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Carver accepting applications for magnet program
LAUREL HILL — Carver Middle School is accepting applications from rising sixth graders for the new science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) magnet program for the 2015-16 school year. In the program, students will apply skills in those areas to contexts that make connections between school, community, and work. This…
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‘This is just the beginning’
Sommore Terry, featured speaker for Scotland High School’s Baccalaureate Service, cracks a grin while instructing her fellow Scotland High School seniors to stand up and shout out where they see themselves in the years to come. Eschewing the decorum she promised her daughter, Umeko Terry-Leak encourages the audience to join…
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Humane Society gets vaccination grant
A grant for 400 vaccinations will offset $2,100 that the Scotland County Humane Society would otherwise have spent when taking in dogs like Miles, pictured here with rescue coordinator Kathy Wallace. A grant for 400 vaccinations will offset $2,100 that the Scotland County Humane Society would otherwise have spent when…
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City counciltalks fireequipment
LAURINBURG — In a brief budget meeting before its agenda work session on Tuesday, the Laurinburg City Council elected to minimize the city money spent on new fire equipment in the immediate future. This year, the city fire department is due to receive a new fire truck, funded by the…
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Rec board discusses summer camp scarcity
LAURINBURG — As local schools prepare to end the academic year, on Tuesday the Scotland County Parks and Recreation advisory board discussed the dearth of children’s summer programs in its parks. According to Parks and Rec director Shannon Newton, former “summer in the park” programs had strong attendance at free…
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City’s proposedbudget includesfee increases
LAURINBURG — At a reconvened budget meeting on Monday, Laurinburg City Manager Charles Nichols proposed utilizing $323,000 of fund balance to equalize the city’s general fund and imposing fee increases to balance the city’s water and sewer and solid waste funds. The proposed budget includes a 35 percent increase in…
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Grant to help Scotland Health expand, create 21 jobs
LAURINBURG — An $841,800 grant from the Golden Leaf Foundation will be used to fund expansion at three Scotland Health Care System facilities and create 21 new jobs, the system’s Board of Trustees announced in a statement released Monday. According to Mike Vinson, chair of the Board, the monies will…
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City sees several wrecks on Friday
LAURINBURG — Police responded to no fewer than eight automobile accidents within the city limits on Friday, with injuries reported to only one individual, a 10-year-old cyclist. Tomazion Bethea was cycling southward on Mill Street near his home when he collided with the front of a vehicle travelling westward on…
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Crime report for June 9
Shooting LAURINBURG — A shooting was reported inside a Covington Street home at 11:54 p.m. on Sunday, according to police. Laquanda Monique Jackson, 26, was alone in her bedroom when she was struck in the upper thigh by a shot from someone outside the room. Subsequent police investigation revealed no…
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NC’s drop in abortions is among nation’s sharpest since 2010
RALEIGH (AP) — The number of abortions performed in North Carolina has dropped by more than a quarter in the past five years — one of the steepest declines in the nation — and new rules including a 72-hour waiting period could extend the trend. A national survey by The…
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Laurinburg’s middle school eliminated
Hargrave Gibson Hargrave LAURINBURG — The Scotland County Board of Education learned a surefire way to clear a room on Monday: make a decision that your audience doesn’t like. After a combined 21 minutes of public hearings, during which six people spoke against converting Sycamore Lane Middle School to an…
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Laurinburg’s middle school eliminated
Gibson Hargrave Hargrave LAURINBURG — The Scotland County Board of Education learned a surefire way to clear a room on Monday: make a decision that your audience doesn’t like. After a combined 21 minutes of public hearings, during which six people spoke against converting Sycamore Lane Middle School to an…
