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Cumberland Matters: Submit posters to Air Quality Poster Contest
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:07:13 -0800
It's time for the 2012 Air Quality Poster Contest. Thousands of elementary school students in Cumberland County and Fort Bragg are invited to submit their own creative posters highlighting air quality. Twelve winners will have their posters featured in the 2013 Air Quality Calendar.
At Your Library: Come to Cumberland County North Regional Library to learn history of shag dancing
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:08:13 -0800
Barred for its faster and looser style in the more cosmopolitan cities such as New York, Baltimore, and Philadelphia in the 1930s, the shag, a type of swing dance, enjoyed popularity up and down East Coast beaches.
Challenges ahead in ensuring clean air, water in North Carolina
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:46:09 -0800
North Carolina's air and water are significantly less polluted than in the past three decades, but challenges remain to keep the state's environment clean, according to a report compiled by state scientists.
Cumberland County Jail won't be part of state program to take in outside prisoners
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:45:48 -0800
The crowded Cumberland County jail won't be offering up any space to inmates from other counties under a state program that began this month. Cumberland is far from alone.
Taylor to lead NC Sheriff Chaplains Association
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:37:29 -0800
The North Carolina Sheriff Chaplains Association has appointed Michael Taylor of the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office, to the position of Executive Director. Taylor currently serves as president of the association, and has been a member since 1994. He attained a Master Level Chaplaincy in 1998 through the association’s accreditation program. He is also the senior pastor at Phaniels Baptist Church ...
Cumberland Matters: Cumberland County property tax deadline swiftly approaching
Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:07:25 -0800
Thursday is the last day to pay your Cumberland County property taxes. You can pay your taxes in person or you can pay online. If you're financing your home, and your property tax is paid through an escrow, your taxes are paid by the mortgage company.
Number of homeless expected to grow in Cumberland County
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:00:48 -0800
Every January, teams of community organizers and volunteers across North Carolina try to count all the homeless people in their counties in one 24-hour-window.
Field of candidates grows for state school supt.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:47:12 -0800
Two people on opposite sides of the political spectrum want to be North Carolina's next state school superintendent.
North Carolina man charged with having sex with neighbor's dog
Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:38:38 -0800
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A Cumberland County man has been arrested after his neighbor says she saw him having sex with her dog.
E-books and their tablet readers are putting new demands on librarians
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:00:40 -0800
obin Deffendall called it "the great unwrapping."