Oxford News

North Carolina Grand Master of the Freemasons Dan Rice was in Laurinburg this week to bestow a rare honor.

Ragsdale Liggett donated 221 pounds of food to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina as part of the N.C. Bar Association Young Lawyers Division's 1st Legal Feeding Frenzy.

With area water demand on rise, Oxford, Creedmoor seek answers BY WILLIAM F. WEST : The [Henderson] Daily Dispatch Jun 28, 2009 OXFORD -- Oxford City Manager Mark Donham and Public Works Director Larry Thomas will find out what Creedmoor is planning in terms of securing a future water supply and will see whether Henderson is willing to sell water ...

The public is invited to attend a community forum hosted by the Golden LEAF Foundation and Vance County on Monday, June 15, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. at the Civic Center located in Building 9 on the main campus of Vance-Granville Community College in Henderson.

Englishwoman Kathleen Ryall has pottery in her blood. Her grandfather was a "dipper," whose job was to add glaze to ceramics in a factory setting.

The Spam Allstars may possess the chops to back up all the overheated praise they've been getting, but plenty of South Florida hopefuls have been coasting on pure hype.

Pittsboro, NC a ' Fearrington is pleased to present Mike Wiley's performance of Blood Done Sign My Name , the acclaimed memoir by Tim Tyson, in The Fearrington Barn on Saturday and Sunday, July 11th and 12th, 2009.

These large and gorgeous Japanese Satsuma vases from the Meiji era will be sold June 13-14 by Leland Little Auction.

Despite what the name might imply, the fourth annual Masonic Carolina Pig Jig is not a dance contest for pigs; it is a barbecue cook-off hosted by the Masonic organizations of North Carolina.

A 16-year-old from Oxford is being held in a juvenile detention facility in South Bend, Ind., accused of making bomb threats that led officials to clear a mechanical engineering building at Purdue University.

Oxford, N.C. a ' Sixteen-year-old Ashton Lundeby's bedroom in his mother's Granville County home is nothing, if not patriotic.

"Around 10:00 p.m. on March 5, a wolf-pack of armed men gathered at the front door of the Lundeby family's home in Oxford, North Carolina.

Jeff Salmon of Chester, Va., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Piedmont Division tournament on Lake Gaston Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 16 pounds, 14 ounces.

Two people died early Saturday morning in a one-car wreck caused by alcohol and excessive speed in Granville County, state troopers said.

'Ardent Spirits," the third volume of memoir from Reynolds Price, may be the most compelling book he has published since "Kate Vaiden" in 1986.

Granville Health System Auxiliary plans tea party benefit FROM STAFF REPORTS : The Herald-Sun Apr 18, 2009 OXFORD -- The Granville Health System Auxiliary will hold its first Royal Tea Party from 2-4 p.m. May 2 at the Granville County Shrine Club in Oxford.

Tobacco Farm Quarterly Magazine 5808 Faringdon Place ~ Suite 200 Raleigh, NC 27609-3930 Phone: 872-4780 Fax: 876-6531 Features Return to Article List Organic tobacco-An idea whose time has come? - AprJun 2009 Production has doubled in each of the last few years, as has farm level pay per pound Jim Haskins There are many reasons why a farmer might ...

Accessible Golf of Wilmington a new golf program adapted for individuals with disabilities will have its media grand opening during Accessible Recreation Day at the University of North Carolina Wilmington campus on April 17 at 10:00 am on the golf range behind the baseball field.

This is a tribute to a very knowledgeable, kind and dear friend of many people in Alamance County and the surrounding area.

ADVANCE a ' RiverTrail Mercantile of Advance opened for business March 4. The timber-frame building, located at the intersection of U.S. 64 and N.C. 801, includes several retail sections.