Column: Visitors from Fayetteville’s French sister city had ‘un excellent s√©jour’
Visitors from Saint-Avold receive warm welcome in Fayetteville
Sister cities: What does the future hold for Fayetteville and Saint-Avold sisterhood?
Council members approved consensus motion to have staff come up with a plan to revamp the sister city program, including creating a clear budget, framework and management system.
What really happened when council members went to France?
A delegation of 14 people from Fayetteville, including three Fayetteville City Council members, traveled to Saint-Avold, France, in the last week of May to celebrate “American Week.”
Column: ‘All lives matter,’ preacher plans to tell City Council in this ‘All-America City’
The Rev. Archie Barringer says he is heading to Monday’s meeting of the Fayetteville City Council at City Hall to plead with Mayor Mitch Colvin and the council to remove the words “Black Lives Do Matter” that encircle the historic Market House. “Every time you drive around it, it’s a throwback to the night the…
Column: ‘Merci beaucoup,’ Saint-Avold; mayor is grateful to this city
We have special guests in our community. We are proud to have them, and they are proud to be here. “Because of the language barrier, I was a little nervous,” says Mayor Rene …
Fayetteville honors 30 years of sisterhood with Saint-Avold
Three decades after Fayetteville formally became a Sister City with Saint-Avold, France, the relationship is still going strong. A delegation from Saint-Avold is visiting Fayetteville this this week, and on Monday — as a symbol of the relationship’s endurance — Mayor Mitch Colvin presented his Saint-Avold counterpart, René Steiner, with a key to the city…
Council to welcome Saint-Avold visitors, discuss appointment at Monday meeting
The Fayetteville City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at City Hall, 433 Hay St. Here is a quick summary of the agenda.
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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: Fayetteville and its Sister City celebrate Bastille Day
The Fayetteville-St. Avold Friendship Alliance is celebrating Bastille Day, aka French Independence Day, at 6 p.m. July 14 at the Sanford House, 225 Dick St., at Heritage Square. There will be a wine-and-cheese tasting and silent auction, according to a news release from the alliance’s board of directors.
Column: Retired major general to deliver Memorial Day address at downtown park
Retired Maj. Gen. Willliam Kirkland is scheduled to deliver the Memorial Day ceremony address at 10 a.m. Monday at Freedom Memorial Park. This will be the 26th consecutive year that Don Talbot, a veteran who developed the park, will direct and produce the ceremony.
Column: Saint-Avold Avenue to honor sister city in France
If our Sister City can name a street for Fayetteville, then Fayetteville can name a street for our sister city. That’s the thinking of Kris Johnson and the Fayetteville-Saint Avold …