Mitch Colvin wants a fourth term as city mayor. Efrain “Freddie” de la Cruz wants Colvin’s gavel. Six incumbents want to remain on the Fayetteville City Council. Six …
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THE KIRBY FILE: An American soldier of renown among grand marshals for Veterans Day Parade
When folks gather downtown Saturday for the Cumberland County Veterans Day Parade, they’ll be witnessing a soldier’s soldier in Lt. Gen. Christopher T. Donahue, commanding general of Fort Liberty and the XVIII Airborne Corps, and the last American solider to depart Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021, in this nation’s effort to defeat the international terrorists Al Qaeda in the 20-year war.
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Graduate of FTCC commercial driver license program is vying to win a fully-loaded Kenworth truck
A graduate of Fayetteville Technical Community College’s Commercial Driver’s License program is a finalist in a national competition among veterans, Guard members and reservists who have made the …
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The Kirby File: Tiny Tim, Ebenezer Scrooge and ‘A Christmas Carol’ holiday cast coming to downtown
John Malzone remembers how downtown once was on the day after Thanksgiving. He shudders at the thought. Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim and the characters of novelist Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” circa 1843, would transform the downtown Fayetteville streets a year later with the inaugural “A Dickens Holiday,” replete with Victorian costumes, Christmas choral groups, downtown merchants opening their shops in holiday decor and folks flocking to the Market House to welcome the yuletide season.
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Child Advocacy Center Pinwheel & Masquerade Ball & Auction
Child Advocacy Center Pinwheel & Masquerade Ball & Auction, held at Cape Fear Botanical Garden on Oct. 22
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Fayetteville police investigating Saturday homicide on Slater Avenue
The Fayetteville Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating a homicide that occurred along the 1500 block of Slater Avenue on October 21, 2023. At approximately 9:27 …
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Fort Liberty HomeFront: Easy as click, two, three
Editor’s note: As part of CityView’s commitment to filling gaps by providing reporting and information for the Fort Liberty community, our HomeFront initiative has added two columnists who will write regularly about issues military families face. In this column, Jaylin Kremer, who lives at Fort Liberty with her active-duty spouse, talks about the power of social media for learning and engaging in a new area. If there’s a topic you’d like for our columnists address, let us know at talk@cityviewnc.com.
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Ann Louise (Klingenberger) Clack
Ann Louise (Klingenberger) Clack, age 84, of 208 Crystal Drive Broadway, NC, formally of Albion, NY, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 14, 2023. Ann was born July 21, 1939, the daughter of …
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Moving is daunting. But there are benefits
Editor’s note: As part of CityView’s commitment to filling gaps by providing reporting and information for the Fort Liberty community, our HomeFront initiative has added two columnists who will write regularly about issues military families face. Today: Aria Spears, who lives at Fort Liberty with her active-duty spouse, writes about moving. If there’s a topic you’d like for our columnists address, let us know at talk@cityviewnc.com.