
(Rockingham County, NC) – Today, (May 31, 2013) Rockingham County Schools announces its plans to consolidate two Reidsville elementary schools to one operational school building. This plan will vacate Lawsonville Avenue Elementary’s 1950 and 1967 buildings located at 212 Lawsonville Avenue and relocate 220 K- 5 students to Moss Street Elementary at 419 Moss Street – less […]

posted by LEAH CHESTER-DAVIS I wish I had come up with this description of green beans, but I didn’t. When I read the description somewhere recently, I thought it was the perfect way to describe these slender little beauties that seem to be the perfect go-to veggie, no matter the occasion. Just like a little black […]

(Reidsville, N.C.) – Aging, Disability & Transit Services of Rockingham County (formerly Council on Aging) has received a “Family Caregiver-to-Caregiver Peer Support Pilot Project” grant – a joint effort of the Lifespan Respite Care project, under the Division of Aging and Adult Services and the Money Follows the Person Project, under the Division of Medical […]

Honoring WWII Vets May 27, 2013 Correction WWII event Eden The Eden Evening Lions Club sponsored the WWII May 27th and the Pastor was Robert J. Templeton who gave the invocation The motorcyclist were The Patroit Riders and there were 65 of them. – F. Bray This is to thank Norma Jean McKinney and all […]

MADISON – Iris Mitchell Griffin, 78, of Ricky’s Trail, died Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at Moses Cone Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, May 31, 2013, at First Baptist Church of Mayodan with Reverend Randy Jessup officiating. Mrs. Griffin was born September 14, 1934, in Rockingham County, the youngest child […]
May 30 2013 | Posted in
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Joseph “Joe” Maitland Harris, 62, of Eden, NC, passed away Wednesday morning, May 29, 2013. A funeral service will be held at 2 PM on Saturday, June 1, at Fair Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the family cemetery at his home. Mr. Harris was born April 15, 1951 in Greensboro, son of the […]
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Mrs. Sadie Neal Sullivan died Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Survivors are: sister, Addie Ray Watlington; brother, W. L. Neal (Bunny); a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be conducted 1:00 p.m. Saturday, June 1, 2013 from the Grooms Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 2166 Grooms Road. The family visitation will be […]
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posted by LEAH CHESTER-DAVIS As you kick off the summer grilling season this Memorial Day weekend, make sure you add lots of fresh fruits and vegetables to your menus. Farmers markets are now teeming with all kinds of delicious produce and other farm products. When you fire up the grill, keep in mind that many fruits […]

(Raleigh, NC) – In light of the bridge collapse in Washington, the North Carolina Department of Transportation wants to educate our citizens and visitors about how we keep North Carolina’s bridges maintained for safe travel.

(Charlotte, NC) – Local law enforcement agencies will once again begin patrolling the Belews Lake shoreline and islands for the summer boating season effective Memorial Day weekend.