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Contributed<br> This year’s Candy Hop, scheduled for Saturday, March 23, is a downtown tradition that continues to provide free, family fun entertainment, sponsored by participating downtown merchants.
Candy Hop comes to town March 23
This year, don’t miss out on a local tradition—downtown Fuquay-Varina’s Candy Hop. On Saturday, March 23 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the merchants on and around historic Main and Broad Streets will help bring in Easter by hosting this fun, free, family event. Just like previous years, children should come prepared with a basket and get ready to hop, hop, hop from shop to shop. You’re certain to find candy, goodies and a whole lot more by visiti...
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Public workshop to update Land Development Ordinance
Through a series of workshops from March 18 to March 21, the Town of Fuquay-Varina will begin exploring a new Land Development Ordinance that will look at new ways to guide development and redevelopment in town. The Downtown Center Plan, passed by the Fuquay-Varina Town Board in August 2012, will be a starting point for the discussion of concepts that may prove successful for the Town’s future commercial, mixed-use and multi-family developmen...
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Calling kids of all ages for movie night
Fuquay-Varina Downtown will return the nostalgia of an old fashioned outdoor movie night in the historic Varina District on May 3 in the Stephens Ace Hardware parking lot. The event will run from 7 to 11 p.m. and the feature film will begin at 8 p.m. The event entry fee is $1 per person with a glow bracelet as entry token. Kids younger than 2 years old are free. Bring your own chairs and/or blanket. Your vote counts From March 1 to March...
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Contributed<br> Classroom winners included fourth grade students Jasmine Joyner, Paola Dias Matmoros, Jacob Medlin, Gabriel White, Wade Parker, Jayzie Daughtry, Ariel Easton, Caleigh Rogalski, Kendall Hayes, Markel Burton and Richard Oakley. Fifth grade winners included James Kurdi, Brian Williams, Delija Brown, Brandon McCarthy, Nathan Beard, Alisha Ross, Kayla Sweatte and Kaycee Formont.
Lincoln Heights buzzing for bee winners
Nine newspapers collaborated to start the National Spelling Bee in 1925. The program underwent a significant surge in popularity, thanks to live TV coverage on ESPN . The purpose in holding a Spelling Bee is to help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabularies, learn concepts and develop correct English usage that will help them all their lives. All of the Lincoln Heights contestants demonstrated intelligence, poise and cou...
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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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