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Brothers Travis and Jason Rogers arrived at the door of Wise Recycling last week with a pickup load of riches.
Carolyn Redding, a Hardee's biscuit maker in Sanford, is having her television commercial debut this week.
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.
Two groups are asking Seagrove for permits to hold pottery festivals the weekend before Thanksgiving.
Furious Seagrove potters secede from annual festival
Above, Phil Morgan, a potter from Seagrove who supports the traditional festival, smoothes a piece.
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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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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
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