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CHESTER LIONS CLUB HANGS BANNERS

The Chester Lions Club recently hung summer banners along Carolina Avenue for the City. Pictured are (l-r) Donny Murray, Andi Shilling, and Dave Shilling. Other members who took part, but not pictured, were Marshall Hobbs, Dan Allison, Tom Hineman, Bud Miller, and Steve Wilson. For…

Two Seek Council Seat

Voters in New Cumberland will choose from two competitors. Incumbent Judy Takach Bartley and newcomer Anne Blankenship will vie for the Ward II, Seat position,

Your Imagination Station

With Connie & ShaunaOh My Goodness Ya’ll, what a weekend we just had at Lynn Murray Memorial Library. We held our first annual Seeds & Trees Program, with 29 children and 21 adults in attendance. What a FANTASTIC turn out!! We started our program off…

AND THEN AGAIN BY TAMARA PETTIT

…….I knew when I learned of Dr. Mike Swan’s path to his current position of interim superintendent of schools that his story would be inspirational. I wasn’t disappointed. When I spoke to his Mom, Lynn, she commented that had they forced Mike to attend college…

Swan Takes Non-Traditional Path to Career Aspirations

When Dr. Michael Swan, interim superintendent of Burke County Schools in North Carolina, graduated from Oak Glen High School, college was not even on his radar. In fact, the son of Joe and Lynn Swan of Second Avenue New Cumberland, told his parents the workforce…

Early Voting for NC Election to Begin

Early voting for the May 11th New Cumberland Municipal Election will begin April 28 and will take place at the Municipal Building from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday and Saturdays, May 1 and May 8 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Election…

Reflections by Jeremy Alger

WARNING! We are heading toward a future that is going to feel…. normal. Normalcy, comfort, and eventual complacency are headed our way.We have been turned upside down in almost every way in our lives over the last twelve months. People are experiencing decision fatigue, chronic…

Farmers Needed

Farmers Needed – There are 19 beds at the Magic Tree Garden in New Cumberland waiting for gardeners to claim them. Once you claim your bed it is yours to plant, week, water and harvest from now until November. Sign up is at the Magic…