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High school twins take college classes to jumpstart their different career plans
HAMLET — Richmond Senior High School student Evan Cooley has been taking welding classes at Richmond Community College since the start of his junior year. The 17-year-old is now in his senior year and working as an intern at Superior Cranes.
Finding their paths
ELLERBE — Seniors Will and River Meacham are completing their internship at Meacham Logging, Inc., a family owned company that’s been in business for 30 years.
Falling in love with welding
ROCKINGHAM —When senior Michael DeMay was younger, he said his dad brought him to work with him one day at his body shop where he also did some welding.
RichmondCC welding students finish semester with competition
Hamlet — Students in the Welding Technology program at Richmond Community College finished out the spring semester with a friendly competition to see who was the best welder in their class.
Advanced Machine Services celebrates move with ribbon cutting
ROCKINGHAM — Mayor Steve Morris said during the Richmond County Chamber of Commerce's ribbon cutting for Advanced Machine Services on Friday that the city received some ridicule when leaders decided to buy land towards the Cordova area to begin an industrial park.
However, he said they knew that the topography was better than it looked on paper, and 10 years later, AMS is one of the newer businesses there reaping the benefits.
