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LaKesha Jones, a co-owner of Divine Desserts, shows off some memorable cakes in a notebook at Divine Desserts Tuesday. The bakery opened in December. Amanda Munger | The Robesonian
Sweet treats
LUMBERTON — LaKesha Jones and Alisha Jenkins may be the owners of Divine Desserts, but George takes the cake at the new Lumberton bakery. George is a monkey created by Jones, who has now become a bit of a mascot for the store. “A lady called me and she wanted a cake for a baby shower and she said that she didn’t care if I made a two-tier cake and just put monkeys on it or whatever, and I was bound and determined I was going to make it loo...
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Cathy Graham
UNCP hosts BioAg Symposium
PEMBROKE — The University of North Carolina at Pembroke’s third annual Robeson Farm Bureau BioAg Symposium will be held on Friday in the Regional Center for Economic, Community and Professional Development at COMtech. The 2012 BioAg Symposium focuses on pesticides, cotton, corn, soybeans and wheat. Continuing education credits are available for pesticide licensing, and participants should bring their current license. Registration is at 8 ...
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Jami Lewter
Ag and business briefs for Jan. 29
LUMBERTON — Jami Lewter, a Lumberton resident, won Four Oaks Bank’s 100th year anniversary slogan competition. Lewter, who was working at the bank’s Holly Springs office at the time of the contest, submitted the slogan “Celebrating Our Roots … Embracing Our Future!” He received a $50 savings bond and a $500 Visa gift card. The slogan will be used throughout 2012 in promotion of Four Oaks Bank’s 100th anniversary. Four Oaks Bank & Trust Co...
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3rd Street Grille has closed its doors, leaving the building at 111 W. Third St. empty once again. Amanda Munger | The Robesonian
The Grille is gone
LUMBERTON — The on-again, off-again restaurant, formerly Black Water Grille and most recently 3rd Street Grille, is off again. Just six months after it reopened with new owner and chef Will Hardy, 3rd Street Grille has closed its doors. It is another closing in a long list of failed ventures at 111 W. Third St., which have cycled through several owners and bankruptcy. Maria Parker, who owns the building with her husband, Jim, thinks it is...
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Lumbee Guaranty Bank Vice President Thresia Locklear, center, applauds during the bank s recent 40th anniversary celebration banquet, as Lumbee Guaranty Bank President and CEO Larry Chavis, presents Martin Brooks with a special recognition for his forty years of service on the bank s board Of directors.
Lumbee Bank honors employees
Staff report PEMBROKE — Lumbee Guaranty Bank recently held its 40th anniversary banquet at Porter Plaza in Pembroke, recognizing several employees for their dedication to the bank. The event, which recognized the Dec. 21 birthday, was led up to by parties at the bank’s 10 branches during the past several weeks. Tasha Oxendine, the mistress of ceremony, showed a video highlighting the history of the bank. President and CEO Larry R. Chavi...
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Tim Hunt
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Jobs summit set for Jan. 31 FAIRMONT — A jobs and business summit will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at the Fairmont Heritage Center. All Fairmont businesses are invited to send representatives to the summit, which will focus on supporting local businesses and creating jobs. Members of the JOBS team — Job Opportunities and Business Support — and a federal official will be on hand to answer questions and offer advice. For information, cal...
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Karan Bullock
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Bullock gets Director’s Award FAIRMONT — Karan Bullock, the site manager of Woodfield I & II Apartments in Fairmont, recently received the Director’s Award for Outstanding Site Manager for 2011. The award was given to her at the Partnership Property Management annual awards banquet in Florence, S.C. There were nominees from 63 properties. Bullock has worked with Partnership Property Management since 2008. Partnership Property Manageme...
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3.3-acre site going on the auction block
LUMBERTON — A property on Kenny Biggs Road that once housed a trucking company has been slated for the auction block by its owner. The vacant property is one of 61 sites that YRC Worldwide is selling. Most sites are in the Southwest and Midwest, with the remaining sites in New England, Texas and Los Angeles. The 3.30-acre site, located not far from Lumberton Regional Airport in an area zoned for agricultural use, houses a building with 93...
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Frank Milligan seasons hamburgers Wednesday at his restaurant, Frank s BBQ & Seafood. The restaurant, located at 115 N. Walnut St. in Fairmont, opened Jan. 2.
Frank’s offers the ‘right food’
FAIRMONT — Amid the phone ringing, the sizzle of hamburgers, and the melody of Kenny Chesney on the radio, Frank Milligan calmly maneuvers through the kitchen of his restaurant. “They are all going to call at one time now,” said Milligan, smiling as he answered the call. Milligan owns Frank’s BBQ & Seafood, which opened Jan. 2. The restaurant, located at 115 N. Walnut St. in Fairmont, is open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays ...
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Kimbrell s has been a landmark store in downtown Lumberton since 1971. | Bob Shiles | Robesonian
Kimbrell’s heads north
LUMBERTON — Kimbrell’s, a retail landmark in downtown Lumberton for more than 40 years, is heading northward. The furniture company, whose distribution center is headquartered in Charlotte, is relocating to 4301 Fayetteville Road, the site of the former Cox furniture store. Cox just recently closed its Lumberton store. Kimbrell’s, which specializes in the sale of furniture, bedding, appliances, and electronics, is currently located at the...
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Online course offers basic principles
Staff report WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new free, self-paced online business course, “Native American Small Business Primer: Strategies for Success,” is now available to American Indian entrepreneurs to help them determine if they are ready for business ownership and to help them start their business. The course provides an overview of basic business principles, and helps make American Indians aware of the programs and services available from t...
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JOBS team members to give business advice
Staff report FAIRMONT — The town will hold a jobs and business support summit on Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. in the downtown historic district’s Heritage Center. Members of the Mayor’s JOBS (Job Opportunities and Support) team who will participate include: Bob Moore of Robeson Community College; Beth Wilkerson and Johnny Marshburn of SBTDC; Michael Ramey and Jan Maynor of Lumber River Council of Governments; Greg Cummings, Robeson County’s industri...
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Unemployment rate drops .5% RALEIGH — Robeson is among 74 of North Carolina’s 100 counties that saw a drop in its unemployment rate in November, according to unemployment data recently released by the Labor and Economic Analysis Division of the N.C. Department of Commerce. At 12.4 percent, unemployment in Robeson is down from the October rate of 12.9 percent, and down from the county’s November 2010 unemployment rate of 12.5 percent. ...
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