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April is Alcohol Abuse Awareness Month
Alcohol use causes more deaths to people less than 21 years old than all illegal drugs combined. To bring more attention to this widespread issue, Gov. Pat McCrory has declared April 2013 to be Alcohol Abuse Awareness Month. Alcohol abuse is a national problem that affects Americans of all ages and from all communities, races and ethnic backgrounds. In North Carolina, underage drinkers consumed 9.7 percent of all alcohol sold during 2010, t...
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Contributed<br> A Cash Mob will descend on one local business today. Join the Mob. Visit the Fuquay-Varina Downtown Association's office at 3:45 p.m. to find out what local business will be mobbed.
Join the Mob
A Cash Mob is a new movement aimed at supporting local businesses and rebuilding communities. A Cash Mob is a Flash Mob, but instead of singing, dancing or rioting, Cash Mobbers join together and each spends $20 at a local business. So far, Fuquay-Varina Downtown has sponsored seven highly successful and thoroughly enjoyable Cash Mobs in the downtown shopping districts in Fuquay-Varina. Mobbers will meet at the FVDA office, located at 108 R...
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Contributed<br> Matthew Loeffler, second from left, is surrounded by his parents, Ed and Wendy Loeffler, and sister, Kelley Loeffler, after the Boston Marathon on April 15.
Runner reflects on Boston Marathon experience
Fuquay-Varina resident Matthew Loeffler had already run the Tobacco Road Marathon last spring. He had pinned on his bib, showing off the 3291. He had laced up his running shoes and had prepared for months. Crossing the finish line at three hours and two minutes on April 15 was the icing on the cake for the first time Boston Marathon runner. But he, along with his family, and thousands of others at the marathon never could have suspected w...
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Contributed<br> Summer camp through the Fuquay-Varina Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources begins June 17.
FV parks offer great summer camp line-up
Summer camp that is both fun and affordable? Yes, it’s possible to have both. The Fuquay-Varina Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources will host a full-day Summer Camp beginning June 17. The camp is open to all area children that have completed kindergarten and have yet to start the sixth grade. It will be held at the Fuquay-Varina Community Center. The camp is broken up into eight weekly sessions. Each session is $100 for...
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Nov. 25-Dec. 1 Arrests Lynn Louise Rench, 22, of Fuquay-Varina was arrested Nov. 25 on a driving while impaired charge. Carmen Delisha Heggie, 23, of Holly Springs was arrested Nov. 25 on a ...
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Feb. 12-18 Arrests Charles Thomas Mangum, 76, of Fuquay-Varina was arrested Feb. 12 on breaking and entering of a residence, larceny, and larceny after breaking and entering charges. An ar...
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Feb. 5-11 Arrests An arrest was made in a Feb. 5 incident reported off Broad St. allegedly involving possession of less than a half ounce of marijuana. Timothy Michael Duggan, 36, of Fuqua...
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Dec. 21-31 Arrests Michael Anthony Beckwith, 54, of Fuquay-Varina was arrested Dec. 24 on assault on a female and possessing or concealing equipment or paraphernalia charges. An arrest was...
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Nov. 13-19 Arrests Vickie Belinda Nealy, 45, of Proctorville was arrested Nov. 14 on a larceny charge. Ashlee Brooke Selin, 26, of Willow Spring was arrested Nov. 17 on an embezzlement ch...
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