Marston News

MAY 12 NAACP: Community monthly meeting May 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Marston First Baptist Church, 220 Stroman Road, Marston.

Marston Baptist Church is entitled to $540,000 for the loss of its sanctuary and not the $172,000 to $221,000 offered by the N.C. Department of Transportation, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.

CANNON FIRINGS at Fort Macon State Park at 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. and 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. April 4 to view the firing process of a Civil War cannon.

N.C. Transportation Secretary Gene Conti is looking for a oeshovel-readya construction jobs in anticipation of federal economic stimulus money.

The combined post offices of Hoffman and Marston will open in a new location between the two communities Tuesday morning on U.S. 1 North.

Widening of U.S. 1 from Marston to the Moore County line continues, said G. R. Kindley Jr., Division 8 representative, N.C. Department of Transportation.

A Mexican national was arrested by the Richmond County Sheriff's Office in connection with the rape of a child, Capt.

Neighbors helped neighbors in the Fox Road community, and Billy Wilson wanted to know Monday night at a meeting of the Richmond County Board of Commissioners why the county can't do more to help.