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Wednesday, 02 September 2020 14:39
Berry Patch concert series continues with Carolina Drive, Jim Quick and Coastline
Written by William R. Toler
ELLERBE ― The “World’s Largest Strawberry” is becoming known for something other than produce and ice cream ― live music.
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Wednesday, 02 September 2020 10:56
FCC engineer started his education in RichmondCC’s Mechanical Engineering program
Written by RichmondCC
HAMLET — If you receive an email from engineer Jason Dailey, it will most likely include his name in English and in Japanese characters. That’s because Dailey works for Japanese manufacturer FCC in Laurinburg.
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Tuesday, 01 September 2020 18:04
Virtually Grown Up: FirstHealth’s NICU reunion going online for 2020
Written by FirstHealth of the Carolinas
PINEHURST— While the reunion is taking on a new form in 2020, FirstHealth of the Carolinas is looking forward to celebrating “graduates” of the Clarke Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in late September.
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Monday, 31 August 2020 15:48
UNCP chemistry student completes two internships at Pfizer
Written by Mark Locklear - UNC-Pembroke
PEMBROKE — After spending the last two summers with engineers at one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, David Green can attest to the saying, "not all learning takes place in the classroom."
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Monday, 31 August 2020 12:40
Pinehurst septuagenarian athlete shares her journey with ovarian cancer as part of Gynecologic Oncology Awareness Month
Written by FirstHealth of the Carolinas
Good luck trying to keep up with 75-year-old Margaret Baker of Pinehurst. She is a local tennis champion. Avid swimmer. She has hiked in most Western states and parts of Canada with Jack, her husband of 56 years and best friend. Ovarian cancer was never on her agenda.
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This summer I had my timber cut around my house and the farm. There were probably close to 20 acres of trees. The loggers clear-cut and ground just about all the trees into chips. This means even the limbs and leaves were ground. They left our small farm with only…
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Friday, 28 August 2020 12:36
UNCP to host virtual event featuring U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo
Written by Mark Locklear - UNC-Pembroke
PEMBROKE —U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo will appear as UNC Pembroke’s final guest in the 2019-20 Distinguished Speaker Series.
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Thursday, 27 August 2020 13:34
Showing Compassion in Difficult Times: Reid Heart Center nurse honored with DAISY Award
Written by FirstHealth of the Carolinas
PINEHURST — Joe Haralson, BSN, R.N., has been recognized as a DAISY Award winner by FirstHealth of the Carolinas.
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Wednesday, 26 August 2020 16:56
COLUMN: Putting a hop-skip in your step
Written by Betty Gallo McIntyre
As we age and our children leave home to build lives of their own, we tend to become more aware of the little things that we’ve always taken for granted.
Wednesday, 26 August 2020 13:48
Jessica Collogan named dean of Library Services at UNC Pembroke
Written by Mark Locklear - UNC-Pembroke
PEMBROKE — Jessica Collogan, an accomplished research library leader, has been named dean of Library Services at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Collogan’s appointment was approved unanimously by the Board of Trustees.
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Wednesday, 26 August 2020 13:15
Family of longtime family physician John Vetter, M.D., donates portrait in his honor
Written by FirstHealth of the Carolinas
ROCKINGHAM—John Stanley Vetter, M.D., served the health care needs of generations of Richmond County residents from 1957 until his death in 2009. To honor the time and talents he gave to improving the health of the community during his time in Richmond County, his family has donated a portrait of…
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Monday, 24 August 2020 12:09
California sea lion Diesel passes away at North Carolina Zoo
Written by N.C. Zoo
ASHEBORO — Diesel, a California sea lion, who one zookeeper remembered as a "chatty goofball full of energy," passed away on Aug. 18. Diesel arrived at the Zoo in 2015 with another sea lion pup named Owen after both were deemed unfit to be returned to the wild.
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Friday, 21 August 2020 12:51
COLUMN: 'Thank you' from a Southern U.S. Navy sailor
Written by J.A. Bolton
As a writer, you sometimes think, ”Is all this time and research on a book or column worth it?”
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Where do cowboys come from? In my family’s case, they came from a farm in Ohio. My cousins Del and Dana were raised on that farm but had an itch to go to rodeo school out in Texas. And in due time they became cowboys, the real kind, cowpokes who…
