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Civitas Media helps connect businesses, consumers with MyOwn Apps
The Fuquay-Varina Independent is opening new doors to its advertisers, their current customers and a whole world of new ones, all with the stroke of a fingertip. And it’s been done through MyOwn Apps, a new high-tech advertising venue that offers advertisers a way to reach on-the-go consumers looking for information fast and in the palm of their hand. With the help of mobile experts at Civitas Media, the Independent’s parent company, a bu...
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Contributed | Porter Farms<br> The morning of March 22, the small strawberry plants and their blooms on Porter Farms lay safely blanketed in layers of ice. The ice protected the blooms from deadly frost.
Growing goodness in spite of the elements
It takes approximately six weeks for strawberries to transition from flower to fruit and because the growing season for strawberries straddles winter and spring, those six weeks are delicate times for the plant. Frost is an ever present danger. There was one week during this past winter, when the plants had already begun to flower, that the perfect storm of falling temperatures, wind speeds and a low dew point created a perfect storm for fr...
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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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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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