East Rockingham News

Shirley Fuller addresses city employees Thursday night. Rockinghama s employees bid farewell to the first city councilwoman in the citya s history at its annual Employee Appreciation Dinner at Browder Park Thursday night.

The Richmond County Board of Education sent a clear message to representatives of the architectural firm that is handling the construction of East Rockingham Elementary School Tuesday night.

The Special Olympics have only been back in Richmond County for three years but theya ve grown a lot, and in effort to ensure athletes get to participate in activities year-round, theya re holding their first-ever Fall Games, Thursday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at East Rockingham Park.

During Monday night's Richmond County Board of Commissioners meeting, commissioners came face to face with a harsh reality.

During Tuesday nighta s Rockingham City Council meeting the council approved its grant agreement with the Golden Leaf Foundation for $664,424 to be used for the East Rockingham Sewer Improvements.

Philip D. Brown Richmond County Daily Journal While Rohanen still has its fans, the Richmond County Board of Education's decision to name the newest elementary school after East Rockingham seems sit well with residents.

East Rockingham Freewill Baptist Church invites you to our Revival Friday, October 9th at 7pm, Sat.October 10th at 7pm,and for Homecoming-Sunday October 11th at 10am sunday school and 11am morning worship, dinner on the grounds will follow.Pastor Carter will be conduting the revival.

The countya s newest elementary school will bear the name of the community it is located in rather than the road it sits on when it takes in students in the 2010-2011 school year,. The Richmond County School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to change the name of Chalk Road School to East Rockingham Elementary School at the request of ...

Firefighters from the East Rockingham Fire Department visited Rohanen Middle School Tuesday to share fire safety tips during Fire Prevention Week, which lasts from Oct.

Philip D. Brown RIchmond County Daily Journal The Richmond County Board of Education will decide Tuesday whether to rename Chalk Road Elementary School.

Graffiti on the side of a building is one indication of gang activity, but is often followed by the question, how serious are they? a oeNobody can deny it when they see gang graffiti,a said Jason Graham, chief probation officer in Richmond County.

As plans ensue to open East Rockingham High School next year, the principal says he is committed to making the transition for students as smooth as possible.

Sewer expansion to East Rockingham, seed money for wastewater expansion between Rockingham and Ellerbe and renovations at Richmond Community College all got a boost from a statewide foundation Thursday afternoon.

Philip D. Brown Richmond County Daily Journal A decision is expected Thursday on Richmond Countya s three grant proposals through the Golden LEAF Foundationa s Community Assistance Grant Program.

East Rockingham Fire Department responded to a structure at 106 Dawkins Street in East Rockingham around 4:30 a.m. on Monday morning.

The Richmond County Board of Commissioners will meet today for its mid-monthly meeting at noon at the Richmond County Administrative Office Building.

Jerry Lunceford operates heavy equipment Monday on the Barfield portion of the former Safie Mill site on Mill Road in the East Rockingham Community.

Combating crime in Richmond County will consume some 14 percent of the budget for fiscal year 2009 to 2010.

More than six months after a preliminary study found no serious underground contamination at an abandoned mill site, efforts to clean up the property remain stalled.

The City of Rockingham has secured stimulus funding sufficient to complete roughly a quarter of the East Rockingham sewer project.