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Personians
head to the polls Tuesday
5/3/08 |
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City
Manager Barlow says property tax increase may be needed
5/3/08 |
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Walter
Finnigan is choice at RCS to succeed retiring Kennington as
principal
5/3/08 |
PMH
board names new head of facility
2/20/08 |
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Progress
Energy customers may soon see increase in monthly electrical
bill
5/3/08 |
Trial
underway for Timberlake man charged with murder in 2006 shooting
2/20/08 |
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Chinese
educators enjoy visit to Person County, experience at Orange
County Speedway
5/3/08 |
Yarborough
files for re-election to county board
2/20/08 |
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Commission
hopefuls square off
4/30/08 |
Civil
Air Patrol seeks a place to call home in Person County
2/20/08 |
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Early
voting ends on Saturday
4/30/08 |
Report
shows heart disease, cancer remain top two causes of death locally
2/20/08 |
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Marked
sample ballots annoy some early voters, but practice legal
4/30/08 |
Forecast
of flurries turns into a multi-inch accumulation event
2/16/08 |
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Jobless
rate rises for 6th straight month
4/30/08 |
Architects
worried about cracks in bus garage’s concrete slab
2/16/08 |
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City
pleased with initial public participation in pedestrian plan
4/30/08 |
Recommendations
of lengthy study point
toward continuing four-period days at
Person High School
2/16/08 |
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College
to seek $1.3M from county
4/26/08 |
Wilkins
makes bid for 3rd term as state representative official
2/16/08 |
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Farmers
breaking ground for 2008 crops; corn acreage stable despite
big demand
4/26/08 |
Pitch
made to try and improve Person County’s Web site
2/16/08 |
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City
wants public comment on pedestrian plan
4/26/08 |
Council’s
action could signal go-ahead for housing community for elderly
2/16/08 |
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Commissioner
hopefuls to debate Tuesday
4/26/08 |
Off
and running
2/13/08 |
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County
OKs upgrade to pump station for project that saved rest home
4/26/08 |
Injuries
from being dragged by horse claim child, 7
2/13/08 |
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PCC
5-year facilities plan could top $25M
4/23/08 |
City
defers to health bord for smoking ban in public facilities
2/13/08 |
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Start-up
private ambulance service makes pitch to county
4/23/08 |
County
finance director raises spectre of tax hike
2/13/08 |
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New
CEO Jamie Guin now on the job at Person Memorial
4/23/08 |
Force
Protection progressing, but
no start-up date yet
2/13/08 |
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State
Charter School TOY title goes to
RCS’s Wanda Ball
4/23/08 |
Second
confirmed rabies case puts
Allensville under alert
2/13/08 |
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Early
voting pick up in city; at new 3rd site not so much
4/23/08 |
Filing
period for county, state offices starts Monday
2/9/08 |
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One
stop voting off to ‘really slow’ start
in 1st 2 days
4/19/08 |
Person
High’s dropout rate inched above state average in 2006-07
2/9/08 |
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PHS
principal Margaret Bradsher announces retirement
4/19/08 |
Commissioners
express desire to increase funding for Person County Schools
2/9/08 |
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Pending
contract is good news for Force Protection
4/19/08 |
Council
could give go-ahead for start of housing site for elderly citizens
2/9/08 |
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Day-long
tour of Person County Schools an attempt to ‘change the
philosophy of funding education’ locally
4/19/08 |
City
streets proposed for paving, resurfacing
will be presented to council during
Tuesday meeting
2/9/08 |
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Cook
Out on slow burner, but still has plans to construct restaurant
in Roxboro
4/19/08 |
County
gives nod for dog walking area behind animal shelter facility
2/9/08 |
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Emergency
teams rescue man from 70-foot well
4/16/08 |
OPC
scrambles to fill provider void in wake of CFN pullout
2/6/08 |
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Early
voting starts Thursday
4/16/08 |
Fire
marshal to make pitch for funding boost
for county VFDs
2/6/08 |
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County
voter rolls up 6% from 2 years ago
4/16/08 |
School
media coordinators plea for community help with library books
2/6/08 |
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Sole
county contest is Dems’ primary for commissioner nods
4/16/08 |
PHS
student crossing Carver Dr. seriously injured when hit by car
2/6/08 |
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Housing
starts off in county
4/16/08 |
County
attorney optimistic about Caswell joining Dan River pact
2/6/08 |
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Schools
ask county for 19% increase
4/12/08 |
Mental
health services provider pulling out
2/2/08 |
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Bus
garage 3 months behind schedule; May 1 is new completion date
4/12/08 |
Judge
defers sentencing after plea
in cyber-sting case
2/2/08 |
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SWAC
urges expanded Recycling Center hours
4/12/08 |
Animal
shelter eyes track on county land to accommodate ‘Strut-A-Mutt’
program
2/2/08 |
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Utilities
audit could help city pick up extra revenue
4/12/08 |
Roots
& Wings appealing for
monetary, volunteer help
2/2/08 |
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Council
OKs loans for 2 city businesses
4/12/08 |
County
sets retreat agenda
1/30/08 |
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Tillman
joins city planning staff as code enforcement officer
4/12/08 |
Bethel
Hill’s Ayla Dunn spells her way to 2008 county championship
1/30/08 |
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County
OKs courthouse design work
4/9/08 |
Most
preschool kids in quality child care, while parents lag in job
pay
1/30/08 |
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Person
5th graders beat state science avg.
4/9/08 |
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Manager
applicants top out at 27
4/9/08 |
Health
board favors, but delays vote on, smoke-free facilities ordinance
1/30/08 |
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Wreck
injuries claim Person couple
4/9/08 |
City,
county managers upbeat
after water meet
1/30/08 |
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City
asks for crosswalks at PHS
4/9/08 |
Work
remains to ensure that all children have best possible start
in life
1/26/08 |
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April
11 is deadline to register to vote in May 6 primarys
4/5/08 |
Thursday
is final day to list 2008 property taxes and avoid 10% penalty
1/26/08 |
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Paula
Chandler named 2008 Teacher of the Year
4/5/08 |
Volunteer
work kicks off efforts to renovate uptown facility
1/26/08 |
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Governor’s
proposed water conservation plan could aid, hurt City of Roxboro
4/5/08 |
Friday
morning fire causes extensive damage to home
1/26/08 |
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Population
in county rose slightly, according to latest U.S. Census estimates
4/5/08 |
Unemployment
rate moves to 5.7 percent
during December
1/26/08 |
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Person’s
joblessness rate rises for third consecutive month
4/5/08 |
County
ends fiscal 2007 with 23.6% fund balance
1/23/08 |
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BOE
to hold public hearing on proposed budget for 2008-09 Thursday
night
4/5/08 |
Today’s
prosperity leads many to forget others are still struggling
toward Dr. King’s dream
1/23/08 |
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Manager
apps at 16 as Friday deadline nears
4/2/08 |
PCC
eyes start of new building in June
1/23/08 |
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Fire
Marshal Gentry relieves Oakley as
911 Center director
4/2/08 |
County
directs pael to pursue lease of Uptown building to ease courthouse
space crunch
1/23/08 |
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RCS
library opens, highlighted by salute to architecture in woodwork
4/2/08 |
Four
governing bodies agree to have managers, lawyers thrash out
details for regional water plan
1/19/08 |
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Rains
welcome but delay farmers from field work
4/2/08 |
Snowstorm
on the way; 1-3 inches forecast
1/19/08 |
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Extension
Service cites Whitfield as
top volunteer
4/2/08 |
Wreck
injuries claim Roxboro woman, 26
1/19/08 |
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No
smoking in public buildings as of
April 1 — no foolin’
3/29/08 |
County
wants to improve recycling rate
1/19/08 |
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College
ready, but has yet to train any
welders for FP
3/29/08 |
Monday
ceremony to mark MLK observance
1/19/08 |
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Voter
rolls up as primaries near
3/29/08 |
Cartner:
Teacher salaries should be
on par with profs
1/19/08 |
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United
Way reports pledges, gifts at 69% of $200K goal
3/29/08 |
Caswell
might decide to join water pact
1/16/08 |
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Force
Protection : No plans to abandon
Person facility
3/26/08 |
County
asks court not to review landfill action
1/16/08 |
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State
audit says college EOC director
misused funds
3/26/08 |
Commissioners
assert they’ve increased,
not cut, schools funding
1/16/08 |
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Nightclubs
now OK in city B-3 zones
3/26/08 |
Panel
says charters should share in lottery proceeds; principals encouraged
1/16/08 |
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Investment
houses get no sympathy from Miller
3/26/08 |
DOT
seeks to clarify snow removal plan
1/12/08 |
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Early
estimate to renovate courthouse:
$3 million
3/22/08 |
Skunk
tests positive for rabies, alert issued Friday
1/12/08 |
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Teen
sentenced after entering plea deal
in death of infant son
3/22/08 |
RCS
will accept 6th graders starting in fall
1/12/08 |
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Child
bicyclist, 8, suffers serious injuries in Thursday wreck
3/22/08 |
Council
approves policy regulating
leak adjustments
1/12/08 |
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Recruiting/retention
of teachers and
lowering dropout rate key at BOE’s retreat
3/22/08 |
No
decision made on credit card payments for city-rendered services
1/12/08 |
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Revised
noise ordinance gives green light to dragway racing
3/22/08 |
DOT
to plow Durham’s roads before Person’s
1/9/08 |
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Unemployment
rose in Person County
at outset of 2008
3/22/08 |
County
wants health board tobar
smoking in gov’t facilities
1/9/08 |
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Supt.
Eyes $2M more
for schools
3/19/08 |
City
awards permit to fruit juice maker
1/9/08 |
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Eight
months into year, school board finally adopts 2008 budget
3/19/08 |
So,
Personians, are you ready for switch
to DTV?
1/9/08 |
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Loan
to replace 3-tier lines to cost city $2.3M
3/19/08 |
PRIDE
takes county to court
1/5/08 |
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Council
mulls PHS crosswalk
3/19/08 |
County
may seek larger grant to help build Mayo Park education facility
1/5/08 |
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City
awards paving contract
3/19/08 |
RUDC
pushing ahead with plan to renovate Uptown building
1/5/08 |
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Noise
law red flags racetracks
3/15/08 |
PHS
curriculum changes among items to be addressed by school board
1/5/09 |
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Injured
deputy out of ICU
3/15/08 |
2008
is ‘long-ballot’ election year
1/2/08 |
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City
eyes ‘no parking’ zone on Long Avenue
3/15/08 |
Rain
lifts lake levels measurably
1/2/08 |
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Low
bid on water line work well under budget
3/15/08 |
PMH
hopes to complete CEO search
within next 60 days
1/2/08 |
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School
board to get new budget draft
3/15/08 |
Winter’s
first arctic blast biting Person
1/2/08 |
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Several
offices at courthouse have
new phone numbers
3/15/08 |
Work
progressing on school bus garage toward May completion
1/2/09 |
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Fertilizer
costs soar
3/12/08 |
Commissioners
may quash smoking
at Person courthouse
12/29/07 |
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Doctors
‘optimistic’ for recovery of deputy critically hurt
in chase
3/12/08 |
Tax
Time: 2008 listing forms in the mail and deadline nearing for
2007 payments
12/29/07 |
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Deputy’s
mishap prompts review
of chase policy
3/12/08 |
Long-term
outlook for farming and crops in Person Co. not very good
12/29/07 |
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Orange
wreck proves fatal for Person woman
3/12/08 |
Suspect
in Durham murder apprehended
by deputies
12/29/07 |
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Officials
agree better relationship with railroad key to commercial growth
on east side of U. S. 501
3/12/08 |
5
arrested on federal drug charges during
pre-Christmas roundup
12/29/07 |
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Holloway
Township goes on rabies alert
3/12/08 |
Supt.
Optimistic about finds funds
12/22/07 |
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Pair
of providers expand to meet CFN’s void
3/8/08 |
Tainted
wells probe just starting
12/22/07 |
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Levels
at Lake Roxboro, City Lake
reach capacity this weeK
3/8/08 |
Oxford
to be closest site for Hay Relief
12/22/07 |
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Efforts
continue to solve August murder of Roxboro man
3/8/08 |
Merchants
seem to think holiday sales have picked up
12/22/07 |
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Resolution
seeking better working relationship with railway leaders to
be presented to commissioners Monday
3/8/08 |
Weekend
rain helped, but drought drags on
12/19/07 |
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Sandra
Hicks tabbed executive director of
Council on Aging
3/8/08 |
School
board wants reversal of 3 state laws
12/19/07 |
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Wilson
named recipient of Jaycees’ annual top award
3/8/08 |
City
now 22 acres larger
12/19/07 |
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County
begins search for new manager
3/5/08 |
Parade fares ‘pretty good,’considering weather
12/19/07 |
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RCS
losing its charter principal
3/5/08 |
Housing
community for elderly delayed,
but not cancelled
12/15/07 |
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Accident
spurs appeal for crosswalk near PHS
3/5/08 |
Progress
being made on school bus garage
12/15/07 |
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Flu
really bugging Personians
3/5/08 |
Special
meeting scheduled Thursday to discuss probe into fuel-tainted
wells
12/15/07 |
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Roxboro
real estate firms announce merger
3/5/08 |
Still
no official word on cause of suspected
food-borne bug at
Force Protection luncheon
12/15/07 |
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UNC
publication highlights Roxboro
3/5/08 |
Person County Schools well below state average on crime/violence
report
12/15/07 |
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Potentially
9 vying for commissioner
3/1/08 |
Teacher
turnover rate jumps above state’s average
12/15/07 |
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Judge
sentences Strickland to life for 1st degree murder
3/1/08 |
Construction
set to start on new KFC/Taco Bell
12/15/07 |
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State,
defense argue
vastly different scenarios
3/1/08 |
City
seats new mayor, council
12/12/07 |
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C-T’s
Martin cops another NCPA award
3/1/08 |
Child,
6, dies after collapsing on playground
12/12/07 |
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BHCS
reroutes buses for safety, convenience
3/1/08 |
Single
vehicle accident claims Va. man
12/12/07 |
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Smoking
in public buildings to cease
April 1
2/27/08 |
County
mulls leasing Uptown building for deeds, tax offices
12/12/07 |
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Strickland
set to return to stand as trial resumes
2/27/08 |
School leaders continue to press
funding needs
12/12/07 |
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Person’s
Bass files for GOP N.C. Senate nod
2/27/08 |
Most
Person livestock producers finding hay on their own
12/12/07 |
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Wilkins
panel to further study if charters should share lottery funds
2/27/08 |
School
officials huddle with state lawmakers
12/8/07 |
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Report:
Person ranks below state average for spending on public schools
2/23/08 |
Cheetah
no defense for suspected food-borne bug at luncheon
12/8/07 |
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Seven
now in field for three available seats on board of county commissioners
2/23/08 |
Source
of fuel-tainted wells sought
12/8/07 |
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Latest
threat of winter weather delayed
opening of schools, but posed no problems
for roadways
2/23/08 |
Roxboro ready to seat 2 new members of council, mayor
12/8/07 |
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Commissioners
agree to form committee to look into changes for county’s
Web site
2/23/08 |
City’s
water supply not critical, but no rain could trigger call for
restrictions
12/8/07 |
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PMH
expansion project aided by $325,000 in federal funding delivered
Friday afternoon
2/23/08 |
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Mayflower
Seafood restaurant to open here this summer
2/23/08 |
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