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Pinehurst Set for Spring Library Takeover thepilot.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thepilot.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pinehurstâs leaders are preparing to delve into the details of the villageâs upcoming 2021-2022 budget and the factors behind a proposed 1.5-cent tax hike. Village Manager Jeff Sanborn presented to the Village Council an overarching preview last week of the $24 million operating budget, which is six percent larger than the current yearâs. The council is scheduled to hold budget work sessions Wednesday and Friday. Pinehurstâs impending acquisition of Given Memorial Library and Tufts Archives are driving much of that budgetary expansion. The village has agreed to take over operation of the library and archives in the coming year, though the finer points of the deal are still being sorted out, along with plans to expand the building and collection down the road. ....
Towns, Hoteliers Appeal to County Leaders In Support of Proposed Room Tax Increase thepilot.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thepilot.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
photo: courtesy of the Tufts Archives, Pinehurst, NC Annie Oakley and her birddog, Dave, who would sniff out money from Pinehurst exhibition spectators to be donated to the Red Cross. “There’s a famous lady who lived here and her name was Phoebe Moses,” Marva Kirk says on her Pinehurst, North Carolina, history tours. “Have you ever heard of her?” More often than not, the answer is “no,” but when Kirk tells the visitors that Moses’s stage name was Annie Oakley, the world-famous sharpshooter, eyes inevitably brighten with recognition. “Most people are surprised she lived here,” Kirk says. Pinehurst may now be known as the “Home of American Golf,” but when the affluent Boston businessman James Walker Tufts purchased the land to found the village in 1895, golf was little more than an afterthought. People instead originally came to Pinehurst for shooting and hunting sports, lured as well by the tranquility to be found among the longleaf pines and th ....
Eagle, by the late Vergil Shamberger, for being one of those quiet heroes who leaves a lasting legacy on his community. Shamberger, who passed away last month after battling ALS, was one of those rare Moore County natives who, having made a name for himself as a student at North Moore High School, came back there after college. He spent the next 32 years there as a teacher, coach and passionate advocate for Special Olympics. From the classroom and the field, Shamberger imbued his many young charges with positivity and family values. âThe biggest thing about Vergil was that he was always positive. Always laughing, always something positive to lift you up. He always had a smile on his face and was very encouraging. But he believed in hard work,â said North Moore Principal Jenny Purvis. ....