Cumberland County News

The State Public Health Lab in Raleigh confirmed a case of rabies in the 600 block of Carver Falls Road in Cumberland County on Wednesday, officials said.

The Cumberland North Progressive Conservative Association elected their MLA candidate last night at Amherst Regional High School.

Two choices will be on the ballot when Cumberland North Progressive Conservatives gather next Tuesday to select their candidate to carry the party's colours in the next provincial election.

A Cumberland County homeowner shot and killed one of two men he says tried to break into his home Tuesday morning.

Cumberland County would freeze its property tax burden on residents this year under a roughly $126.47 million preliminary budget introduced at Tuesday night's Board of Freeholders meeting.

In what turned out to be a relatively calm meeting - compared to last year, at least - the Cumberland County freeholders on Tuesday introduced a 2012 budget that uses $7.5 million in surplus funds and keeps the tax levy level with previous years.

John Varner , volunteer Christena Helm, staff member Shelly Grant, Audrey Jones, coordinator Angie Nuttall, Ron Hope, Cathy Varner and Arthur Conrad enjoy an afternoon of music during the Adult Day Program Thursdays at Havelock Terrace in Amherst.

The Cumberland County Fair Association and the Cumberland 4-H Program are co-sponsoring a Breast Cancer Awareness Walk-a-Thon during the Cumberland County Fair.

Members of the freeholder board will on Tuesday introduce a 2012 budget for Cumberland County, using more than $7.5 million of the county's $8.5 million surplus, without an increase in the tax levy.

CAUD Boil Water Advisory issued: 10:45amCT, Mon., May 21, 2012 Click on headline for item photo copy of CAUD Boil Water Advisory A boil water advisory is in effect for consumers of Columbia/Adair Utilities District for customers on: Highway South 61 from old Sparksville School to Cumberland County liine with all side roads included, Highway 768, ... (more)

Joseph Williams is CEO of the Southwest Council, a private, nonprofit agency fighting the spread of substance abuse across Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties.

The School Board approved several amendments to the 2012-2013 budget for Cumberland County Public Schools.

Last month it was just a topic of discussion and this month the announcement about an ABC store locating in Cumberland County was officially made during the Board of Supervisors meeting last week.

A Virginia man has been extradited to North Carolina and is being held in the Cumberland County Detention Center under a $2.5 million bond.

Commissioners in the two counties passed nearly identical resolutions during public meetings Monday opposing Gov.

Amanda McInnis of the Newcomer Navigator Program talks to Beth Clinton of the Amherst Rotary Club while Heather Wilkie and Dylan White of the Cumberland Regional Development Authority look on.

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Stephen Rayworth, solid waste manager, and Amanda Janes, also with CJSMA, at the county landfill.

This is the fourth year the Cross Border Challenge has been run between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and registration is going faster than ever before.

Three members of The Farmville Herald staff, Megan McAbee Harris, Tana Lane Knott, and Marge Swayne, received a total of 26 awards in the 2012 Virginia Press Women Communications Contest.