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WELCOME TO THE CITY OF HEROES
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elcome to Fayetteville, Fort Bragg and the Cape Fear region. Whether you’re visiting, new to town or a lifelong resident, there’s always more to discover in our AllAmerican city and beautiful North Carolina Sandhills. Our region is uniquely diverse and truly rich in culture. We’re a Southern city, steeped in centuries of history. But we’re also home to the largest, most strategically advanced military installation in America — which means your friends and neighbors come from all around the world. We like that about Fayetteville and Fort Bragg. It’s a global community, where you’ve got all the amenities you’d expect, but it’s easy to escape into serene wilderness within a short drive in any direction. Discover Fayetteville, produced by The Fayetteville Observer, is your guide to explore it all — from nightlife and entertainment to hiking and biking trails. We hope you enjoy getting to know our community. We’re glad you’re here!
DISCOVER OUR APP discoverfayetteville.com Download the free Discover Fayetteville app for thousands of updated listings for restaurants, events, recreation and entertainment. The app is powered by The Fayetteville Observer and the Fayetteville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. % Retail stores % Bars and clubs % Theater schedules % Parks, trails and golf % Schools % Museums % Local headlines
ABOUT THE MAGAZINE
On the cover: Staff photographer Cindy Burnham took this photo of children playing at the Cape Fear Botanical Garden. Page designer: Gloria Holt Graphics: Mariano Santillan Comments: discover@fayobserver.com Advertise: Contact advertising director Scott Embry at 910-486-2726 or embrys@fayobserver.com. Copies: Call 910-323-0701. Discover Fayetteville is published every August.
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STAY CONNECTED THE FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER
The newspaper is the oldest in North Carolina, celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2016. It’s also the best in North Carolina, honored to be named No. 1 for General Excellence among large newspapers by the N.C. Press Association.
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Breaking news, calendars of events, photo slideshows and expanded coverage of our local community, high school sports, Fort Bragg and much more.
FO BLOGS
The Fayetteville Observer’s team of reporters and editors brings you insights, analysis and a behindthe-scenes look at the news with their blogs and on Twitter. Here are some of the most popular blogs on fayobserver.com.
WEATHER PERMITTING
Our longtime weather expert Chick Jacobs (@FO_Weather) keeps you informed about Sandhills weather, from storm threats to snowstorms.
ACC BASKETBALL
Sports writers Bret Strelow (@BretStrelow) and Stephen Schramm (@StephenSchramm) take you behind the scenes with game coverage, analysis and insights.
FORT BRAGG REPORT
Military editor Drew Brooks (@DrewBrooks) has traveled around the globe with our troops. He covers issues affecting Fort Bragg and veterans.
PREPS SPOTLIGHT
WEEKENDER
The weekly entertainment guide highlights best bets for nightlife, events, food and anything else you can imagine under the category “fun.” Print copies are in Friday’s Observer and on racks around town. Get updates throughout the week at fayobserver.com/weekender.
REAL ESTATE MARKETPLACE
The weekly magazine in Saturday’s Observer features scores of properties for sale or rent in our region, including in your neighborhood.
NEWS ALERTS
Get breaking news alerts from the Observer newsroom. Go to fayobserver.com/email to register for email alerts or change your settings. You also can sign up for daily emails of the latest headlines by topic: Military/Fort Bragg news, ACC sports, Crime & Public Safety, Weekender Entertainment and more.
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We’ve got the most comprehensive coverage of high school sports in the 10-county Cape Fear region, led by Earl Vaughan Jr. (@FOEarlVaughanJr) and Jaclyn Shambaugh (@JaclynShambaugh).
FULL THROTTLE
Sports editor Thomas Pope (@FO_ThomasPope) is a NASCAR writer and one of the best motorsports journalists in the country.
PEOPLE’S BUSINESS
We shine the light on local government, politics and public affairs to keep you informed, with city reporter Andrew Barksdale (@FO_Barksdale) and state government reporter Paul Woolverton (@FO_Woolverton).
COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND RECRUITING
Sports columnist Sammy Batten (@FO_SammyBatten) has 30-plus years experience covering football, recruiting and southeastern North Carolina college sports.
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A few more to follow: % Andrew Craft, aacraft on Instagram. The award-winning Observer photographer can do amazing things with his iPhone. % Brooke Carbo, @brookcarbo on Twitter, is the Weekender editor. She’s usually the first to know about big entertainment news around town (and she’s a dog-lover). % Monica Vendituoli, @mvendituoli on Twitter, is a crime reporter who chases and tweets about breaking news. % Amanda Dolasinski, @AmandaDFO on Twitter, covers Fort Bragg and military issues. She’s also quite proud of being from Ohio.
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WHERE TO GO FOR WHAT YOU NEED
VOTER REGISTRATION
North Carolina holds a big election Nov. 8, along with the rest of the country. Leading the ballot is the presidential contest and races for North Carolina governor, Council of State and the General Assembly. Many counties have local races, too. Early voting begins Oct. 20, with Cumberland County planning to open several polling sites for the early period. A 2013 state law had required voters to show a valid photo ID at the polls, but a federal appeals court in July blocked the law’s enforcement. If you have questions about what’s required to vote in North Carolina, or anything else about state rules, call the Cumberland
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County Board of Elections at 678-7733 or go to co.cumberland.nc.us/ elections.aspx. You can obtain voter registration forms at the Board of Elections at 227 Fountainhead Lane, or at any of the public libraries, the DMV and other state agencies. Registration can be done by mail. Include on the form the number of your North Carolina driver’s license or the last four digits of your Social Security number to become a registered voter. Otherwise, you must submit a copy of a current and valid photo ID, or any of these documents showing a current name and address: utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or another government document.
You can change your voter registration information up to 25 days before an election. See which districts you’re in by contacting your board of elections or doing a voter search at ncsbe.gov. A possible wrinkle affecting elections in 2016: ongoing litigation over the Republicanpenned district boundaries for legislative seats in the state. The litigation is pending.
UTILITY COMPANIES Four companies provide electricity to different parts of Cumberland County. % Fayetteville Public Works Commission, 483-1382 or faypwc.com % Duke Energy Progress, 800-452-2777 or progress-energy.com
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% Lumbee River Electric Membership Corp., 910-843-4131 or lumbeeriver.com % South River Electric Membership Corp., 910-892-8071 or sremc.com % Natural gas service is provided by Piedmont Natural Gas, 800752-7504 or piedmontng.com.
DAY CARE You can get information on day care providers from two sources. Partnership for Children is a nonprofit child care resource and referral agency in Cumberland County. Call 867-9700 or go to ccpfc.org. The online search option provides information about child care centers, private schools, camps, family child care homes, before- and after-school care, nursery half-day programs
and nanny services. The N.C. Division of Child Development’s website allows parents to search for providers by name, facility type, permit type, license number and location. You can search facilities that accept children of certain ages and facilities that accept subsidies. The site will tell you a provider’s most recent sanitation score, when the site was last inspected and its license rating. North Carolina’s five-star ratings grades providers on adherence to state standards, staff education levels and compliance with basic safety regulations. Call 800-859-0829 or 919-662-4499 or go to ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us. Click the “Parents” tab on the top left side of the screen.
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RECYCLING
Fayetteville residents can recycle glass, aluminum, steel cans, plastic bottles, newspapers, magazines, cardboard such as cereal boxes, phone books and mixed paper in their blue cityissued recycling containers, which are emptied each week at the curb. Other Cumberland County residents can recycle similar items at the Ann Street landfill or 16 container sites around the county. For city information, call 433-1329 or go to cityoffayetteville.org/curbside. For county information, call 321-6830 or go to co.cumberland.nc.us/ solid_waste.aspx. Recyclables accepted at the Ann Street landfill and certain container sites include: % Aluminum/aluminum cans % Batteries (automotive)
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% Cardboard (flattened) % Computers and monitors % Electronics and various small appliances, including TVs smaller than 27 inches. % Metals (small items only) % Books (Ann Street landfill) % Newspaper (no plastic wrap or string) % Magazines % Inkjet and laser printer cartridges (Ann Street landfill) % Textiles (belts, blankets, curtains, dry clothing, hats, household items, paired shoes, handbags and towels) % Tires without rims: limit of five tires per household per year and 10 tires per farm per year; any more are charged $1 per tire. % Tires with rims (Ann Street landfill for $1 each) % White goods (appliances) % Used motor oil
% Yard waste (grass, leaves, pine straw, brush and limb clippings; not more than 4 cubic yards per week; limbs larger than 3 inches in diameter and 3 feet long must be taken to Wilkes Road) % Computers % Plastic (bottles, jugs and jars) % Glass (brown, clear and green separated) % Office paper (landfill only)
DRIVER’S LICENSE AND REGISTRATION
In North Carolina, driver’s licenses and vehicle registrations are issued at separate locations. To receive a North Carolina driver’s license, you’ll need two acceptable documents providing your full name and date of birth; your Social Security card or an acceptable alternative; and proof of your residency in this state. You’ll also have to pass a road
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signs and written driving knowledge test. Appointments for driver’s license exams and renewals are available at most offices and can be made by phone. Retired and former service members are now eligible for a “veteran” designation on their licenses. For more information, go to ncdot.gov/dmv. There are three driver’s license offices in Cumberland County: % 2439 Gillespie St., Fayetteville, 486-1353 % 841 Elm St. in Eutaw Village Shopping Center, Fayetteville, 484-6249 % 4705 Clinton Road, next to the East Regional Branch Library, 919-715-7000 (state DMV headquarters) There are three vehicle registration offices: % 815 Elm St. in Fayetteville, 485-1590 % 316-C Spring Lake Plaza,
N.C. 210 North, Spring Lake, 497-3707 % 5537 McPhail St., Hope Mills Shopping Plaza, Hope Mills, 424-2500 Vehicle taxes and registration fees are billed together and must be paid together, to DMV, which forwards the collected tax money to the counties. In 2015, the DMV began issuing one gray sticker indicating the month and year of expiration for new vehicle registrations and renewals. Before, there were two stickers — one for the year and one for the month.
REGISTERING YOUR PETS
In Cumberland County, including Fayetteville, you are required to obtain an annual privilege license for each dog or cat over 4 months of age. Veterinarians in the county are required to collect the fee when
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you vaccinate your pet for rabies and forward it to the county’s Animal Control Department. Or you can fill out a form and pay the county agency directly. The annual fee is $7 per animal if it’s spayed or neutered; otherwise, it’s $25 per animal. For more information, go to co.cumberland.nc.us/ animal_control/pet_license.aspx or call Animal Control at 321-6852.
POST OFFICES
In Fayetteville: % 301 Green St. (main post office), 486-2360 % 907 Brighton Road % 804 Cedar Creek Road % 6380 Cliffdale Road % 816 Elm St. % 1200 Murchison Road % 106 Oakridge Ave. % 2800 Raeford Road % 2812 Ramsey St. % 2503 Southern Ave. % 164 Westwood Shopping Center
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% 2304 Wingate Road % New this year is a retail postal unit in the S&J Gospel Shop in Sycamore Square Shopping Center at 3308 Bragg Blvd. Falcon: 7175 West St. Fort Bragg: 1605 Reilly Road Godwin: 8817 Main St. Hope Mills: 3512 N. Main St. Linden: 4764 Main St. Spring Lake: 225 N. Main St. Stedman: 7519 Clinton Road Wade: 6927 Wade-Stedman Road
PUBLIC SAFETY PHONE NUMBERS
In an emergency, dial 911. % Fayetteville Police Department: 433-1529 % Fayetteville Fire Department: 433-1728 % Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office: 323-1500 % Hope Mills Police Department: 425-4103
% Hope Mills Fire Department: 424-0948 % Spring Lake Police Department: 436-0350 % Spring Lake Fire Department: 436-0337 % Stedman Police Department: 323-1892 % N.C. Highway Patrol office in Fayetteville: 486-1334
COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES
% Acento Latino publishes biweekly, Fayetteville, 486-2760 % Array magazine publishes monthly, Fayetteville, 980-2772913 % CityView magazine publishes eight times a year, Fayetteville, 423-6500 % CityView Family magazine publishes quarterly, Fayetteville, 423-6500 % Essentials publishes Sundays, Fayetteville, 486-2736
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% The Fayetteville Observer publishes daily, 458 Whitfield St., Fayetteville, 323-4848 or 800-682-3476 % The Fayetteville Press publishes monthly, Fayetteville, 323-3120 % Fayetteville’s Women’s View publishes monthly, Fayetteville, 484-6200 % Fort Bragg Life publishes Wednesdays, Fayetteville, 486-3500 % The Good News publishes bimonthly, Fayetteville, 423-6500 % Kidsville News! publishes monthly, Fayetteville, 484-6200 % Paraglide publishes Thursdays, Fort Bragg, 432-5007 % Real Estate Marketplace publishes Saturdays, Fayetteville, 486-3505 % The Sandspur publishes Wednesdays, Hope Mills, 486-3591 or 609-0678 % Up & Coming Weekly publishes Wednesdays, Fayetteville, 484-6200
COMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS
% Time Warner Cable offers digital cable television, online television, high-speed internet, digital phone services and home security. 866-489-2669 or timewarnercable.com. % AT&T offers U-verse highspeed internet and television, DirecTV, and digital home and wireless phone services. att.com % CenturyLink offers Prism internet protocol digital television, high-speed internet and digital home phone services. 800-366-8201 or 877-900-0169 or centurylink.com % Comcast offers Xfinity digital cable TV, online television, high-speed internet, digital home phone services and internet-based security. 800934-6489 or xfinity.com. % DirecTV offers digital cable
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television, AT&T high-speed internet and digital home phone services. 855-567-1663 or 888-777-2454 to order; 800-531-5000 for customer service; and directv.com. % Dish Network offers digital cable television, online television, highspeed internet and digital home telephone services. 888-754-1350 or 844-204-7841. % Sprint offers digital wireless services. 866-275-1411 or 866866-7509 or sprint.com. % Star Communications offers digital wireless services, including digital television, high-speed internet, telephone and home security monitoring. 910-564-4194, 800-706-6538, 800-945-4233 or starcom.net. % T-Mobile offers digital wireless phone services and mobile broadband data plans. 877-4135903, 800-866-2453, 888-5374242 or t-mobile.com. % Verizon offers high-speed wireless network and phone services. verizonwireless.com
RADIO STATIONS
Fayetteville AM stations % WFNC 640 AM: News, talk % WFAY 1230 AM: ESPN sports % WAZZ 1490 AM: “Sunny,” adult contemporary % WIDU 1600 AM: Black gospel, news, talk Fayetteville FM stations % WFSS 91.9 FM: NPR, news, information % 92.5 FBX FM: Sports talk, rock % W232CI 94.3 FM: “Sunny,”
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adult contemporary % WKML 95.7 FM: Country % WFLB 96.5 FM: “Bob FM” adult hits % WQSM 98.1 FM: Hot adult contemporary % WZFX 99.1 FM: Urban contemporary % WFVL 102.3 FM: Christian contemporary % WCCG 104.5 FM: Hip-hop, R&B % WRCQ 103.5 FM: Active rock % WMGU 106.9 FM: Urban adult contemporary % WCLN 107.3 FM: Christian contemporary % WUKS 107.7 FM: “Jamz,” urban oldies Other FM stations % WZRI 89.3: “Air 1 Radio,” Christian contemporary, Spring Lake % WYBH 91.1 FM: Bible Broadcasting Network, Christian, Fayetteville % WCPE 95.3 FM: Classical, Wake Forest (Fayetteville repeater transmitter) % WSTS 100.9 FM: “The Cross,” Southern gospel, talk, Fairmont Other AM stations % WYDU 1160 AM: Black gospel, news, talk, Red Springs % WAGR 1340 AM: Black gospel, news, talk, Lumberton % WFBX 1450 AM: ESPN Sports, Spring Lake % WEWO 1460 AM: Black gospel, news, talk, Laurinburg
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CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE
% Named in honor of French Gen. Marquis de Lafayette % Named an All-America City in 1985, 2001 and 2011 % 149.6 square miles % 2015 estimated population: 201,963
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS All terms are two years and set to expire in December 2017. The city will hold a referendum in November 2016 on whether to extend council and mayoral terms to four years and hold staggered elections. To find out who your council representative is and his or her mailing address, go to fayettevillenc.gov/ government/city-council/ district-finder, or call 433-1992.
ONLINE
% FayettevilleNC.gov % Twitter: @cityoffaync % Instagram: cityoffayetteville % Periscope: CityOfFayNC % Facebook: cityoffayettevillegovernment % faytv7.com % Pinterest: cityoffaync
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DISTRICT 1 Kathy Jensen Twitter: @sixjsandak Phone: 433-1992 Email: kjensen@ ci.fay.nc.us DISTRICT 2 Kirk deViere Twitter: @kdeviere Phone: 433-1992 Email: kdeviere@ ci.fay.nc.us DISTRICT 3 Mitch Colvin, mayor pro tem Phone: 670-5186 Email: mitch.colvin@ ci.fay.nc.us
DISTRICT 4 Chalmers McDougald Twitter: @clmcdougald Phone: 433-1992 Email: chalmers. mcdougald@ ci.fay.nc.us DISTRICT 5 Bobby Hurst Twitter: @bobbyhurst Phone: 286-5804 Email: rhurst@ ci.fay.nc.us DISTRICT 6 Bill Crisp Phone: 864-1669 Email: wcrisp@ ci.fay.nc.us
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DISTRICT 7 Larry Wright Twitter: @low58 Phone: 433-1992 Email: larry.wright@ ci.fay.nc.us DISTRICT 8 Ted Mohn Twitter: @TedMohn Phone: 495-3634 Email: tmohn@ ci.fay.nc.us DISTRICT 9 Jim Arp Twitter: @JimArpNC Phone: 433-1992 Email: jarp@ ci.fay.nc.us
MAYOR Nat Robertson Twitter: @NatRobertsonNC Phone: 433-1992 Email: mayor@ci.fay.nc.us Interim city manager Doug Hewett Phone: 433-1990 Email: dhewett@ ci.fay.nc.us Corporate communications director Kevin Arata Phone: 433-1978 Email: karata@ ci.fay.nc.us
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY
% Named for William Augustus (1721-1765), Duke of Cumberland % Fayetteville is the county seat % 652.3 square miles
POPULATION
% 2015 estimate: 323,838 % 2010 census: 319,431 % 2000 census: 302,963 % N.C. rank of county by population: 5 % Median age: 31 % Racial breakdown (2014) White: 53.2% Black: 37.6% Hispanic or Latino: 11% Asian: 2.7% American Indian: 1.8% % 2014 median household income: $44,778 % 2014 percentage individuals in poverty: 17.6%
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Municipal populations (2015) % Eastover: 3,677 % Falcon: 269 % Fayetteville: 201,963 % Godwin: 145 % Hope Mills: 16,163 % Linden: 134 % Spring Lake: 13,234 % Stedman: 1,045 % Wade: 560
GOVERNMENT
2016 Board of Commissioners % Address: Board of Commissioners, County Courthouse, 117 Dick
St., Room 554, Fayetteville, NC 28301 % Phone: 678-7771 % Chairman: Marshall Faircloth, 323-1917 % Vice chairman: Glenn Adams, 223-1400 % Jeannette Council, 488-0691 % Kenneth Edge, 425-0918 % Charles Evans, 978-6643 % Jimmy Keefe, 323-1791 % Larry Lancaster, 484-2774 County website: co.cumberland.nc.us
Clerk: Candice H. White, 678-7771 County manager: Amy Cannon, 678-7723 Sheriff: Moose Butler, 323-1500
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BEST BET Zombie Walk
The undead make the last Friday in October one of the liveliest nights of the year in downtown Fayetteville. Thousands of “zombies,” from the scary to silly, strut their stuff through the streets for the Zombie Walk. Their antics are all in fun, however. No living creatures were Kortney Richards and Zaron Johnson at harmed in the making of this Zombie Walk on Hay Street in 2015. apocalypse. The first year, organizers planned for fewer than 100 zombies. More than 2,000 showed up, and it’s been a lively celebration ever since. This year’s event will be Oct. 28 as part of Fourth Friday. For the more active undead, there’s even a fiendish fundraising fun run. But most folks show up for the ghoulish scene around the Market House.
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The last of the traffic barrels were removed from the Glensford Drive extension in October.
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NEW, CONTINUING ROAD PROJECTS Driving from Fort Bragg to Interstate 95 is getting a lot easier in 2016. New sections of Fayetteville’s Outer Loop are opening in the fall, which will connect the All-American Freeway in Fayetteville to I-95 north of the city. Already open are interchanges on Bragg Boulevard, Murchison Road and Ramsey Street. Construction on the Outer Loop will continue westward, connecting with Cliffdale Road by October 2018. The remaining four sections will circle around Fayetteville and Hope Mills to connect with I-95 near Parkton around 2025. The loop got a boost in 2015 when the state Board of Transportation approved a plan that includes funding to complete the highway.
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Rowan Street bridge in downtown Fayetteville might begin in late 2016. The existing four-lane bridge on Rowan Street is more than a halfcentury old and is considered obsolete and over capacity. The new bridge will be built alongside the old one and will have six lanes. It will be part of a project to widen and improve Rowan Street from the bridge to Ray Avenue near Festival Park with sidewalks and a raised median. State officials expect construction to cost $22 million to $24 million, with a total project cost of about $38 million.
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U.S. 301, or Business 95 heading north out of Fayetteville, has reopened after bridge replacements took more than 2 years. The Cape Fear River bridge was finished in
May 2015, but only one lane was opened in each direction while workers finished a nearby bridge over Cross Creek.
GLENSFORD DRIVE
The Glensford Drive extension and widening project, completed in October 2015, links Hope Mills Road at Raeford Road with Cliffdale Road. It eases traffic on busy Skibo Road, which also connects Raeford Road to the Cross Creek Mall area. The extension was supposed to be finished in 2014 but was delayed by problems related to a sewer line.
CAMDEN ROAD
Work on Camden Road, which runs between Hope Mills and Fayetteville, is expected to be done by September 2017. The road is being widened to four lanes between Hope Mills Road and Owen Drive.
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BRAGG BOULEVARD A project that will close Bragg Boulevard on Fort Bragg is scheduled to be complete in December 2016. When it’s finished, traffic on Bragg Boulevard will be routed onto a widened Murchison Road to go through the post.
MURCHISON ROAD Traffic on one of the busiest corridors into Fayetteville is being diverted into two southbound lanes onto Fort Bragg through October 2016. Work on the 1.6-mile stretch of Murchison Road through Spring Lake is expected to let traffic flow more smoothly and make Fort Bragg more secure. Drivers are going from Murchison Road through the northern edge of the post during construction. discoverfayetteville.com
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Many ways to reach your destination Most folks rely on their cars to get around Fayetteville, but public transportation is expected to get a boost in late 2016 with a new $12.2 million transit hub. The downtown complex will serve as the main transfer point for the city’s bus system, the Fayetteville Area System of Transit. It also will have cab stands and retail shops. The two-story transit center fills a city block at Robeson and Franklin streets, within walking distance of the train station on Hay Street. The hub will replace the Old Wilmington Road transfer stop and will house some of the bus system’s offices. Here are some of Fayetteville’s transportation options. Uber: The digitally driven ridesharing service has thousands of driver partners in the Fayetteville
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area, according to the company’s website. uber.com/cities/fayetteville Fayetteville Regional Airport: The airport offers direct flights to Washington, which helps people in this military town who tend to have plenty of business in the nation’s capital. Airlines also connect with Atlanta and Charlotte out of Fayetteville. flyfay.com Greyhound: The main terminal is on Person Street downtown. greyhound.com Megabus: The private express bus company with double-decker buses and low-cost fares departs four times daily at the transfer center on Old Wilmington Road. megabus.com Amtrak: The train station is in a historic building on Hay Street, a block from City Hall. amtrak.com
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YOU’RE CORDIALLY INVITED
If you’re new to Fayetteville, here’s a quick glance at the social scene — the galas and fundraisers that we’re sure never to miss each year. Some are black-tie, most are cocktail. All of them raise money for great causes. % NAACP Life Membership Banquet: For more than 25 years, the fundraising banquet has honored life members every September. Includes a guest speaker. 484-6166 % Woofstock: Fundraiser for the Fayetteville Animal Protection Society is Oct. 7 with live music and a 1960s theme. Proceeds benefit a no-kill shelter. fapspet.org % The Pinwheel Masquerade Ball & Auction: An Oct. 15 gala at the Metropolitan Room downtown raises money for the Child Advocacy Center, which provides a safe place to interview, investigate and support abused children. childadvocacycenter.com. % Cotton Club II: Jazz, dancing and guest artists on Nov. 5 to raise money for scholarships for Fayetteville State University’s Department of Performing and Fine Arts. Held at the Rudolph Jones Student Center. % When Pigs Fly BBQ: The annual festival is Nov. 12 at Festival Park to raise money for Communities in Schools of Cumberland County, which helps students stay in school and succeed. cisofcumberland.org.
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F O e ve nt s The Fayetteville Observer partners with local businesses, entertainers and nonprofit organizations to put on premier events for our community. Learn more at fayobserver.com/events.
THRIVE
Thrive is more than a health fair — it’s a total wellness experience. The event in January features vendors and demonstrations that cater to those looking to improve their mind, body and soul. Receive free health screenings and information about eating right, working out and improving finances.
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Circle of Friends Gala % Circle of Friends Gala: The annual Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation gala is a formal black tie dinner and dance Jan. 21 at Highland Country Club. Since 2007, the event has raised more than $1.3 million for the health system’s philanthropic arm. cfvfoundation.org % Evening of CARE Dinner: In February, a catered dinner hosted in private homes to benefit The CARE Clinic, which helps low-income, uninsured adults in the Cumberland County area. thecareclinic.org % Evening at the Theater: March 4 at Highland Country Club with a casino and live music to raise money for Better Health, whose mission is to provide for the unmet needs of Cumberland County residents through assistance, referral and education. betterhealthcc.org
% The Soiree: The March benefit has a different theme each year with dinner, dancing and an auction to benefit the Partnership for Children, which helps children begin school healthy and ready to succeed. ccpfc.org. % Dancing with the Fayetteville Stars: A show in April to raise money for the Center for Economic Empowerment and Development. CEED’s programs include entrepreneurship, selfsufficiency and housing. ncceed.org % Fayetteville Police Foundation Ball: The inaugural ball was in April at Highland Country Club. 433-1746 or 988-0797 % Have Your Cake and Eat It Too: Fayetteville Area Habitat for Humanity fundraiser includes lunch, dessert and champagne. fayettevillenchabitat.org 2016/2017
% A Garden Party: The fundraiser in April is for Boys & Girls Club of Cumberland County. The get-together was held in Cross Creek Park with guests wearing hats, sun dresses and bow ties. ccbgc.org % Fayetteville Uncorked: A Toast to our Troops: The Fayetteville Wine Society’s charity social supports military families. It is held at the Cape Fear Botanical Garden in May. fayetteville-uncorked.com % The Frye Foundation’s Gala to Fight Diabetes: Raises money for the fight against juvenile diabetes and mental illness. The event has been held in June in the Crown Coliseum Ballroom. Acclaimed track coach and Vass native Curtis Frye created the foundation.
For seven years now, the 40 Under 40 awards recognize the community’s rising business and community leaders. They are nominated by their peers, selected by a panel of independent judges and presented the awards at a gala in March.
LADIES NIGHT OUT
This fun-filled, high-energy expo in June includes plenty of shopping, stage entertainment, a cash bar, door prizes and much more. In its 11th year, Ladies Night Out is the ultimate gathering of girlfriends.
READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS
Earning a Readers’ Choice Award is a big deal for local businesses. Each year, our readers vote on their favorite businesses, organizations and professionals in our region. The awards ceremony in October honors notable winners in categories from firefighters to burger joints — and everything in between.
KIDTOPIA
Everything kids love! From rock climbing to face painting, Kidtopia in November offers something for children of all ages. Vendors and sponsors provide interactive activities. On-stage entertainment and the chance to meet superheroes and princesses draw more than 4,000 attendees to this free event. discoverfayetteville.com
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ADDITIONS, CHANGES TO STATE LAWS
North Carolina’s new “bathroom law” made national headlines in 2016, but it’s just one of many new regulations that the General Assembly enacted this session.
Fayetteville police Sgt. Eric Dow shows U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch body cameras.
HOUSE BILL 2
Since it took effect in March, the House Bill 2 “bathroom safety and privacy law” has been blasted by critics as an effort to curtail the civil rights of gay and transgender people. Supporters say it was needed to protect public restrooms from sexual predators. On government-owned property, people must use the public restrooms and locker rooms that match their
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biological sex as listed on their birth certificates. However, these privacy and safety standards do not apply to public restrooms on private property, such as retail stores, restaurants, bars, malls and other privately owned places that are open to the public.
TAXES
Income taxes have been cut over the past few years, but the General Assembly has partly replaced them with new sales taxes on car repairs, carpet and flooring installation, car washes and numerous other services that used to be tax-free. The sales
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and police routinely denied people’s requests to view or copy the videos.
POLICE BODY CAMERAS
DRUNKEN BOATING
As of Oct. 1, if you have an encounter with a law enforcement officer and it is recorded on a police body camera or dashboard camera, the police agency will be allowed to show the video to you. But the agency can turn you down. If that happens, you’ll have to ask a judge. Regardless, you won’t be able to get a copy of the video without a court order from the judge. Until now, the law did not clearly say whether police videos could be made public,
Starting Dec. 1, anyone who operates a boat while intoxicated and kills or seriously injures someone can be charged with a felony and face prison time. Before this law was passed, drunken boating was a misdemeanor. The new law treats boating-while-impaired the same as driving a car while impaired. It’s called “Sheyenne’s Law” after a teen who was killed by a man driving a pontoon boat on a lake.
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BEST BET
Largest pancake breakfast in the South
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One of the delightful surprises to Fayetteville newcomers is the overwhelming, decadent aroma of pancakes and sausage that greets people who walk in the door at this two-day breakfast in late February. The Cape Fear Kiwanis Club’s annual tradition — the largest pancake breakfast in the South — has been tempting Fayetteville residents since an enterprising bunch of club members set up shop downtown and sold a few hundred plates of flapjacks, sausage and coffee. Now, 40-plus years later, as many as 20,000 pancakes and a ton of sausage is cooked up and served fresh at the Hellenic Center in Haymount. Someone once sat down and figured that over the years, volunteers have made enough pancakes to line N.C. 87 from downtown Fayetteville to Sanford. But that would be a waste of a delicious breakfast.
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY REAL ESTATE MARKET
It’s still a buyer’s market in the Fayetteville region, which includes neighboring Harnett, Moore and Hoke counties. Whether you prefer the historic charm of Fayetteville’s Haymount neighborhood or the new construction away from the city’s hustle and bustle, there’s something for everyone here.
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BROOKSHIRE
OVERHILLS CREEK
BAYWOOD VILLAGE
HAYMOUNT
GRAY’S CREEK VILLAS
WELLS PLACE
KINGS GRANT
COUNTRY CLUB NORTH
SUMMERFIELD EAST
PRESTON
ASPHENS CREEK
Where: Off Camden Road north of Hope Mills Details: 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 1,930 square feet ($75 per square foot) Built: 2005 School district: Douglas Byrd
Where: Off N.C. 87 east of I-95 Details: 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 1,505 square feet ($98 per square foot) Built: 2010 School district: South View
Where: Near East Hoke Middle School Details: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,652 square feet ($86 per square foot) Built: 1998 School district: Hoke County
Where: Southwest Harnett County Details: 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 2,220 square feet ($73 per square foot) Built: 2007 School district: Overhills
Where: Off Raeford and Graham roads Details: 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 2,260 square feet ($71 per square foot) Built: 1985 School district: Seventy-First
Where: Off Dundle Road Details: 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 2,047 square feet ($82 per square foot) Built: 2005 School district: Jack Britt
Where: Off Baywood Road Details: 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 2,160 square feet ($86 per square foot) Built: 2012 School district: Cape Fear
Where: Off Ramsey Street Details: 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 2,213 square feet ($86 per square foot) Built: 1994 School district: Pine Forest
Where: Off Sand Hill Road in Hope Mills Details: 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 2,310 square feet ($82 per square foot) Built: 2016 School district: Gray’s Creek
Where: Off Fort Bragg Road Details: 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 2,590 square feet ($98 per square foot) Built: 1936 School district: Terry Sanford
Where: North of Country Club Drive Details: 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 2,614 square feet ($98 per square foot) Built: 1987 School district: E.E. Smith
PATRIOT PARK VILLAGE
Where: Off Andrews Road Details: 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 3,080 square feet ($83 per square foot) Built: 2011 School district: Pine Forest SOURCE: Fayetteville MLS data for first six months of 2016
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Home values by high school district
COUNTY TAX RATES FOR 2016-17
PROPERTY TAX RATE PER $100 IN VALUATION: Bladen: 82 cents % Columbus: 80.5 cents % Cumberland: 74 cents Harnett: 75 cents % Hoke: 75 cents % Lee: 79.5 cents % Moore: 46.5 cents % Robeson: 77 cents Sampson: 83 cents % Scotland: $1.02 Source: Respective county managers, tax departments or finance departments
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Paratroopers march onto the field for a 3rd Brigade Combat Team change of command ceremony on Fort Bragg.
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HOME OF AIRBORNE WELCOMES YOU
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elcome to the Center of the Universe. Astronomers may disagree, but anyone who has spent time on Fort Bragg knows the sprawling military installation has a sort of gravitational pull unlike anything else. Soldiers may leave Fort Bragg, the saying goes, but if they’re airborne, or in special
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operations, they’ll almost always return. Those missions, along with several key commands based here, make Fort Bragg a special place. And a busy one, too. Local troops continue to deploy to support missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Others are deployed around the world, often in secret locales.
And when troops aren’t traveling the globe for deployments and training, the world comes to them, with Canadians, British, French and German soldiers among the more recent to participate in large exercises at the “Home of the Airborne.” Fort Bragg is the nation’s largest military installation, but in truth, its importance 2016/2017
transcends the borders of the U.S. That’s because deploying fast, anywhere in the world, is the bread and butter of Fort Bragg troops. The 18th Airborne Corps proudly calls itself the nation’s Contingency Corps. The 82nd Airborne Division is the core of the Global Response Force. And special operators
based at Fort Bragg are routinely deployed across the globe, sometimes for classified missions. There’s a cliche around these parts: That when the nation dials 911, the phone rings at Fort Bragg. Fort Bragg leaders wouldn’t have it any other way. Because, after all, they’re in the Center of the Universe. discoverfayetteville.com
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JUST THE FACTS ABOUT FORT BRAGG How big is Fort Bragg? The nation’s largest military installation in terms of population, Fort Bragg’s roughly 55,000 troops live and train on nearly 163,000 acres. More than 10,000 civilians also work on the sprawling post, which claims more than 570 miles of roads. In all, the post supports a population of roughly 260,000, including military families, contractors, retirees and others. Home of the Airborne: There’s little doubt Fort Bragg is the home of the U.S. military’s airborne forces. The largest segment of the installation’s soldiers are paratroopers, leading to the common refrains of “Airborne,” particularly among the famed
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82nd Airborne Division. And while Fort Bragg can’t claim the first “official Army parachute jump,” it can proudly boast that its history with parachutes predates the larger Army’s by nearly two decades. While the first official jump came at Fort Benning, Georgia, in 1940, Fort Bragg’s first jump came on July 4, 1923. Large crowds gathered to watch the exhibition, according to reports, with jumpers leaping from artillery observation balloons. A booming past: Fort Bragg began as an artillery training post when it was founded in 1918, and its ties to the Army’s booming guns remain strong. Throughout its history, Fort Bragg soldiers have been among
the first to test some of the Army’s familiar “big guns,” including the 155 mm howitzer and the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, better known as HiMARS. The post remains home to four large impact areas, supporting training not just for Fort Bragg artillerymen, but for Marines from Camp Lejeune, as well. Fort Bragg brass: On any given day, the post is home to about 40 general officers, including two foreign generals who serve with the 18th Airborne Corps and 82nd Airborne Division. Those numbers put Fort Bragg second only to the Pentagon in terms of general officers. The top-ranked general on Fort Bragg is the four-star officer in charge of U.S. Army Forces
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Command. But the post’s commanding general is actually a three-star officer — the commander of the 18th Airborne Corps. Busy, busy, busy: Fort Bragg leaders proudly state that someone on post is training every day of the year save Christmas. The installation supports not only its own forces, but Army Reserve, National Guard and a host of visiting troops. But the busiest place on Fort Bragg may not be in the training areas. Womack Army Medical Center has one of the largest patient populations in the U.S. military and busiest emergency departments, and welcomes the most new babies — on average about seven each day.
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FORT BRAGG ACCESS CONTROL POINTS Fort Bragg is an open installation. If you are not a Department of Defense cardholder, you will need to obtain a visitor’s pass at the All American Visitor Control Center on the All American Freeway. The center is open seven days a week between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. It’s a good idea to allow for extra time in case of lines. Cardholders simply swipe or show their ID cards at any of the gates to gain access.
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Fort Bragg gates % Longstreet: 24 hours a day, seven days a week % Chicken Road at Mac Ridge Road: 24 hours a day, seven days a week % North Reilly Road at Canopy Lane: 5 a.m.9 p.m., weekdays; 9 a.m.-9 p.m., weekends and holidays % Yadkin Road: 24 hours a day, seven days a week % All American Freeway: 5 a.m.-9 p.m., seven days a week
% Bragg Boulevard at Knox Street: 5 a.m.9 p.m., seven days a week % Bragg Boulevard at Knox Street truck plaza for commercial vehicles: 5 a.m.-9 p.m., weekdays; 5 a.m.-1 p.m., weekends % Honeycutt Road at Murchison Road: 24 hours a day, seven days a week % Bragg Boulevard at Randolph Street: 24 hours a day, seven days a week. % Bragg Boulevard at Butner Road: 5 a.m.-
9 p.m., weekdays; 9 a.m.-9 p.m., weekends and holidays % Simmons Army Airfield: 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for airfield entrance only % Linden Oaks Parkway, Linden Oaks military housing community in Spout Springs: 24 hours a day, seven days a week for residents, guests and deliveries % Manchester Gate at Pope Field: 5 a.m.9 p.m., seven days a week
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WHAT COLOR WAS THAT BERET?
Soldiers and airmen wear a number of colorful berets. Here’s what they tell you about the wearer:
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Maroon: Airborne soldiers. Green: Special Forces soldiers — hence the nickname of Green Berets. Tan: Rangers Black: The special occasion headgear of any soldier not entitled to wear one of the berets above.
AIR FORCE
Scarlet: Combat air controllers. Dark blue: Security forces. Pewter: Combat weathermen. Sage green: Instructors of Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE). Maroon: Pararescuemen. Black: Tactical air control parties and air liaison officers.
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RANK CHART
*Scheduled to move to Fort Knox, Kentucky, in the summer of 2017 **Scheduled to be inactivated in September 2016
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Fort Bragg Fisher House at Womack Army Medical Center
HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESOURCES HOSPITAL
% Womack Army Medical Center, Reilly Street. 907-6000, 907-9262 or wamc.amedd.army.mil. Womack Army Medical Center completed its $24 million renovation in fall 2013 as part of its Hospital Alteration Project. The project involved 80,000 square feet and 11 sections within the facility, including the medical library, mammography records and the family medicine department. The Emergency Department also was recently renovated, with work ending in June. The Emergency Department is among the busiest in the federal government, treating more than 68,000 patients a year. It had 15 beds when it opened in 2000. After renovations, it has 24 critical care beds and 14 minor care beds. It features private rooms for patients, improved infection control measures, more restrooms, and larger reception and specialty areas. It also has new rooms dedicated to behavioral health and forensic exams. The Fisher House Foundation, a sister charity to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, opened its remodeled Fisher House across from Womack Army Medical Center in June. The foundation, which provides housing for families of wounded service members receiving medical care, expects to assist 30,000 families across the 34 | The Fayetteville Observer
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country in 2016. The average time people stay at Fort Bragg’s Fisher home is seven days, officials have said. The foundation broke ground on the facility in January 2014. The 10,000square-foot, single-story facility has 12 bedrooms on about 2 1/2 acres near the hospital and the Corporal Rodolfo P. Hernandez Warrior Transition Complex. Earlier in the year, officials opened the Fort Bragg Intrepid Spirit Center. The center will be the fourth of its kind in the country and offers diagnoses and treatment of traumatic brain injury, post traumatic stress and related conditions. The center is a division of the National Intrepid Center of Excellence, which researches, offers diagnoses and treats brain injuries.
CLINICS
% Clark Health Clinic: Bastogne Drive, 907-2575. Appointments: 907-2778. Hours: Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.9 p.m., and Friday, 6 a.m.-5 p.m. Activeduty sick call: 6:30-7:30 a.m. Closed federal holidays. Serves soldiers and their families from the following units: 50th Signal Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade, 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, U.S. Army Special Operations Command and Tricare Prime retirees and their families. % Fayetteville Medical Home: Woodland Office Building, second floor, off U.S. discoverfayetteville.com
●●● 401, Fayetteville. 908-9663. Appointments: 907-2778. Hours: weekdays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed federal holidays. % Hope Mills Medical Home: Millstone Towne Center in Hope Mills. 908-4673. Appointments: 907-2778. Hours: weekdays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed federal holidays. % Joel Health & Dental Clinic: Logistics Avenue. 907-5635. Appointments: 907-2778. Hours: Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m., and Friday, 6:30 a.m.5 p.m. Active-duty sick call: 6:457:15 a.m. Closed federal holidays. Serves soldiers and their families from the following units: 1st Sustainment Command (Theatre), 507th Corps Support Group, 44th Medical Brigade, 82nd Sustainment Brigade, U.S. Army Parachute Team, and Tricare Prime retirees and their family members. % Robinson Health Clinic: Gruber and Longstreet roads. 907-8282. Appointments: 907-2778. Hours: MondayThursday, 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m., and Friday, 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Active-duty sick call: 6:30-7:15 a.m. Closed federal holidays. Serves soldiers and their families from the 82nd Airborne Division and Tricare Prime retirees and their families. % Troop & Family Medical Clinic: Knox and Woodruff streets. 907-7673. Appointments: 907-2778. Hours: Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m., and Friday, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Active-duty sick call: 7 a.m. Closed federal holidays. Serves airmen, soldiers and their families from the following units: Forces Command, Army Reserve Command, Joint Special Operations Command, Special Operations Task Force, all Air Force units assigned, and Tricare Prime retirees and their families. % Womack Family Medicine Residency: Womack Army Medical Center, first floor. 907-6451. Appointments: 907-2778. Hours: Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.9 p.m., and Friday, 6:30 a.m.- 5 p.m. Active-duty sick call: 6:30-7:30 a.m. Closed federal holidays. Serves soldiers and their family members from 18th Airborne Corps Headquarters, Womack Army Medical Center, Dental Clinic, U.S. Army Garrison, 16th Military Police Brigade, 319th Military Intelligence, Readiness Group-Bragg, Test and Experimentation Command (TEXCOM), discoverfayetteville.com
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107th Finance, 126th Finance, 129th Postal, 1st Chemical, 1112th Signal, 249th Engineers, U.S Trial Defense, 18th Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Noncommissioned Officers (NCO) Academy, 18th Airborne Corps, 297th Military Intelligence Battalion, 1st ROTC, Vet Detachment, 19th Replacement Detachment and Tricare Prime retirees and their families.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH % Womack Health and Support Center: Reilly Street at All American Parkway entrance. 907-8679. Combines Resource Management, Family Member Behavioral Health (907-7869) and Service Member Behavior Health (907-6825/8679).
VA MEDICAL CENTER % Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center: 2300 Ramsey St., Fayetteville. 488-2120, 800-771-6106 or fayettevillenc.va.gov. Fayetteville VAMC provides for health care needs of more than 58,000 veterans in 19 North Carolina counties and two counties in South Carolina. Expanding to meet growing demands, new facilities of varying sizes and capabilities recently opened. In May, officials opened the 10,000-square-foot health clinic in Sanford, which offers primary and mental health care for veterans in Lee, Harnett and Moore counties. In November, officials opened the Fayetteville VA Health Care Center on South Raeford Road. The 260,000-square-foot health center provides outpatient services previously offered at the Fayetteville VA Medical Center on Ramsey Street. To speak to someone about eligibility for VA health care, call the eligibility office at 800-771-6106, ext. 7016. % Fayetteville VA Dialysis Center: 2301 Robeson St., 483-9727. Hours: MondaySaturday, 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. % Village Green VA Clinic: 1991 Fordham Drive, 822-7998. Hours: Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
OTHER NUMBERS % Tricare Service Center: 877-TRICARE (877-2273) % Pharmacy Refill Call-in: 907-7676 or 888-316-8639 % Fort Bragg Blood Donor Center: 396-9925 or militaryblood.dod.mil 2016/2017
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ACTIVITIES ON FORT BRAGG Fort Bragg’s Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation office gives families plenty of options for on-post activities. For a complete list, go to fortbraggmwr.com.
THINGS TO DO
% USO of N.C. Fort Bragg Center: Normandy Drive, on the first floor of the Soldier Support Center. Inside is a day room, TVs, children’s play table and games, free drinks and snacks, computer lab with CAC card access, Operation Morale Call teleconferencing area, free Wi-Fi. The USO also has a center at Fayetteville Regional Airport. 495-1437 % Armed Services YMCA: Rodney Trail. The Fort Bragg branch offers free or low-cost
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programs to support junior enlisted military service members and their families. 436-0500 % Airborne Lanes: Bastogne Drive and Ardennes Street. 432-6899 % Dragon Lanes: Next to the Mini Mall on Reilly Street. 907-2695 % Bingo: Yntema Bingo, Gruber Road. Lunch and bingo MondayFriday. Doors open at 11 a.m. Games start at noon. Evening bingo, Monday-Saturday. Monday through Thursday, evening games start at 7. Friday games start at 7:30 p.m. Saturday games start at 6:30 p.m. Cosmic Bingo starts at 10 p.m. Saturdays. 396-3310 % Cleland Ice Rink: Reilly Street. Private rental, birthday
parties, adult/youth hockey leagues and public ice skating hours. Admission, including skate rental, is $7 weekdays and $10 Friday through Sunday. Children age 5 and younger $4. Cleland also operates an outdoor inline skate rink and a 19,000-square-foot skate park. No fee to use inline rink or skate park. 396-5127 % Group fitness: Fort Bragg offers a variety of classes at its gyms, including Zumba, yoga, kickboxing, exercise boot camp and cycling. fortbraggmwr.com/ group-fitness % Sports & Fitness Office: Reilly Street. Join an intramural team or tournament. 396-1217 or fortbraggmwr.com/sports % Family runs: A 5k walk/run
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is held the last Saturday of the month at Hedrick Stadium.
RUNNING TRAILS
% All American Trail: Stretches from King Road to Upchurch Lake. Closed during hunting season. % Coscom Trail (0.6 miles) on Logistics Street % Engineer Trail (1.6 miles) on Kedenburg Road and Essayons Street % Smith Lake Trail (6.1 miles) off N.C. 210
TRACKS
% Hedrick Stadium: Longstreet Road and Reilly Street % Hercules Track: Reilly and Armistead streets % Towle Stadium: Ardennes Street and Bastogne Drive,
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FOOD AND DRINK % Conference and Catering Center: Reilly Road. Buffet that changes daily and catering for parties and weddings. Public lunch from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Public lunch buffet $9.50. Call for catering. 907-2582 or fortbraggmwr.com/ conference-catering/ % Smoke Bomb Grille: Ninth and Buker streets. 907-4976 % McKellar’s Lodge: Gruber Road, overlooking McKellar’s Lake. Daily lunch specials, a country-style buffet and catering services. 907-5253. % Sports USA: Longstreet Road. Big-screen TVs, pool
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% Ryder Golf Course: Normandy Drive. The Divot restaurant, water holes, rolling hills. 907-4653 % Stryker Golf Course: 18-hole Donald Ross layout. New this year is ‘‘footgolf,’’ a cross between golf and soccer. Amenities include practice
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facilities, clubhouse, golf shop and locker rooms. On Bragg Boulevard between Knox Street and Gruber Road. Civilians admitted. 396-3980 or fortbraggmwr.com/recreation/golf
AQUATICS
Fort Bragg and Pope Field have three outdoor aquatics facilities and two indoor facilities. Swimming lessons, lap swim and aqua aerobics are offered. fortbraggmwr.com/aquatics % Atchley Outdoor Pool: Bastogne Drive and Ardennes Street. Lap swim and unit training only. 396-7896 % Normandy Outdoor Pool: By Ryder Golf Course, between Totten Street and Hunt Street. 432-54664. % Tolson Indoor Pool: Normandy Drive and Reilly Street. 643-8533. % Tucker Indoor Pool: Tullidge Way and Bastgone Drive.
908-3198. Closed for the season. % Twin Lions Outdoor Pool: Normandy Drive and Ardennes Street. 432-7266
LAKES
All Fort Bragg lakes, except Smith Lake, are off limits to swimming, wind surfing, waterskiing and personal watercraft such as jet skis. There is no boating motor size restriction on McArthur, Big Muddy and Mott lakes. All others have a maximum 25 horsepower restriction. bragg.army.mil/ directorates/dpw/envidiv/ wildlife/Pages/Home.aspx % Smith Lake: Open to the public. Mountain bike and walking trails, beach with playground and swimming area, volleyball and pavilions for rent. Between May and October, the lake hosts outdoor movie nights. The Wake Zone Cable Park is
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open on weekends through Sept. 5. 396-5979 or fortbraggmwr.com/recreation /smith-lake-recreation-area % Managed lakes: Texas (29 acres), McArthur (70 acres), Mott (138 acres), Little Muddy (31 acres), Big Muddy (66 acres), Overhills (36 acres), Lindsay (50 acres), Deer Pen (4 acres), Quail (5 acres), Croatan (3 acres) and Smith (68 acres) % Catfish lakes: Lower McKellar’s (16 acres), Wyatt (8 acres), Andrews Church (6 acres) and Mossgeil (7 acres) % Intensively managed lakes: Managed for largemouth bass, bluegill, redear sunfish and channel catfish. Simmons (13 acres), Holland (11 acres), McFayden (8 acres), Hurley (8 acres), Keist (14 acres) and Boundary Line (15 acres)
HUNTING/FISHING
To hunt or fish on Fort Bragg,
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you need a North Carolina hunting and/or fishing license, as well as a post permit. To get the post hunting permit, you must show proof of completing a state hunter safety course in any state and complete the Fort Bragg hunter orientation. 432-5415/5427 or bragg.army.mil/directorates/ dpw/envdiv/wildlife/Pages/ Home.aspx. % McKellar’s Lodge Rod & Gun Club and Archery Range: Gruber Road, 432-1391 % Clay Target Center: N.C. 87 North to East Manchester Road. Twelve competition-level fields, shotguns available to rent, ammunition for sale, 28 RV sites, bathhouse, pavilion and picnic areas. Open Friday and Saturday. Paintball is the center’s newest offering (for military personnel). 436-9489
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ATHLETIC FIELDS
Fort Bragg’s Recreation Equipment Checkout Center carries everything from campers, tents and athletic equipment to kayaks, boats and party supplies. Knox Street, 396-7060/7531 or fortbraggmwr.com/recreation/ equipment-checkout
% Bowley: Woodruff and Hamilton streets % ROTC No. 1 & No. 2: Armistead and Letterman streets % Hedrick Stadium: Reilly Street and Longstreet Road % Ruth: Reilly and Woodruff streets % Gruber: Gruber Road on east Fort Bragg % Smith: Gruber Road and Kedenberg Street % 20th Engineer 9: Bastogne Drive in the 20th Engineer area % Ardennes: Ardennes Street near Longstreet Road % Pike: Gruber Road and Pratt Street % Ritz-Epps Softball fields #1-4 and Football/Soccer fields #1-2: Corner of Champion Main and All American Way % Towle Stadium: Ardennes Street and Bastogne Drive
AUTO SKILLS CENTERS Do-it-yourself mechanics may rent work bays and tools to maintain their personal vehicles at two locations, East Bragg Auto Skills Center at East B and Lane streets, 396-1486, and Rec Plex Auto Skills Center on Pope Field at 794 Armistead St., 394-2293 or fortbraggmwr.com/recreation/ auto-skills-centers.
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GYMS
% BlackJack Fitness Center: Goldberg Street, 432-7922. Monday-Friday, 5 a.m.-8 p.m. Closed Saturday, Sunday, training holidays and holidays. % Callahan Athletic Center: Reilly Street, 396-3037. Daily, 4 a.m.-11 p.m. (including training holidays and holidays). % Dahl Physical Fitness Center: Logistics Street, 396-6226. Monday-Friday, 5 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday, training holidays and holidays, 7 a.m.-3 p.m. % Frederick Performance Enhancement Center: Gruber Road, 432-7949. MondayFriday, 5 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 7 a.m.- 3 p.m.; training holidays and holidays, closed. % Funk Physical Fitness Center: Gruber Road,
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432-8772. Monday-Friday, 5 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday, training holidays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; holidays, closed. % Hosking Physical Fitness Center: Ardennes Street, 432-6489. Monday-Friday, 5 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday, training holidays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; holidays, closed. % Hercules Fitness Center: Armistead Street, 394-2892, is closed until Nov. 8. % Iron Mike Fitness Center: Kedenburg Street, 432-5679. Monday-Friday, 5 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday, training holidays, holidays, closed. % Ritz-Epps Physical Fitness Center: All American Way, 432-1031. Monday-Friday, 5 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday, holidays, 9 a.m.5 p.m.; training holidays, 5 a.m.-1 p.m.
% Ryder Physical Fitness Center: Normandy Street, 396-7857. Monday-Friday, 5 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday, training holidays, holidays, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. % Towle Fitness Center: Bastogne Drive, 432-6493. Monday-Friday, 5 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday, training holidays, holidays, closed % Tucker Performance Enhancement Center: Tullidge Way, 432-3573. Monday-Friday and training holidays, 5 a.m.10 p.m.; Saturdays, 8 a.m.8 p.m.; Sundays and holidays, noon-7 p.m. % Warfighter Fitness Center: Kiowa Warrior (Simmons Army Airfield), 396-9660 or 4329331. Monday-Friday, 6 a.m.3 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday, training holidays and holidays, closed.
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ort Bragg dominates Fayetteville’s economy, with 55,000 active-duty service members who fuel business at local retailers, restaurants, car dealerships and real estate offices. But there are other substantial economic sectors in the area, including health care, education, hospitality, construction and warehousing. More than 8,000 people work in manufacturing jobs, including at the sprawling Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. on Ramsey Street in north Fayetteville. Fayetteville’s assets include its location on Interstate 95, midway between New York and Miami, and a uniquely skilled workforce boosted by the 6,000 discoverfayetteville.com
soldiers who exit the military each year. That makes the region an ideal location for companies in critical defense contract support, innovative manufacturing, food processing, logistics and business and financial services. Meanwhile, a new residency program at Cape Fear Valley Health System is expected to bring 350 new jobs starting at $50,000. Commercial developers have been busy on Raeford Road in western Cumberland County, where a huge VA clinic has opened, and on Ramsey Street. New retailers and restaurants have opened on Skibo Road, the city’s shopping epicenter, with more coming in the next year.
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% Center for Economic Empowerment & Development: Promotes growth and well-being regionally using counseling, education courses, information and advocacy programs. 230 Hay St. 323-3377 or ncceed.org. % Center for Entrepreneurship at Methodist University: Trains students to start new businesses or to become the new owner of an existing business. Focused on job creation and retention initiatives. 5400 Ramsey St. 630-7642 or methodist.edu/cfe. % Fayetteville Cumberland County Economic Development Corp.: Area agency for economic development; lead organization for business recruitment and helping existing industry maintain and expand.
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678-7644 or thencalliance.com. % Fayetteville Business Center: Promoter of business development through incubation process. Offers office and meeting space. 2520 Murchison Road. 222-8900. % Greater Fayetteville Chamber: Catalyst in growing a healthy business community; advocate and resource for small businesses. 159 Maxwell St. 483-8133 or fayetteville ncchamber.org. % Fayetteville State University Center for Entrepreneurship: National hub for minority entrepreneurship, innovation training. 1200 Murchison Road. 672-2474 or uncfsu.edu/ce. % Fayetteville Technical Community College Small Business Center: Counseling,
seminars and workshops, courses for small businesses. 2723 Fort Bragg Road. 678-8462 or faytechcc.edu/ continuing_education/ smbusctr.aspx. % Hope Mills Area Chamber of Commerce: 5546 Trade St. 423-4314 or hopemillschamber.org. % North Carolina Defense Business Association: Professional trade association for the defense industry in North Carolina. 455 Ramsey St. 307-3059 or ncdba.com. % N.C. Military Business Center: Statewide business development organization in the N.C. Community College System. Located in the Harry Shaw Virtual College Center at Fayetteville Technical Community
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College. 678-0193 or ncmbc.us. % Partnership for Defense Innovation: Full-service engineering and design facility, supporting research and development of technology. 455 Ramsey St. 307-3000 or ncpdi.org. % SCORE: The Sandhills chapter of the Service Corps of Retired Executives provides free advice and mentoring to help small businesses solve problems. 692-3926 or sandhillsscore.org. % Small Business and Technology Development Center: Services enabling small businesses to save time, accelerate future plans. 1200 Murchison Road. 672-1727 or sbtdc.org. % Greater Spring Lake Chamber of Commerce: 300
Ruth St., Suite 16. 497-8821 or springlakechamber.com. % Spring Lake Economic Development Corp.: Recruits businesses and helps maintain and expand existing industry. 300 Ruth St. 497-8821 or springlakechamber.com. % U.S. Small Business Administration: Counseling, mentoring and training on small business loans, bonds and other financial assistance. N.C. District Office can be reached at 704344-6563 or sba.gov/nc. % Veterans Business Outreach Center at FSU: Works with U.S. Small Business Administration to aid growth, competitiveness of veteran-owned small businesses. 1200 Murchison Road. 672-2683 or fsuvboc.com/home.
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Cumberland’s major manufacturers A glimpse at some of the area’s major manufacturers. % Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. employs about 2,500 workers and turns out about 32,000 tires each day at its plant in Fayetteville. Now in its 46th year, the Ramsey Street plant produces branded products — Goodyear, Kelly and Dunlop — for the replacement market with some original equipment production for Chrysler, Ford and General Motors. % Mann+Hummel Purolator Filters LLC employs about 1,100 people at its filter manufacturing plant on Natal Street. Purolator started making automotive filters in 1923 and took its name from its first filter, which was short for “pure oil now, pure oil later.” The Fayetteville plant makes oil, air,
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fuel and cabin filters for lightand heavy-duty vehicles. % Eaton Corp. employs about 650 people at its plant on Doc Bennett Road. The Fayetteville plant designs and manufactures motor control centers and enclosed control products. % Delta Apparel Inc. employs about 500 workers off Dunn Road on a campus that has long been
home to Soffe, the Fayettevilleborn sports and military focused apparel brand purchased by Delta Apparel in 2003. Delta Apparel also owns Salt Life, a brand known for decals and beachy Tshirts. Screen printing for Salt Life and Soffe is done on the Fayetteville campus, which in 2015 became home to Salt Life’s national distribution center. % The Chemours Fayetteville Works site, just over the Cumberland County line in Bladen County, is where more than 460 people report to work. With more than 300 employees, Chemours — a chemical company that DuPont spun off in 2015 — has the largest presence at the Fayetteville Works site. DuPont, which developed the site in the late 1960s, still has about 40
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employees there, and Kuraray America Inc. has about 120. Japan-based Kuraray bought DuPont’s vinyl and laminating business in 2014. % DAK Americas LLC on Cedar Creek Road has nearly 140 employees, including some former contractors who were already working at the plant but were to make the transition to fullemployee status in 2016. The plant manufactures polyethylene terephthalate resin — PET — which is sent to other manufacturers that use it to make plastic drink bottles and food packaging. % Cargill Inc. employs about 75 people at its plant on River Road, which processes soybean oil and peanut oil. The company built its crushing plant in 1970 and added the refinery in 1974.
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Shopping is hopping in Fayetteville. Retailers, restaurants and entertainment businesses dominate many areas of the city but nowhere so much as along Skibo Road. Cross Creek Mall, the ’70s-era development that sparked the then-rural area’s transformation, remains its anchor and engine, with more than 140 stores, eateries and businesses. Now, though, it’s surrounded by businesses, which continue to flock to the area. Along busy Skibo Road, there are a number of recent and planned developments. They include the Academy Sports + Outdoors and Burlington shopping center next to Home Depot. Those two retailers will anchor the center and are being joined by several restaurant chains that are new to the city, including
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Duck Donuts, Metro Diner, Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom and Tilted Kilt pub and eatery. A little to the north, at Skibo and Cliffdale roads, a sprawling 450,000-square-foot shopping center is planned. HomeGoods, Field & Stream, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Hobby Lobby will anchor the planned Freedom Town Center and will be joined by three dozen or so other retailers, restaurants and service businesses. Continuing north, next to the new shopping strip that’s home to McAlister’s Deli, Mission BBQ, MOD Pizza and World of Beer, the former Casual Jack’s restaurant site is being converted into another small business strip with two buildings. Planned tenants include Dunkin’ Donuts, Smoothie King and Complete Nutrition. The redeveloped Marketfair
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shopping center continues to bring in new tenants, including Rocket Fizz Soda Pop & Candy Shop and Planet Fitness, and Kids In Sports is in the works.
GROCERY STORES
Two big supermarket developments are planned in Cumberland County. Publix, a Florida-based grocer, wants to open its first Fayetteville location at Tallywood shopping center on Raeford Road. In preparation for the site’s redevelopment, most of Tallywood’s tenants have had to move or have been given deadlines for leaving. Publix has indicated its plans by listing the location among its planned stores in North Carolina but hasn’t released a timetable for opening. Meanwhile, Harris Teeter, which has a store less than a mile away from Tallywood and
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NORTH FAYETTEVILLE
Residential development continues in north Fayetteville, and work nears completion on the stretch of the Outer Loop that will provide a nonstop connection between Fort Bragg and Interstate 95. Commercial interest is ramping up on Ramsey Street, a major north-south corridor and exit off the highway. Discount grocer Aldi opened a store on Ramsey Street late
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Purple Lotus Boutique at Millstone Towne Centre in Hope Mills 2015, and the next phase of the Ramsey Commons shopping area is nearly complete. The area also has added or expects a number of fast-food restaurants, including Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburger, Char-Grill and Chipotle.
DOWNTOWN, HAYMOUNT AND BEYOND
Downtown is abuzz with boutiques, eateries and gathering places and, if that’s not enough, it’s loaded with “Pokemon Go” stops and thus loaded day and night with
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“Pokemon Go” players. Local businesses aren’t unhappy. The new businesses in the area include Southern Alternative boutique, the specialty gift shop Pressed, and Sprinkle: Pop: Play, a children’s events and play space. Up the Hay Street hill, the Haymount business district is thriving despite the fire that destroyed the historic Haymont Grill & Steakhouse. New and relocated businesses include Vibra’s, which sells specialty chalk paint, furniture, clothes and gifts; Betty Kelly’s Gift Shop, which moved to the next block; Top of the Hill Boutique; and The Runner’s Spot. Out on Bragg Boulevard, Kimbrell’s Furniture and the Trade It! pawn shop moved into two large vacant spaces
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for families moving in and out of those districts and will alleviate crowding at other elementary schools. The school system plans to study whether to make similar changes at the three remaining year-round schools — E.E. Miller Elementary, Anne Chesnutt Middle and Reid Ross Classical, which has middle and high school grades. Also this year, Howard Health Life and Sciences High School and Pauline Jones Middle School are changing locations and names. Howard Health is moving to the second floor of the Neill Currie Building at Fayetteville Technical
Community College. In preparation for the addition of more vocationaltechnical programs next year, it will be renamed Cumberland Polytechnic High School. Pauline Jones is moving from B Street to Howard Health’s former location on Camden Road. Its new name will be Howard Learning Academy. FTCC’s adult-education program, which used to be in the Neill Currie Building, has moved into the former Pauline Jones site. As the school year begins, the system celebrates E.E. Smith High School Principal Melody Chalmers, who in May was named state Principal of the Year.
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Cumberland County has two charter schools, which are public. Capitol Encore Academy is adding a seventh-grade class for its third year of operation. The school, housed in the former Capitol department store building in downtown Fayetteville, has classes starting from kindergarten. Alpha Academy, operating for 16 years, is on Raeford Road near the Cumberland-Hoke county line. It just completed a 40,000-square-foot expansion that more than doubled its size with science and computer labs, a conference room and an auditorium that can easily seat 500-600. The Fayetteville Observer | 51
CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS
Central Office: 2465 Gillespie St., Fayetteville 28306 Phone: 678-2300 Schools website: ccs.k12.nc.us Superintendent: Frank Till Jr., 678-2300
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% Susan Williams, District 5, chairwoman, 4132 Bent Grass Drive, Fayetteville, 28312; 4856305; susanwlms@gmail.com % Carrie Sutton, District 3, vice chairwoman, 5422 Summer Duck Road, Fayetteville, 28314; 8645567; carriesuttonboe@gmail.com
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% Judy Musgrave, at-large, 714 Sarazen Drive, Fayetteville, 28303; 822-3966; judymusgraveccs@gmail.com % Rudy Tatum, at-large, 2125 Daniel Drive, Eastover, 28312; 988-6545; rudytatumboe@gmail.com % Greg West, at-large, 506 2016/2017
Charleston Place, Fayetteville, 28303; 486-5292; GregWest@nc.rr.com % Alicia Chisolm, District 1, 1855 Cascade St., Fayetteville, 28301; 488-7820; achisolm2441@nc.rr.com % James McLauchlin, District 2, 8208 Ella Mae Drive, Fayetteville,
28314; 864-5236; mclauchlin.ccs.boe@gmail.com % Donna Vann, District 4, 265 Westwood Drive, Fayetteville, 28303; 978-9058; donnavannboe@gmail.com % Macky Hall, District 6, 5420 McRae St., Hope Mills, 28348; 424-4375; mackyh@nc.rr.com discoverfayetteville.com
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY LIBRARIES The Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center offers access to more than 3 million items through a statewide partnership. E-books and other free digital materials are among the most popular
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services along with job interview training, resumebuilding, computer use, children’s story times, homework help and youth programs in science, technology, engineering and math. The Headquarters Library
offers the Local and State History Room for research and genealogy.
% Bordeaux Branch: 3711 Village Drive, 424-4008
% Hope Mills Branch: 3411 Golfview Road, Hope Mills, 425-8455
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOL CALENDARS
Traditional 10-month calendar Aug. 22-26: Staff workdays Aug. 29: First day for students Sept. 5: Student/teacher holiday Oct. 31: End of first grading period Nov. 8: Student holiday/ Required teacher workday Nov. 11: Student holiday/teacher workday Nov. 23: Student holiday/teacher workday Nov. 24-25: Student/teacher holiday Dec. 20: Student early release Dec. 21-Jan. 2: Winter break for teachers and students Jan. 16: Student/teacher holiday Jan. 27: End of second grading period Jan. 30: Student holiday/teacher workday Feb. 20: Student holiday/teacher workday March 31: End of third grading period April 14: Student holiday/teacher workday April 17: Student/teacher holiday April 18-21: Spring break May 29: Student/teacher holiday June 9: Last day for students/early release/ end of fourth grading period June 12Teacher workday June 13-16:Teacher workday Year-round July 6-8: Teacher workdays July 11: Required teacher workday July 12: Required teacher workday July 13: First day for students Sept. 5: Student/ teacher holiday Sept. 14: End of first grading period Sept. 15: Teacher workday 58 | The Fayetteville Observer
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Aug. 15: Early reporting for teachers Aug. 16: First day for all students and staff Aug. 18: Open house for middle schools, 4:30-6:30 p.m./ Irwin Intermediate School, 3:30- 5:30 p.m. Aug. 19: Open house for elementary schools, 3:305:30 p.m. Aug. 22: First day for grades 1 through 8/kindergarten
orientation/prekindergarten home visits begin Aug. 23: First day for kindergarten students Sept. 2: “Soldiers in Our Schools” opportunity Sept. 5: Student/teacher holiday Sept. 6: Prekindergarten orientation Sept. 7: First day for prekindergarten students Sept. 22: First interim report for grades K-8 Oct. 7: Student holiday/teacher workday Oct. 10: Student/teacher holiday Oct. 21: Non-student day/College & Career Ready Professional Development Oct. 27: End of first grading period Oct. 28: Student holiday/teacher workday Nov. 2-3: Parent teacher conference days/Prekindergarten student holiday only Nov. 3: Report cards sent home for grades K-8 Nov. 4: Grades K-8 parentteacher conference days/ Student holiday for K-8 only Nov. 7: “Soldiers in Our Schools” opportunity Nov. 11: Student/teacher holiday Nov. 11: Holiday for students and teachers Nov. 23-25: Thanksgiving break for students, teachers Dec. 1: End of first trimester for prekindergarten Dec. 2: Teacher workday/holiday for prekindergarten students only Dec. 8: Quarter 2 interim reporting for grades K-8/ prekindergarten trimester progress reports sent home Dec. 19-Jan. 2: Winter break Jan. 13: “Soldiers in Our Schools” opportunity Jan. 20: End Quarter 2 reporting period for grades K-8 Jan. 23: Student holiday/ teacher workday 2016/2017
Jan. 30: Report cards sent home for grades K-8 Feb. 9-10: College & Career Ready day/Student holiday Feb. 13: “Soldiers in Our Schools” opportunity Feb. 20: Student/teacher holiday Feb. 28: End of third interim reporting period for grades K-8 March 3: Continuous School Improvement Day/student holiday March 9: End of prekindergarten trimester 2 March 10: Prekindergarten teacher workday/student holiday for prekindergarten March 16: Prekindegarten progress reports sent home March 30: End of Quarter 3 reporting period for grades K-8 March 31: Teacher workday/student holiday April 6: Report cards sent home for grades K-8 April 10-14: Spring Break April 19-20: Parent-teacher conference day for grades prekindergarten students/ student holiday April 21: Parent-teacher conference days for prekindergarten-8 grades/ Student holiday May 4-5: Prekindergarten and kindergarten registration for the 2017-18 school year May 5: College & Career Ready Professional Development/ student holiday May 11: Quarter 4 interim reporting period for grades K-8 May 12: Accelerated withdrawal date May 26: “Soldiers in Our Schools” opportunity May 29: Student/teacher holiday June 8: Last day for prekindergarten students June 9: Last day for grades K-8 students June 12: Teacher workday/student holiday June 16: Prekindergarten progress reports/grades K-8 mailed home
CUMBERLAND PRIVATE SCHOOLS
% Bal-Perazim Christian Academy: 487-4220, bpacademy.org % Berean Baptist Academy: 868-2511, bbafnc.org % Cape Fear Christian School: 587-1708, beempowerednow.wix.com/ capefearchristian % Cornerstone Christian Academy: 867-1166, cbcfaync.org/academy-home.php % Destiny Now Academy: 485-7383, dnacademy.org % Falcon Christian Academy: 980-1065 % Fayetteville Academy: 868-5131, fayettevilleacademy.com % Fayetteville Christian School: 483-3905, fayettevillechristian.com % Flaming Sword Christian Academy: 764-3500, flamingswordacademy.org % Freedom Christian Academy: 485-7777, fcapatriots.org % Greater Fayetteville Adventist Academy: 484-6091, gfaanc.org % Guy’s Schools Inc.: 484-8308 % Harvest Preparatory Academy: 483-6838, hpanc.org % Liberty Christian Academy: 424-1205, lcknights.com % New Life Christian Academy: 868-9640, newlifechristianacademync.org % Northview Baptist Academy: 488-4748, northviewbaptistacademy.org % Northwood Temple Academy: 822-7711, ntaeagles.org % Renaissance Classical Christian Academy: 221-0400, rccaonline.com % Riverside Christian Academy: 323-4026 rcanc.us % St. Ann Catholic: 483-3902, stanncatholicschool.net % St. Patrick Catholic School: 323-1865, stpatrickschoolnc.org % Trinity Christian School: 488-6779, trinitycommunityservices.org % Village Christian Academy: 483-5500, vcanc.com discoverfayetteville.com
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SCHOOLS OF CHOICE These schools are Schools of Choice for the 2016-17 academic year. Selection for the choice program is based on availability, space and special needs. Go to choice.ccs.k12.nc.us for application deadlines for 2017-18 and the annual fair where prospective students and parents learn more about the program. *Students wear uniforms. Elementary % Ashley (3-5): Communications with foreign language % Cumberland Road (Pre-K-5): Montessori, Pre-K emphasized % E.E. Miller (K-5): Year-round, Spanish immersion % Glendale Acres (K-2): Spanish language % Mary McArthur (K-5): A+ Arts and Academics % New Century International (K-5): Mandarin Chinese immersion % William H. Owen (K-5)*: Language immersion (Spanish) Middle school % Anne Chesnutt*: Year-round, world language and global communications, middle school immersion program % Max Abbott: Global communications % New Century International (6): Middle school immersion program % Reid Ross (6-12)*: Classical, year-round % Seventy-First Classical*: Classical studies High school % Cross Creek Early College, Cumberland: On Fayetteville State
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University campus % Cumberland County Schools Fire Academy: Partnership of E.E. Smith and FSU % Cumberland International Early College: On FSU campus % Cumberland Polytechnic: New, on campus of Fayetteville Technical Community College % Douglas Byrd: Academy of Finance, Academy of Green Technology % E.E. Smith: Academy of Math and Science % Massey Hill Classical*: Classical studies % Pine Forest: Academy of Information Technology % Reid Ross (6-12)*: Classical, year-round % Seventy-First: School of the Arts % South View: Academy of Public Safety and Security, International Baccalaureate Academy % Terry Sanford: Academy of Global Studies % Westover: Academy of Engineering Technologies; Academy of Health Sciences and Technology; Career Pathway: Collision repair
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HIGHER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES The region’s colleges and universities cater to students from throughout the state and across the globe. Two public universities, three private institutions and six community colleges — plus satellite campuses on Fort Bragg — offer courses ranging from vocational certificates to doctoral programs. Methodist University, Campbell University and St. Andrews University are private. Fayetteville State 62 | The Fayetteville Observer
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FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY
Fayetteville State University, founded in 1867, is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina and is the secondoldest state-supported university in the state. With more than 6,200 students and 800 employees, FSU’s primary mission is to
produce global citizens and leaders as change agents. Awarding degrees at the baccalaureate, masters and doctoral levels, FSU offers programs in teacher education, arts and sciences, health professions, business and economics and emerging fields. It ranks among the nation’s most diverse campus communities and renders teaching, research and services for Fort Bragg and the world. Some research 2016/2017
capabilities include robotics, cyber security, biotechnology and forensics. Social work, foreign languages, information technology, computer cartography, instructional technology and editing are other areas of expertise. Information: 672-1371 or uncfsu.edu
METHODIST UNIVERSITY
Sixty years ago, a group of residents who wanted a private college in
Fayetteville founded what would become Methodist University. The institution also is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Physician Assistant Program. Methodist has seen unprecedented growth in recent years with new academic programs, such as engineering. One of the newest facilities is the Thomas R. McLean Health Sciences Building, which opened in April. It houses the new discoverfayetteville.com
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Medicaid program. UNCP offers classes and complete programs online and at sites across the region and Fort Bragg. The school recently signed an agreement with East Carolina University’s Department of Physical Therapy to launch a satellite program at UNCP. In 2015, the doors opened to UNCP’s Entrepreneurship Incubator, and the university broke ground on a new 11,000-square-foot student health building. A new School of Business building is planned. Information: 800-949-UNCP or uncp.edu
CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY
This is a big year for Campbell University, based in Buies Creek, with the opening of its School of Engineering and the inaugural class of its nursing school. In August, Campbell will become the second private school in North Carolina with
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Fayetteville State University an engineering school. Sixtyeight students are enrolled. Campbell will offer a bachelor’s degree with concentrations in mechanical
engineering and chemical/pharmaceutical engineering. The Catherine W. Wood School of Nursing has 50
students in the new 72,000square-foot Tracey F. Smith Hall of Nursing & Health Sciences. Campbell was founded in 1887 and offers more than 150 majors, tracks and concentrations in liberal arts, sciences and professions. Enrollment in the fall of 2015 was 6,484. Information: 800-334-4111 or campbell.edu
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Founded in 1887, UNCP offers 40 undergraduate programs and has an enrollment of 6,441 students. UNCP had a record freshman class in fall 2015 with 1,233 students. In April, Dr. Robin Cummings was installed as the university’s sixth chancellor. The Pembroke native is a former cardiothoracic surgeon in Pinehurst and former director of the state’s
FAYETTEVILLE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
The college offers curriculum programs and continuing education courses in Cumberland County to accommodate the schedules of nontraditional students. More than 42,000 students are enrolled in more than 200 occupational, technical, general education, college transfer and continuing education programs. FTCC will offer men’s and women’s basketball and golf starting in the fall. Military service members should inquire about the possibility of receiving credit for military training and experience and about selfpaced, flexible programs of study. FTCC provides highly trained personnel to work closely with military students and veterans through the Fort Bragg Center, the Fayetteville campus and the Spring Lake campus. FTCC offers associate degree programs that are directly related to Military Occupational Specialty areas. Information: 910-678-1050 or military@faytechcc.edu The Fayetteville Observer | 63
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MEETING THE DEMANDS FOR CARE
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funding for the medical education effort is expected to surpass $30 million. Cape Fear Valley also is upgrading the main hospital this year. A $2.2 million renovation will equip two operating rooms with updated technology for outpatient surgeries. The rooms will be in use in early 2017. The center’s children’s emergency department
relocated to the Village Drive side of the hospital this summer. Outside of renovations, health systems are adding more hospitals, clinics and specialty centers in counties throughout the Cape Fear region. Those locations are part of the region’s four main health systems: % Cape Fear Valley in Cumberland, Hoke and 2016/2017
Bladen counties; % FirstHealth in Hoke, Moore and Richmond counties; % Southeastern Health in Robeson County; % Harnett Health in Harnett County. Three years ago, Hoke County was without a hospital. Today, it has two within two miles of each other on U.S. 401. Outside of hospitals, the
Cape Fear region has urgent care facilities and clinics for speedier care that don’t require a hospital. Newcomers interested in health insurance options can find help through Cumberland HealthNet. The organization offers year-round application assistance and can help clients determine whether they qualify for Medicare, Medicaid, veterans benefits and other essential health programs. discoverfayetteville.com
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Cumberland County % Cape Fear Valley Medical Center: 1638 Owen Drive. 615-4000 or capefearvalley.com. % Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital: 150 Robeson St. 615-1000 or capefearvalley.com. % Womack Army Medical Center: 2817 Reilly Road. 907-6000 or wamc.amedd.army.mil. % Fayetteville VA Medical Center: 2300 Ramsey Street. 488-2120 or 800-771-6106 or fayettevillenc.va.gov Cape Fear Region % Columbus Regional Healthcare System: 500 Jefferson St., Whiteville. 910-642-8011 or crhealthcare.org. % Betsy Johnson Hospital: 800 Tilghman Drive, Dunn. 910-892-1000 or myharnetthealth.org. % Central Harnett Hospital: 215 Brightwater Drive, Lillington. 910-892-1000 or myharnetthealth.org. % Cape Fear Valley Bladen County Hospital: 501 Poplar St., Elizabethtown. 910-862-5100 or bladencountyhospital.org % Hoke Hospital (Cape Fear Valley): 210 Medical Pavilion Drive, Raeford. 910-904-8000 or capefearvalley.com/hospitals/hoke.html % Central Carolina Hospital: 1135 Carthage St., Sanford. 919-774-2100 or centralcarolinahosp.com. % FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital: 155 Memorial Drive, Pinehurst. 910-715-1000 or firsthealth.org. % Moore Regional Hospital-Hoke Campus: 6408 Fayetteville Road, Raeford. 910-878-6000 or firsthealth.org. % Southeastern Regional Medical Center: 300 W. 27th St., Lumberton. 910-671-5000 or srmc.org. % Sampson Regional Medical Center: 607 Beaman St., Clinton. 910-592-8511 or sampsonrmc.org. % Scotland Memorial Hospital: 500 Lauchwood Drive, Laurinburg. 910-291-7000 or scotlandhealth.org.
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485-0555 or thecareclinic.org. Offers primary care and some dental care for low-income patients with no health insurance. % Better Health: 1422 Bragg Blvd. 483-7534 or betterhealthcc.org. Free diabetes education for Cumberland County residents. Prescription assistance for the uninsured. % Wade Family Medical CenterDowntown: 2409 Murchison Road, Suite B. 488-4525 or swhs-nc.org. For after-hours clinic, 488-7370. Stedman-Wade Health Services offers primary and preventive care on an income-based sliding fee scale. % Fayetteville VA Health Care Center:7300 South Raeford Road. 488-2120 or 800-771-6106 or fayettevillenc.va.gov/locations/ Fayetteville_Health_Care_Center.
URGENT CARE
Fayetteville % Cape Fear Valley Highsmith-Rainey ExpressCare: 150 Robeson St., 615-1220. Hours: Monday-Sunday, 7 a.m.-11 p.m. % Cape Fear Valley Health Pavilion North ExpressCare: 6387 Ramsey St., 615-3879. Hours: Monday-Sunday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. % Cape Fear Valley ExpressCare: 1638 Owen Drive, 615-4372. Hours: Monday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. % Carolina Urgent and Family Care: 5511 Raeford Road, Suite 150, 6305000. Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.5 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. % Cumberland Medical Associates: 5085 Morganton Road, Suite 100, 864-0689. Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m, Friday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. % FastMed Urgent Care: 4401 Ramsey St., Suite 104 354-3372. Hours: Monday-Friday, 8-a.m.-8 p.m., Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. % Hanora Medical Center: 909 S. McPherson Church Road, 860-0017. Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.7 p.m., Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m.- 1p.m.; Closed Sunday % Haymount Urgent Care: 420 Owen Drive, 484-1210. Hours: MondayFriday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. discoverfayetteville.com
●●● % NextCare Urgent Care: 217 Glensford Drive, 483-4647. Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.8 p.m., Friday-Sunday, 8 a.m.-midnight. % Medics Primary & Urgent Care: 504 Owen Drive, 221-3030. Hours: Monday and Friday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. % Northside Urgent Care: 5397 Ramsey St., 488-9011. Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. % Rapha Primary Care: 1905 Skibo Road, 864-4357. Hours: Accepts walk-ins Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.6 p.m., Friday, 8 a.m.-4:15 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m. % StatCare Urgent Care and Primary Care: 9525 Cliffdale Road, 826-7828. Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. % Med Fast Urgent Care: 610 Cedar Creek Road, Suite 110, 491-0100. Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Hope Mills % Hope Mills Urgent Care & Medical Clinic: 3758 S. Main St., 429-0647. Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. % FastMed Urgent Care: 3007 Town Center Drive, 354-1281. Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. % EliteCare of Fayetteville, Urgent Care & Family Clinic: 3622 N. Main St., 423-7771. Hours: MondayThursday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.4 p.m. Spring Lake % Neighborhood Clinic Family & Urgent Care: 1095 N. Bragg Blvd., Suite 104, 568-5793. Hours: MondayWednesday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Thursday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m., Friday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
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HEALTH DEPARTMENTS % Cumberland County: 1235 Ramsey St., 433-3600 % Bladen County: 300 Mercer Mill Road, Elizabethtown, 862-6900 % Columbus County: 304 Jefferson St., Whiteville, 910-640-6615 % Harnett County: 307 W. Cornelius Harnett Blvd., Lillington, 910893-7550 % Hoke County: 683 E. Palmer Road, Raeford, 910-875-3717 % Lee County: 106 Hillcrest Drive, Sanford, 919-718-4640 % Moore County: 705 Pinehurst Ave., Carthage, 910-947-3300 % Robeson County: 460 Country Club Road, Lumberton, 910-671-3200 % Sampson County: 360 County Complex Road, Clinton, 910592-1131 % Scotland County: 1405 West Blvd., Laurinburg, 910-277-2440
MENTAL HEALTH AGENCIES AND FACILITIES Cumberland County % Alliance Behavioral Healthcare: 711 Executive Place, 800-510-9132, alliancebhc.org. % Cape Fear Valley Behavioral Health Care: Community Mental Health Services, 1724 Roxie Ave., 615-3333, capefearvalley.com/hospitals/bhc.html. Cape Fear region % Bladen, Columbus, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland: Eastpointe, 800-913-6109 or eastpointe.net. % Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore: Sandhills Center, 800-256-2452 or sandhillscenter.org.
Raeford % FirstHealth Primary Care and Cardiology: 6322 Fayetteville Road, 910-878-5100. Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Walk-in hours, 9 a.m.3 p.m. discoverfayetteville.com
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FIND YOUR PLACE OF WORSHIP
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ew residents will come to know that Fayetteville is a city surrounded by faith. It is displayed inside and outside the walls of our diverse congregations. Just drive around this All American city and you will see that Fayetteville is home to more than 500 places of worship and faith-based organizations. Whether you’re Protestant, Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Maronite, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu or Baha’i, Cumberland County has a place for you. And because we’re a military community with residents from all over the world, we have congregations who speak Korean, Spanish and many other languages, too. Our roots run deep. In 1758, Old Bluff Presbyterian was founded near Wade, with worship conducted in Gaelic for nearly a century. Other historic churches include Evans Metropolitan AME Zion (1796) and First Presbyterian Church (1800). Hay Street Methodist got its start in 1808.
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The Great Fire of 1831 destroyed many of the city’s original buildings, but you still have a choice of beautiful sanctuaries dating back more than 100 years. Many churches welcome all races and creeds as nondenominational houses of worship. Some offer the intimacy of small chapels, others the opportunity to worship with thousands at the same time. Manna Church, founded in 1973, now
has more than 9,300 members. Our community’s faith reaches far beyond the walls of a sanctuary. Congregations often work together on missions and projects, and several take part in an annual series of lectures that explore the differences and similarities in their beliefs. Venture out and take a chance, your faith may lead you to the right place of worship.
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Korean Church spring rolls
Hey, you’re in the South — everybody’s church has good food. But you’ll be hard-pressed to find a more unique, or tastier, combination of food and fundraising than the Korean Presbyterian Church’s annual spring roll sale. Each February, hundreds of food fans hungry for a taste of spring — spring rolls, that is — flock to the church on Ireland Drive for the delicacies made fresh by church members. Last year, more than 75,000 were sold. The proceeds support a variety of church programs. And a friendly word of warning — get in line early. When they go, they’re gone.
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The Fayetteville After 5 concert series in Festival Park is a hit during the summer months.
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POPULAR EVENTS FOR ANY INTEREST
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ayetteville’s arts and entertainment scene reflects the diversity of its residents — from professional theater and first-class art exhibits, to a burgeoning craft beer market and the largest poetry slam in the state. The Marquis Slam, which meets the first Saturday of the month at the Marquis Market, is just one of the reasons to head downtown. The city’s most recognizable landmark, the Market House, is surrounded by a thriving community of locally owned shops, restaurants and nightlife that draws visitors downtown year round. Nearby Festival Park is home to some of the biggest events in the region. The Crown Complex on U.S. 301 hosts its share of can’t-miss events. In the fall, the grounds are filled with the rides, exhibits and entertainment of the Cumberland County Fair. 2016/2017
Each spring, the expo center is taken over by the hugely popular Hugs & Kisses children’s consignment sale. Throughout the year, the coliseum plays host to some of the hottest names in entertainment. Local musicians also have plenty of chances to shine. The Rock Shop Music Hall downtown, Latitude 35 in Haymount and Louie’s Bar on Robeson Street are just a few of the many venues around town that feature live music every weekend. Among the latest, and most popular, additions to the city’s entertainment scene is Escape Room Fayetteville. Crowds have been pouring in to the interactive room escape game since it opened on Sycamore Dairy Road this year. And that’s just the beginning. Read on to learn about myriad diversions that await you in the Cape Fear region. The Fayetteville Observer | 77
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ONSTAGE IN THE CAPE FEAR REGION CAPE FEAR REGIONAL THEATRE
People’s Republic of China,” Oct. 18; “The Purple Experience — A Tribute to Prince,” Oct. 21; “Annie the Musical,” Nov. 17; “UNCP’s Holiday Extravaganza,” Dec. 2; N.C. Youth Tap Ensemble, Jan. 19; “42nd Street,” Jan. 26; “Stomp,” March 21; Russian National Ballet presents “Swan Lake,” March 27; “Pippin the Musical,” April 7. 910-521-6361 or uncp.edu
The theater at 1209 Hay St. has scheduled a season of comedies, dramas and musicals. “Million Dollar Quartet,” Sept. 15Oct. 2; “Henry V,” Oct. 27-Nov. 13; “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” Dec. 1-18; “Disney’s The Little Mermaid,” Jan. 19-Feb. 12; “Intimate Apparel,” March 2-19; “Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery,” April 6-23; “Caroline, Or Change,” May 11-28. 323-4233 or cfrt.org.
HARNETT REGIONAL THEATRE
The theater at 114 N. Wilson Ave. in Dunn stages comedies, dramas and musicals. onlinehrt.org
GILBERT THEATER
Located at 116 Green St. in downtown Fayetteville, the theater features a mix of professional and amateur actors. “Steel Magnolias,” Sept. 23-Oct. 9; “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Nov. 26-Dec. 18; “August Osage County,” Jan. 27-Feb. 12; “Secret Garden,” March 24-April 9; “The Diary of Anne Frank,” May 26-June 4. 678-7186 or gilberttheater.com.
SWEET TEA SHAKESPEARE
The troupe presents indoor and outdoor productions. “Romeo and JuliLIT,” Oct. 15, Dirtbag Ales, 3623 Legion Road, Hope Mills; “Behold,” a folk Christmas cantata, Dec. 8 and 9, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 1601 Raeford Road; “Antony and Cleopatra,” Jan. 5-21, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church; “Saint Joan,” March 24, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church; “Paradise Lost,” March 1-4, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church; “As You Like LIT,” April 21-23; “Othello,” June 1-11, 1897 Poe House, 206 Bradford Ave.; “Cymbeline,” July 6-16; 1897 Poe House. sweetteashakespeare.com or 420-4383.
TEMPLE THEATRE
The theater at 120 Carthage St. in Sanford offers a season of comedies, musicals and dramas. “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” Aug. 20; “The Ultimate Tim McGraw Tribute Show,” Aug. 26; “Anything Goes,” Sept. 15-Oct. 2; “Tuesdays with Morrie,” Oct. 20-Nov. 6; “Ryan Davis: Funnier in Person,” Nov. 11; 80 | The Fayetteville Observer
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‘The Wiz’ at Cape Fear Regional Theatre “Mutlu,” Nov. 12; “The Embers Christmas Show,” Nov. 12; “A Christmas Carol,” Dec. 1-18; Tommy Edwards and the Bluegrass Experience, Dec. 31; “Classic Nashville Roadshow,” Jan. 19-Feb. 5; “The Savannah Sipping Society,” Feb. 16March 5; “The Andrews Brothers,” March 23-April 9; “Legally Blonde,” April 27May 14. “My Fair Lady,” 919-774-4155 or templeshows.com.
METHODIST UNIVERSITY The university stages plays featuring students, faculty and community members. Plays are staged in Huff Concert Hall in the Reeves Fine Arts building. “The Poetry Project,” Oct. 1-4; “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” Nov. 12-15; “A Young Lady of Property,” Feb. 25-28; staged reading, April 15-17. 630-7483, 630-7104 or methodist.edu
NORTH CAROLINA STATE BALLET “The Nutcracker,” Dec. 9-11; Crown Theatre; ballet classics, 2017, location to be announced. 485-4965 or ncstateballet.com
The professional theater company stages plays at Owens Auditorium at Sandhills Community College. “Twelve Angry Men,” Sept. 22-25. judsontheatre.com
SAMPSON COMMUNITY THEATRE
FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY
The theater at 115 Fayetteville St. in Clinton stages comedies, dramas and musicals. “Disney’s Lion King Jr.,” through Aug. 14; “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” Oct. 716; “How to Succeed in Business Without Even Trying,” Dec. 2-11; “Mary Poppins,” Feb. 3-12; “Seussical,” April; “Legally Blonde,” June. 592-8653 or sampsoncommunitytheatre.com
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The university stages plays at Seabrook Auditorium and Butler Theater. “Seven Guitars,” Nov. 17-19, Butler Theater; “Charlotte’s Web,” Feb. 16-18, Seabrook Auditorium; “Passing Strange,” April 6-8, Butler Theater. 672-2574 or uncfsu.edu/arts
Most of the college’s shows are in Cumberland Hall Auditorium. Fall musical, Nov. 4-19; spring comedy, March 3-11; spring drama, April 21-29; undetermined show, June 16-24. 678-0092 or faytechcc.edu
GIVENS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
The center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke presents a full schedule of shows, including its “Broadway and More” series. Season includes “Unelectable You,” Sept. 29; “Shanghai Acrobats of the
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Downtown home to arts, music and festivals Downtown Fayetteville has grown by leaps and bounds over the past decade. Today the streets surrounding the iconic Market House are lined with unique shops, quaint eateries and first-class galleries and museums. Along Hay Street, visitors can grab a bite at one of the many outdoor cafes or catch an indie flick at the historic Cameo Art House Theatre. The Fascinate-U Children’s Museum on Green Street has specialized in hands-on fun for little ones for more than two decades, while over on Maxwell Street, Cape Fear Studios features an everchanging rotation of exhibits by local, national and international artists. Downtown also is the setting for some of the region’s biggest events, like the International Folk Festival in the fall and the Fayetteville Dogwood Festival in the spring. Also worth noting is the Franklin Street parking garage, which has made the downtown area more accessible than ever. The deck is at 208 Franklin St. behind the Robert C. Williams Business Center. Park at one of the 298 spaces for 50 cents an hour or $4 for a full day. Parking is free on nights and weekends. Don’t know where to start? Here’s a list of some of downtown’s mustsee destinations and can’t-miss events:
FESTIVAL PARK
The park at Ray Avenue and Rowan Street has become a popular concert venue, drawing crowds for symphony performances around Memorial and Independence days and the Fayetteville After 5 summer concert series. The park at Ray Avenue and Rowan Street also serves as the anchor for the Fayetteville Dogwood Festival and the International Folk Festival.
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Carolina ratified the U.S. Constitution and chartered the University of North Carolina. Today, the National Historic Landmark houses the permanent exhibit, “A View from the Square: A History of Downtown Fayetteville.”
CITY MARKET AT THE MUSEUM
Twice a week, the grounds of the Fayetteville Area Transportation and Local History Museum at 325 Franklin St. are filled with local vendors selling fresh produce,
handcrafted items and more. The market season runs from April through December, but a number of vendors appear year-round. Hours are Wednesday from 2 to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
FOURTH FRIDAYS
On the fourth Friday of the month, this family-friendly event fills the street with artists and musicians, while shops and restaurants stay open late and downtown galleries showcase the work of local, regional and national artists. The monthly
celebration of art and locally owned business is sponsored by the Downtown Alliance.
FAYETTEVILLE AFTER 5
The free summer concert series hosted by the Fayetteville Dogwood Festival brings music to Festival Park one Friday a month from May through August. The series teamed up with Fourth Friday in 2015.
N.C. FIELD OF HONOR
When summer rolls around, the field in front of the Airborne & Special Operations Museum is lined with American flags in a patriotic display to honor soldiers, veterans and their families.
BLUES-N-BREWS
Sponsored by Cape Fear Regional Theatre, this one-day event in Festival Park features a sampling of more than 100 beers and live music from some of the region’s most popular blues artists.
ZOMBIE WALK
October’s Zombie Walk has become a Fayetteville tradition with hundreds of people dressed as the walking dead parading down Hay Street.
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John Malzone speaks to the crowd from the Market House during A Dickens Holiday on Hay Street.
BEST BET A Dickens Holiday
Countless VIPs have visited Fayetteville over the years. But one keeps coming back in late November. That’s when the city turns out in the warm glow of candles to welcome HRM Queen Victoria to the conclusion of the annual A Dickens Holiday. Thousands of people join characters from Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” and holiday bands to flood Hay Street with lit candles and holiday cheer. But as the sun sinks over Haymount Hill, the sound of bagpipes draws the crowd the Market House to hear the queen’s annual greetings. The queen (actually a local actress, of course) officially opens the holiday season in Fayetteville, wishing all a “home filled with warmth and joy.” The view of thousand of candles lighting downtown remains one of the most unexpectedly impressive sights for newcomers. 2016/2017
FAYETTEVILLE DOGWOOD FESTIVAL
Now in its 35th year, this Southeast Tourism Top 20 event draws more than 200,000 people to downtown Fayetteville for national headliners, midway, food and fun.
INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL
The Arts Council’s signature event, and one of the biggest events in the Southeast, celebrates the city’s multicultural heritage with food, costumes and entertainment from dozens of countries.
CHOW DOWN DOWNTOWN
Downtown restaurants and eateries offer small servings of signature dishes during the three-day small plate crawl hosted by the Downtown Fayetteville Restaurant Association and the Downtown Alliance.
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Venues for meetings and special events SkyView on Hay is hard to miss downtown. The multilevel meeting space and ballroom can be seen clearly behind tall glass windows. It’s actually four different meeting spaces, says manager Christa Giles. There is the front ballroom, which can accommodate up to 350 people, depending on setup; a garden terrace, which can hold 60 to 80; and a second-floor space called Level 2, that can handle up to 80, divided between two rooms. “We’re an a la carte venue,” says Giles. “It’s very flexible on who you can bring in.” Other event spaces downtown include the Rainbow Room, also on Hay Street, the Metropolitan Room on Green Street, and the newest: Studio 315 on Williams Street. The city offers event spaces of numerous sizes. Among the largest: % Crown Complex: 1960 Coliseum Drive. It includes the 9,000plus seat coliseum, an arena, theater and exposition space.
% Embassy Suites: 4760 Lake Valley Drive. The conference center has 10,000 square feet of flexible space. % Ramada Plaza Fayetteville at Bordeaux Convention Center: 1707-A Owen Drive. It has 16 venues that can accommodate up to 1,200 people. % Cape Fear Botanical Garden: 536 N. Eastern Blvd. The Wyatt Visitors Pavilion Complex hosts weddings, children’s parties, business meetings and military and other special functions. % Iron Mike Conference and Catering Center: 2658 Reilly Road, Fort Bragg. The 15,000-square-foot space accommodates military functions, weddings, parties and job fairs. % Doubletree by Hilton: 1965 Cedar Creek Road. It has 11,000 square feet of event space. % Ambiance Entertainment Venue: 2510 Legion Road. It includes 10,000 square feet of space for all occasions.
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Last year, more than 8,000 comic and fantasy fans jammed the Crown Expo Center for the inaugural Fayetteville ComicCon. The event packed the center with “Walking Dead’’ zombies, Togg the Hero Dog, graphic novelists and martial arts mavens. This year, the event moves to mid-October, which should please cosplay folks who dress up like Staff photo by Cindy Burnham Chewbacca and Bigfoot. Discussion panels break down different Cosplayers came out for Fayetteville aspects of the fantasy world, ComicCon at the Crown Expo Center. vendors cater to just about any interest ... or you can always just stroll and savor the creativity. A month earlier, in September, Librari-Con will celebrate its 10th year at Headquarters Library in downtown. About 1,500 people show up to this family-friendly event. Best of all, it’s free.
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CONCERTS CATER TO MUSIC LOVERS COMMUNITY CONCERTS
The Community Concerts series enters its 81st season with a lineup of nationally known acts spanning a variety of genres. The volunteer organization kicks off its 2016-17 season with a Veterans Day performance by Vince Gill on Nov. 11. A fifth performance had not been announced by press time. All shows are at the Crown Theatre. Subscription packages are available. 323-1991 or community-concerts.com % “The Tenors: Christmas Together” rings in the holidays on Dec. 17. % Beach Boys play their hits on Jan. 20. % “RAIN,” a Broadway tribute to the Beatles, closes out the season on April 11.
CAROLINA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
The Pinehurst-based philharmonic, under the direction of maestro David Michael Wolff, launches its 2016-17 season with “Symphonic Masterworks: The New World” Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m. All concerts are at Owens Auditorium on the Sandhills Community College campus, except as noted. Season subscriptions are available. 910687-0287 or carolinaphil.org % “Holiday Pops,” Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 26 at 3 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Carolina Hotel. % “Symphonic Strings,” Jan. 11 at 7:30 p.m. % “A Walk on Broadway,” Feb. 11 at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. % “Opera Extravaganza,” March 11 at 7:30 p.m. % “Broadway Cabaret,” April 8 at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. % “Symphonic Salute to America,” May 13 at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. 84 | The Fayetteville Observer
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Daryl Hall and John Oates performed during last season’s Community Concerts. FAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Following the departure of maestro Fouad Fakhouri, the 60th season of the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra will feature performances led by the five finalists for the orchestra’s new music director and conductor. First up is guest conductor Al
Sturgis kicking off the season Oct. 15 with “Fall Spooktacular!” at Huff Concert Hall at Methodist University. All shows are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. A pre-concert talk with guest conductors is at 6:45 p.m. 433-4690 or fayettevillesymphony.org % “Czech It Out!” with guest conductor Stefan Sanders, Nov.
19 at Seabrook Auditorium at Fayetteville State University. % “Waltzing in a Winter Wonderland,” with guest conductor Aram Demirjian, Dec. 10 at Huff Concert Hall. % “A Little Night Music,” Jan. 12 at St. John’s Episcopal Church. % “Handel: Water Music,” Jan. 26 at St. John’s Episcopal Church. % “The Wild Wild West,” with guest conductor Joseph Young, Feb. 25 at Huff Concert Hall. % “Heroes Among Us,” with guest conductor Dina Gilbert, March 25 at Huff Concert Hall.
NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY
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The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra performs at Huff Concert Hall at Methodist University. 2016/2017
The Raleigh-based North Carolina Symphony holds a series of concerts in Fayetteville and in Southern Pines. Go to ncsymphony.org or call 877-6276724 for a list of Fayetteville concerts, which had not been
finalized as of press time. The Southern Pines Series kicks off Sept. 30 with “Dvorak’s Symphony No. 5” conducted by Grant Llewellyn. All concerts in the Southern Pines Series start at 8 p.m. at Pinecrest High School’s Lee Auditorium. 877627-6724 or ncsymphony.org % “Blockbuster Film Scores,” conducted by David Glover, Oct. 13. % “Bach’s Double Violin Concerto,” conducted by Jeannette Sorrell with violinist Elizabeth Phelps, Nov. 12. % “Holiday Pops,” conducted by David Glover, Dec. 21. % “All Mozart,” conducted by Grant Llewellyn with violinist Jinjoo Cho, Feb. 1. % “Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4,” conducted by David Glover with violinist Caroline Shaw, April 1. % “Russian Nights,” conducted by Grant Llewellyn with violinist Augustin Hadelich, May 18.
CUMBERLAND ORATORIO SINGERS
The group of community singers led and directed by Michael D. Martin, director of choral activities and music education at Methodist University, launches its 25th season on Oct. 29 with a concert featuring Mozart’s “Requiem” at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. All shows are at 7:30 p.m. singwithcos.org. % “Messiah Sing!” Dec. 17 at St. Ann Catholic Church. % “The Student and the Teacher,” featuring the music of Benjamin Britten and Ralph Vaughn Williams, March 24 at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. % “The Trumpets Shall Sound!” featuring John Rutter’s “Gloria!” May 19 at Haymount United Methodist Church. discoverfayetteville.com
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Extracurricular fun for anyone MOVIE THEATERS
% Cameo Art House Theatre: 225 Hay St. 486-6633 or cameoarthouse.com % Carmike 12: Westwood Shopping Center, 4301 Morganton Road. 8689888 or carmike.com % Market Fair 15: 1916 Skibo Road. 868-9791 or carmike.com % Millstone 14: 3400 Footbridge Lane, Hope Mills. 354-2121 or stonetheaters.com % Omni Cinema 8: 3729 Sycamore Dairy Road. Shows second-run films at a discounted price. 487-5530 or omnicinemas.com % Patriot 14: 4761 Lake Valley Drive. Features an IMAX screen along with regular screens. 252-9684 or carmike.com
SKATEBOARDING
% Fort Bragg Skatepark: Cleland Multipurpose Sports Complex on Fort Bragg. 396-5127
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BOWLING LANES
% B&B Bowling Lanes: 3003 Fort Bragg Road. 484-5179 or bandblanes.com % Lafayette Bowling Lanes: 3313 Raeford Road. 484-0113 % North View Lanes: 5307 Ramsey St. 822-6446 % Dragon Bowling Center: Next to the Mini Mall on Reilly Road on Fort Bragg. 907-2695 % Airborne Lanes: Bastogne Drive and Ardennes Street on Fort Bragg. 4326899
CLIMBING PLACES
115 Skateway Drive, 860-8900. round-a-bout.com
ICE SKATING
% Cleland Multipurpose Sports Complex: Reilly Street on Fort Bragg. 396-5127
MINIATURE GOLF
% Putt-Putt: 3311 Footbridge Lane, Hope Mills. 424-7888 or puttputt.com % Mountasia Fantasy Golf and Games: 3729 Sycamore Dairy Road in Omni Plaza. 487-6001 or mountasiagolf.com.
PAINTBALL
% Triangle Rock Club: 5213 Raeford Road, Suite 103. 868-7625 or trianglerockclub.com % The Climbing Place: 436 W. Russell St. 486-9638 or theclimbingplace.com
% Black River Paintball: 5319 Yadkin Road. Also operates a store and field in Angier. 860-4469 or brpaintball.com % Black Ops Paintball: Two fields north of Fayetteville at 2112 River Road. 8764444 or blackopspaintball.org
ROLLER SKATING
SKY DIVING
% Round-a-Bout Skating Center: Two locations: 880 Elm St., 484-4465, and
% Paraclete XP Indoor Skydiving: 190 Paraclete Drive, Raeford. Features a
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vertical wind tunnel in which guests can “fly” on a column of air. 848-2600 or paracleteexp.com % Raeford Parachute Center: The parachute school offers tandem jumps and sky diving for beginners and experienced jumpers. 143 Airport Drive, Raeford. 904-0000 or skydiveparacletexp.com
ZIPLINE
% ZipQuest Water Fall and Treetop Adventure: 533 Carvers Falls Road. Features eight zip lines, three suspension bridges and 16 platforms. 488-8787 or zipquest.com
ARCADE
% Fun Fun Fun: 4670 Cumberland Road, Hope Mills. Arcade and laser tag. 487-8585 or gofunfunfun.com
YMCA
The organization has three locations in Cumberland County: 2717 Fort Bragg Road, 3725 Ramsey St., and 3910 Ellison St. in Hope Mills. Fitness classes, programs, summer camps, youth sports, swim lessons and more. 426-9622 or ymcaofthesandhills.org
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FESTIVALS, FAIRS AND SPECIAL EVENTS From the music and fun-filled Fayetteville Dogwood Festival in the spring to the cultural celebration of the International Folk Festival each fall, there are a variety of festivals and fairs throughout the year in the Cape Fear region. Here’s a look at some of the annual events.
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% Fine Arts Festival, Campbell House Galleries, 482 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines, Aug. 5-26. Features works by local and national artists in a variety of styles and mediums, as well as an art competition. Opening reception and awards ceremony is Aug. 5; exhibit is on display through Aug. 26. 910-6924356 or mooreart.org % Pinehurst Food & Wine Weekend, Pinehurst Resort, 80 Carolina Vista Drive, Pinehurst, Aug. 26-28. The theme of this year’s event is Flavors of Spain. Features wine and cuisine from Spain’s distinct regions, as well as wine dinner, culinary demonstrations, tours and more. 910-487-4653 or pinehurst.com/ flavors-of-spain % Umoja Festival, Seabrook Park, Aug. 27. This family festival with an emphasis on African-American heritage features storytellers, artists, dancers, music and a health clinic. 485-8035, 483-6152 or umojafaync.org
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% Cumberland County Fair, Crown Center, Sept. 9-18. Rides, games, food, live entertainment and agricultural exhibits. 323-5088 or cumberlandcountyfair.org % Lafayette Birthday Celebration, downtown Fayetteville, Sept. 9-10. Activities commemorating the city’s namesake include walking tours, music, French wine and cheese tasting, living history, 3k pooch run and more. 6788899 or lafayettesociety.org % Cypress Bend Fall Harvest Festival, Wagram, Sept. 10. Highlights include live music, wine tasting, picking and traditional grape stomp. 910-369-0411 or cypressbendvineyards.com % North Carolina Poultry Festival, Raeford, Sept. 15-17. The celebration features plenty of turkey (and other 86 | The Fayetteville Observer
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Fort Bragg Renaissance Faire at Smith Lake Recreation Center food), arts and crafts, music, car show, dog show and parade. 904-2424 or facebook.com/ncfallfestival % Fort Bragg Renaissance Faire, Smith Lake Recreation Area, Sept. 17-18. Features masquerade ball, juggling lessons, sing-a-longs, jousting and other medieval diversions. 540-294-1846 or medievalfantasiesco.com/ FortBraggRenaissanceFaire. % Arboretum Fest, Pinehurst, Sept. 17. Celebration of the arts featuring musicians, dancers, culinary artists, puppeteers, storytellers, potters and
craftspeople. 910-295-1900 or explorepinehurst.com % International Folk Festival, downtown Fayetteville, Sept. 23-25. People celebrate the heritage of dozens of countries in this festival of food, costumes, entertainment and a Parade of Nations. 323-1776 or theartscouncil.com
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% Denim Days, Erwin, Oct. 1. A celebration of Erwin’s days as the “Denim Capital of the World” with parade, music, baby denim and doggy
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In the South, there’s an old church tradition of “dinner on the ground.” Each year, the “dinner on the ground” at Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 614 Oakridge Ave., features some of the best Greek food around. It’s part of Greek Fest, a salute to the Hellenic community and its history in Fayetteville. The festival has grown into a three-day event at the church on Oakridge Avenue in Haymount. Culture, faith and especially food are part of the celebration. Sept. 9-11, 484-2010, 484-8925 or stsch.nc.goarch.org 2016/2017
denim contests and more. 910-8977300, erwin-nc.org or erwinchamber.org % Scotland County Highland Games, Historic John Blue House complex in Laurinburg, Oct. 1. Piping, drumming, Highland dancing and competitive feats from Scottish traditions. 910-276-2995 or schgnc.org % Fall Antiques Street Fair, Cameron, Oct. 1. Dealers display their antiques and collectibles along streets in the historic district of Cameron. A spring antiques fair is in May. 910-245-3055 or antiquesofcameron.com % Autumnfest, Southern Pines, Oct. 1. Small-town festival featuring 5k, arts and crafts, live entertainment and youth activities in picturesque setting. 910692-7376 or mooreart.org % Indigo Moon Film Festival, downtown Fayetteville, Oct. 7-9. Filmmakers from around the world are invited to submit films for the inaugural independent film festival with audience vote in categories such as documentary, feature and animation. groundswellpictures.com % Worldwide Hollerin’ Festival, Paradise Acres in Hope Mills, Oct. 7-8. Hosted by a past champion of the defunct National Hollerin’ Contest held for 47 years in Spivey’s Corner. % Shaw House Vintage Collectibles & Antiques Fair, Southern Pines, Oct. 8. Antiques, collectibles, food, vintage craft demonstrations and silent auction. 910692-2051 or moorehistory.com % John Blue Cotton Festival, Laurinburg, Oct. 8-9. Music, arts and crafts, tractors and engines, pre-Civil War cotton gin, grist mill and shingle mill operations. 910-276-3761 or johnbluecottonfestival.com % Aberdeen Sardine Festival, Aberdeen Lake, Oct. 14. Sardine Queen Parade and a menu of sardines, saltine crackers, moon pies and soda. 910944-4573 or Aberdeen Sardine Festival on Facebook % Storytelling Festival of Carolina, John Blue House Complex in Laurinburg, Oct. 14-16. Nationally renowned storytellers and authors. 910-277-3599 or storyartscenter.org discoverfayetteville.com
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% Fayetteville ComicCon, Crown Expo Center, Oct. 15-16. American comic book artist and writer Michael Golden headlines the second annual celebration of all forms and fans of popular culture. 316-7251 or fayettevillecomiccon.com. % Holly Arts and Crafts Festival, Pinehurst, Oct. 15. Exhibitors including woodworkers, jewelry makers and metal sculptors, plus food and entertainment. 910-295-7462 or pinehurstbusinessguild.com % Ole Mill Days, Hope Mills Municipal Park, mid-October. Crafts, food, music, tractor pull, haunted house, storytelling, children’s rides and costume contests. 426-4109 or facebook.com/OleMillDays % North Carolina Yam Festival, Tabor City, Oct. 17-25. Food, crafts, vendors and parade. 910-653-3458 or ncyamfestival.com % Fayetteville State University Homecoming, Oct. 29. Downtown parade, concerts, football game, step shows and more. 672-1474 or uncfsu.edu
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% Holly Day Fair, Crown Expo Center, Nov. 3-6. The Junior League of Fayetteville sponsors the largest gift and craft show in eastern North Carolina. 323-5088 or jlfay.org % N.C. Cotton Festival, Dunn, Nov. 5. Family fun, entertainment and education. 910-892-3282 or nccottonfestival.com % When Pigs Fly All-American BBQ Festival, Festival Park, Nov. 12. North Carolina Barbecue Association sanctioned competition, live music and kids zone. cisofcumberland.org/when-pigs-fly % Festival of Trees, Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst, Nov. 16-20. Lavishly decorated trees and wreaths, bands, silent auction and pictures with Santa to benefit Sandhills Children’s Center. 910692-3323 or festivaloftrees.org % Seagrove Pottery Festival, Nov. 1920. North Carolina potters present their works. 336-873-7887 or visitseagrovenc.com % Cameron Antique Dealers’ Christmas Open House, Cameron, Nov. 21-22. All shops participating. 910-245-3055 or antiquesofcameron.com % A Dickens Holiday, downtown Fayetteville, Nov. 25. Carolers, carriage rides and costumed actors portraying 88 | The Fayetteville Observer
Fairgrounds, late April-early May. Annual event featuring rides, food and concerts is open to the public. 396-9126 or fortbraggmwr.com
MAY
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Holly Day Fair at the Crown Expo Center characters from “A Christmas Carol.” At dark, Hay Street is illuminated by hundreds of candles held high. 323-1776 or theartscouncil.com
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% Fort Bragg Christmas Tree Lighting, Main Post Parade Field, Dec. 1. Fort Bragg also recognizes its Family of the Year. 396-9126 or bragg.armymwr.com % Kwanzaa Celebration, Smith Recreation Center, Dec. 31. Entertainment, food and Parade of Kings and Queens. 485-8035, 483-6152 or umojafaync.org
JANUARY
672-1474 or uncfsu.edu % Martin Luther King Jr. Parade, downtown Fayetteville, Jan. 14. Parade to honor the legacy of King begins at the Cumberland County Courthouse and ends at the Amtrak train station. visitdowntownfayetteville.com
FEBRUARY
% Heart ’n’ Soul of Jazz, Pinehurst Resort, Feb. 11. Annual fundraiser for the Arts Council of Moore County features performances by nationally acclaimed jazz artists. mooreart.org
MARCH
% Palustris Festival, various locations in Moore County, mid-March. The celebration of visual, literary and performing arts returns after a hiatus in 2016. 910-692-2787 or palustrisfestival.com
% Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, Seabrook Auditorium at Fayetteville State University, Jan. 16.
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% Stoneybrook Steeplechase, Carolina Horse Park in Raeford, April 8. Races throughout the day, food and craft beer, vendor village, tailgating, hat contests, live music and more. 910-875-2074 or stoneybrooksteeplechase.com % Fayetteville Dogwood Festival, Festival Park and downtown Fayetteville, April 2123. Street fair, live music from local and national acts, food and midway. 323-1934 or faydogwoodfestival.com % Fort Bragg Fair, Fort Bragg
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% Concours d’Elegance, Pinehurst Resort, May 6. Classic car show, special events. 910-973-6594 or pinehurstconcours.com % Sanford Arts & Vine Festival, Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center, May 6-7. Pottery from across the Southeast, live music, wine tasting, food vendors and displays. sanfordartsandvine.com % Carthage Buggy Festival, May 13. Old-fashioned buggy displays, children’s activities, car show, crafts and entertainment. 910-947-2331 or thebuggyfestival.com % Moore County Festival of Beers, Southern Pines, mid-May. The annual festival, featuring dozens of beers, typically sells out. moorecountychamber.com % Field of Honor, Airborne & Special Operations Museum, May-June. U.S. flags honor veterans and active servicemen. 222-3382 or ncfieldofhonor.com % All American Week, Fort Bragg, late May. The 82nd Airborne Division troop review, run, competitions and memorial ceremony. facebook.com/ 82ndAirborneDivision
JUNE
% Ammon Blueberry Festival, Ammon, June 3. Pancake breakfast, parade, rides, crafts and antique car show in Bladen County. 910-588-4592 % Blues-n-Brews, Festival Park, downtown Fayetteville, June 3. Microbrew tasting and live blues music. 323-4234 or cfrt.org % Lumbee Homecoming, Pembroke, late June-early July. Sports, pageants, crafts and powwow. 910-521-8602 or lumbeehomecoming.com
JULY
% Fourth of July, region communities celebrate the holiday with games, music, food and fireworks, most notably, at Fort Bragg. % Blues Crawl, downtown Southern Pines. Live music featuring bands at several venues, plus food, wine and beer. 910-692-8501 or sunrisetheater.com discoverfayetteville.com
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EXPLORE YOUR WORLD CLOSE TO HOME AIRBORNE & SPECIAL OPERATIONS MUSEUM
The museum features exhibits on World War II, Korea, Vietnam and other conflicts involving American troops. A theater and two simulator attractions are offered. The museum is the site of many book-signings and other military-themed events. In May and June, a “Field of Honor” flag display covers the grounds. Where: 100 Bragg Blvd. Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. The museum is closed Monday and on federal holidays except Veterans Day, Memorial Day and July 4, when doors are open. Admission: Free, but donations are accepted. Simulator tickets are $8.50 each for the general public or $12 to “ride” both simulators. Information: 643-2778 or asomf.org
FASCINATE-U CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
The downtown Fayetteville museum features interactive exhibits for children and their families. Among the offerings: shopping in a miniature grocery store; picking plastic vegetables for a produce stand; building in a construction site; milking a make-believe cow and sliding down a fire pole. Where: 116 Green St. Hours: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Closed Monday and holidays. Admission: $4 for children and $3 for adults. $3 per child for groups of 15 children or more with reservations Information: 829-9171 or fascinate-u.com
MUSEUM OF THE CAPE FEAR HISTORICAL COMPLEX
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Guided tours of the Poe House are conducted Tuesday through Friday at 11 a.m. and 1 and 3 p.m.; Saturdays every hour on the hour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and every hour on the hour Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. Where: 801 Arsenal Ave. Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.; Closed Mondays, New Year’s Day, Easter, July 4, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas. Admission: Free Information: 486-1330 or ncdcr.gov
FAYETTEVILLE AREA TRANSPORTATION AND LOCAL HISTORY MUSEUM
Located in the restored 1890 Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad Depot, the museum offers two floors of exhibits. Popular exhibits include a model train room, interactive steamboat and a recreated station agent’s office. An annex tells Fayetteville’s history with a restored 1920s gas station and 1880s steam pump engine.
Where: 325 Franklin St. Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday. Admission: Free Information: 433-1457 or fcpr.us/transportation_museum.aspx
JFK SPECIAL WARFARE MUSEUM The museum collects and preserves artifacts related to Army special operations. It also is used as a training tool for special operations soldiers. Where: Ardennes and Marion streets, Fort Bragg Hours: 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. Open Memorial Day, Veterans Day and July 4. Admission: Free, but access to Fort Bragg is restricted. Information: 432-4272 or jfkwebstore.com
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Every May, the bright green parade ground next to the Airborne & Special Operations Museum in downtown becomes a fluttering field of red, white and blue. As many as 1,000 flags honor the service and sacrifice of America’s Armed Forces and offer a silent salute to the families who remember them. Each flag is donated in the memory of a soldier. When the wind lifts them, the flags snap to attention. When the air is still, they hang with the weight of duty and remembrance. The field remains open for visiting and reflection into June.
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82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM The museum tells the story of airborne forces from World War I through the present. It includes exhibits on combat and peace-time missions. Where: Building C-6841, 5108 Ardennes St., Fort Bragg Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday. Open on MLK Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day and Veterans Day but closed other federal holidays. Admission: Free, but access to Fort Bragg is restricted. Information: 432-3443 or 82ndairbornedivisionmuseum.com
FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY PLANETARIUM The public can visit during open house hours and (unless otherwise noted) during scheduled shows that are listed on the website. The planetarium features a 30-foot dome on which the images of 2,354 stars are projected. New to the building is “The REEF at FSU,” which features two aquariums and a touch tank. REEF visits can be scheduled through the planetarium. Where: 1200 Murchison Road Admission: $1 for planetarium and $2 for the REEF Information: 672-1176 or uncfsu.edu/planetarium
CULTURAL HERITAGE TRAILS The Fayetteville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau offers itineraries to 17 themed driving trails ranging from African-American heritage to antiques. The “Gaelic Beginnings” tour focuses on early Scottish settlers and might appeal to fans of the Starz show “Outlander,” which is based on books that bring Scottish characters to Cross Creek and Campbellton — communities that later formed Fayetteville. Information: 800-255-8217 or FayettevilleNCTrails.com discoverfayetteville.com
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Works from emerging and established artists ARTS COUNCIL OF FAYETTEVILLE/ CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Arianna Heble and Michael Johnson look at the art of Romare Bearden at the Arts Council in downtown Fayetteville.
The galleries at 301 Hay St. are open six days a week during exhibitions. Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to noon and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. “Pictorial Space,” through Aug. 20; “Contemporary Art Forms by America’s First People,” Aug. 26-Oct. 22; “Recycle — The Art of Transformation,” Oct. 28Dec. 10; “Reflections,” AfricanAmerican exhibition, Feb. 3March 4; 17th annual Cumberland County High School Juried Art Exhibition, March 718; “Arts and Flowers” juried
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competition, March 24-May 20; “Public Works,” opens May 26. 323-1776 or theartscouncil.com
CAPE FEAR STUDIOS The studio at 148 Maxwell St. opened in 1989. The works of regional and national artists are featured, in addition to those by members.
Exhibits include “En Plein Air, of Light and Color: Artists of PaintND,” through Aug. 24; wood-fired ceramics by Stephen Heywood, Aug. 26-Sept. 21; “Zero Art Thirty,” art by activeduty, retired and military spouses, Sept. 23-Oct. 26; Nellie Allen Smith pottery competition and exhibit,
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Oct. 28-Nov. 23; Annual Members’ Holiday Exhibit, Nov. 25-Jan. 10; “Cabin Fever,” Jan. 11-Feb. 22; solo exhibit, Feb. 24-March 22; “Cats, Dogs and Ewe” pet art, March 24April 26; anniversary members’ exhibit featuring pottery by Ben Owen, April 28-June 21; 2-D exhibit, June 23-July 26.
ELLINGTON-WHITE CONTEMPORARY The nonprofit gallery at 113 Gillespie St. showcases emerging and professional local, national and international artists, as well as sponsoring arts programs. Exhibits include “Contemporary Drawing: New Ways of Thinking,” Nov. 17Jan. 20; Cumberland County Art Teachers Juried Competition, March 11-May 10.
Hours are Wednesday through Saturday from 1 to 6 p.m. 483-1388 or ellington-white.com
DAVID MCCUNE INTERNATIONAL ART GALLERY The gallery on the campus of Methodist University, 5400 Ramsey St., features exhibits by local, national and international artists. Hours are Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. Closed Sundays, Mondays, during school breaks and on Veterans Day. Exhibits include “Elemental: Ceramics and Abstract Paintings,” Sept. 22Nov. 17 and “Impressionism to Modernism: Masterworks of Early Photography,” Feb. 9-April 8. 425-5379 or davidmccunegallery.org
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DINING OPTIONS FOR ALL TASTES When the owners of Bombay Bistro on Cliffdale Road were victims of a break-in last year, customers came to their rescue with offers of help, gifts and even cash contributions. And when a fire gutted the 60-year-old Haymont Grill & Steak House in April, hundreds of messages of condolence came from around the world. Here in Fayetteville, restaurantgoers often come to feel like family members. That’s because many of the owners are quick to learn their customers’ names and greet them at the door. They may even pull up a chair to visit. Fayetteville is home to a wide variety of popular chains, from Bonefish Grill to Smokey Bones. One of the newest is Mission BBQ on Skibo Road, which honors Fayetteville’s military community by playing the national anthem every day at noon. Whether you are in the mood for surf or turf, sandwiches or salads, you should have no trouble satisfying your appetite for good food and hospitality. Here are some locally owned favorites.
indoors or out — downtown restaurants fill the bill. Downtown merchants have published their own cookbook, “A Taste of Downtown,’’ featuring recipes from past and present businesses and customers. Favorites include Pierro’s Italian Bistro, Blue Moon Cafe, Circa 1800, Sherefe, A Taste of West Africa, Fried Turkey Sandwich Shop, Just Desserts Bakery, Reyhan Turkish Kebaps, and Huske Hardware. For snacks, sweets or a cup of something delicious, check out The Wine Cafe, Just Desserts Bakery, the Coffee Cup, Marquis Market, Rude Awakening Coffee House and The Sweet Palette.
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Pulled pork and sweet potato pie at Fayetteville Pie Company and sweet pies and an everchanging menu. The pulled pork and sweet potato pie is most popular, but others include chicken curry, taco pie, balsamic beef and
arugula, spinach Florentine and chicken cordon bleu. Whether you are in the mood for a quick sandwich or leisurely dining — and whether you prefer to sit
Hilltop House Restaurant in the heart of Haymount is known for its Sunday brunches with oysters, eggs benedict with fried green tomatoes and smoked salmon, shrimp and grits, bananas foster, french toast and other Southern favorites. Hilltop House also serves lunch and dinner with an
award-winning wine list. Other favorites to start the day include Zorba’s, Lindy’s and Great Harvest Bread Co. on Raeford Road; J.K.’s Delicatessen on Owen Drive; and the 78-year-old Rainbow Restaurant on Ramsey Street.
STEAKS, PASTA, SEAFOOD AND MORE
Whether you’re on a special date or out with the family, Fayetteville offers a variety of options. Many include live music. On the north side of town, Scrub Oaks-Contemporary American Pub owners Gwen and Tim Holtzclaw use Facebook to post daily menus and drink specials that include grilled shrimp salad with mango, spinach, and bacon; prime rib sandwiches; bourbon milkshakes; and pineapple martinis. The restaurant also does summer trivia, neighborhood wine walks and live music. Latitude 35 in Haymount has trivia night and live music on its tiki-theme patio, as well as a full-service menu and bar that stays open until 1 a.m. on weekends.
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Biggest oyster roast in eastern NC
You don’t want to bring a knife to a gunfight, but when the Massey Hill Lions Club start slinging oysters in late January, a knife comes in handy. For more than 40 years, a small white building on Camden Road becomes the biggest winter oyster roast in eastern North Carolina. Hundreds shuck and hobnob in what has become a tradition for seafood fans for miles around. The oysters are trucked in, cleaned using a revamped cucumber washer, cooked and consumed in a single weekend. And, if you don’t have a shucking knife, they might let you borrow one. After all, the proceeds go to vision projects around the world.
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Fayetteville Pie Company: When Food Network star Alton Brown was planning an appearance in Fayetteville in the spring, organizers of his “Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science” tour asked fans to recommend places to eat. Locals flooded social media with recommendations. Fayetteville Pie Company, one of the newest restaurants, was among the most highly recommended. The restaurant on West Rowan Street offers savory
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Back to Alton Brown. When the James Beard Award-winning chef finally arrived in town, a transportation glitch kept him from going on the town to eat. R Burger food truck rolled up just in time to feed the crew. R Burger, which specializes in hot dogs and freshly ground hamburgers, is among a growing number of mobile dining spots around town. One of the newest, The 92G LLC Food Truck, specializes in sandwiches, chicken wings and salads. The truck is parked on weekends at Dirtbag Ales Brewery on Legion Road, and weekdays on Raeford Road. Other food trucks include Fatback’s BBQ and Rib Shack, Taco Loco, Babann’s Southern Fried Chicken, Sweet Smokee’z BBQ n Soul Food, Cape Fear Barbecue and Not Jes Subs. Most food trucks post daily menus and locations on Facebook and Twitter. discoverfayetteville.com
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A world of beer and wine choices From the mountains to the coast, visitors to North Carolina may be surprised to learn how many wineries and breweries dot the landscape. For those looking to imbibe locally, there are a number of nearby destinations and many more just a short drive away. Local craft beer lovers in particular have plenty of choices to get hopped up about with three breweries in Cumberland County alone. The latest addition to the local beer scene is Dirtbag Ales, a brewery and taproom in Hope Mills, 3623 Legion Road. And here in Fayetteville, two hotspots serve their own brews, Mash House Restaurant & Brewery at 4150 Sycamore Dairy Road and Huske Hardware House Restaurant & Brewery at 405 Hay St. Both offer dining options and a wide array of locally brewed, original beers. On the weekends, Huske turns into a popular downtown nightclub with a dance floor and DJ. Take a short drive west and you’ll find the taproom at Southern Pines Brewing Co., 565 Air Tool Drive in Southern Pines, and Railhouse Brewery, 105 E. South St. in Aberdeen, where a pub-style lunch and dinner menu is served along with a selection of locally brewed beers. To the north, Angierbased White Rabbit Brewing Co., 219 Fish Drive, offers a wide array of beers that are labeled after illustrations from the original “Alice in Wonderland.”
The Wine Cafe on Hay Street Head north and you’ll find no shortage of tap rooms on your way to the Triangle area, including Fainting Goat Brewing (330 S. Main St.) and Aviator Brewing Company (209 Technology Park Lane) in FuquayVarina, and the Carolina Brewing Company in
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Holly Springs (140 Thomas Mill Road). Craft breweries across the state launch new brews and host beer dinners and festivals during N.C. Beer Month in April. To find a list of events and a map of the more than 120 breweries statewide, go to ncbeer.org.
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Those who prefer grapes to hops will want to pay a visit to The Wine Cafe in downtown Fayetteville (108 Hay St.), where you can use the cafe’s self-dispensing units to enjoy wines from around the world. The Wine Cafe holds frequent tastings and occasionally brings in experts to talk wine. Several wineries sit within an hour’s drive of Fayetteville, including Lu Mil Vineyard in Dublin (474 Suggs-Taylor Road), Stephens Winery and Vineyard in Lumberton (264 Smithmill Road) and Black Rock Winery in Carthage (6652 U.S. 15-501). The newest addition to the regional wine scene is Cape Fear Vineyard and Winery in Elizabethtown (195 Vineyard Dr.), a working vineyard that also features waterfront concerts and farm-to-table dining. There’s also Cypress Bend Vineyards in Wagram (21904 Riverton Road), which features live music on the veranda every Friday night, and Duplin Winery in Rose Hill (505 N. Sycamore St.), the oldest and largest winery in North Carolina. If you want to make a day of it, pack a picnic and take a drive to one of the regional wineries like the Hinnant Family Vineyards & Winery in Pine Level (826 Pine LevelMicro Road), Gregory Vineyards in Angier (275 Bowling Spring Drive) or Adams Vineyards and Winery in Willow Spring (3390 John Adams Road). Go to ncwine.org for a list of events and a North Carolina winery map. The Fayetteville Observer | 95
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he city of Fayetteville opened its second new public pool in two years this summer, after going for decades with only one. The Keith A. Bates Pool, which cost $2.4 million and opened in July, is at the College Lakes Recreation Center, 4945 Rosehill Road near Ramsey Street. It includes a kids’ pool, water slide and a large pool with six lanes. In 2015, the city opened a pool at the Westover Recreation Center at 267 Bonanza Drive, near Morganton Road. Those two pools join the Chalmers Pool at Seabrook Recreation Center and Park at 1520 Slater Ave. The pools offer swim lessons, a swim camp, junior lifeguard training and swim teams. Fayetteville-Cumberland Parks & Recreation also operates a splash pad for younger children at J.S. Spivey Recreation Center at 500 Fisher St. The aquatics facilities open in May and remain open at least until Labor Day. More pools and splash pads will become a reality in the next few years, after city residents approved a $43 million parks and recreation bond.
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% Chalmers Pool at Seabrook Park is one of three public pools in Cumberland County. Chalmers, Westover Pool and Bates Pool are open Memorial Day through Labor Day, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on every day except Monday. Admission for in-county residents is $1 for ages 12 and younger, and $2 for everyone else. Out-ofcounty residents pay $2 for 12 or younger and $4 for everyone else. During summer, the pool offers swim lessons for children and adults. There also is a junior lifeguard program. Chalmers is at Smith Recreation Center, 1520 Slater Ave. 433-1571. % Westover Pool is next to Westover Recreation Center on 96 | The Fayetteville Observer
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Jason Beckles jumps into the new Keith A. Bates Pool in the College Lakes area of Fayetteville.
Bonanza Drive. The facility features an eight-lane competition pool with a depth range of 4 to 6 feet, a wading pool with a zero entry and a maximum depth of 3.5 feet, and a 12-foot water slide. 433-1383. % Keith A. Bates Pool is the newest public pool in Fayetteville. It opened in midJuly beside College Lakes Recreation Center. Bates was a city councilman who died in 2014 at age 55. For more information about pools, contact the parks and recreation office at 433-1547. % The Splash Pad at Christina Smith Park offers water cannons
and shaded areas. Hours are Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m. Admission is free. The splash pad is at 500 Fisher St. 433-1572. % Smith Lake on Fort Bragg is open to the public and offers a beach, canoe and paddle boat rentals, camping and Wake Zone Cable Park. The Smith Lake park area is open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily from May through September and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily from October through April. 396-5979 or bragg.armymwr.com. % Fantasy Lake Water Park is a man-made water park covering 6 acres. It features beaches, rope swings and 2016/2017
picnic areas. Park hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is $16 for 11 and older, $10 for children 3-10 or patrons 60 and older, and free for infants accompanied by a paying adult. The park is at 5869 Permastone Lake Road in Hope Mills. 424-9999 or fantasylakewaterpark.vpweb.com. % Lake Waldo’s Beach Campground offers swimming pools, water slides and rope swings in summer. The park is open daily Memorial Day through Labor Day. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is $10 for people ages 10 and younger and $12 for ages 11 and older daily. The venue is at 6742 Waldo’s Beach Road. 423-8701 or
lakewaldosbeachcampground.com. % Lake Pines Swim Club features a swimming area larger than 2 acres with diving boards and water slides. There are areas to play volleyball and horseshoes, and a snack bar. The club is at 1231 Lake Pine Drive off Murchison Road in Fayetteville. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, Memorial Day through Labor Day. Admission is $11 for ages 12 and older, $9 for children 6-11, $5 for children 2-5, and free for children younger than 2. 488-6050 or 822-2003
HIKING & BIKING % Cape Fear River Trail: This is a 10-foot-wide paved trail for hikers, joggers and bicyclists. discoverfayetteville.com
●●● The trail has wooden bridges, including a covered bridge, and a 700-foot boardwalk through the marsh and wetlands near Clark Park and 365 additional feet of boardwalk a section that opened in December 2014. The nearly 5.3-mile path has entrances at Jordan Soccer Complex at Treetop Drive, Clark Park at 1572 Sherman Drive and off Eastwood Drive. The trail is open daily from 8 a.m. to dusk. For a trail map, go to fcpr.us. % Cross Creek Park: This Green Street park in downtown is along Linear Park Trail. It boasts a statue of city namesake and Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette. A fountain facing Green Street is a popular site for weddings. % Linear Park Trail: The 2.8-mile trail connects skirts some of the oldest sections of the city. The pedestrian trail follows Cross Creek from Ray Avenue to North Cool Spring Street downtown. A second part of the trail runs from near Cape Fear Botanical Garden, past Riverside Dog Park and its separate play areas for larger and smaller dogs, to Grove Street. Construction on the final segment, between North Cool Spring Street over Grove Street was finished in 2015. The trail connects multiple points of interest in the city, including Cross Creek Cemetery, the Marquis de Lafayette statue and Evans AME Zion Church. For a map, go to crosscreeklinearpark.com. % Lake Rim Park: This 30-acre park offers a little something for everyone. There’s space to play a game of soccer, a one-mile border trail through the wetlands to Bone Creek and places for a family picnic. The park is open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. during summer months and 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. from November to February. 2214 Tar Kiln Drive. 433-1018 or fcpr.us. % Mazarick Park: Shady dirt trails are part of this 80-acre park. Some lead to the 21-acre Glenville Lake and the discgolf course. Glenville Lake was empty for over a year during a project to replace the spillway off Filter Plant Drive. The lake is open for recreational use, but no fishing will be allowed until the fish population is restocked. The park is open 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Access points are at 1612 Belvedere Ave. and 1368 Belvedere Ave. 433-1545 or fcpr.us. discoverfayetteville.com
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hard courts, not lighted, open to the public. 433-1547. % Lake Rim Park: 2214 Tar Kiln Drive. Two lighted hard courts open to the public. 433-1018. % Cumberland County schools: Courts open to public when schools are not in session.
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Lib and Bob Wilson walk on the Linear Park Trail. % J. Bayard Clark Park: The city’s second-largest regional park features three trails and a nature center on 76 acres. Activities include boat launching, fishing, picnic tables, a playground, primitive camping, waterfall and rangerguided tours. The park also has TRACK Trails, self-guided brochure hikes designed to encourage children to explore the outdoors. TRACKers can record their adventures on the Kids in Parks website to earn prizes and plan more adventures. The Clark Park TRACK Trail is a 0.3-mile loop that follows parts of the Cape Fear River and Wetlands trails. 631 Sherman Drive. 433-1579 or fcpr.us. % Bill Hefner Elementary School mountain bike trail: This single-track loop is maintained well and features some bridges and technical obstacles. An entrance is on the northeast corner of the playground. 7059 Calamar Drive. % Smith Lake: Known as an introductory trail for mountain bikers, the paths at Smith Lake on Fort Bragg are divided into three interlocking loops ranging from an easy green trail to the black trail’s logs, climbs and bridges. Daily fee is $5; annual fee is $20. 1129 Smith Lake Road. 396-5979 or bragg.armymwr.com. % All-American Trail: This unpaved pathway is designed for bikers and hikers. Terrain is mixed with sections
from flat to slightly hilly — mostly flat. A 1,000-foot boardwalk over Rockfish Creek and its wetlands has been completed. The trail follows the perimeter of Fort Bragg. Access it just before the gate on Vass Road in Hoke County. The trail is closed during hunting season. % Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve: Six hiking trails and a bridle trail run 4.6 miles through this 900-acre Sandhills nature preserve in Moore County, not far from Fort Bragg. Ancient longleaf pines shade the paths. There are hiking and nature activities. Hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. from March to October. The museum is closed for renovations and is expected to reopen in late 2016. 1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines. 910-692-2167 or ncparks.gov.
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% Arnette Park: 2165 Wilmington Highway. Eight lighted hard courts open to the public 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. 433-1547. % Fayetteville Racquet Club: 2636 Owen Drive. Four lighted hard courts at private club for members only. 485-4098. % Mazarick Park Tennis Center: 1612 Belvedere Drive. Eight lighted hard courts open to the public. The courts were resurfaced and repainted this summer. 433-1575. % Tokay Park: 328 Hamilton St. Six
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If running is your thing, there are a number of events in Fayetteville to test your endurance and benefit charities. Here’s how you can join in. % Race 13.1, Oct. 22. The half marathon, starting and finishing at Cross Creek Mall, returns to Fayetteville for the third year. There also are affiliated 10k and 5k races. The runs benefit Team Red, White and Blue. race131.com. % Two December races are Fayetteville traditions. The Green Beret Jingle Jog on Dec. 3 benefits Fallen Heroes, Gold Star families, Operation Christmas Cheer and Wounded Warriors programs. Ryan’s Reindeer Run in honor of Ryan P. Kishbaugh, who died of Hodgkins lymphoma, is Dec. 17. % Mike to Mike Half Marathon and All American Marathon and 5k, March 26. Runners in the third annual marathon and half marathon will start in downtown Fayetteville, pound the pavement on the All American Freeway to Fort Bragg and cross the finish line at the post’s Main Parade Field. fortbraggmwr.com. % The Color Run made its first visit to Fayetteville in 2014 and returned May 28 for the third straight year. thecolorrun.com/fayetteville. % The Firecracker 4 Miler, the Fayetteville Running Club’s flagship race, returned for its fourth year July 4. % One of the more challenging races in the area is the Joint Special Operation 10k, an off-road race that begins at McKellar’s Lodge on Fort Bragg. The Special Operations Communicators Association will host the 20th annual running of the race in November. thesoca.org. % Folks looking to run or bike in a group can contact the Fayetteville Running Club at 910-494-6708 or the Cross Creek Cycling Club at crosscreekcyclingclub.org. The Fayetteville Observer | 97
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HUNTING, FISHING IN THE REGION Hunters and fishermen have plenty of opportunities in Cumberland and surrounding counties. When water temperatures rise in the spring, spawning fish such as bream, bass and crappie make their way to shallow beds, creating perfect conditions for freshwater fishing. Large catfish are found in the Cape Fear River, as evidenced by the state record 78-pound flathead that Fayetteville’s Brian Newberger landed in 2005. In Bladen County, the woodlands hold big and small game — with deer, turkeys, bears, rabbits and raccoons aplenty. Feral hogs have recently appeared, giving sportsmen a new test. When gun season rolls around in the fall, there are plenty of dove fields and game-land ponds for good duck hunting.
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Updated state regulations are available at ncwildlife.org. Sportsmen who wish to use Fort Bragg’s vast game lands are required to secure a permit. Find more information at bragg.army.mil.
GAME LANDS The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission manages 2 million acres of game land. An interactive map and a reference guide are at ncwildlife.org. % Angola Bay: Duplin and Pender counties. 33,108 acres. Deer, bear, turkey, small game. Open six days a week. No camping. % Bladen Lakes State Forest: Bladen County on N.C. 242. 33,709 acres. Deer, bear, turkey, dove, small game, waterfowl. Open three days a week. Camping in designated areas.
% Brunswick County: 1,114 acres off Lee Buck Road. Deer, turkey, small game, waterfowl. Permit only area. No camping. % Bullard and Branch Hunting Preserve: 256 acres in Robeson County. Deer, small game. Open three days a week. No camping. % Cape Fear River Wetlands: New Hanover and Pender counties, 7,266 acres. Deer, turkey, small game, waterfowl, warm-water fish. Open six days a week. No camping. % Columbus County: Brunswick and Columbus counties. 8,856 acres. Deer, turkey, small game, waterfowl. Open three days a week. No camping. % Green Swamp: Brunswick County on N.C. 211. 17,500 acres. Deer, turkey, small game. Open six days a week. No camping.
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% Juniper Creek: Brunswick and Columbus counties. 18,470 acres. Deer, bear, turkey, small game, waterfowl, fishing. Open six days a week. Camping in designated areas. % Lee County: Game land off N.C. 42 at the Cape Fear River. 1,394 acres. Deer, turkey, small game, waterfowl, fishing. Open six days a week. No camping. % Nicholson Creek: Hoke County off U.S. 401, 1,021 acres. Deer, turkey, small game, waterfowl, fishing. Open three days a week. No camping. % Rhodes Pond: Cumberland and Harnett counties on U.S. 301 near Godwin. 461 acres. Permit-only area. Deer, small game, waterfowl, fishing. No camping. % Robeson County: Two miles off N.C. 130 on State Road 2455. 40 acres.
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BEST BET Rumba on the Lumber
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Beth Hunt, left, Jim Rich, Ronnie Hunt and Kim Driggers dish up samples of their chili at the Rumba on the Lumber Chili Cook-off in Lumberton in 2014.
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Some things need to be experienced, rather than read about. Rumba on the Lumber is one of those events. Part chili cookoff, part masquerade ball, and a whole lot of wide-open fun, the Rumba is a festival dedicated to adding a little zest to winter. It’s held in Lumberton in March and features a run, bike ride, talent show, arts and crafts and lots of chili. The festival began nearly 40 years ago as the Turkey Trot with a few hundred people. It now draws thousands of people to the city about 30 minutes south of Fayetteville. The Rumba always serves as a fundraiser for a part of the Lumberton community. And it’s always fun.
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Where to go to grow
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he Cape Fear region is a wonderful place for those who love gardening. A variety of plants can grow in the area at different times throughout the year. There are gardening programs, a community garden and experts to offer help. Fayetteville also is home to several public green spaces, including Cape Fear Botanical Garden. The garden, which spans 80 acres, includes a pavilion with education facilities, trails and specialty gardens. The venue is ideal for weddings, banquets and special events. The garden has expanded its offerings beyond botanical activities and now has a holiday lights selfguided tour, large-scale art shows, flower shows and other special events designed for adults and children.
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Not sure what to plant or when? Here are some resources where you can find help: % Cape Fear Botanical Garden: You can drop by the garden at 536 N. Eastern Blvd. and take a leisurely tour of specialty gardens and more than 2,000 varieties of ornamental plants. Volunteers can help with any questions you might have, and gardening workshops are offered. The garden has a gift shop. Adult admission is $10, and military members get $1 off with ID, as do those 65 and older. Children 6 to 12 are $5, and children 5 and younger get in free. 486-0221 or capefearbg.org. % Fayetteville Rose Garden: Established in the early 1970s at Fayetteville Technical Community College, this garden features more than 1,000 rose bushes, a gazebo and fountains. The best times to visit are 102 | The Fayetteville Observer
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PRODUCE FROM LOCAL GROWERS
Here are some of the farmers markets in our area. To find more, go to ncfarmfresh.com or localharvest.org.
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% City Market at the Museum: Outside the Fayetteville Area Transportation and Local History Museum, 325 Franklin St. It is open noon to about 6 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. 433-1944, HBleazey@ci.fay.nc.us % Fayetteville Farmers Market: 205 Forsythe St. It is open every Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. fayfarmers marketassoc@gmail.com % Gillis Hill Produce: 2899 Gillis Hill Road. It is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 910-308-9342, gillishillroadproduce@gmail.com % Murchison Road Community Farmers Market: The market is in the parking lot of Bronco Square, 1047 Murchison Road. It is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Wednesday, rain or shine, through September. 672-1685. % Paul’s Produce: 1010 Marlborough Road. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 484-4794. % Reilly Road Farmers Market: 445 N. Reilly Road. Hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Call 868-9509 or find the 2016/2017
market on Facebook. % Sandhills Farmers Market of Spring Lake: The market is at 230 Chapel Hill Road in Spring Lake. Held every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 568-5809 or 497-0628. % T&T Farmers Market: 3755 Cumberland Road; hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sunday. % West Produce: 2026 Hayes Road in Spring Lake; open April through November. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Times change in the fall. 497-7443 or ncagr.gov.
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% Cape Fear Farmers Market at 106 Martin Luther King Drive in Elizabethtown. Open year round from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday. 910-862-2066 % Columbus County Community Farmers Market at 132 Government Complex Road in Whiteville. Hours are 7 a.m. to noon Saturday through Dec. 10. 910-840-6743 or columbuscountyfarmers market.com. % Dunn Farmers Market at 200 N. Clinton Ave., Dunn. Open 8 a.m. to noon every Saturday from May through October, weather permitting. Call 910-624-0642 or find the market on Facebook. % Moore County Farmers Market has three locations with varying hours. Hours and
sites are: 2 to 5:30 p.m. Mondays at FirstHealth, 170 Memorial Drive, in Pinehurst; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays at the Armory Sports Complex on Morganton Road in Southern Pines; and 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays at Southeast Broad Street and New York Avenue in downtown Southern Pines. 910-947-3752, 910-690-9520 or facebook.com/moorecounty farmersmarket or moorecountync.gov. % Robeson County Farmers Market operates through November at Eighth and Elm streets in Lumberton. Hours are 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday. Call 910-671-3276 or find the market on Facebook. % Sandhills Farmers Market operating through October at Village of Pinehurst in the sandlot on the Pinehurst Village Green, 1 Village Green Road. Hours are 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. 910687-0377. % Sanford Farmers Market operates April through October at Depot Park, 106 Charlotte Ave., Sanford. Hours are 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Call 919-776-8497 or find the market on Facebook.
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WALK AROUND, PLAY AND EXPLORE
LOCAL PARKS
For more information on the parks and their programs, go to fcpr.us/ % Arnette Park: 2165 Old Wilmington Road. Picnic areas, playgrounds, trails, tennis courts, horseshoes, sand volleyball court, ball fields and disc golf. Christmas in the Park in December. 433-1547. % Arsenal Park: 801 Arsenal Ave. Nearly 5-acre site contains remnants of the U.S. Arsenal, built to store arms in 1836. Green space, trails. 486-1330. % Cape Fear River Trail: The 5.3-mile trail — one of the city’s most popular walking venues — offers a number of activity options. The paved trail is open to pedestrians, joggers, bicycles, rollerblades and other non-motorized transport. The trail is home to an abundance of wildlife and several bridges that provide views of the river and marshland. Dogs must be kept on leash. % J. Bayard Clark Park: 631 Sherman Drive. Trails and nature center on 76 acres. Picnic tables, playground, primitive camping, waterfall, mountain bike trail, ranger-guided tours. 433-1579. % College Lakes Park: 4846 Rosehill Road. Situated on 11.5 acres, the park is now renovated. Ball fields, playground, walking trail, green space. % Cross Creek Linear Park: From downtown’s Festival Park at Ray Avenue to the Riverside Dog Park at North Eastern Boulevard. Completed scenic 2.8-mile trail includes the fountain on Mason Street, statue of the Marquis de Lafayette, six bridges over the creek. Plans are in place for this trail to eventually connect to the Cape Fear River Trail. crosscreeklinearpark.com % Douglas Byrd Middle School/Park: Ireland Drive. Walking trail, baseball/softball fields, multipurpose field for football and soccer, green space. % Eastover Community Park: 2721 Ball Park Road. Ball fields, pavilion. 485-7424. % Fayetteville Community Garden: Intersection of Vanstory and Mann streets. About 100 plots over 5 acres available to residents for planting vegetables, flowers and herbs. 433-1547. 104 | The Fayetteville Observer
Matthew Leach rides his bike on the Cape Fear River Trail near Jordan Soccer Complex. % Festival Park: Ray Avenue and Rowan Street. Lawn area of 3.5 acres in front of covered amphitheater. 433-1547. % Freedom Memorial Park: Intersection of Hay Street and Bragg Boulevard. War monuments. freedommemorialpark.com. % Dorothy D. Gilmore Park: 1600 Purdue Drive. Recreation center, handicapped accessible playground. % Glen Reilly Park: In Glen Reilly neighborhood off Reilly Road. Green space, horseshoe pit, pavilion, playground, walking path.
% Glendale Acres Elementary School/Park: 2915 Skycrest Drive. Playground, ball fields, walking path, green space. % Godwin Park: Markham Street. Playground, walking trail, picnic shelters, volleyball court. % Hall Park: Hall Park Road in Gray’s Creek. Ball fields, picnic shelters. % Honeycutt Elementary School/Park: Lakewood Road. Ball fields, playground, green space. % Honeycutt Park: Fort Bragg Road and
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New Year’s Day at Raven Rock Anybody can make a resolution to get fit on New Year’s Day. Keep your word — and shake off the celebrating from the night before — at Raven Rock State Park, in Harnett County about 40 miles north of downtown Fayetteville. Every year, park rangers welcome folks determined to turn over a new leaf for the First Walk Hikes. Part of a statewide program, the hikes offer an opportunity to begin the year with exercise, family adventure and a reconnection with nature. The park’s highlights include a view high above the Cape Fear River, beautiful any time of the year. The New Year’s Day hike is free and family-friendly, so it’s not too strenuous — depending on how much partying you did the night before.
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Devers Street. Ball fields, playgrounds, trail, picnic tables, recreation center, green space. 433-1568. % Lake Rim Elementary School/Park: Hoke Loop Road. Recreation center, ball fields, gym, playground, walking path. % Lake Rim Park: 2214 Tar Kiln Drive. Picnic areas, horseshoe pits, trails, tennis courts, sand volleyball courts, ball fields, playgrounds, natural areas. 433-1018. % Lamon Street Park: Lamon and Ann streets. Ball fields, playground, picnic tables, pavilion. Adult softball leagues play here. 433-1004. % Martin Luther King Jr. Park: Blue Street. Statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., picnic pavilion, open space. % Massey Hill Park: 1612 Camden Road. Ball fields, recreation center, horseshoe pit, picnic tables, playground, in-line skating rink. 433-1569. % Mazarick Park: Belvedere Avenue. Disc golf course, picnic shelters, trails, tennis courts, ball fields. 433-1547. % Max Abbott Middle School/Park: Winding Creek Road. Ball fields, gym, walking path, green space. % E.E. Miller Elementary School/Park: Rim Road. Recreation center, ball fields, playground, green space. discoverfayetteville.com
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% Montclair Elementary School/Park: 555 Glensford Drive. Ball fields, playground, walking path, green space. % Myers Park: 1018 Rochester St. Ball fields, horseshoes, playground, green space. % Nick Jeralds Middle School/Park: 2517 Ramsey Street. Ball fields, gym, green space. % North Carolina Veterans Park: 300 Bragg Blvd. Pays tribute to veterans from all branches of the military. Peaceful sitting areas, fountains, water features and bronze sculptures of the hands of 100 veterans. Visitors center. 433-1457, 433-1458, 433-1944 or ncveteranspark.org. % Pine Forest Middle School/Park: 6901 Ramsey Street. Recreation center, ball fields, playground, walking path. % Ponderosa Elementary School/Park: 311 Bonanza Drive. Ball fields, playground, green space.
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% Reid Ross Classical School/Park: 3200 Ramsey Street. Ball fields, gym, track, green space. % Riverside Dog Park: 555 N. Eastern Blvd. Separate enclosures for small and larger dogs. All dogs must be legally licensed and have current vaccinations. Tags must be securely attached to their collar. 433-1547. % Rowan Park: 725 W. Rowan St. Recreation center, picnic tables, playground, tennis courts, amphitheater, the blue whale. 422-1547. % J.W. Seabrook Park: 708 Langdon St. Ball fields, basketball courts, recreation center, playgrounds, pool. 433-1571. % Senior Center: 739 Blue St. Horseshoes, recreation center, walking path, picnic tables. Holds weekly and monthly programs and special trips. 433-1574. % Christina Smith Park: 500 Fisher St. Playground, splash pad, ball fields, basketball court, recreation center, sand volleyball court, picnic
tables, horseshoe pit, green space. 433-1572. % Mable C. Smith Park: 1367 Shadbush Lane. Basketball courts, football/soccer field, picnic tables, playground, walking trail, horseshoe pit, green space. 433-1547. % Stedman Elementary School/Park: Circle Drive. Recreation center, ball fields, playground, walking path. % Stoney Point Elementary School/Park: 7411 Rockfish Road. Recreation center, playground, walking path, green space. % Tokay Park: 328 Hamilton Drive. Ball fields, recreation center, picnic tables, playground, tennis courts, rubberized track, green space. 433-1547. % Vander Park: 128 Rockhill Road, off Old Clinton Road, in Vander. Walking trail, playground. The Vander Pig Cook-off is held here each fall. % Westover Park: Bonanza Drive, next to Westover High School. Ball fields, basketball courts, tennis courts, trail, green space.
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LOCAL LEAGUES, TEAMS AND TRACKS FAYETTEVILLE FIREANTZ
Ice and the South don’t seem like a natural mix. But for almost two decades now, Fayetteville has been home to a professional ice hockey franchise, and the FireAntz have established a loyal following since they hit the ice in 2004. As members of the Southern Professional Hockey League, the FireAntz play a 56-game regularseason schedule from late October to late March in hopes of earning a berth in the six-team playoff. Fayetteville ended a two-year playoff drought in 2015-16 under first-year head coach Jeff Bes by producing a 30-21-5 regular-second record and fourth-place finish in the league standings. The FireAntz advanced to the SPHL playoff semifinals before losing two straight against Peoria in a best-of-three series to end their season. Fayetteville forward Kyle Gibbons, who ranked second in SPHL goals with 31, was named to the all-league team at the end of the year. The 2016-17 edition of the FireAntz is scheduled to start its season Oct. 28 at home against the defending league-champion Pensacola Flyers. They’ll be joined by two new teams this season, the Roanoke (Virginia) Rail Yard Dawgs and the Evansville (Indiana) Thunderbolts. The Louisiana IceGators have suspended their operations for next season. Home for the FireAntz is the Crown Coliseum, where they averaged 2,802 fans in 28 home games a year ago. A total of 78,460 attended games witnessed games at the Crown. Single game tickets range from $14 to $20 for adults and $5 for children under 12. You can get tickets in advance at ticketmaster.com/fireantz or by calling Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000.
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AIF finals the next two seasons before leaving for the X-League in 2015. But after a 4-2 start, Cape Fear exited the X-League before finishing the season because of issues with the league’s management. Spigner had hoped to start her own entity — Supreme Indoor Football — but those plans are on hold at present. For information on the Heroes, go to the team’s website at capefearheroes.com.
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Fayetteville FireAntz goalie Parker Van Buskirk and defenseman Graeme Strukoff keep their eyes on the puck in a game against the Peoria Rivermen at the Crown Coliseum. Heroes wouldn’t take the field in 2016. Saying the organization needed time to work on strategy and finding sources for additional financial support and revenue streams, Spigner did vow to have the Heroes back on the field for the 2017 season. Details on what league the Heroes will be affiliated with have not been announced. This will mark the first year since 2002 that Fayetteville has been without an arena franchise. The Crown Coliseum has been home to four franchises that have played in six separate minor leagues since the Cape Fear Wildcats debuted in 2002. The Heroes were the latest of those franchises, and they made three straight appearances in championship finals between 2012-14. The Heroes originated in 2012 and promptly went unbeaten to claim the American Indoor Football title. They lost in the
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Our local version of “The Boys of Summer’’ can be found at J.P. Riddle Stadium from late May to August. The Fayetteville SwampDogs is the city’s longest running sports franchise, having operated as a collegiate summer league entry in the Coastal Plain League for 16 seasons. The SwampDogs feature college players from across the nation seeking to gain offseason experience and play with wooden bats, which aren’t used at their schools. The CPL’s 56-game regular season begins in late May, and the champion is decided in August by the Petitt Cup Playoffs. Future Major League players such as David Aardsma, Mark Reynolds, Andy Dirks, Steve Pearce, Michael McKenry, Carter Capps and Kevin Quackenbush have previously suited up for the SwampDogs, while allstars such as Detroit’s Justin Verlander and Washington Nationals first baseman Ryan Zimmerman have competed for other CPL clubs. Playing at the 2,500-seat J.P. Riddle Stadium, which was previously home to a Class A South Atlantic League minor league affiliate, the SwampDogs are one of the flagship franchise’s in the 16-team CPL. Single-game tickets range from $6 to $9 for adults and $6 for children. For more information, call the team office at 426-5900 or go to goswampdogs.com/tickets/single-game. The Fayetteville Observer | 109
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The roar of engines, whether on an oval or the straightaway, can be found at multiple facilities around the Cape Fear region. The hub of the action is on Doc Bennett Road, just off exit 46A on Interstate 95. That’s the location of the Fayetteville Motor Speedway and Fayetteville Dragway. Fayetteville Motor Speedway is 4/10th-mile dirt oval where a schedule of races is held from March to late October in the Late Model, Modified, Super Street, Pure Stock and U-CAR divisions. It’s also a regular stop for two national touring series — World of Outlaws Late Model and Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt — as well as the Carolina Clash regional series. Built in 1968 as an asphalt track, the speedway has a rich history that included frequent appearances by future NASCAR Hall of Fame drivers such as Dale Earnhardt, Bobby Allison and Cale Yarborough in the 1970s. Call the track for ticket and race information at 223-7223. For those more into straight forward, raw speed, Fayetteville Dragway is the place for you. Named the 2014 IHRA Division 9 Track of the Year, the park features competition from May to November in Top ET, Modified and Junior Dragster classes. For race or ticket information, call 484-3677. Just north of Fayetteville near I95 in Benson is the multipurpose GALOT Motorsports Park. Formerly known as the Dunn-Benson Dragstrip, new ownership began staging drag and pulling events at the park in August 2015. Its remaining 2016 schedule is topped by PDRA’s Dragstock XIII on Sept. 9-10. Go to galotmotorsportspark.com to check
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out the schedule. In the opposite direction and about a 30-minute drive from Fayetteville are the Thunder Valley Dragway in Red Springs (843-2934 and newthundervalleydragway.com) and the Dublin Motor Speedway (862-1663 and dublinspeedway.net). Race fans also can travel about an hour west for some major-league drag racing or a bit of NASCAR nostalgia. Rockingham Dragway is recognized as one of the state’s premier drag facilities with events running from February to November. Major annual competitions include the AMRA Jim McClure Harley Nitro Nationals, set for Oct. 14-16. For more information, call 910-582-3400 or go to rockinghamdragway.com. Just across U.S. 1 from the dragway is a key site in the development of NASCAR. Rockingham Speedway, better known as “The Rock,’’ was annually the site of NASCAR races from 1965-2004. The 34,500-seat track has not only been the site of some great NASCAR races, but also has been featured in the movies “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby’’ and “Days of Thunder.’’ Currently dormant, it stands as a vacant relic of NASCAR’s development.
HORSE EVENTS
Less than an hour’s drive from Fayetteville is North Carolina’s top equestrian complex, the 250-acre Carolina Horse Park. In Hoke County near Raeford, the park offers year-round training and competition in a variety of disciplines. The premier event annually is the Stoneybrook Steeplechase held in April. For information about training or events, call 910-875-2074.
Little League Day
Each year, the beginning of baseball season around Cumberland County is marked with a touch of Americana unseen in most places. Dozens of teams gather at the fields and are introduced. It’s a tradition that goes back for decades and has faded in many places. Not here. The opening day of the season, usually in mid-April, is still a day of family fun and food. So buy some peanuts and Crackerjack and join the fun! discoverfayetteville.com
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Children and adults of all skill levels can play sports in Cumberland County. For fans of baseball, softball, basketball, football and soccer, there are lots of options. Growing sports such as lacrosse, plus nontraditional sports such as footgolf, are also available in the greater Fayetteville area. Fayetteville-Cumberland Parks & Recreation is the leading source of youth sports leagues in the county. West Fayetteville Recreation, Hope Mills Parks and Recreation and Spring Lake Parks and Recreation serve residents of their communities. Last year, FayettevilleCumberland Parks & Recreation ended a five-year relationship with Little League Inc. and started fielding independent leagues for youth baseball and softball. West Fayetteville Recreation, which holds Fayetteville’s only Little League charter, has been connected to that organization for more than 40 years. There’s also Dixie Youth baseball and softball available to families in Hope Mills from mid-March to early June. Running, walking and bicycling on the 5.3-mile Cape Fear River Trail is popular, and many parks in the city offer tennis courts. Depending on interest and court availability, the John D. Fuller Recreational/Athletic Complex sometimes has adult basketball leagues. Footgolf, a newer sport in which players try to kick a soccer ball into an oversized hole along a standard golf course, is offered at Stryker Golf Course on Fort Bragg and Keith Hills Golf Club about 45 minutes north of Fayetteville in Buies Creek, the home of Campbell University. That’s a seven-days-a-week option at both locations, but after 3 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at Keith Hills.
WHAT YOU CAN PLAY
For youth sports, recreation departments are assigned by street address. Check out the zones at fcpr.us or call Fayetteville-Cumberland Parks & Recreation at 433-1547. Hope Mills and Spring Lake have their own recreation departments. West Fayetteville Recreation fields Little League teams. % Baseball and softball: MidApril through mid-June. Players 13 to 16 can play at the end of the school year. Fall baseball and softball run September through October. % Soccer: Spring season (indoor) runs mid-April through June. Fall season (outdoor) runs September through October. % Basketball: Late June for FCPR. Winter season is January and February. % Football: Mid-September through November. % Volleyball: June through July for FCPR. Fall season begins in midSeptember. % Bowling: Mid-June for FCPR. % Lacrosse: March for FCPR. % Rugby: March for FCPR. % Track and field: April for FCPR. FCPR also offers youth golf and tennis lessons.
FOR THE ADULTS
FCPR and John D. Fuller Recreational/Athletic Complex offer adult basketball leagues. FCPR runs a winter league, while the Fuller complex offers winter and summer leagues. In addition, FCPR offers adult programs in softball, flag football, tennis, volleyball, dodgeball and kickball.
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CAPE FEAR REGION’S STATE HOUSE MEMBERS DISTRICT 21
Larry Bell Parts of Sampson, Duplin and Wayne counties % Party: Democratic % Residence: Clinton % Terms in House: 8 % Address: 300 N. Salisbury St., Room 510, Raleigh, 27603-5925 % Office: 919-733-5863 % District office: 910-592-1177 % Email: larry.bell@ncleg.net
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William Brisson Parts of Bladen, Johnston, Sampson counties % Party: Democratic % Residence: Dublin % Terms in House: 5 % Address: 300 N. Salisbury St.,
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Room 405, Raleigh, 27603-5925 % Office: 919-733-5772 % District office: 910-862-7007 % Email: william.brisson@ ncleg.net
DISTRICT 42 Marvin Lucas Part of Cumberland County % Party: Democratic % Residence: Spring Lake % Terms in House: 8 % Address: 300 N. Salisbury St., Room 509, Raleigh, 27603-5925 % Office: 919-733-5775 % District office: 910-497-2733 % Email: marvin.lucas@ncleg.net
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Elmer Floyd Part of Cumberland County % Party: Democratic % Residence: Fayetteville % Terms in House: 4 % Address: 16 W. Jones St., Room 1325, Raleigh, 27601-1096 % Office: 919-733-5959 % District office: 910-488-6903 % Email: elmer.floyd@ncleg.net William O. “Billy” Richardson % Party: Democratic % Residence: Fayetteville % Terms in House: 2.5 % Address: 16 W. Jones St., Room 1021, Raleigh, 27601-1096 % Office: 919-733-5601 % District office: 910-867-0371 % Email: william.richardson@ncleg.net
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John Szoka Part of Cumberland County % Party: Republican % Residence: Fayetteville % Terms in House: 2 % Address: 16 W. Jones St., Room 2223, Raleigh, 27601-1096 % Office: 919-733-9892 % District office: 910-583-2960 % Email: john.szoka@ncleg.net Ken Waddell Columbus, parts of Bladen, Robeson counties % Party: Democratic % Residence: Chadbourn % Terms in House: 2 % Address: 300 N. Salisbury St., Room 403, Raleigh, 27603-5925 % Office: 919-733-5821 % District office: 910-654-3734 % Email: ken.waddell@ncleg.net
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Charles Graham Part of Robeson County % Party: Democratic % Residence: Lumberton % Terms in House: 3 % Address: 16 W. Jones St., Room 1309, Raleigh, 276011096 % Office: 919-715-0875 % District office: 910-739-3969 % Email: charles.graham@ncleg.net
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Garland Pierce Parts of Hoke, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland counties % Party: Democratic % Residence: Wagram % Terms in House: 6 % Address: 16 W. Jones St., Room 1204, Raleigh, 276011096
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Brad Salmon Parts of Lee, Harnett counties % Party: Democratic % Residence: Mamers % Terms in House: 1 % Address: 16 W. Jones St., Room 1319, Raleigh, 276011096 % Office: 919-715-3026 % District office: 910-984-1012 % Email: brad.salmon@ncleg.net
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Jamie Boles Part of Moore County % Party: Republican % Residence: Whispering Pines % Terms in House: 4
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David Lewis Part of Harnett County % Party: Republican % Residence: Dunn % Terms in House: 7 % Address: 16 W. Jones St., Room 2301, Raleigh, 276011096 % Office: 919-715-3015 % District office: 910-897-8100 % Email: david.lewis@ncleg.net
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Robert T. Reives Chatham County, part of Lee County
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% Party: Democratic % Residence: Sanford % Terms in House: 1.5 % Address: 16 W. Jones St., Room 1323, Raleigh, 276011096 % Office: 919-733-0057 % District office: 919-352-3033 % Email: robert.reives@ncleg.net
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Ken Goodman Parts of Hoke, Montgomery, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland counties % Party: Democratic % Residence: Rockingham % Terms in House: 3 % Address: 300 N. Salisbury St., Room 542, Raleigh, 27603-5925 % Office: 919-733-5823 % District office: 910-997-2712
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DISTRICT 78 Allen McNeill Parts of Moore, Randolph counties % Party: Republican % Residence: Asheboro % Terms in House: 2.5 % Address: 300 N. Salisbury St., Room 418C, Raleigh, 27603-5925 % Office: 919-715-4946 % District office: 336-302-0263 % Email: allen.mcneill@ncleg.net
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CAPE FEAR REGION’S STATE SENATE MEMBERS DISTRICT 8 Bill Rabon Bladen, Pender, Brunswick and part of New Hanover counties % Party: Republican % Residence: Southport % Terms in Senate: 3 % Address: 300 N. Salisbury St., Room 311, Raleigh, 27603-5925 % Office: 919-733-5963 % Email: bill.rabon@ncleg.net
DISTRICT 10 Brent Jackson Sampson, Duplin, part of Johnston counties % Party: Republican
% Residence: Autryville % Terms in Senate: 3 % Address: 16 W. Jones St., Room 2022, Raleigh, 27601-2808 % Office: 919-733-5705 % District office: 910-567-2202 % Email: brent.jackson@ncleg.net
DISTRICT 12 Ronald J. Rabin Harnett, Lee, part of Johnston counties % Party: Republican % Residence: Spring Lake % Terms in Senate: 2 % Address: 300 N. Salisbury St., Room 411,
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DISTRICT 13 Jane W. Smith Columbus, Robeson counties % Party: Democratic % Residence: Lumberton % Terms in Senate: 1 % Address: 300 N. Salisbury St., Room 520, Raleigh, 27603-5925 % Office: 919-733-5651 % District office: 910-739-5577 % Email: jane.smith@ncleg.net
DISTRICT 19 Wesley Meredith Part of Cumberland County % Party: Republican % Residence: Fayetteville % Terms in Senate: 3 % Address: 300 N. Salisbury St., Room 314, Raleigh, 27603-5925 % Office: 919-733-5776 % District office: 910-867-9595 % Email: wesley.meredith@ncleg.net
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DISTRICT 25 Tom McInnis Scotland, Anson, Richmond, Stanly and part of Rowan counties % Party: Republican % Residence: Ellerbe % Terms in Senate: 1 % Address: 16 W. Jones St., Room 2106, Raleigh,
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DISTRICT 29 Jerry W. Tillman Moore, part of Randolph counties % Party: Republican % Residence: Archdale % Terms in Senate: 7 % Address: 300 N. Salisbury St., Room 309, Raleigh, 27603-5925 % Office: 919-733-5870 % District office: 336-431-5325 % Email: jerry.tillman@ncleg.net
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Richard Burr % Party: Republican % Residence: Winston-Salem % Terms in Senate: 2 % Address: 217 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 % Washington office: 202-224-3154 % District office: 800-685-8916 % Website: burr.senate.gov Thom Tillis % Party: Republican % Residence: Huntersville % Terms in Senate: 1 % Address: 185 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 % Washington office: 202-224-6342 % District office: 919-856-4630 % Website: tillis.senate.gov
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Note: These districts cover parts of the 10-county Cape Fear region. The district boundaries change in January 2017. DISTRICT 2 Renee Ellmers % Party: Republican % Residence: Dunn % Terms in House: 3 % Address: 1210 Longworth HOB, Washington, DC 20515 % Washington office: 202-225-4531 % District office: 877-645-8764 % Website: ellmers.house.gov DISTRICT 4 David Price % Party: Democratic
% Residence: Chapel Hill % Terms in House: 14 % Address: 2108 Rayburn Building, Washington, DC 20515 % Washington office: 202-225-1784 % District office: 910-323-0260 % Website: price.house.gov DISTRICT 6 Mark Walker % Party: Republican % Residence: Greensboro % Terms in House: 1 % Address: 312 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 % Washington office: 202-225-3065 % District office: 336-333-5005 % Website: walker.house.gov
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DISTRICT 7 David Rouzer % Party: Republican % Residence: Benson % Terms in House: 1 % Address: 424 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 % Washington office: 202-225-2731 % District office: 919-938-3040 % Website: rouzer.house.gov DISTRICT 8 Richard Hudson % Party: Republican % Residence: Concord % Terms in House: 2 % Address: 429 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
% Washington office: 202-225-3715 % District office: 910-997-2070 % Website: hudson.house.gov DISTRICT 9 Robert Pittenger % Party: Republican % Residence: Charlotte % Terms in House: 2 % Address: 224 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 % Washington office: 202-225-1976 % District office: 704-362-1060 % Website: hudson.house.gov Information current through the November 2016 elections.
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% Chairman: Russell Priest % Vice chairman: Arthur Bullock % James G. Smith % Billy Ray Pait % Michael Cogdell % Delilah Blanks % Daniel R. Dowless % Wayne Edge % Charles Ray Peterson % County website: bladeninfo.org % Clerk: Maria Edwards % County manager: Greg Martin, 910-862-6700 % Sheriff: Jim McVicker, 910-862-6960
COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD 2016 % Chairman: Wilbur Smith Jr. % Vice chairman: Vinston Rozier % Roger Carroll % Gary Rhoda % Dennis Edwards % Tim Benton % Ophelia Munn-Goins % Bonnell Walker % Alan West % Superintendent: Robert Taylor, 910-862-4136 % Schools website: bladen.k12.nc.us
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ou’ll find plenty of reasons to be outdoors down Columbus County way, and a good place to start is Lake Waccamaw State Park, where amenities include boating, fishing, camping, hiking and picnicking. It’s an angler’s delight over at Carolina bay, where the ovalshaped lake is known for its largemouth bass, bluegill, shellcracker and redbreast sunfish. Hikers can explore the Lakeshore Trail, the San Ridge Natural Trail, the Pine Woods Trail and the Loblolly Trail. You’ll not want to miss out of the North Carolina Strawberry Festival in Chadbourn the first weekend of May. And, each autumn, there’s the North 120 | The Fayetteville Observer
Carolina Pecan Harvest in Whiteville and the North Carolina Yam Festival in Tabor City. Looking for a great getaway for the family, and one youngsters will love? You find Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park at Daddy Joe’s camp resort in Tabor City, replete with cabins, bunkhouses, a light swimming pool and a miniature golf course.
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% Chairman: Giles “Buddy’’ Byrd % Vice chairman: Charles McDowell % Amon McKenzie % James Prevatte % Ricky Bullard % Edwin Russ
% Chairman: Norris Ebron % Vice chairman: Monte Herring
% Trent Burroughs % County website: columbusco.org % Clerk: June Hall % County manager: Bill Clark, 910-640-6630 % Sheriff: Lewis Hatcher, 910-642-6551
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% Superintendent: Alan Faulk, 910-642-5168 % Schools website: www.columbus.k12.nc.us
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arnett is a county on the grow, and with plenty of recreational amenities. Kayak or canoe on the Cape Fear River. Hike in Anderson Creek Park, the Cape Fear River Park in Erwin or the ever-popular Raven Rock State Park near Lillington. If you are a golfer, test your skills on the Davis Love-designed Anderson Creek Club or the immaculate Keith Hills Country Club on the Campbell University campus. You may want to visit the Gen. William C. Lee
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Airborne Museum in Dunn, where you can learn about the “Father of the Airborne.” Or the Averasboro Battlefield and Museum. The N.C. Cotton Festival is held each November in Dunn, and just down the road apiece you can tour the Cotton Museum in Coats. Denim Days is a look back at textiles in Erwin each October. And if you like browsing for furniture and home decor, be sure to visit the new Rooms To Go outlet that stretches along Interstate 95 for what seems forever.
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% Abe Elmore % Joe Miller % County website: harnett.org % Clerk: Gina Wheeler
% County manager: Joseph Jeffries, 910-893-7555 % Sheriff: Wayne Coats, 910-893-9111
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% Chairman: Bill Morris % Vice chairman: Howard Penny Jr. % Vivian W. Bennett % Ray Bryant % Roger Farina % Superintendent: Stan Williams, 910-893-8151 % Schools website: harnett.k12.nc.us
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on’t be fooled by this rural county. Neighborhoods are sprouting up, and residents like calling Hoke County home. Two hospitals are open along U.S. 401, a mere two miles apart. There’s even a Walmart. People young and old look forward to the Stoneybrook Steeplechase in April that draws thousands of equestrian fans and creative hat-lovers who are as competitive as the steeds on the race track. There’s the N.C. Poultry Festival in September, too, where festivalgoers fill the streets of Raeford. You might want to visit the Raeford-Hoke Museum in the downtown that’s in the historic McLauchlin-McFadyen House. It features the Parker-Ray House, an emergency service museum, doll house, school house and country store. Back along U.S. 401, you’ll find the Paraclete XP Sky Venture, and if you have a fear of skydiving, this might be your answer without freefalling into the atmosphere from an airplane. And Bayonet at Puppy Creek is a picturesque golf course with a new clubhouse and challenging hills and valleys that will test any golfer’s skills.
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 2016 % Chairman: James Leach % Vice chairman: Harry Southerland % Bobby Wright % Tony Hunt % Allen Thomas Jr.
% County website: hokecounty.org % Clerk: Gwen McGougan % County manager: 15 Letitia Edens, 501 910-875-8751 % Sheriff: Hubert Peterkin, 910-875-5111
COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD 2016 % Chairman: Hank Richards % Vice chairwoman: Rosa McAllister-McRae % Della Maynor % Irish Pickett % Barbara Buie
% Superintendent: Freddie Williamson, 910-875-4106 % Schools website: hcs.k12.nc.us
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% County seat: Sanford % Population: 59,660
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ake it from lifelong residents, there’s no shortage of things to do. There is the Sanford Arts and Vine Festival each May at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center in Sanford, hiking, mountain biking, boating, fishing and taking in the Nature Center at San-Lee Park, checking out the Gross Farms Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch, and celebrating springtime at the Our Way Festival in the little Broadway town on the Lee-Harnett county line. You’ll want to visit Depot Park in Sanford, too, as well as the Railroad House Museum. And shoppers will find treasures at downtown Sanford’s antiques stores. If golf is your sport, look no further than some of the best 18-hole layouts in the Cape Fear region, from Carolina Lakes and Carolina Trace to Quail Ridge and Tobacco Road. 1 501 87
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% Chairwoman: Amy Dalrymple % Vice chairman: Ricky Frazier % Robert Reives % Kirk Smith % Tim Sloan % Andre Knecht
% Chairman: Lynn Smith % Vice chairman: Mark Akinosho % Sandra Bowen % Tamara Brogan % Ophelia Livingston
% Larry “Doc” Oldham % County website: leecountync.gov % Clerk: Gaynell Lee % County manager: John Crumpton, 919-718-4605 % Sheriff: Tracy Carter, 919-718-4561
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% Cameron Sharpe % Janice Davis % Superintendent: Andrew Bryan, 919-774-6226, ext. 7217 % Schools website: lee.k12.nc.us
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% County seat: Carthage % Population: 94,352
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ore! Say no more. It’s the “Golf Capital of the World,” where the Pinehurst No. 2 course hosted the U.S. Open men’s and women’s golf championships in back-to-back weeks in 2014. But the courses aren’t just for the professionals. You can play, too. And if golf isn’t your game, there’s plenty more to do, such as visit Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve or
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the N.C. Literary Hall of Fame in Southern Pines. Moore County also has Sandhills Community College’s Horticultural Gardens,the Carthage Buggy Festival in May, Autumnfest in Southern Pines each October and the Antiques Street Fair in May and October in Cameron. Then again, you might just want to have Sunday brunch at the Pinecrest Inn in Pinehurst or over at Mid Pines Resort in Southern Pines.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 2016 % Chairman: Nick Picerno % Vice chairman: Randy Saunders % Catherine Graham
% Otis Ritter % Jerry Daeke % County website: moorecountync.gov % Clerk: Laura Williams
% County manager: Wayne Vest, 910-9476363 % Sheriff: Neil Godfrey, 910-947-2931
COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD 2016 % Chairman: Bruce Cunningham % Vice chairman: Ed Dennison % Laura Lang
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% Helena Wallin-Miller % Pam Thompson % Stacey Caldwell % Elizabeth “Libby’’ Carter % Charles Lambert
% Superintendent: Robert Grimesey, 910947-2976 % Schools website: ncmcs.org
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Robeson County here’s always something going on in these rural, diverse communities rich in history and heritage. Robeson County is home to the Lumbee Indians and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. You’ll find the History Museum in Lumberton, along with the AfricanAmerican Cultural Center and the Carolina Civic Center
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Historic Theatre. The Lumbee Homecoming and Powwow begin in June each year, drawing up to 40,000. Red Springs has its street festival in the spring, while Fairmont celebrates its heritage, too, with its Border Belt Farmers Museum. And for fishing, kayaking, canoeing, hiking and camping, there’s Lumber River State Park.
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% Chairman: Jerry Stephens % Vice chairman: Lance Herndon % Berlester Campbell % Roger Oxendine % Raymond Cummings % David Edge % Tom Taylor % Noah Woods % County website: co.robeson.nc.us % Clerk: Tammy Freeman % County manager: Ricky Harris, 910-671-3022 % Sheriff: Kenneth Sealey, 910-671-3100
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COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD 2016 % Chairwoman: Loistine DeFreece % Vice chairwoman: % Peggy WilkinsChavis % John Campbell % Randy Lawson % Steve Martin % Dwayne Smith % Brenda FairleyFerebee
% Brian Freeman % Charles Bullard % Craig Lowry % Mike Smith % Superintendent: Rick Watkins, 910-671-6000 % Schools website: robeson.k12.nc.us
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% County seat: Clinton % Population: 64,398
% Vice chairwoman: Sue Lee % Clark Wooten % Harry Parker % Albert Kirby % County website: www.sampsonnc.com % Assistant county manager: Susan J. Holder % County manager: Edwin Causey, 910-592-6308 % Sheriff: Jimmy Thornton, 910-592-4141
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ife moves at a slower pace in the tight-knit farming communities of Sampson County. If you are a Civil War buff, check out Bentonville Battlefield and the Harper House, a field hospital for Union troops, near Newton Grove. Or check out the Sampson History Museum Village or the Victor R. Small House gallery and museum in Clinton. The Nut House in Roseboro is
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home to the largest pecan processing plant in the state. Don’t don’t miss out on the annual Court Square Street Fair & BBQ Cookoff in downtown Clinton in October or the Old School Sorghum Festival in Garland. October has Harrells Community Day, too. Golfers will enjoy Coharie Country Club in Clinton and Lakewood Country Club in Roseboro.
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% Chairman: Telfair Simpson % Vice chairwoman: Kim Schmidlin % Mary Brown % Dewain Sinclair % Tracy Dunn % Tim Register % Pat Usher % Superintendent: Eric Bracy, 910-592-1401 % Schools website: www.sampson.k12.nc.us
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% County seat: Laurinburg % Population: 35,509
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hen it comes to Highland Scottish pride, you can learn all about it with a visit to the Scottish Heritage Center at St. Andrews University in Laurinburg. Or how about a trip over to the Lumbee Indian Center, where you’ll catch up on the history, artifacts and exhibits of tribes at the Indian Museum of the Carolinas. Annual festivals include the the Kuumba celebration of
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African-American heritage in September and the Cypress Bend Fall Harvest Festival & Grape Stomp in Wagram. The Highland Games are the first week of October in Laurinburg; the John Blue Festival is a week later, followed by the Storytelling Festival. Outdoorsmen who love boating, canoeing, hiking and camping surely don’t want to miss out on Lumber River State Park or Chalk Banks Trail.
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% Chairman: Carol McCall % Vice chairman: Whit Gibson % Betty Blue Gholston % Guy McCook % Bob Davis % John Alford % Clarence McPhatter II % County website: scotlandcounty.org % Clerk: Ann W. Kurtzman % County manager: Kevin Patterson, 910-277-2406 % Sheriff: Ralph Kersey, 910-277-3114
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% Chairman: Jeff Byrd % Vice chairman: Darrel “B.J.’’ Gibson % Pat Gates % Jamie Sutherland % Charles Brown % Summer Gainey % Raymond Hyatt % Wayne Cromartie % Superintendent: Ron Hargrave, 910-276-1138 % Schools website: Scotland.k12.nc.us
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