View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. The Cumberland County Board of Education has approved updates to two major technology policies aimed at regulating artificial intelligence, strengthening student data protections, and updating internet safety requirements. District officials said the revisions, adopted at Tuesday’s board meeting, were needed to keep pace with classroom technology and […]
Maydha Devarajan
Maydha Devarajan is the former editor-in-chief of CityView. She was previously a reporter for Facing South and for the Chatham News & Record.
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Houston Astros Sells Fayetteville Woodpeckers Baseball Team
View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. The Houston Astros are selling the Minor League Baseball Fayetteville Woodpeckers team, the Astros, the buyer, and the City of Fayetteville announced yesterday. The buyer, Diamond Baseball Holdings of New York, has 45 other teams nationwide, and bought two other Texas-based teams from the Astros. The Woodpeckers will keep […]
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Cumberland County Schools Brings International Teachers Into the Classroom
View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. For nearly 30 years, Cumberland County Schools has relied on long-standing international exchange partnerships to bring experienced educators into local classrooms. The district does not sponsor teachers on H-1B visas—a federal program used to hire foreign professionals for long-term employment in specialty fields, which has come under […]
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Fayetteville Allocates $163K in Opioid Settlement Funds for Police Training
View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. The Fayetteville City Council is allocating $163,800 of its opioid settlement funds toward a new training initiative for police officers, marking the latest investment in the city’s multi-year strategy to address the opioid crisis. The funds, approved in early November, will support the Fayetteville State University Operational […]
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What Goes On In Fayetteville City Council’s Quasi-Private Dinner Meetings?
View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Before the cameras roll, before the microphones click on, and before the public meetings begin, the Fayetteville City Council gathers in a cramped room on the third floor of City Hall. These sessions are the council’s little-known dinner meetings, reports Rachel Heimann Mercader. For nearly two decades, […]
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Fayetteville’s Infrastructure Overhaul Gets a Boost from State
View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Fayetteville’s push to modernize its streets just got a major assist with nearly $7 million in Powell Bill funding from the state. The funds are part of a broader infrastructure investment strategy the city has been advancing over the past few years. Distributed by the N.C. Department […]
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Fayetteville-Area Leaders Say ‘No Way!’ to Triangle Town’s Desire to Take Cape Fear River Water
View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Officials in the Fayetteville area don’t want the Town of Fuquay-Varina to pull up to 6.17 million gallons of water a day from the Cape Fear River Basin. Fuquay-Varina in southern Wake County is asking the state Department of Environmental Quality for permission to increase its interbasin […]
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Fayetteville, Cumberland County Disagree Over Who Should Run 911 Call Center
View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. The Fayetteville City Council and Cumberland County Board of Commissioners each voted unanimously on Thursday to combine their 911 call centers, but they disagreed on how to govern the consolidated service. At issue: Whether the city and the county would jointly operate the combined call center, or, […]
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City Council Seeks State Audit of Failed Construction Projects Amid Criminal Investigation
View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. In a unanimous vote during its Nov. 6 work session, the Fayetteville City Council formally requested that State Auditor Dave Boliek’s office conduct an audit of six city construction projects left incomplete after contractor disputes and delays—some of which now appear to be under criminal scrutiny. The […]
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New Developer to Build Downtown Fayetteville Hotel and Apartment Tower
View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. The Fayetteville City Council voted 8-1 on Monday night to engage a new developer to build a hotel and apartment tower on top of the Hay Street Parking Garage—a project city leaders hope will bring a long-sought economic jolt to the downtown area. The new developer predicts […]