One can be forgiven for thinking that the Moore County Board of Education’s governance style has been schizophrenic of late.
You don’t have to go far these days in Moore County to find somebody building a home. From Aberdeen to Carthage, Seven Lakes to Cameron, lots are getting cleared — onesies and twosies, mostly, but sometimes whole subdivisions.
Birdie, by longtime community leader, businessman and volunteer Larry Caddell, whose decades of service were honored recently by the Kiwanis Club of the Sandhills with its prestigious Builders Cup Award.
North Carolina traditionally starts out its school year by giving its school districts report cards on their students’ academic achievements for the prior year.
There are legitimate reasons to question how a town historic preservation commission works, and its impact on property owners and values within a designated district.
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In a memo he sent introducing himself to the campus community, UNC-Chapel Hill interim Chancellor Lee Roberts expressed a desire to move toward applied disciplines. He wanted to steer more students into “high-demand fields” to satisfy “critical state needs.”
One of the most predictable crises of modern times is the implosion of America’s federal finances.
“That couldn’t happen if you moved every three years.”
For all the “smart technology” these days, the one truly innovative feature that would mean the world to me would be a filter on my TV for political ads.
As an old soldier, I have often coached younger leaders to understand the power of presence. That means learning to perceive the present we live in as a “future past” and, in so doing, embrace the fleeting minutes with gratitude, and to imbue them with purpose.
Humanity has been fascinated with a particularly intense phenomenon since the dawn of creation. It tends to happen, as Longfellow might have said, “when the night is beginning to lower.” It is different each time it occurs, but the essence is always the same.
I read the Sept. 11 article regarding Ken Benway’s negative feelings toward a book titled “The Vietnam War” in the Southern Pines Elementary School library. Like Lt. Col. Benway, I am a Vietnam veteran (C company, 159th Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne Div, Phu Bai). I am also a retired ed…
I have been to at least five pharmacies over the past year to fill prescriptions, only to be told that they do not accept my insurance.
For several months now, we have been subjected to a flood of campaign ads that are mostly attack ads against an opponent. Unfortunately, most of these ads are full of misleading half truths or even lies.
It is way past the time Republicans face up to their failures over the past 50 years. The party needs to immediately renounce the word “Republican,” replacing it with “Conservative.”
I am writing in regard to the potholes on Grant Street in Seven Lakes. Recently, I drove on it and in front of the produce stand was a pothole under water, so no visibility. It busted the sidewall of two of my tires.