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updated: Sun Jul 06, 2008 01:27 am

Sanford News

Local news for Sanford, NC continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Yesterday | News Observer

Scrap metal brings cash

Brothers Travis and Jason Rogers arrived at the door of Wise Recycling last week with a pickup load of riches.

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Related Topix: Clayton, NC, Dunn, NC

Fri Jul 04, 2008

News Observer

Biscuit baker debuts on TV

Carolyn Redding, a Hardee's biscuit maker in Sanford, is having her television commercial debut this week.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Seafood, Durham, NC, Raleigh Metro, Fearrington, NC

Wed Jul 02, 2008

StarNewsOnline.com

As economy falters, area residents turn to pawn shops for cash

David Belsito with Pawn USA checks on the value of a trumpet before making an offer to a customer Thursday.

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Related Topix: Wilmington, NC, Wilmington Metro, Carolina Beach, NC

Sat Jun 28, 2008

The Pilot

Potters' Feud Coming to Head

Two groups are asking Seagrove for permits to hold pottery festivals the weekend before Thanksgiving.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, NC, Seagrove, NC

Thu Jun 26, 2008

News Observer

Furious Seagrove potters secede from annual festival

Above, Phil Morgan, a potter from Seagrove who supports the traditional festival, smoothes a piece.

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Related Topix: Asheboro, NC, Lexington, NC, Seagrove, NC

Thu Jun 19, 2008

All Stories

The Pantry reaffirms full year revenue guidance, shares gain

Convenience store chain The Pantry, Inc . reaffirmed its full year fiscal 2008 guidance this morning, pushing shares up in late morning trading.

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Related Topix: Pantry Inc The, Retail

Tue Jun 17, 2008

ScrippsNews

current events, culture, commentary, community

In his day job, Russell Ciliento oversees vaccine production as a biochemist at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in Sanford, N.C., about 45 minutes south of Raleigh.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Al Gore

Sun Jun 15, 2008

The Carolina Scoop

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OCA# 4327 Anderson Gerarodo Contreras Lobo- Age 27 1910 20th Avenue Hickory, NC Date of arrest - June 11, 2008 - 01:00 hrs Officer Billy Burgin stopped Lobo for speeding at E. Main Street and Salem Church Road ...

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Related Topix: Lincoln County, NC, Hickory, NC, Gastonia, NC

Fri Jun 13, 2008

News Observer

Money to sheriffs raises questions

State money targeting illegal immigrants keeps coming. How it'll be used isn't clear WHERE THE AID WENT In a presentation to a legislative committee in March, the N.C. Sheriffs' Association gave a brief ...

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Related Topix: Mebane, NC, Wake County, NC, Immigration Reform

Sat Jun 07, 2008

News Observer

Hospital drill tests latest technology

WEDNESDAY: Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital in Dunn and Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford will conduct a drill like the one at WakeMed and Rex.

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Related Topix: Louisburg, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Raleigh, NC, Raleigh Metro

Thu Jun 05, 2008

WNCN-TV Raleigh

Sanford Students Name New Drought Education Mascot

RALEIGH, N.C. A group of Sanford students has won the statewide contest to name the new mascot for the state's drought education campaign.

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Related Topix: Raleigh, NC, Raleigh Metro, Patterson, NC

News Observer

Hotels could house sex offenders

Tough new laws preventing pedophiles, rapists and other sex offenders from living near schools, child-care centers and parks have made it hard for some to find housing when they leave prison.

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Related Topix: Asheboro, NC, Mebane, NC

Mon Jun 02, 2008

Kinston Free Press

Embezzlement suspects arrested

MCT REGIONAL NEWS By Gordon Anderson May 30--SANFORD -- Embezzlement charges have been fi led against Ed Fowler, the former treasurer of the North Shore Property Owners Association in Carolina Trace, and his ...

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Related Topix: Lee County, NC

Sat May 31, 2008

The Gaston Gazette

Selling Gaston County: Find out what property sold and at what price

Real estate transactions represent transfer of real property recorded with the Gaston County Register of Deeds.

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Related Topix: Gaston County, NC, Wilson, NC, Alexis, NC, Kings Mountain, NC

Thu May 29, 2008

News Observer

Driving this way is wrong

The feature that stood out most on the 2008 Rolls Royce the salesman allowed me to sit in recently wasn't the luxuriously carpeted floor mats or the buttery-soft leather.

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Related Topix: Pittsboro, NC

Tue May 27, 2008

Great Reporter

Nasty knockoffs: Dangerous fake products enter US at record pace

Fake cigarettes, brake parts and condoms are only some of an increasing number of dangerous counterfeit goods now on the US market.

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Sun May 25, 2008

WNCN-TV Raleigh

Final Day Of Operations For Siler City Pilgrim's Pride Plant

The Pilgrim's Pride chicken plant in Siler City now sits idle; this was the last day of operation for the plant.

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Related Topix: Siler City, NC

Tue May 20, 2008

News Observer

Business Doings

State electric co-ops create consulting group The state's electric cooperatives have formed GreenCo Solutions, a consulting organization that will design energy-efficiency programs and alternative energy ...

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Related Topix: Marketing, Wilmington, NC

Sun May 18, 2008

The Cary News

Frantz Automotive named Small Business of the Year

“This is one of the few times I think I was speechless”

Downtown Cary business Frantz Automotive took home top honors as the 2008 Small Business of the Year at a Cary Chamber of Commerce luncheon held Thursday, May 15. via The Cary News

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Related Topix: Small Business, Personal Finance, Cary, NC

Fri May 16, 2008

News Observer

Knowing a bomb when they see it

“You don't want to be caught blind”

Tommy Curry was driving up N.C. 87 toward Sanford on Tuesday afternoon when he spotted an opaque white bag the size of a small pig in the middle of his lane. via News Observer

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