annexation of 84 acres along Buckhorn Road – while the public comment period was in progress – so that he and other city officials could meet with the attorneys for the developer and seller, ostensibly to work out a possible solution to delay the eviction of vendors at the Buckhorn flea market. (There were two public hearings on side-by-side projects, totaling 134 acres.)
AGA’s Priest moving on; will head Carolinas Golf Association
HOOVER – The Alabama Golf Association is searching for a new leader. The AGA announced Tuesday that Andy Priest will be stepping down as executive director in November. He has headed the Alabama association for nine years. Priest will to assume the same position with the Carolinas Golf Association...
Project Timberlake Yard of the Month winner named
The Project Timberlake Community Organization is made up of neighbors and friends who want to enhance the quality of life in the community where they live, off Northeast Pine Street in Mount Airy. Tuesday the organization recognized Emagine Carter of 278 Gaylon Street as its Yard of the Month for July. Carter will receive a six-month subscription to the Mount Airy News and have a sign proclaiming her winning yard. Project Timberlake Community Organization officers have been holding the Yard of the Month contest for several years in an attempt to build community pride. The group said additional participation in the organization is always welcome.
Sharpsburg mayor faces 3rd DWI since December
Sharpsburg Mayor Robert Williams faces another drunken driving charge after he was arrested Monday in Rocky Mount. This is Williams’ third DWI charge since December. The Rocky Mount Police Department received a 5:37 p.m. call from an anonymous person who reported a reckless driver traveling southbound on North Wesleyan Boulevard, RMPD public information officer Typhani Gray said in a press […] The post Sharpsburg mayor faces 3rd DWI since December first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
VIDEO: Someone Thought Cam Newton Was Jay-Z, And The Former NFL Quarterback Was Not Happy About It
Cam Newton was not having it after a fan mistakenly identified him as Jay-Z. The former Carolina Panthers star had stepped out for some entertainment when he was approached by someone believing he was the hip-hop mogul. “Jay-Z bro, Jay-Z,” a male holding a camera said as Newton walked toward...
Henrietta Zalkind: We are stronger together after 30 years of service
This week starts the beginning of Down East Partnership for Children’s new fiscal year. While we are excited to celebrate 30 years of service to this community, it also brings a variety of challenges. The child care crisis continues, as hundreds of millions of dollars in federal aid for child care centers and homes across North Carolina come to an end. This is creating a gap in child care funding in the state. While there may be some funding to provide a stop gap for...
Tribal recreational marijuana sales begin in North Carolina
CHEROKEE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Adult members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and other federally recognized tribes can now buy recreational marijuana. Great Smoky Cannabis Co., a dispensary that opened in Cherokee in April, made its first legal sale of adult-use cannabis on the Fourth of July. Tribal...
Cape Fear Valley Blood Donor Center Urgently Needs Donors
For those that love making a difference in our community, your help is needed as the Cape Fear Valley Blood Donor Center urgently needs donors to give the gift of life, a pint of blood. Sadly, during warmer weather, the number of blood donations decreases and that is why the...
Crews search for Goldsboro 14-year-old missing after being swept into water near N. Topsail Beach: Officials
TOPSAIL BEACH, N.C. (WNCT) — One of two brothers from Goldsboro, age 14, remains missing after being swept into the waters of the New River Inlet near North Topsail Beach on Thursday. On Friday morning, Town of North Topsail Beach said search efforts have started up again after they...
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