Murfreesboro News Archives

Q: Are there still plans to build condos at the corner of West Main Street and Front Street? A: "The zoning is in place for those condos, but we have not received any formal site plans," city planner Shannon Logan said.

" A fire that broke out Aug. 11 at Severn Peanut Company rekindled here Saturday afternoon.

Princeville leaders found a new town manager. Town officials appointed David Overton, a retired Windsor resident, as its interim town manager this week during a closed session of its regular board meeting.

It did not take Princeville long to find and hire a town manager. Sam Knight, who held the job since 2003, retired Thursday.

" For years, the Gates Correctional Center has teetered on the edge of distinction.

" If there were just one phrase to say at the passing of Anna Belle Crouch, it would be, "well done, my good and faithful servant.

An expression of concern by members of the Murfreesboro Town Council on Tuesday that emergency medical service they thought had been promised the town was, in fact, not being provided, developed into a huddle later that afternoon between the town administrator and the Hertford County Manager.

" An Aulander man is being held in the Bertie-Martin Regional Jail under a half-million dollar secured bond following his Thursday night arrest on eight felony drug charges.

The occupancy tax charged to hotel guests in Salisbury will likely double in the near future.

Like saving money? Have school supplies to buy? This weekend is for you in North Carolina.

Artist Stacey Brown was working in his studio one day when he dropped a piece of glass.

Just mention watermelons around Larry Boyette, and you're likely see a big smile.

Despite a wet start, the 2009 North Carolina Watermelon Festival here in Historic Murfreesboro got underway on Wednesday.