Bill Kirby Jr.’s notes from the week.
Bill Kirby Jr.
Bill Kirby Jr. is a veteran journalist who spent 49 years as a newspaper editor, reporter and columnist covering Fayetteville, Cumberland County and the Cape Fear Region for The Fayetteville Observer. He most recently has written for CityView Magazine.
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Column: Tables are set for 54th renewal of the Gray’s Creek Woman’s Club Buffet and Bazaar
The 54th Annual Gray’s Creek Woman’s Club Buffet and Bazaar is an autumn rite. If you like down-home, country cooking, you’ll want to be at the Gray’s Creek Community Building from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday at 3024 School Road.
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Column: Censured Hope Mills Commissioner Elyse Craver denies racist remarks
“They are attempting to remove me from this board because I refuse to be a ‘yes’ woman,” says the 78-year-old commissioner, who is bidding for another term on the Hope Mills Town Board.
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Column: Fayetteville mayor leaves contenders in his wake in primary bid for fifth term
“First, let me say thank you to God and all of those who voted in the primary election,” Colvin, 52, said Wednesday after a landslide victory in Tuesday’s city primary.
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Column: City residents trim mayoral finalists to two in better-than-anticipated voter turnout
You can read all about our two finalists for the city gavel and two finalists in the District 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9 races in our reporting. We’ll burn the midnight oil for you.
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Column: XVIII Airborne Corps soldiers and veterans bid farewell to late commander in final salute
“It was a special time in my life,” Gen. (Ret.) William F. “Buck” Kernan once said about his long and distinguished career as an Army soldier. “And I was proud to be one of them.”
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Column: ‘You are not alone in your heartache or pain,’ Gov. Stein consoles Southport residents. ‘You do not grieve alone.’
Bill Kirby Jr.’s notes from the week.
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Column: Fayetteville mayoral primary will leave two finalists bidding for the city gavel
We’ll know on Tuesday evening who will be our mayoral finalists heading into the Nov. 4 general election.
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Column: Late Fayetteville mayor remembered as a political trailblazer for others
“Beth was not just a trailblazer, she was a mentor to generations of women, many who never met her,” longtime Cumberland County politico George Breece says about Beth Finch, the first woman to serve as Fayetteville mayor from 1975-1981.
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Column: Life of late XVIII Airborne Corps commander to be celebrated at Airborne and Special Operations Museum
A Vietnam War veteran, Gen. William “Buck” Kernan died at age 79 on Sept. 2. A Celebration of Life is scheduled from 4 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 4 at the Airborne and Special Operations Museum.
