2023 was full of compelling stories of Fayetteville and Cumberland County
In 2023, a rat jumped on me, I interviewed Broadway actors from Cumberland County who were up for Tony Awards, I watched a road-rage murder trial, the government tried to squish the constitutional …
Column: City to welcome Saint-Avold mayor and Sister City delegation from France
Fayetteville will celebrate the 30 th anniversary of its Sister City relationship with Saint-Avold, France, next week. “Mayor Rene Steiner has the distinction of being the first mayor from Saint-Avold to ever visit Fayetteville in the 30 years of our ‘Sister City’ relationship,” says Kris Johnson, president of the Fayetteville-Saint-Avold Friendship Alliance.
Column: Old newspaper colleagues bid a heartfelt farewell to one of their own
Dick Blount was one of the good guys to pass our way. He was as down-to-earth as anyone could be. He saw much of life through the camera’s lens, and there are countless photographs in The Fayetteville Observer photo archives that offer testimony to his work of 25 years at the newspaper office on Whitfield…