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  Frady has dedicated 33 years of service to the City of Hendersonville, starting as an office assistant and working her way up to assistant zoning administrator, zoning administrator and finally development assistance director. Known for providing excellent customer service, Frady has dedicated her career to serving the citizens of Hendersonville. She has also served as an adviser in professional organizations in the following capacities: Regional Director of the North Carolina Association of...

Staff Reports Susan Frady, who retired from the city of Hendersonville as the development assistance director, was presented with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine by N.C. Sen. Chuck Edwards Friday. Frady dedicated 33 years of service to the city, working as an office assistant, assistant zoning administrator, zoning administrator and finally as development assistance director, according to the city. She is known for providing excellent customer service to everyone and has dedicated her career...

ODFLs David Congdon Receives North Carolina Award David Congdon speaks from the podium. (Patrick Budd/Old Dominion Freight Line) David Congdon, executive chairman of Old Dominion Freight Line, received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine award on April 22. Bestowed by North Carolina governors, the award recognizes people who have made significant contributions to the state and their communities through service. The award ceremony was attended by North Carolina House of Representatives Speaker Tim M...

Publishers Note: This post appears here courtesy of ECU News Services. Dr. Philip Rogers announced the launch of a listening tour during his first Board of Trustees meeting as ECU chancellor. | Photo: Cliff Hollis Dr. Ron Mitchelson, former interim chancellor, was presented with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the highest honor awarded by the governor of North Carolina, during the ECU Board of Trustees meeting. | Photo: Cliff Hollis     The East Carolina University Board of Trustees welcome...

The Nature Conservancy in Mississippi released 38 two-year-old Gopher Tortoises last weekend.

LINVILLE — Throughout the history of Avery County, there has been a handful of influential individuals who have left behind legacies that will benefit generations to come. Among these people

UNC Health Names N.C. Neurosciences Tower in Honor of Gary Park With the retirement of a longtime president of its centerpiece hospital system, UNC Health has announced plans to rename one of its Chapel Hill towers in his honor. The health system shared it is renaming the tower at the N.C. Neurosciences Hospital after Gary Park, who retired from UNC Health on Sunday. UNC Health cited Park’s leadership and advocation for the improved delivery and quality of care during his 20 years of work for...

OXFORD — Former Granville County employee Ernestine Howard has been awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, an honor reserved for those demonstrating “exemplary” service to North Carolina and

Sam Taylor Sam Taylor, a key figure in North Carolina’s ascension to global life sciences leadership as a founder and long-time president of the sector’s trade association, NCBIO, has died at the age of 64 of pancreatic cancer. Taylor, who died Sunday, Feb. 21, was instrumental in the founding of the NC Biosciences Organization, now NCBIO, in 1994 and had served as its president since 2006. As president, he advocated for NCBIO and its members before the North Carolina General Assembly, sta...

Neighbors in Durbin Crossing said that for about five years they were trying to get something done about parents parking their cars in the neighborhood during school pickup at Creekside High to avoid a long line.