SPRING LAKE — The Spring Lake Board of Aldermen could name a new town manager during its meeting tonight, several board members said. The board meets at 6 p.m. at Town Hall. The board has …
Jami McLaughlin
Jami McLaughlin is a freelance writer for CityView. She has deep family roots in Spring Lake and in Cumberland County and is also currently the director of government relations and military affairs for the Greater Fayetteville Chamber. She is a graduate of East Carolina University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in communications, and Central Michigan University, where she earned a master’s degree in administration. She has four beautiful children who attend Village Christian Academy.
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Cumberland board applauds improved service at Ann Street Landfill
Long wait times for disposing of bulk waste are in the past with the new Ann Street Reimagined project.
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Sisterhood of survivors
When Kathy McPhail received the news earlier this year that she had breast cancer, she was not alone. She had a sisterhood of church friends and a support team at Cape Fear Valley Health who held her hand, sent her cards and offered to attend doctor’s appointments with her.
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‘Liberty Valance’ delivers story of conflict, connections in Wild West
A western onstage? Guns, bars, crime and love? “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,’’ the season opener for Gilbert Theater, brings the wild American frontier to the stage through …
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Interim manager: Missing town vehicles are result of ‘careless’ recordkeeping
SPRING LAKE — Dozens of missing town vehicles cited in an audit report released earlier this year were the result of careless and unsystematic recordkeeping, interim Town Manager Joe Durham …
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Spring Lake police chief to be sworn in
SPRING LAKE — The Spring Lake Board of Aldermen is expected to swear in Dysoaneik Spellman as the new police chief during tonight’s meeting. The town in August announced Spellman as the next police chief after a two-month search. He was appointed interim police chief when former chief Troy McDuffie retired for the second time in 2021.
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Culinary arts program serves up real-world experience for student chefs
The culinary arts program at Fayetteville Technical Community College is training aspiring chefs and restaurant managers in part by serving up gourmet lunches and dinners to the public, giving students hands-on experience preparing meals.
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‘Buddy’ brings music, energy of rock icon to Cape Fear Regional Theatre
A month after classic rock fans were remembering Elvis Presley, Cape Fear Regional Theatre is celebrating the legacy of another musical legend who was gone too early. The theater will open its season on Thursday with “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story,” a musical tribute to the life of a rock pioneer who died in a plane crash in 1959. He was 22.
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Care for the caregivers
It all started when Ronnie Luck noticed that his wife, Phyllis, kept repeating herself. “She’d ask the same question over and over again,” says Luck, with tears in his eyes, remembering the early days of her progression to a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.
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On with the show
Members of Cape Fear Regional Theatre, Gilbert Theater, Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, Poetry-N-Motion, Cape Fear Studios and other groups are scheduled to perform at CityView’s Food, Wine & ART event presented by Cape Fear Valley Health on Oct. 6 at Cape Fear Botanical Garden. Get tickets at cityviewnc.com.
