The Fayetteville City Council on Monday approved a special-use permit to allow a church to locate on property closer to an adult entertainment business than current zoning regulations allow.
Michael Futch | Staff Writer
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City Council to discuss proposed changes to garbage pickup regulations
Amendments to the city’s solid waste ordinance will be considered by the Fayetteville City Council on Monday. The council will meet at 5 p.m. at City Hall.
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City Council exploring ways to round up abandoned shopping carts
City officials aim to round up a problem that shoppers encounter in retail parking lots everywhere: abandoned shopping carts. The problem is not only one of safety, officials said, but one that cost the city at least $78,000 over a period of two and a half years.
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Community watch groups vital to fight crime, Police Department official says
Sandra Everett-Autry, the crime prevention specialist for the Fayetteville Police Department, made a pitch on the importance of community watch groups and how they help prevent crime during the City Council’s work session on Tuesday evening.
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School board committee advances 3 requests to discontinue uniform requirement
Over the objections of school board member Carrie Sutton, a plan to end uniform dress codes at three Cumberland County schools was approved by a board committee on Tuesday and sent to the full board for final action.
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City Council to hear about community watch groups, Millennial Advisory Committee
The Fayetteville Police Department is scheduled to make a presentation on how to establish a community watch group to the City Council on Tuesday. The Fayetteville City Council’s monthly …
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Fayetteville rings in the new year with concert, fireworks
Shawn Ford said it felt like love in the air. The 50-year-old had driven from Clinton with his wife, Angela, and her cousin, Tisha Smith, on Saturday to enjoy the “Night Circus: A District …
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Star will bring in 2023 for Fayetteville residents
It promises to be the rising star of the show. Come midnight on Saturday, Cool Spring Downtown District organizers will once again raise what they are calling “a large radiant multi-colored …
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Annual New Year’s Day black-eyed peas dinner comes to end
For many Cumberland County residents, the annual black-eyed peas dinner was a decades-old Southern tradition. Each New Year’s Day, thousands of people gathered at the Crown Expo Center to …
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Kemberle Braden named new Fayetteville police chief
Kemberle Braden will be the next police chief for the city of Fayetteville. Braden, an assistant chief who has been with the department for 27 years, will replace Police Chief Gina Hawkins, who …
