CityView Magazine

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

You can learn something about someone at a Celebration of Life when family and friends come to bid their farewells. This old church with the towering steeple on Westmont Drive in Fayetteville was a testament Monday to the life of Grant Singleton III. From the altar to the balcony, this sanctuary was overflowing with those paying final respects, and they sat shoulder to shoulder in almost every pew. “He doesn’t want to be remembered for his diagnosis,” daughter Sebrell Trask Singleton told us.

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

Although the late Temple Bailey never married or bore children, she was the talented American novelist who gave sons and daughters one of the more poignant gifts in honoring motherhood. Hers was the creative publication of “A Little Parable for Mothers” in 1933 for Good Housekeeping Magazine, which withstood the test of time in describing a mother’s journey through life.

1 week ago | cityviewnc.com | Evey Weisblat

On the heels of the Salvation Army’s sudden closure of its emergency homeless shelter in Fayetteville, Cumberland County will provide $400,000 to help people experiencing homelessness. The funds will provide three months of shelter and make up for the 50 to 60 beds lost when the Salvation Army’s Pathway to Hope shelter suddenly closed on April 15, Assistant County Manager Heather Skeens said.

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

More than 500 Methodist University graduates earned doctorate, master’s, bachelor’s and associate degrees on May 3 in the spring commencement held at the Crown Coliseum. “You don’t have to change the whole world,” keynote speaker Scott Hamilton, president and chief executive officer of the Golden LEAF Foundation, told the graduates.

1 week ago | cityviewnc.com | Evey Weisblat

State environmental officials in charge of coming up with rules to regulate North Carolina’s water supply are continuing to advocate for proposals that would allow industrial polluters to self-regulate the “forever chemicals” they discharge into local waterways. The N.C. Environmental Management Commission (EMC), made up of 15 members appointed by elected officials, is responsible for regulating the state’s water resources.