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Monday, 12 November 2018 15:05
Physician Assistant Joins FirstHealth Neurosurgery
Written by FirstHealth of the Carolinas
PINEHURST – Andrea Ackroyd, PA-C, has joined FirstHealth Neurosurgery in Pinehurst as a certified physician assistant.
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Monday, 12 November 2018 14:50
Place of Grace Goes Back in Time for Fall Festival
Written by Betty McIntyre
The sight and the sounds of the ‘50s came to life Oct. 31 as Place of Grace Campus hosted its first annual Fall Festival. The community began arriving around 6 p.m. dressed in their ‘50s best. The festivities began at 6:30 p.m. and lasted until 8:30 p.m. A large homemade…
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Friday, 09 November 2018 19:22
Fairview Heights Names Honor Rolls, Terrific Kids
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Fairview Heights Elementary School recently announced its honor roll and Terrific Kids lists for the first nine weeks. Students making A Honor Roll are pictured and named above. Students making A/B Honor roll are: Third Grade: Lennox Allen, Destiny Benel, Kaleigh Bowden, McKayla Brown, Nevaeh Caulder, Genesis Cordova Mendoza, Dannah…
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Friday, 09 November 2018 17:05
FirstHealth Moore Regional’s Pharmacy Residency Program has Received Re-accreditation
Written by FirstHealth of the Carolinas
PINEHURST – FirstHealth Moore Regional’s post-graduate year-one (PGY-1) pharmacy residency program has received a full six-year accreditation by the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) after a comprehensive two-day survey. The on-site survey included a thorough investigation of the conduct and structure of our residency program, as well as the…
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Thursday, 08 November 2018 14:51
East Rockingham Elementary Names Honor Roll Students
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East Rockingham Elementary School recently named its honor roll for the first nine weeks.
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Wednesday, 07 November 2018 18:45
Book Review: 'Freakonomics' Asks Uncommon Questions
Written by Stephanie Thornsbury
Which do you think is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their parents? Which matters more, nature or nurture? These aren’t the questions you think of when you think of economists. But…
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Wednesday, 07 November 2018 16:26
FirstHealth Announces August 2018 DAISY Award Winner
Written by FirstHealth of the Carolinas
PINEHURST — Brittany Fowler, R.N., has been recognized as the August 2018 DAISY Award Winner for FirstHealth of the Carolinas. Fowler is a nurse at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst and currently works on the 3 Surgical Orthopaedics and Urology unit. She was nominated by a patient who, in…
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Wednesday, 07 November 2018 15:18
Ellerbe Middle Names Honor Roll Students
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Ellerbe Middle School has named its honor roll for the first nine weeks. Students making the A Honor Roll are as follows: Sixth Grade: Gavin Applewhite, Alexander Bahneman, Mikayla English, Mariana Estrada, Ashly Gonzalez Aguilar, Mia Green, Joaquain Jackson, Ayden Locklear, Garret Mabe, Kenneth McCormick, Sarah Meacham, Charlotte Morrison, Jaden…
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Wednesday, 07 November 2018 15:07
12 Named to Honor Roll Lists at Ashley Chapel
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ROCKINGHAM — A dozen students made honor roll for the first nine weeks of the school year at Ashley Chapel Educational Center.
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Tuesday, 06 November 2018 14:48
Allman Brothers Alum Johnny Neel joins Idlewild South at Cat's Cradle
Written by John Martin
Johnny Neel is a singer/songwriter/musician based in Nashville, Tennessee, but had humble beginnings in Wilmington, Delaware, where he was born on June 11, 1954. He is widely known for his time spent writing, singing and touring as a member of The Allman Brothers Band, Gov’t Mule and the Dickey Betts…
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Tuesday, 06 November 2018 14:20
First Baptist's Trunk or Treat Attracts Hundreds for Halloween in Hamlet
Written by Pam Simmons
HAMLET — Pastor Allison Farrah, staff, and members of First Baptist Church welcomed around 500 trunk-or-treaters on Halloween evening. More than a dozen vehicles were decorated by church members, and a wide assortment of treats were passed out to the hundreds of children and adults as they strolled through the…
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Sunday, 04 November 2018 23:26
Harris Reflects on Summer Mission Trip to Nepal
Written by Betty McIntyre
It takes a special person who is willing to give up the comforts of normal everyday living to venture out into the missions field. One must become selfless in order to focus solely on the needs of others. Some know their calling in this field years before it takes place,…
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Sunday, 04 November 2018 21:53
Origin and Function of Daylight Saving Time: The Concept of “Springing Forward” and "Falling Back"
Written by C.K. Craven
HAMLET - Sunday morning at 2:00 a.m. we were to “fall back” to 1:00 a.m. in order to join most of our society in the recognition of - and abeyance unto – the magical realm of returning to “standard time” from daylight saving time. So why do we follow this…
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Thursday, 01 November 2018 22:13
Reading and Crafts Highlight Camp-In at Rockingham's Leath Library
Written by William R. Toler
ROCKINGHAM — A handful of kids got a dose of the great outdoors while indoors at Leath Memorial Library Wednesday night. The sounds of crickets chirping and a fire crackling filled the Little Room, which featured a reading tent, craft table and campsite with hay bales and tents for the…
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