Tag: Pinehurst

John Marcum for NC Senate

Posted on February 29, 2012February 29, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Surprahz! Surprahz! Surprahz! — Private Gomer Pyle, USMC I’ll have to admit that NOT many people saw this coming. I think it must have been a spur-of-the-moment thing for

Pinehurst: “ambience” & selective indignation

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Brant Clifton

When you think of Pinehurst, North Carolina, you think of pristine, well-manicured championship golf courses, the quaint downtown area, and The Carolina Hotel. You certainly don’t think of locales like

Pinehurst: A welcome-aboard briefing for the new police chief

Posted on February 5, 2012February 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Our thrice-weekly Nobel Prize-contending, Pulitzer Prize-winning local newspaper ran a nice article this week on new Pinehurst police chief Earl Phipps. Change was really needed at the PPD.

Pinehurst govt dives into the performing arts

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Well, it looks like Queen Nancy and her court at Village Hall are putting us — the taxpayers — on the hook for a new

Pinehurst govt should tread carefully on performing arts center

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, a group of residents seeking a performing arts center for Pinehurst has gone to the village council, with hat in hand, seeking financing to get the project moving.

Pinehurst Police: Same — um — STUFF, different chief

Posted on December 26, 2011December 27, 2011 by Brant Clifton

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

Going along to get along is not always the way to go …

Posted on December 2, 2011December 2, 2011 by Brant Clifton

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

Pinehurst FINALLY has a queen …

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Brant Clifton

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

Welcome Back, Parson?

Posted on November 14, 2011November 14, 2011 by Brant Clifton

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

Pinehurst Village Council: They’re not as old as they look

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Brant Clifton

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