Tag: Pinehurst

#FAIL: Renee’s day in Pinehurst

Posted on April 12, 2012April 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Congresswoman Renee Ellmers (R-Dunn) had her debut before The Moore Republican Men’s Club at lunch today. Moore County was just added to her district, and Ellmers is

Pinehurst: The “importance” of historic landmark status

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The Pinehurst village council is looking to develop, renovate, and update the area in and around historic downtown Pinehurst. The downtown area has historic status awarded by The National Park

Revisiting Pinehurst’s Railhouse deal

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I’ve been doing some pontificating, pondering and research on the recent deal arranged by Pinehurst to bring Railhouse Brewery from Aberdeen to Pinehurst. Prior to Railhouse securing ANY property in

Pinehurst: The end of a Tradition?

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The Tradition of Old Town, a proposed townhome development at the corner of McCaskill and Magnolia, was a sore subject for many Pinehurst voters during the November village elections. The

John Marcum now a Fiorillo Fan

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I ran into John Marcum, two-time Pinehurst mayoral candidate and 2012 GOP candidate for NC Senate, at Saturday’s Moore County GOP candidate meet-and-greet in Southern

Announcement of tax dollars for brewery raises new set of questions

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It appears that Pinehurst Village government has jumped head-first into the venture capital game — picking winners and losers by investing tax dollars in certain enterprises seeking

NYC direct flights in the cards for Moore County Airport?

Posted on March 6, 2012March 6, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I had an interesting discussion the other day with a local business community mover-and-shaker who is also in-the-know on economic development. Our subject turned to Moore County’s Airport and the

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.