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Local students named to UNC Dean’s List
More than 950 students earned bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral or professional degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the Dec. 16 commencement ceremony. Out of 988 students who received a degree, 568 earned a bachelor’s, 275 earned a master’s, 131 earned a doctoral degree and 14 earned a professional degree. In addition, 6,484 Carolina students were recognized for outstanding academic achievement through their s...
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Edward Jones tops ‘Best Places to Work in NC’ list
Edward Jones provides financial services for individual investors in the United States and, through its affiliate, in Canada. Every aspect of the firm’s business, from the types of investment options offered to the location of branch offices, is designed to cater to individual investors in the communities in which they live and work. The firm’s 12,000-plus financial advisors work directly with nearly seven million clients to understand their ...
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Register soon for fun, free summer science courses
Parents can help transition their children through the summer slide by taking advantage of GlaxoSmithKline’s Science in the Summer program. It is a fun and free science education program that helps elementary and middle-school children “grow into science” and gets them excited about learning science with hands-on experiments. Classes are held in your local public library and taught by certified teachers. Courses are being offered in several...
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Pam Bobay (media specialist) helps Andrew Karls and Brandon Jones on their VoiceThread projects. The VoiceThreads are turned into QR codes and attached to the back of picture books in the library to help younger readers chose what they want to read.
Lincoln Heights offers snapshot of STEM education
There’s a new way of teaching in town. Long gone are the days of lecturing, “One times two is two, one times three is three, one times four is four.” In its first year as a STEM school, Lincoln Heights is focusing on science, technology, engineering and mathematics as well as new ways to teach subjects. The teachers and students will have the chance to show off that new learning Feb. 26 during STEM night at the school from 6 to 7:30 p.m. ...
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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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