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Dear Editor, We are involved in a conflict with the Town of Holly Springs that will impact many Holly Springs residents. A developer has applied for a rezoning of the property adjacent to Oak Hall from single family to multifamily. The Town supports the rezoning because the area falls within a Community Growth Area. Even though the existing single family lots (2.5-5 units/acre) are a very different use than the proposed town homes (8 unit...
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Contributed<Br> Gaku Ichikawa (left) and Rina Shinohara (right) are exchange students from Japan. They joined Connie Lawrence, Community Representative of Ayusa, at the 2013 Strawberry Festival.
Travel the world without leaving your hometown
Who hasn’t dreamed about walking among the Egyptian pyramids, or soaking in the sun on a beach in Spain, or wandering along the Great Wall of China? Every parent wants to give their children a taste of the world, but the economic reality of international air travel for a family, not to mention hotels, passports and food, makes it tough for most of us to consider except in our daydreams. There is a way to give your children the world – witho...
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Westward extension of Main Street could begin next year
Holly Springs has earned a federal grant for a road project that should help cool its worst traffic hot spot and also reduce congestion on N.C. 55 through downtown Fuquay-Varina. The Main Street Extension project could begin as soon as next year. The federal government will cover 80 percent of the projected $6.5 million cost. Extending Main Street in Holly Springs across the highway to Piney Grove Wilbon Road will provide a badly-needed c...
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Shawn Daley / The Apex Herald Volunteers put the finishing touches on shoebox gifts that will be delivered to military spouses.
Showing support for military spouses
Support Military Spouses has a lofty goal of someday distributing more than a million shoebox gifts to U.S. military spouses around the world. The Apex-based organization still has a long way to go but they are getting closer all the time. More than 30 volunteers last week helped assemble 3,000 shoebox gifts that will be distributed to military spouses at Ft. Bragg, Camp Lejuene and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. The event was held in ...
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May 1-7 Arrests Zachary Reed Holm, 26, was arrested May 3 on a simple possession of a controlled substance charge. Tyler Gregory McCullers, 18, was arrested May 4 on a failure to appear ...
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April 24-30 Arrests Shannon Lee Daniels, 39, was arrested April 24 on a failure to appear charge. A minor was arrested April 24 on a misdemeanor larceny charge. Kimberly Chaffers Green...
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April 17-23 Arrests A minor was arrested April 17 on a disorderly conduct charge. Two minors were arrested April 17 on a weapons charge. Boutros-Elias Simon Elzenni, 19, was arrested A...
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April 10-16 Arrests A minor was arrested April 10 on an assault and battery charge. A minor was arrested April 11 on a weapons charge. Ben Helm Draper, 47, was arrested April 11 on a d...
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April 3-9 Arrests Tristan Lee Mason, 23, was arrested April 4 on a failure to appear on a misdemeanor charge. Mack Jermal Patterson, 25, was arrested April 6 on a misdemeanor probation v...
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