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Two seek re-election in Pembroke
LUMBERTON — With today’s deadline to file for municipal elections, the number of candidates on Thursday grew by six, with two Pembroke Town Council incumbents wanting to keep their seats. Theresa...
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Luncheon honors Gibson family
LUMBERTON — A Lumberton man battling cancer thanked the family whose name is on the center where he is being treated by organizing a luncheon on Thursday in their honor. “I do have cancer, and the...
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Tribal Council goes silent on sanctions against member
PEMBROKE — The Lumbee Tribal Council seemed to suffer a collective case of amnesia Thursday when the topic of sanctions levied against council member Al Locklear was raised. Some council members...
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McGirt misses cut at British Open
SOUTHPORT, England — Fairmont native William McGirt got off to a slow start and never recovered en route to missing his second straight cut in the British Open. McGirt started by posting a 7-over 77 in...
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Top 15: Oxendine learning to ‘calm down’
PEMBROKE — Leading into high school football practice starting on July 31, The Robesonian’s sports reporter Jonathan Bym is publishing a countdown of the top 15 players in Robeson County, and Purnell...
View ArticleCrime report
Kelli Green, of Clarkton, reported Thursday that someone stole her wallet while she was at Rue 21 on North Elm Street in Lumberton. Stolen with the wallet were $400 in cash; a coin purse, valued at...
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Ex-police chief eyes Fairmont seat
LUMBERTON — A former police chief was among four people to file on Friday as the two-week period to run for municipal office ended. Sam Hunt was one of two people to file for a seat on that town’s...
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Pipeline gets ‘favorable’ environmental report
LUMBERTON — What began as a bad week for supporters of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, ended on a bright note with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s release Friday of the Final Environmental...
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Rhoades earns military scholarship
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — A Lumberton resident is a recipient of a $2,000 scholarship awarded by the Scholarships for Military Children Program. Lauren Rhoades is the daughter of Warren Rhoades II and Wanda...
View ArticleSpectrum to spotlight newspaper’s Matthew coverage
LUMBERTON — The Robesonian newspaper and its effort to inform local residents following Hurricane Matthew of need-to-know information will be spotlighted on Monday with the airing of “Lee’s Most...
View ArticleLeveling the trading field
North Carolina lost 400,000 manufacturing jobs between 2001 and 2015, or nearly 50 percent. As I travel the 9th Congressional District, I regularly pass abandoned factories and the struggling...
View ArticleLumberton church offers veterans help
LUMBERTON — Hyde Park Baptist Church is reaching out to veterans by offering them some free services and a bite to eat. The church, which is at 301 N. Roberts Ave., has scheduled the 2017 Veteran &...
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McNeill to exit as Red Springs mayor
LUMBERTON — Among the candidates who will seek election during the Nov. 7 municipal elections, a noticeable absence is John McNeill, the mayor of Red Springs who has served that town in some elected...
View ArticleSchool board should listen to Fairley-Ferebee
We don’t know if the 11 members of the Board of Education for the Public Schools of Robeson are capable of cleaning up the mess they have made. Our school system, which serves 24,000 students, is a...
View ArticleFreshman Transition this week LHS
LUMBERTON — Lumberton Senior High School has scheduled Freshman Transition for the 2017-18 academic year for four days week. It will be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Thursday at the high school....
View ArticleMentors sought for robot event
LUMBERTON — Robots are coming to Robeson County. Robeson Early College High School’s ROBCOBOT, Robeson County’s own FIRST Robotics Competition team, will be a co-host of THOR at The University of North...
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Down by the river
ORRUM — Dozens of children and adults jumped into canoes on Saturday to try out the dark waters of the Lumber River at the eighth annual Lumber River Day Festival, a day to celebrate the river and the...
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‘It’s time for a change’
LUMBERTON — Brenda Fairley-Ferebee, a member of the Board of Education for the Public Schools of Robeson County since 1996, has had enough. The school board’s infighting and its failure to find a new...
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Two physicians join Southeastern Health’s medical staff
LUMBERTON — Two doctors recently joined Southeastern Health’s medical staff. Dr. Jeff Grimm has joined Southeastern Medical Clinic Gray’s Creek, and Dr. Rakesh Kumar, a general surgeon, has joined...
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•July 29 In concert: The Jeff Little Trio will perform at the Sunrise Theater in Southern Pines on July 29 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the theater, which is located at 244 N.W. Broad St.,...
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