The Cumberland County commissioners on Monday approved an $82.5 million resolution of intent as part of a capital project budget ordinance for construction of a multi-purpose event center to replace the aging county arena and theater at the Crown Complex by 2025.
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: A father and son playing catch, and a championship in the making
Call it something of a father-and-son rite of passage. A father and his boy throwing a baseball to one another. “He was always ready to field some balls” after work, Jack McGinley says about his father, John McGinley, who worked as a foreman in a paint factory in Blackwood, New Jersey, a little town about 12 miles east of Philadelphia, or “east of Philly” as Jack McGinley says.
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Column: St. Pauls woman has faith in God for a new kidney
Even in disappointment, Tammy Brocato remains steadfast in her faith. She’s not giving up on God. “God has the right kidney out there for me,” Brocato, 54, was saying this …
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Sports club inducts 11 new members into Hall of Fame
Former Cumberland County athletes and coaches along with a parks and recreation legend who for more than three decades provided youth with courts and fields to hone their athletic dreams were among 11 enshrined Wednesday night into the Fayetteville Sports Club Hall of Fame.
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Column: Council wants to hear from more residents about the Market House
You might say it’s back to square one when it comes to the Market House, the historic and controversial centerpiece of downtown. Dion Lyons, a conciliation specialist with the U.S. …
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Column: Not one, but 4 elevators coming to downtown parking garage
If you are ever wondering about anything along the 400 block of Hay Street in the downtown area, there is none better to ask than Jordan Jones. He has a bird’s-eye view. And for those wondering about the Hay Street Parking Garage, Jones can tell you about those plans, too.
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Column: Keep your comments and questions coming because we’re here for you
You are our CityView TODAY subscribers and readers, and we say thank you and we enjoy hearing from you about our daily stories. We enjoy your take, and when you have comments and questions we’ll do our journalistic best to find answers for you.
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Column: Earl ‘Moose’ Butler was a larger-than-life presence
They’ll come Thursday to remember that once they were a part of Earl “Moose” Butler, and that the old sheriff forever will be a part of them. Black mourning bands will cover their badges.
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Former Cumberland County Sheriff Earl ‘Moose’ Butler dies
Former Cumberland County Sheriff Earl “Moose’’ Butler died Sunday morning, the Sheriff’s Office said in a release. Butler, a well-known high school and college football star, served as sheriff for 22 years – from 1994 until his retirement in 2016.
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Column: Old Blue Devil remembers Krzyzewski in poignant farewell
Any game now can be Mike Krzyzewski’s last. Krzyzewski has his Duke men’s basketball team in the NCAA tournament again and is bidding for a sixth national championship in his 42 years coaching the Blue Devils before retiring.
