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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 ...

Crime

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 ...

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