Adult Bereavement Support Group to meet
LUMBERTON — An Adult Bereavement Support Group for people experiencing grief because of the loss of a loved one through death will meet in September. Southeastern Hospice will be the host of the group...
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Grape stomp set for Sept. 8
ROSE HILL — Duplin Winery is hosting its 42nd annual Grape Stomp in Rose Hill in September. The stomp will be 1 to 6 p.m. on Sept. 8. The event will include live music, interactive games, vineyard...
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Choosing SeHealth helps local economy
LUMBERTON — There are a lot of reasons to choose Southeastern Health, Robeson County’s largest local medical institution. With clinics throughout the county and surrounding area, high-quality care is...
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Apps available to help you eat better
Trying to eat better, so I ate a salad for dinner! It was mostly croutons and tomatoes. Well really just one big, round crouton covered with tomato sauce and cheese……. Several of my co-workers have...
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Teachers prepare for new standards in the classroom
The new school year is right around the corner, and teachers across the Public Schools of Robeson County are going back to the classroom armed with new skills for teaching. Over the past week, teachers...
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Students hone reading skills
Shown are some of the more than 950 students in grade one through three who participated in the Read to Achieve Camp this summer. The students were from 23 schools across the Public Schools of Robeson...
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•Aug. 12 – 13 Family tree: The Vanderhall, Miles, Baker, Rhone, McArthur, Leach, Manning, Braswell, Page and Singletary Family Tree Reunion will be held at 11 a.m. at Camp Grace, 145 Grace Drive,...
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From the Fringe
Pinecrest senior shootout results Tom Jones and Michael Graham won this week’s Pinecrest senior shootout over Don Barnes and Donald B. Barnes. The closest to the flag winners were Pandora Carter and...
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Benton, Fanning set Kiwanis tourney record with fourth title in...
LUMBERTON — Mother nature and the other 12 competitors from the championship flight were against Dyrck Fanning and Scott Benton on Sunday in the final round of the 41st annual Kiwanis All-American golf...
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Mob rule is ugly, unconvincing
Monument Protests Marred by Illegality RALEIGH — If critics of Confederate monuments truly want to accomplish their goal of removing such objects from the public square, I’m a good example of the kind...
View ArticleMany thanks to those who made World Series happen
To the Editor, I am writing this letter to the editor to say, as past mayor, how proud I am of my hometown and to thank The Robesonian for the excellent coverage you provided throughout the Dixie Youth...
View ArticleGodwin administration has shortchanged tribe $15 million
To the Editor, Fifteen million dollars worth of construction wages and materials has gone unutilized by Harvey Godwin Jr., his tribal administrator Freda Porter and their administration. These budgeted...
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Final scores from the 41st Kiwanis All-American golf tournament
41st annual Kiwanis All-American Tournament Final scores Championship flight Dyrck Fanning-Scott Benton 64-32 — 96 John Haskins-Larry Cloninger 66-32 — 98 Mark Lassiter-Keith McGirt 65-34 — 99 Brad...
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Thomas Lopez reported to the Lumberton Police Department that he was the victim of an assault with a knife and robbed of $550 while on Elizabethtown Road. The following incidents of breaking and...
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ACP hearing continued until Tuesday
LUMBERTON — The hearing involving the legal challenge of a conditional-use permit issued one year ago to the builders of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline by the Robeson County Board of Commissioners was...
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De-strawed customers are ‘distrawght’
In the “summer of plastic straw bans,” North Carolina’s restaurant industry is feeling the heat. “Drunk people, they are walking around without straws and they are confused,” Hibernian Assistant...
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Robeson County high school football preseason power rankings
LUMBERTON — All the buildup from the offseason has reached its boiling point, and this Friday is when everything starts to matter. From the preseason coaches polls, to the top 15 player rankings, all...
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Cooper visits tribe-repaired home
PEMBROKE — Gov. Roy Cooper visited the Mt. Olive Community on Monday to see a home that was rehabilitated through the Lumbee Tribe. The homeowner, Brenda Jacobs, was happy to show off the construction...
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Latasha Jennings reported to the Lumberton Police Department that she and a female friend were the victims of an assault with a vehicle. According to the report, someone attempted to hit Jennings and...
View ArticleLocal man joins credit union advisory council
RALEIGH — A Robeson County fire inspector has been appointed to an advisory council for Local Government Federal Credit Union. Justin Hunt, a Robeson County Emergency Management employee, will serve on...
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