NCGOP moves into damage control mode
In the face of a “Fire Hayes and Clean House” groundswell among party activists, the folks at NCGOP are taking steps to limit damage caused by
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Category: Campaign 2011
On eve of NCGOP convention, long knives come out
State GOP leaders are spinning the need for “unity” heading into the November general election, but a flier making the rounds of party activists suggests THAT might
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Pinehurst Police: Same — um — STUFF, different chief
Well, the election is over. There is a new chief at Pinehurst PD. And it appears NOT much has changed from the old regime. We now have the
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DEE-NIED! Feds reject appeal of downtown Pinehurst post office closure
In a December 12 order, The federal government’s Postal Regulatory Commission has rejected Pinehurst mayoral candidate John Marcum’s appeal of the decision by The U.S.
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Back to the Future for Southern Pines: Mike Fields BACK on Town Council?
Pinehurst recently tapped a familiar face to fill out the remainder of a term for an incumbent council member who had been elected mayor. Southern Pines may be
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Going along to get along is not always the way to go …
Concerned Citizens of Pinehurst, and others, have expressed concern about the reappointment of appointed incumbent Mark Parson to the Pinehurst Village Council. Newly-elected councilman John Strickland expressed concern about
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Pinehurst FINALLY has a queen …
The birds are singing more cheerfully. Rainbows are decorating the sky. The Pinehurst Police have abandoned their speed traps and have actually gone back to patrolling. Blossoms are appearing
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OK. Which one is it, N&O?
Here they go again. Our state’s flagship newspaper is at it again — offering readers contradictory information on their page, sometimes within the same day and other
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Welcome Back, Parson?
Now that the dust has settled in the local municipal races, the new topic of discussion in political circles is who will be appointed to replace Pinehurst’s Nancy Fiorillo and
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Pinehurst Village Council: They’re not as old as they look
I may have overreached in my quip about Tuesday’s election knocking up the average age of Pinehurst’s governing body. I was thinking mainly about the replacement of that young whippersnapper
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