Ellerbe News

Voluntary agricultural districts were the topic of discussion during a meeting held Monday night at the Mt.

The soggy weather the past couple days wona t last through Saturday and the Ellerbe Farmera s Parade scheduled should go on without any problems, organizers say.

Another textile company plans to expand its Richmond County operations, offering some measure of economic relief for a region with a jobless rate above the state average.

Vonda Scott works in the sewing room of Therafirm and sews a lace piece to the top of compression stockings.

A company that makes specialized socks and hosiery for the medical market is going to renovate and expand its Richmond County plant and add 24 jobs, the governor's office announced Tuesday.

To get the communitya s response to proposed Voluntary Agriculture Districts, Interim County Extension Director Paige Burns is hosting five information sessions in the coming weeks.

A Rockingham native, married mother of two, is the new director of the Ellerbe Senior Center.

A North Carolina yarn company is expanding and plans to add 135 jobs over the next three years.

The charitable efforts of Ellerbea s Warner family for Thanksgiving every year nearly ground to a halt in 2009 after back surgery sidelined the clana s patriarch, but church and community have stepped in to save the annual feast.

Families take a hay ride during last yeara s Farmera s Day Parade in Ellerbe as part of Farm City Week, a week-long event celebrating agriculture in Richmond County.

FilSpec Inc. of Quebec has acquired Richmond Yarns Inc. of Ellerbe, a town in Richmond County about 50 miles southwest of Sanford, and the Canadian textile company has committed to more than double the size of the Ellerbe plant after securing a $150,000 grant from the One North Carolina Fund.

The unofficial election results are in for all of Richmond Countya s 2009 municipal elections, and the mayors of Rockingham and Hamlet overcame challengers to retain their offices, while the two city councils gained one new member apiece.

Monday nighta s Richmond County Board of Commissioners meeting has a busy agenda including discussions on leash laws, the Ellerbe wastewater regionalization project and inland ports.

Rockingham Mayor Gene McLaurin hasn't faced a challenger for his position in an election since last century, but County School Board member and former chairman Bruce Stanback has filed to run on the city's November ballot.

During Tuesday nighta s Rockingham City Council meeting the council approved its grant agreement with the Golden Leaf Foundation for $664,424 to be used for the East Rockingham Sewer Improvements.

Richmond Community College Recruiter Jennipher Love talked with middle and high school counselors from Richmond and Scotland counties Tuesday about the Learn and Earn Program where high school students can take online courses from RCC for free.

Bret Auman and his daughter Janet Pavlic pick out two pumpkins Monday afternoon at Johnsona s Peaches on their way back home to Orlando, Fla.

While a lawsuit is set to go to trial today involving the fatal shooting of a Green Beret trainee by a Moore County lawman, local officers say communication has come a long way since 2002 when the Army exercise ended in tragedy.

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Town of Dobbins Heights election will be held on Tuesday while early voting in other municipal elections across Richmond County is slated to begin on Oct.