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To the Editor
The Youth Department of Life-Changing Ministries would like to thank the following businesses that helped sponsor our community safe haven party for kids on Halloween night: Harris Teeter, Pizza I...
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Mayor's Message
Today’s election means different things to different people. To me, it is a reminder that half of my 4-year term as your Mayor has passed. As the light voter turnout for these municipal election...
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Democratic Party Chair supports early voting
What is an “Off Year”, anyway? As I mix around with various local, state and national politicos, I keep hearing these words, “off year election”. For some reason, this terminology “off year” strik...
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After hours emergency service needs to be updated
Letter to the editor: On Sept. 2, I had a problem with a gas tank from a local company. It was making a hissing sound and the fumes were strong. I called the number that was on the tank. Since it ...
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Hospice director gives thanks for support
To the editor: On behalf of everyone at Hospice of Scotland County—our patients and their families, staff, and members of the Board of Trustees—we would like to thank Jim and Frances Willis and th...
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Commercial Quandry
At tonight’s City Council meeting the hottest item on the agenda is whether to re-zone the land next to Wal mart (the so-called ‘Staples’ site). For those of you who have been following this iss...
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EDITORIALS
Mayor's column Putdown undeserved
by Mayor Matthew Block
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It has been a somewhat uneventful past two weeks in the city of Laurinburg since the last column, but there are always things of importance to discuss. Regarding the shooting at Piggly Wiggly, it ...
Our View: Great debate?
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What happened to the big debate over the money that the school board says the county owes? After all the hubbub about the county commissioners failing to do right by the school system, school offi...
Our view
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Earlier this month, businessman Robert Walters accused the town of East Laurinburg of trying to put one over on him. Walters said the town officials devised a phony letter from the state that said...
Our view: Maxton's folly
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While Maxton Mayor Gladys Dean would have us believe that Katrina Tatum decided on the spur of the moment to quit her job Wednesday as town manager, it seems pretty clear that the town board orches...
Difficult budget
by N.C. Rep. Garland Pierce
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My focus this week is around the difficult budget decisions and some bills of interest. House lawmakers continued the difficult task of writing North Carolina’s budget for the coming fiscal year. ...
Column - Letter From Home
by U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell
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Recently, I signed on to a bill that would help more folks explore the opportunity to open a small business. Small businesses are the crucial to this country’s economic rebound and we must take eve...
LETTERS
Letter: Search continues for missing man
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Another year has passed since my brother, Rickie Bethea, disappeared without a trace. Rickie was a native of Scotland County and well known in the community. Rickie was a resident of Corbett Famil...
Guest Commentary: Personnel or personal?
by Effie Nicholson McEachin
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Dear Editor, First, thanks for reporting the news in Maxton. Like all towns and cities, we have good news and sometimes not so good news for our citizens. I’m a resident of Maxton, born in the co...
Letter:Tree service needs political pull
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To the Editor: Concerning Robert's Tree Service, your editorial and all of the articles in the paper have been very interesting to say the least. The situation has to be very frustrating for...
Tree service needs political pull
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To the Editor: Concerning Robert's Tree Service, your editorial and all of the articles in the paper have been very interesting to say the least. The situation has to be very frustrating for...
Letter: Former mayor offers council advice
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To the editor: When I was on council, we had a booklet that covered a code of conduct for the council, the mayor, the city manager, the clerk and others. I think from what I see and hear on the r...
Letter: Early start questioned
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To the editor: As another school year comes to an end, I can't help but wonder why our school board is still insisting on opening Scotland High more than 2 weeks earlier than every other school in...
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Letter home
by Rep. Larry Kissell
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Credit crunch Over the years, the business practices of the credit card industry have attracted a lot of attention and outraged consumers from across our district and our nation. Consumers hav...
Letter to the editor
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To the editor: In a recent letter to the editor, dated Oct. 6, Mr. John Troutman attempted to defend separation of church and state, and the A.C.L.U., or, "All Christmas Lights Unplugged". Mr. T...
Caudill thanks community, committee for Highland Games success
by Bill Caudill
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The Scotland County Highland Games, held at the John Blue Complex on Oct. 3, 2009, was a tremendous success. Whether of Scottish lineage or not, several thousand people flocked to the grounds of th...
Our View: Feeling Blue
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Nothing to do in Laurinburg? The 13,000 or so people who visited the John Blue Cotton Festival over the past two days might suggest otherwise. The event — in its 26th year — offered a wide assort...
Letter Home
by Rep. Larry Kissell
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As many of you know, protecting our seniors is one of my top priorities. I have expressed my concerns about strengthening Medicare and taking care of our seniors many times in this column. Recent...
Letter to the editor
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The October 8 reply to my letter from the day before deserves a reply. Its anti-government screed will gladden the hearts of Limbaugh dittoheads, Glenn Beck birthers and deathers, Drudge Report...
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