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: Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra executive director to resign in May
“Fayetteville is a vibrant place, and we are so fortunate to have a thriving arts and culture community,” says Anna Meyer, who has led the symphony since 2022 and who departs as executive director on May 23
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Column: A special day for a former county commissioner at a special place
“Quality of life is important,” says Jimmy Keefe, who received the Order of the Longleaf Pine, the state’s highest civilian award, on April 15 at the Larry J. Keen Fire & Rescue Training Center. “I was just a small part. I’m just a blip on the radar, but this means so much. It’s humbling and overwhelming.”
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Column: Cool Spring Downtown District offers clarion cry in support of Crown Event Center
Bill Kirby Jr.’s notes from the week.
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Column: What’s to become of the shuttered elementary school in Spring Lake?
Cumberland County commissioners more than six months ago rejected an offer from the board of education to purchase the old school for $750,000, but new commissioners’ chair Kirk deViere says the school’s fate could be worth further conversation.
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Column: Downtown Alliance members urge county commissioners not to abandon plans for Crown Event Center downtown
“Placing the new Crown Event Center downtown positions it within a thriving cultural and commercial ecosystem,” alliance members say.
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Column: County commissioners scrutinizing cost of Crown Event Center, and weighing options
Bill Kirby Jr.’s notes from the week
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Column: Presbyterian preacher to lead Easter Sunrise service at Cross Creek Park
The ecumenical service is scheduled for 7 a.m. Sunday and will include pastors from Fayetteville churches with “reminders of the hope and promise of the empty tomb,” the Rev. Chip Stapleton says, “and the light that breaks through the darkness.”
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Column: About this global tariff war, Mr. President, and those numbers along Wall Street
“Everything is going to work out well,” Donald Trump says about the economy. “The USA will be bigger and better than ever before!” But some of us are worried all the same about our 401(k) and retirement accounts.
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Column: Methodist University president offers comfort to student body of slain classmate
Bill Kirby Jr.’s notes from the week.
