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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...

Editor's note: The Fayetteville Observer newsroom staff voted among dozens of stories for the top local stories of the year. We'll be counting down our top 10 every day until New Year's Eve, when we'll publish the No. 1 story of 2020. The GenX contamination of hundreds of private wells in Bladen and Cumberland counties continued to be a major issue in 2020. GenX is manufactured at the Chemours plant near the county line and also is a byproduct of processes there. Animal studies have linked the compound to cancer and other health issues, but it isn’t known if the effect is the same in humans...

Residents who have been exposed to GenX and similar compounds should take extra precautions to protect themselves against COVID-19, scientists who study the chemicals say. The scientists encouraged those who have been exposed to the chemicals to get vaccinated for COVID-19, even though the exposure might limit the vaccine’s effectiveness. The Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., hosted an online presentation Thursday about how per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are known to have toxic effects on the immune system, which can make vaccines less ef...

When that happens, what will it be like? Here’s what to expect. 1. Don’t expect to pay. The vaccines are free because the federal government is paying for them. “Cost is not an obstacle to getting vaccinated against COVID-19,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on its website. “Vaccine doses purchased with U.S. taxpayer dollars will be given to the American people at no cost. However, vaccination providers may be able to charge administration fees for giving the shot.” 2. Don’t expect to experience a great deal of pain. Several who took the vaccine Tuesday said ...

Now, she’s trying to keep people from getting the disease. Lomasney, chief of allergy and immunology at Fort Bragg’s Womack Army Medical Center, spent eight weeks in Texas working in the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital that was overrun by patients with the disease. “Most were very sick,” she said. Lomasney said she would not wish COVID-19 on anyone. “I’ve seen the destruction this disease can do on individuals, communities, families,” she said. “For every single person who gets infected and has a bad outcome, that’s a family that’s devastated.” This week, Lomasney ha...