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East Spencer unveils new road signs for Hillian Road
EAST SPENCER — The town of East Spencer unveiled the road signs for the recently-renamed Hillian Road in ...
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East Spencer agrees to proceed with $5 million loan for new fire station
EAST SPENCER — The East Spencer Town Council chose to move forward with a $5 million loan from ...
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East Spencer calls on Mayor Mallett for another term
EAST SPENCER — Barbara Mallett, who, by a margin of 158-22 votes, will once again be at the ...
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East Spencer community organizer knocks off long-term alderman on Election Day
EAST SPENCER — After the votes were tallied for the Nov. 7 election, George Jackson received the third ...
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East Spencer hosts candidate forum, makes effort to boost voter turnout
(Clarification: This story has been updated to reflect the fact that Shawn Rush is not a candidate in ...
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East Spencer alderman’s home destroyed in Sunday blaze
EAST SPENCER — Tragedy struck an East Spencer alderman late Sunday evening when flames consumed his home. No ...
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Southern Soul: East Spencer music festival rejuvenates Royal Giants Park
EAST SPENCER — The field at Royal Giants Park in East Spencer served up a soufflé of Southern ...
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East Spencer working to curb curbside trash can theft
EAST SPENCER — The town of East Spencer rolled out a new trash service at the beginning of ...
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East Spencer renames street in honor of Tony Hillian
EAST SPENCER — The East Spencer Board of Aldermen voted to change the name of Robin Circle to ...
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Drug trafficking arrests in East Spencer related to SBI cases
EAST SPENCER — Two arrests made in East Spencer are related to state cases, according to East Spencer ...
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East Spencer holding family movie night every other Saturday
EAST SPENCER — East Spencer is holding a family movie night every other Saturday at Royal Giants Park, ...
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East Spencer town manager acquitted on sexual battery charge
EAST SPENCER — On Friday, a two-and-a-half year legal battle came to a close for East Spencer’s Town ...
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East Spencer adopts strategy of growth, courts new business and development
EAST SPENCER — The East Spencer Board of Aldermen approved a tentative agreement with Tectonic Development during their ...
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East Spencer passes $9 million budget
EAST SPENCER — In a unanimous vote Monday night the Board of Aldermen of East Spencer passed the ...
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Dunbar Center getting cleaned up; future remains unclear
EAST SPENCER — The convoluted history of the Paul L. Dunbar Center, which was originally built as a ...
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Burned former administration building cleared in East Spencer, making way for progress
EAST SPENCER — Despite the loss of a historic building on a visible piece of North Long Street ...
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Warren provides update on bill appropriating funding for projects in Rowan County
RALEIGH — State funding for projects that would benefit Rowan County are waiting discussion from members of the ...
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Warren, Crutchfield sponsoring bill appropriating funds for Rowan County projects
RALEIGH — Reps. Harry Warren and Kevin Crutchfield, who both represent Rowan County, have filed a bill that ...
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Man accused in alleged tree-cutting incident asserts his innocence
EAST SPENCER — Charles Ramsey is adamant that he did not cut down one, let alone two, trees ...
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Surprise! East Spencer’s proposed annual budget less than last year’s
EAST SPENCER — The town manager gave members of the East Spencer Board of Aldermen a pleasant surprise ...
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East Spencer board approves ordinance changes
EAST SPENCER — The Board of Aldermen approved Monday night the adoption of two amendments to ordinances that ...
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One airlifted from serious crash on North Long Street
EAST SPENCER — A car crashed into trees on North Long Street by East Division Street around 9:30 ...
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Arrest made after two trees are cut, land on and cause extensive damage to new homes
EAST SPENCER — Two houses that are part of a four-house new construction project on Third Street have ...
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Weekend fires force families out of their homes
Numerous Rowan County families were displaced after multiple fires damaged homes over the weekend. On Saturday, a fire ...
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East Spencer to pay to clean up Dunbar site, seek recovery of cost
EAST SPENCER — In January of 2015, the former Paul Laurence Dunbar Center on Long Street was severely ...
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East Spencer hires three new police officers
EAST SPENCER — The local police department has three new officers in the office and one closing in ...
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Monday morning car shooting leaves two hospitalized
Two men were hospitalized early Monday morning after having their vehicle fired into. According to reports from the ...
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East Spencer mayor to receive Legends of a Leader award from AME Zion Church
EAST SPENCER — For well over a decade, the Southern City Tabernacle AME Zion Church in East Spencer ...