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Maydha Devarajan is the former editor-in-chief of CityView. She was previously a reporter for Facing South and for the Chatham News & Record.
View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. The Fayetteville City Council has passed two ordinances relating to parties that get out of hand and obstruction of city streets and sidewalks. The “Nuisance Party Ordinance,” passed last week, gives the Fayetteville Police Department the ability to break up private parties that negatively affect the health, […]
View This Email In Your Browser Sponsored by: Good morning. An organization that provides millions of pounds of food each year to Cumberland County residents will have significantly less to distribute because of federal funding cuts under the Trump administration. The Action Pathways Second Harvest Food Bank of Southeast North Carolina is a nonprofit organization […]
View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Over 500 protesters gathered peacefully in Cross Creek Linear Park in downtown Fayetteville this weekend as part of a “No Kings” protest, voicing opposition to President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies. The demonstration, part of a national movement, was scheduled to coincide with a military parade […]
View This Email In Your Browser Sponsored by: Good morning. After weeks of intensive meetings and adjustments, the Fayetteville City Council voted 9-1 Monday to approve a budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The $315.2 million budget represents a $5.8 million decrease from last year’s spending plan. Despite a decrease in the […]
View This Email In Your Browser Sponsored by: Good morning. The U.S. Army’s arsenal was on full display at Fort Bragg yesterday as the military branch kicked off its 250th birthday celebration. Aircraft and artillery weapons decorated Pike Field. A livestream of demonstration operations, including a jump by the 82nd Airborne, played on a trio […]
View This Email In Your Browser Sponsored by: Good morning. Amid ongoing cuts to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, more Cumberland County veterans are turning to SouthLight’s Veteran Buddy Check program to find community and get help. Each week, the number of veterans served by the program doubles, according to Wade Adair, a support […]
View This Email In Your Browser Sponsored by: Good morning. Jacqueline Larsen is one of 14.3 million military and veteran caregivers in the United States. Her husband, Jeff, was medically retired from the Air Force with several injuries, including a traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. A fall on their farm in West End, […]
View This Email In Your Browser Sponsored by: Good morning. On a Friday morning in May, Stan Jones checked his bank account to see if he had gotten paid. Jones and other kitchen staff of The Friend’s Table — a popular, upscale comfort-food restaurant in downtown Fayetteville — were supposed to receive their wages that day. […]
Fayetteville’s long-planned downtown performing arts center and meeting space has been quashed after the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday voted 5-2 to discontinue the project.
View This Email In Your Browser Sponsored by: Good morning. Cumberland County Commissioners Chair Kirk deViere is trying to pass an ordinance to ban the use of exploding targets at outdoor shooting ranges in Cumberland County, with the argument that the sound from their explosions disturbs people living nearby. But in a 3-3 vote on […]
