Bill Kirby Jr.

1 day ago | cityviewnc.com | Bill Kirby Jr.

SPRING LAKE — You cannot help but notice the old Lillian Black Elementary School whenever you are traveling along N.C. Hwy. 87 along the business district of this town. The red brick school with the tall white columns has stood along South Third Street since 1938. You don’t see students or teachers there these days.

4 days ago | cityviewnc.com | Bill Kirby Jr.

Downtown Alliance board members and others are urging the Cumberland Board of County Commissioners to stay the course in plans for a $145 million Crown Event Center along Gillespie Street in Fayetteville’s downtown. The mere thought of commissioners considering upgrading the Crown Theatre and Crown Arena along U.S. Business 301, they say, is not an acceptable nor a prudent consideration.

6 days ago | cityviewnc.com | Bill Kirby Jr.

You cannot say that Cumberland Board of County Commissioners Kirk deViere, Veronica Jones, Glenn Adams, Jeannette Council, Marshall Faircloth, Henry Tyson and Pavan Patel are not covering every financial base regarding the $145 million Crown Event Center planned for downtown Fayetteville. But deViere, the board chair, says commissioners are doing their best due diligence to assure the county can sustain the price tag of construction that could include escalating the cost.

1 week ago | cityviewnc.com | Bill Kirby Jr.

All of us have our interpretations of Christ’s empty tomb. Some will argue the resurrection of the son of God, but 2.4 billion Christians worldwide will beg to differ. The Rev. Chip Stapleton, senior pastor at Highland Presbyterian Church in Haymount, will find himself this Sunday morning as the sun rises assuring us that indeed “He is risen” at the 7 a.m. Easter Sunrise service in downtown’s Cross Creek Park. The ecumenical service includes the Rev. Frederick D.

1 week ago | upandcomingweekly.com | Bill Kirby Jr.

You could feel the angst of family members on March 31 before the wife of a retired Special Forces soldier would stand in front of a Cumberland County District Court judge on charges of taking her husband’s life at the couple’s rural home in the Gray’s Creek community.