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Board OKs extending school year 3 days

LUMBERTON — Robeson County’s 23,000 or so school children got some bad news Tuesday from the Public Schools of Robeson County Board of Education: The school year just got a bit longer. The board members [...]
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The rush in on to Black Friday

LUMBERTON — Shoppers and retailers are getting excited and ready for what is considered the biggest in-store shopping day of the year, Black Friday. “Black Friday is awesome,” Raechel Locklear, 16, said. She and her [...]
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Road work put in neutral

LUMBERTON — The Lumberton City Council delayed approval of a resolution of support Monday for a $15.1 million North Carolina Department of Transportation project to reconfigure Fayetteville Road, the city’s busiest street. Councilman Leroy Rising, [...]
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FBI seeking videos in Aguilar case

LUMBERTON — The FBI now is asking any Robeson County resident who may have surveillance video that may help investigators find a 13-year-old girl who was kidnapped on Nov. 5 to call so the recording [...]
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Campbell’s wife to replace him as District 2 representative on board

FAIRMONT — Pauline Campbell, widow of the late Robeson County Commissioner Berlester Campbell, was elected Thursday to take her husband’s seat during a meeting of the District 2 Democratic precincts. Campbell defeated Hubert Sealey by [...]