By Erin Pesut Marcella Eubanks and Danielle Dixon opened Bravery Kids Gym to be a parent facilitated indoor play space for any child, whether that child has typical or special needs. Bravery Kids Gym helps improve physical, cognitive, social, and communication development in children, but it all just seems like fun and games. Q: […]
READ MORE »By Brooke Shoffner When Reyhan Öner and her family arrived in Fayetteville from Ankara, Turkey, in 2013 the first thing she sought was her native country’s cuisine. Unhappy with other’s attempts in recreating something to treasured, the Öner family prepared to open their own authentic Turkish restaurant. In 2015, after two years of language […]
READ MORE »By Zach Dionne It’s about more than the sport, if the recently rebranded Fayetteville Marksmen hockey team shoots their shot right. “Our mission is to get people into the building for every reason other than hockey,” new co-owner and team president Jeff Longo told the North State Journal in May. “Then, the hockey speaks for […]
READ MORE »“When I was 19, I worked in a mill,” said Johnny Wilson, Executive Director of Fayetteville Urban Ministry. “I was a fixer. I worked third shift, and all night it was my job to make these machines go. One night, I arrived at work and they were all down. I laughed and looked up and […]
READ MORE »Hurricane Matthew wreaked havoc on Cumberland County in October 2016. While the damage was significant so was the outpouring of local support like local volunteer Corey Brown who jumped right in to help and to lead at Second Harvest. Julia Morales, Program Coordinator at Second Harvest said, “When I came in that Saturday, I said, […]
READ MORE »Dr. Lowery has been the principal at Westover High School a little over a month; however, she brings from Alger B. Wilkins High School much knowledge and experience. “My professional successes and achievements can be demonstrated through the growth of Alger B. Wilkins High School from a small four-room school with less than 20 students […]
READ MORE »By Cheri Todd Molter Kia Walker was seven years old when her father taught her to sing Whitney Houston’s powerful version of “Greatest Love of All.” Everyone who heard Kia knew she had talent. She knew something, too: She knew she loved music and even at that early age she knew she wanted it to […]
READ MORE »CityView Media LLC Publisher: Tony Chavonne tony@chavonne.net Tony Chavonne is a Fayetteville native and business school graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a CPA and a Realtor, retiring as General Manager of the Fayetteville Observer in 2004. Tony was elected mayor of Fayetteville in 2005 and served four terms […]
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