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‘We have hope’
Relay for Life goes under the rainbow at the Cole By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com Related coverage * Photo gallery – more than 1,400 images! * April 29: Von Drehle gets on…
36 teams, 325 participants, more than $42,000 raised
Relay for Life set for 6 p.m. start By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com Related coverage * April 29: Von Drehle gets on board Relay for Life train * Relay for Life event website…
National Train Day in Hamlet cancelled
Replaced by Amtrak Train Days events in Greensboro, Charlotte, Raleigh By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com * 2015 Amtrak Train Days events in NC * 2014 PDP National Train Day coverage At…
Amtrak stops dining car service on trains through Hamlet
Cost-cutting measure lowers sleeping car fares, boost passenger convenience Staff report HAMLET — Amtrak has started to offer passengers a lower-cost option for travel in sleeping cars on one route through Hamlet…
‘I am a product of prayer’
More than 200 gather for National Day of Prayer By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com * Photo gallery ROCKINGHAM — Sandi Hollon wasn’t going anywhere. At 14, she was homeless. At 15,…
Resignations, retirements fill school personnel report
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com HAMLET — The latest personnel report from Richmond County Schools is chock full of teacher resignations and retirements. That means Julian Carter, who took over as executive…
Hamlet man seeks CUP to open flea market, fruit stand
Site was to be Big Papa’s Seafood and Produce By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com Members of the Richmond County Planning and Zoning Board of Adjustment will conduct a public hearing at 7…
Legion Post 49 supports marking graves with U.S. flags
HAMLET — American Legion Post 49 Commander Joe Richardson recently presented Master Sgt. (ret.) Jimmy Brigman with a donation of $270 to purchase U.S. flags. Brigman, through the Disabled American…
Letter carriers food drive set for Saturday
RICHMOND COUNTY — City and rural carriers in Hamlet and Rockingham will participate in the 23rd annual Letter Carriers Food Drive this Saturday throughout Richmond County. The carriers will collect…
RCC seeks to build student life center
HAMLET — Richmond Community College is looking to add a new engineering degree to its curriculum and provide better food service on campus based on actions taken at the Board…
McQueen: Not enough black teachers in schools
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com HAMLET — The president of the Richmond County local chapter of the NAACP chided county school district officials on Tuesday, lamenting how few black teachers there are in…
Honor Roll: Monroe Avenue Elementary School
Monroe Avenue Elementary School in Hamlet has announced the students making the Honor Roll for the third nine-week period of the 2014-15 academic school year, which ended March 27. Distinguished List Third Grade: Camron Bowden,…
Johnson earns regional Career Technical Education distinction
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com HAMLET — Sharon Johnson, director of Career and Technical Education in Richmond County Schools, was presented on Tuesday night the 2015 CTE Administrator of the Year…
More than 300 to graduate RCC on May 16
Yandle: “Do not let anyone tell you that you can’t make it” By Wylie Bell Richmond Community College HAMLET — A record number of graduates will walk across the stage…
Tillman appointed to fill school board vacancy
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com HAMLET — George Crump, attorney for the Richmond County Board of Education, took a few minutes Tuesday evening to layout a proposal for board members…
Scam seminar: ‘They’ll tell you anything to get to your pocketbook’
Sheriff’s Office captain paves path for senior safety By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com HAMLET — Mike Burns recalled a Richmond County man who received a letter from what appeared to be Publisher’s…
Hamlet budget goes ‘back to the drawing board’
Garbage, Fire, Parks & Rec fees could increase; Library, Police K9 scrutinized By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com * Draft budget HAMLET — Early on, there was talk about Hamlet City Council…
Jacobs sworn in as Hamlet police officer
Charles Anthony Jacobs II stands with his fiance and new born baby girl on April 7 as he is being sworn in as a patrol officer at Hamlet Police Department….
Guardian ad Litem program needs double the volunteers
Abused, neglected children seek volunteer advocates in court By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com Keri Standridge loves her job and showing up to work each day. The 35-year-old thoroughly enjoy the people…
‘Rest easy … we’ll take it from here’
Benoist, longtime volunteer firefighter, laid to rest By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com * Photo gallery * Obituary EAST ROCKINGHAM — Members of several Richmond County public safety agencies, friends and family…
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