Fayetteville’s public utility system consulted with N.C. Department of Environmental Quality and conducted testing that confirmed water is safe to drink in impacted area
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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The Wrong Side of Forever
On an overcast April afternoon, a handful of Gray’s Creek residents cluster around Jamie White’s wooden porch for a debrief. It’s warm and breezy, an ideal spring day for the plants that line the edge of the porch, potted in the bottom halves of large plastic water bottles.
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Fayetteville’s Public Works Commission lights up homes miles away in Navajo mutual aid project
James “Lucky” Deans is used to working in times of crisis. Over the years, the electrical lineman has traveled up and down the East Coast with fellow crew members in the wake of hurricanes and natural disasters, lending a hand to public power utilities and repairing downed power lines in communities left without electricity.
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Language access at the ballot box lags in a diversifying South
In 1975, a group of Mexican Americans from Texas delivered testimony before Congress on their experiences with voting. Mobilized by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, they described facing discrimination and intimidation tactics at polling places, …
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Haunts, hayrides, and Halloween: Get the most out of Fayetteville’s October
From a ghostly night of live theater to trunk-or-treats, CityView has compiled a list of festive activities in Cumberland County for you and the family to partake in this October.
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Your guide to Fayetteville’s primary election
Election season is under way in Fayetteville, and voters will have a final chance to cast their ballots in three races in the city’s primary election Tuesday.
