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What has happened with James Sprunt Community College’s Basic Law Enforcement Training program is an egregious injustice and one that can’t be easily rectified. After all, a state audit has forced...
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What has happened with James Sprunt Community College’s Basic Law Enforcement Training program is an egregious injustice and one that can’t be easily rectified. After all, a state audit has forced...
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If it hasn’t arrived yet, chances are very good that the 2010 U.S. Census forms will land in your mailbox shortly, with great anticipation of being scooped up, filled out and sent packing, back whe...
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When it comes to educational innovation, one has to applaud Clinton City and Sampson County school for not only dipping its toes in the water, but often wading out to the deep end, all in the name ...
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As local government officials begin the arduous task of defining fiscal needs for their 2010-11 budgets, it appears the focus will be doing more with less. Mayor Lew Starling addressed it during a...
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You have a right to know: • What land your school board is looking to purchase for a new high school; • If there is a paroled sex offender living on your street or near the school your son or d...
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Once in a while a hero comes along that can be admired, respected, loved and used an example. But those kind of heroes don’t usually come from the sports arena, the music industry or even the movie...
LETTERS
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Dear Editor: We have lived at our current address for a little more than 12 years and as long as we have been here dogs that roamed the neighborhood have been a problem. Until last Thursday (Marc...
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Editor: In reference to your story in the Sampson Independent about the myriad of drug charges being leveled. I am so happy that someone is catching these people; they are a danger to many peopl...
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Editor: As a proud veteran of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom, who is preparing for Veterans Day, I find it tragic that so many of my fellow Americans view Nov. 11 as just another day off wo...
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Editor, Wearing a pink ribbon is a good way to raise awareness about breast cancer, but eating a vegetarian diet is an effective way to actually prevent and combat the disease. Studies show that ...
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Well it’s started, and despite my earlier thoughts to the contrary, I’m actually still alive! Five days into the Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less program, I’m surviving and, so far, avoiding the ...
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The queen of words has met her match. Well, at least I considered myself to be a queen of words until I started playing Scramble on Facebook about two weeks ago. Boy did that game put me in my pla...
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f county commissioners thought they were in a quandary before, they are about to be in a real mess now. With the recent loses of a county manager, a county attorney, an EMS director and a recreati...
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Getting involved is difficult for most people who had much rather be sideline quarterbacks than on the front lines. That is particularly true when it comes to criminal investigations. But we have ...
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As we observe Veterans Day, I ask you to reflect on the service and sacrifices of our veterans, both past and present. This year, as our military continues to be engaged in wars in Iraq and Afghan...
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It’s a tough pill to swallow, particularly for families with newborn babies, but the decision by Sampson Regional Medical Center officials to put temporary age restrictions on visitors to the obste...
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