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2 months ago | 
clintonnc.com | Cameron Vann
Sampson County School Board of Education members receive gifts from their superintendent, Dr. Jamie King, honoring them as part of School Board Appreciation Month.
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2 months ago | 
clintonnc.com | Cameron Vann
The four amigos — Wyatt, Edman, Cotton, and Sly — share a meal on land owned by Believe Rescue. (Courtesy photo)
Believe Rescue founder Lisa Martinez leads Penelope, a mare who is completely blind and was rescued from Harnett County, out of the trailer.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
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Angela Faircloth and Luke Smith laugh at Faircloth’s attempts to distract Smith. Photos by Cameron Vann|Sampson Independent
Lisa DeCandia seeks to the group on how to manage grief when the time comes and how to seek help.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
clintonnc.com | Cameron Vann
Dr. Bill Newman talks with Carolyn Melvin, RN, inside Sampson Regional Medical Center.
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GARLAND — The town is ushering in new leadership with the recent swearing in of Ed Gillim and Carolyn Y. Melvin as the newest members of the Garland Board of Commissioners.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
clintonnc.com | Cameron Vann
Vegetable gardens are rising as more people become aware of their food and rising costs. File Photo| Sampson Independent
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Homesteading, the practice of living off the land and becoming more self-sufficient, has been gaining significant popularity in recent years.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
clintonnc.com | Cameron Vann
GARLAND — The Garland Board of Commissioners held its second special meeting of the month Thursday evening, marking an important moment for both the new and seasoned members of the board, with the group appointing a new mayor pro tem and, among other things, returning a former town clerk to the position. New commissioners Ed Gillim and Carolyn Y. Melvin, who were sworn in last week, participated in their first official board meeting.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
clintonnc.com | Cameron Vann
Participants at Adult Day Care play a balancing game. The objective is to get balls in the holes on a board.
Coloring is one of the favorite activities of attendees at Adult Day Care.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
clintonnc.com | Cameron Vann
Cope’s horse style trots to awards
Therese Cope holds onto two young horses she is raising for owners who have extremely high hopes for them in Copes’s care.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
clintonnc.com | Cameron Vann
Children at Clement Elementary hold chicks the class hatched after participating in the-H embryology project.
The Sewing Spin Club shows participants how to iron out cloth before beginning to sew.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
clintonnc.com | Cameron Vann
Two new board members take oaths Returning Garland Commissioner Carolyn Melvin is sworn in by Mayor Austin Brown Cameron Vann | Sampson Independent ❮ ❯ GARLAND — A day seems to make a lot of difference in the town of Garland. Tuesday morning, the town looked to be in danger of having its charter revoked because the mayor and three of its five commissioners had resigned, leaving action on any issue in limbo. But some 24 hours later, at 6 p.m. Wednesday night, in an emergency meeting, things...
