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Friday, 16 August 2019 18:51

Outdoors, Epicenter cited for Richmond County tourism growth

Outdoor activities, such as paddling down Hitchcock Creek, and the inaugural Epicenter Festival are credited for giving Richmond County a 6.7 percent boost in tourism spending for 2018.

ROCKINGHAM — Richmond County saw the sixth-largest increase across the state in visitor spending for 2018, according to a study announced Thursday.

Published in Local News
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Thursday, 01 November 2018 22:13

Reading and Crafts Highlight Camp-In at Rockingham's Leath Library

Peggy Wilkes reads a story about a scared mouse to children during the Family Literacy Night Camp-In at Leath Memorial Library on Wednesday. See more photos on the Richmond Observer's Facebook page.

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 library’s Camp-In for Family Literacy Night.

Published in Lifestyle
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