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Military News
Pvt. Roger A. Aguilar Army Pvt. Roger A. Aguilar has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier received training in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, Army history, core values and traditions. Additional training included development of basic combat skills and battlefield operati...
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Bring $25,000 to the community
Through State Farm Neighborhood Assist, a crowd-sourced philanthropic initiative, communities determine where grant funding is awarded, exclusively through Facebook. The grant application is short and simple, and is available on the Neighborhood Assist Facebook application at www.statefarm.com/neighborhoodassist or https://www.facebook.com/statefarm/app_107426122768295. The submission phase is open from now through March 6 and each Facebook...
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5th grade teacher helps motivate FVES students to give back
Contributed During the month of January the Student Council at Fuquay-Varina Elementary School held a food drive to benefit the BackPack Buddy Program at their school. This program supplies nutritious food and snacks to children who may not have consistant food resources at home. In all, more than 45 boxes of food were collected from students and teachers. Fifth grade teacher Jeremy Jahn motivated students by agreeing to allow the fifth g...
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Raleigh-based Church in the Woods founder Alice McGee has launched a program in Fuquay-Varina to feed the homeless and lead Bible study at West Jones Street park. Due to the cold, these meetings have been held recently at Fuquay-Varina UMC.

Efforts growing to help Fuquay area homeless
‘Audrey’ lost her job in 2008 when her arthritic hands no longer allowed her to work as a Certified Nursing Assistant. She quickly lost her apartment. Ever since then Audrey has bounced around staying with friends and family while her application for disability winds slowly through the courts. Audrey is homeless and living in Fuquay. While not technically living on the streets Audrey is described as a “couch surfer” by some service provid...
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Crime Reports

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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 ...

Dec 25, 2012 | 0

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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...

Mar 05, 2012 | 0

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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...

Feb 25, 2012 | 0

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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...

Jan 16, 2012 | 0

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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...

Nov 30, 2011 | 0

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