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No tax hike in Rockingham’s new budget
In his report to the Rockingham City Council on the proposed budget for the next fiscal year, City Manager Monty Crump has proposed no tax increase for city property owners. Rockingham’s current tax rate is .48 cents per $100 of valuation, and has been that rate since the 2003-2004 budget year. The proposed 2013-14 Fiscal Year Budget, prepared by Crump, Finance Director Hazel Tew and staff, calls for keeping the city’s tax rate right wher...
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RCC Trustees approve new student placement policy
At its May meeting, the Richmond Community College Board of Trustees approved a new student placement policy for students graduating from high school this spring and enrolling in the college next fall. “For the high school class of 2013, a student with an unweighted grade point average (GPA) of 2.6 or higher will not have to take our placement test, the ACCUPLACER,” said Sharon Goodman, RCC’s Director of Testing. To be eligible to exempt th...
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K2 Solutions Inc. forges partnership with Mississippi State University
K2 Solutions, Inc. CEO and President, David Whitmire, this week announced the partnership of his company’s Canine Research and Development Program with Mississippi State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, a known center of excellence and national leader for veterinary and biomedical research. “We are pleased to be able to bring our veterinary expertise and technologies into a partnership with K2 Solutions,” shares Dr. Kent Hoblet,...
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Contributed photo Trumpeter and vocalist Ray Codrington will perform in concert in Laurinburg on May 11.
Cadre of performers to play SACS on Saturday
Well-known trumpeter and vocalist Ray Codrington has gathered together a cadre of jazz musicians and vocalists for a cabaret-style concert on May 11. The concert is part of the Laurinburg’s year-long jazz series honoring musicians Jimmy and Morris Morgan. The Storytelling & Arts Center in downtown Laurinburg began this year-long series in October with the world famous New Orleans Preservation Hall Jazz Band. The evening of music and dance...
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New agent in town aims to promote athletes
A Rockingham native is back in town and has opened a law firm and hopes to promote young athletes in the area. Bellonora F. McCallum is the founder and managing member of McCallum Enterprises, Inc., and McCallum Law Firm, PLLC. She specializes in Sports and Entertainment Law with an emphasis in financial management. McCallum grew up in a close-knit family environment characterized by high morals and a focus on education and entrepreneursh...
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Contributed photo The Country Punkins play at Hudson Brothers Deli in Rockingham. You will be able to see them in Carthage this weekend at the Shady Grove Music Festival.
Shady Grove Music Festival to spotlight Richmond County’s Country Punkins
Several bands from the Sandhills will come together at the annual Shady Grove Music Festival, to be held in Carthage in Moore County this weekend at the Laughing Place Farm in the Jive Hive. Located at 2151 Vass Carthage Road in Carthage, the Jive Hive is a remodeled barn that brings many musicians to the stage as they tour North Carolina year-round, including the festival-favorite Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band and Grammy-winning David Mayfi...
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The search begins for this year’s cutest kid
Who has the cutest kid in Richmond County? Would you vote for your neighbor’s kids over your brother’s? We’ll soon find out who Richmond County thinks is the cutest with our annual Cutest Kids Contest. If you’ve got them, flaunt them. If you know them, promote them, with parental permission of course, and if you want to see them win, start voting for them. There are plenty of them in our area, that’s for sure, and no doubt parents, grandp...
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Caregivers Family Night to focus on FirstHealth dementia care
PINEHURST – Melanie Bunn grew up enjoying the company of the elderly, a quality she shared with her father. As a geriatric nurse practitioner, a dementia training specialist with Alzheimers North Carolina and an instructor of nurses with Duke University’s School of Nursing, she has continued that special relationship. It is now her life’s work, especially as it involves the care and concerns of people with dementia. “I speak dementia as a...
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Planning Board to review flea market for Hoffman
The Richmond County Planning and Zoning Board of Adjustments will consider allowing the opening of a new flea market in Hoffman. At its next regular meeting on May 14 at 7 p.m. in the Commissioners Chambers on the second floor of the County Administration Building, 125 S. Hancock St., in Rockingham, the Planning Board will review a conditional use permit application submitted by Vanessa Greene. Greene is requesting a conditional use permi...
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USDA: Farm payments set to resume
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Juan M. Garcia announced this week that farm payments, which had been temporarily suspended due to sequestration, were scheduled to resume May 8. This includes payments for the 2011 Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE), the Noninsured Crop Assistance Program (NAP) and the Milk Income Loss Contract Program (MILC). “I’m pleased to announce that far...
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Agricultural Census deadline drawing near
With the window to respond to the 2012 Census of Agriculture officially closing on May 31, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is urging Richmond County farmers and producers not to miss this opportunity to be counted and help determine the future of farming in America. USDA has already received more than 2 million completed Census forms. “Our nation needs your help to ensure that decisions about U.S. agriculture accurately represent ...
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Scam Jam to help community avoid fraud
Learn how to protect yourself, your assets and your personal information from various scams. The Lumber River Council of Governments is teaming up with AARP and the Richmond County Aging Services to inform the community of ways to stay safe from scammers at Scam Jam on May 21 at Richmond Community College’s Cole Auditorium in Hamlet from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. You’ll learn how to avoid scams when you hear presentations by AARP, the Attorney...
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Leak Street Career Fair is part of senior project
Three months of learning about making positive choices has culminated in a senior project and career fair at Leak Street High School, led by 12th grader William Patterson and Brenda L. David of Alcohol and Drug Services. On Friday, from 10 a.m. until noon, several businesses will come together to show students what career choices are available in the area and how they can become involved, whether it’s through an internship or volunteer work...
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Contributed photo Rohanen Middle School A Honor Roll Front row from left to right: Kaitlyn Taylor, Ze’Niyah McNair, Anna Reyes, Skylar Watts, Jordan Lear, Second row: Peyton Babson, Brenda (Sue) Campbell, Skylar Bennett, Heather Loftis, Raven Roberts, Daniel McCurdy, Joshua Hill, Jasmine Prevatte, Third row: William Campbell, Brooklyn Jackson, Gordon Pihl II, Donald (Trey) Caulder III, Briana Solomon, Meredith Hatchell, and Eumagisty Ward
Rohanen Middle School recently named its Honor Roll for the 4th six weeks
A Honor Roll Sixth Grade: Joshua Hill, Jordan Lear, Daniel McCurdy. Seventh Grade: Peyton Babson, Donald (Trey) Caulder III, Brooklyn Jackson, Gordon Pihl II, Jasmine Prevatte. Eighth Grade: Skyler Bennett, Brenda (Sue) Campbell, William Campbell, Meredith Hatchell, Heather Loftis, Ze’Niyah McNair, Anna Reyes, Raven Roberts, Briana Solomon, Kaitlyn Taylor, Eumagisty Ward, Skylar Watts. AB Honor Roll Sixth Grade: Jacob Beck, ...
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Contributed photo Progress Energy customers could see a change in their rates over the course of the next few months.
Energy price hike set for June 1
Progress Energy Carolinas, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, has reached an agreement with the North Carolina Public Staff concerning the utility’s request to raise base rates. Under the terms of the settlement, the net increase to customers would be $151.4 million the first year and $183 million the second year, or an average increase of 5.7 percent for all customers by the second year, according to a recent release put out by the company. Th...
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Steven Filby, M.D.
Valve Clinic opens in FirstHealth’s Reid Heart Center
An interventional cardiologist and two heart surgeons with the FirstHealth Valve Clinic have developed a team approach to care that includes prompt evaluations and expert treatment options for patients with valve disorders. The human heart has four chambers, each with a valve that directs the forward flow of blood and prevents backward leakage. When a valve doesn’t work properly — when there isn’t an opening for blood to flow through or i...
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Rev. Carter
NAACP Banquet to appreciate Mother of the Year
The Richmond County Branch of the NAACP will have its 35th annual Mother of the Year Banquet at 7:30 p.m. Friday, at the East Hamlet Concerned Citizens Center, 155 Laurel Hill St., in Hamlet. The featured speaker for this event will be the Rev. Darryl C. Carter. Carter is a native of Gulfport, Miss., and is married to Gwendolyn Carter. They reside in Fayetteville. Together, they have three children and five grandchildren. He attended Jackso...
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Hamlet Depot set for National Train Day
The Hamlet Depot & Museums will be celebrating the sixth annual National Train Day on May 11 from 1 to 5 p.m.. This event will feature games, prizes, tours of the museum and also the official debut of the restored SAL #1114 Locomotive and SAL Caboose. Besides the games and prizes, attendees will be able to tour the caboose. The locomotive and caboose are on loan from the National Railroad Museum and Hall of Fame and are now fully restored...
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File photo The annual Laurel Hill event begins Friday.
Laurel Hill festival begins Friday
Founded a decade ago to bring the people of Laurel Hill together for a weekend of family-friendly entertainment, the Laurel Fest has stayed true to its original mission, say organizers. “We wanted a festival that would attract families to come out and share in fellowship and to have fun, all while giving glory to God for what he has given us,” said Laurel Fest planning board member Connie Coleman, ahead of this weekend’s 11th annual Laurel ...
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