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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Cumberland County Schools Teachers and Staff Will Get Pay Raise
View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Cumberland County Schools employees will see one of the largest pay bumps in the region after the Board of Education approved a major increase to local salary supplements last week. North Carolina pays teachers’ salaries, but counties offer additional money to recruit and retain workers. The Cumberland […]
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Local Nonprofit Gives Free Haircuts to Low-Income Residents in Cumberland County
View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. There is little else in the world that feels better than stepping out of the barbershop with a fresh haircut. What seems like a simple and routine act of self-grooming can completely change someone’s outlook, uplifting their confidence, putting a little extra pep in their step, and […]
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Schools Superintendent Launches Five-Year Plan
View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Cumberland County Schools Superintendent Dr. Eric C. Bracy says the district’s new five-year strategic plan will “keep student achievement at the center of every decision and position Cumberland County Schools to become the highest performing school system in the state.” During Monday night’s Board of Education meeting, […]
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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 […]
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Here’s how to celebrate Veterans Day in Cumberland County
View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Cumberland County is home to an estimated 52,831 veterans, the largest population of veterans in the state. And with its proximity to Fort Bragg, the biggest military installation in the country by population, the Fayetteville area is widely known as a military community. This year, residents will […]