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Leaders from Pender County are concerned about N.C. Department of Commerce's ranking leading to less funding in programs for its residents

For its Pender County Collector Street Plan, some question if developers should make contributions towards development.

While seeking answers for disturbed gravesites in Hampstead, Michael Garrison stood up and read a long list of family members buried at the cemetery near Edens Lane. "When they sent the bush hog out there, he damaged (the headstone) of Robert Fuller - my great-grandfather, but there was other markers out there as well that have been damaged, moved and destroyed," Garrison said.  During a Thursday meeting at the annex building, he wasn’t the only one in the audience when asked by developers about the Old Woodside Cemetery. The purpose of the gathering hosted by Logan Developers through�...

Conservatives want to ban critical race theory in schools EDITOR: Banning the teaching of our nation’s history of racism (sometimes known as "critical race theory”) represents the worst effort to silence this discussion in our community. Conservatives are literally making it illegal to have the discussion in schools. How can our teachers help students understand slavery and the events of 1898 (the massacre of Black people and the targeted destruction of black power, wealth and property in our city) without discussing white supremacy? How can teachers contextualize the events surrounding...

After losing their restaurant to Hurricane Florence, a couple starts fresh with a farm-and-market business