Whispering Pines News

In Whispering Pines, the new mayor is the same as the old. Bob Zschoche was re-elected to the post by the Whispering Pines Village Council during its regular meeting Wednesday afternoon.

A novel method to persuade politicians to fulfill term-limit pledges came to John Skvarla of Pinehurst three years ago when his specialty construction company got bonded for an upcoming job.

The Southern Pines Christmas parade will begin at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. Several bands will participate and there will be floats, beauty queens and, of course, Santa.

A proposed shopping center that would include a Food Lion grocery store cleared two more hurdles Wednesday at the Whispering Pines regular meeting.

A proposed shopping center that would include a Food Lion grocery store cleared two more hurdles Wednesday during the Whispering Pines Village Council meeting.

Votes in West Aberdeen and Eureka precincts were manually counted Monday afternoon in compliance with State Board of Elections regulations.

Two write-in candidates won two of three open seats Tuesday on the Whispering Pines Village Council.

Taylortown Mayor Ulysses Barrett Jr. was the top vote-getter among 13 candidates running for five seats on the Town Council.

After four months of campaigning, the municipal election season will come to an end Tuesday night.

The following real-estate transactions valued at more than $25,000 were recoded Sept 9-15 at the Johnston County Courthouse.

Another candidate has joined the race for Whispering Pines Council. Paul Sams, 70, a retired U.S. Postal Service employee, has announced his intent to be a write-in candidate for the Village Council.

Incumbent Whispering Pines Councilman Randy Saunders is back in the race. Saunders, who decided against seeking re-election earlier this year, has opted to run actively as a write-in candidate after several candidates dropped out.

BELFAST : Students at the Cornerspring Montessori School celebrated peace Oct. 5 at the Belfast school.

So you were among the many who fretted the major-label deal Concord, N.C., country boys The Avett Brothers consummated when they hopped on a plane to Rick Rubin's Document Room studio in Malibu to make their big-bucks debut? Afraid that they'd change? Worried that they'd become a big rock band, free of their rootsy shamble and egalitarian charm? ...

Good communication between the county and its municipalities appears to be a key ingredient to solving the area's water issues, but recent grumblings suggest there's a bucketful of work to do.

Red Deer County has slammed the door on lot owners who hope to build cottages at the Whispering Pines golf resort, located on the west shore of Pine Lake.

Carteret County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a Virginia man for attempting to drown his girlfriend over the weekend, officials say.

Police arrested two Asheville men after finding cocaine in their car, according to warrants.

Firefighters said that five families were displaced by an apartment fire at a Spartanburg complex on Saturday.

Frances Harper Pickering, 91, passed away Aug. 19, 2009, in WillowBrooke Court at Tryon Estates in Columbus, N.C. She was the daughter of the late Dr.