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Chick-fil-A success
A local eatery raised almost $1,500 for the daughter of a killed woman.
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March to highlight value of census
An area that is known for low Census participation rates will march to raise awareness of its importance.
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Ollie Shepherd convicted
A former girls basketball coach must register as a sex offender.
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Enhancing trust is seminar’s message to nonprofits
Do you trust your local nonprofit? Do your donations go where you think they do?
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A doorway in the eighth-grade hallway at Porter Ridge Middle School is jammed with students during class change. To relieve congestion, the school devised a system where students walk outside and around the building to get to the cafeteria. Elbow room
Few officials, parents agree over solution to overcrowding
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Appliance rebates coming soon
About three dozen states will soon offer you a rebate of as much as $250 if you trade in your clunky old clothes washer, refrigerator or water heater for a more efficient model. Besides the money ...
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Stun gun turns dad against DA
Lacey Stanley, 66, of Fairview, met with prosecutors last year to discuss the death of his daughter. At the meeting, Stanley was hit with a stun gun, arrested and charged with resisting arrest aft...
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Fire departments seeking residents input
Area residents can say what they want from fire departments.
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Natividad Deras was deported nearly two weeks ago. Deported, but some say — not forgotten
Trash has slowly built back up on Highway 74 where one man once voluntarily cleaned it.
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The Monroe High School basketball team huddles together at the end of a pep rally held at the school to send them off to Chapel Hill to compete for the 1A State Championship. GO TEAM!
Monroe High School revs up the Redhawks with a pep rally
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New seats on planning board being considered
Mineral Springs Council wants to research further
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Bus available for title game
Fifty-six seats are available on a chartered coach to carry Monroer Redhawk fans to the state championship basketball game on Saturday in Chapel HIll.
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No buyer for Joffre Hotel
Citing the economic climate, the Furman Company withdrew its plans for the old Joffre Hotel site last week.
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Parents say don’t move kids
Few options for overcrowding within reach
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Questions over punishment for racist act
MONROE Three white students from Union Academy put a picture with Ku Klux Klan images in a black student’s locker. His father thinks the punishment the white students received was not harsh enou...
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