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'We are as prepared as we can be': Jax Beach police chief says extra officers will work Orange Crush weekend Chief Gene Paul Smith said they have a plan in place, but is worried the event will be disorganized. Author: Haley Harrison Updated: 5:36 PM EDT April 14, 2021 In a little more than two months, Jacksonville Beach Police Chief Gene Paul Smith expects anywhere from 5,000 to 15,000 people in Jacksonville Beach during the weekend of the controversial Orange Crush festival. He said all 70 of his field officers will be working, and the department will also be ...

It’s probably no surprise that Person Street in Fayetteville was named for a person. But it wasn’t just any person. It was a person named Person who served as a brigadier general in the Revolutionary War and as a member of the state legislature for 30 years. He also was a member of the committee that named streets in Fayetteville. Four prominent streets in the city — Hay, Gillespie, Person and Ramsey — are named for the four members of that committee, according to the Fayetteville Observer archives. The North Carolina General Assembly appointed the committee in 1783 to name the most i...