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Questions Surface on Moratorium

The Southern Pines Town Council has a lot of its own questions to answer before it votes on a proposed moratorium Tuesday. Will the moratorium include the Morganton Road land? Will it include only planned development (PD) zoning? Will it be just on subdivisions over 20 acres? Will it be confined to areas north of Midland Road? What does the council want to see develop along N.C. 22? Does the moratorium have a chance to cover the Pine Needles land, or does the property owner have vested rights to develop? What is the moratorium intended to defend against? What will it actually do?

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PILOT LIGHT
Lea-Sloan Recount Set The Moore County Board of Elections will conduct a discretionary recount of the Board of Commissioners District 4 election on Monday. Because of a puzzling under-vote in that one race, the board agreed on Thursday to conduct the recount.
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NEWS
School Bathroom Damaged by Fire A small fire broke out in a boys' bathroom at Academy Heights Elementary School in Taylortown May 2. Pinehurst firefighters responded to the scene and extinguished the fire within a few minutes. Commander Ricky Lea said that the fire caused very little damage.
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NEWS
N.C. Lottery Introduces New Games The North Carolina Education Lottery (NCEL) is introducing two new instant scratch-off tickets that give players a chance to win up to $100,000 on one game or as much as $30,000 on the other. "Green and Gold" and "Goldbar Crossword" were in stores starting Tuesday.
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EDITORIAL
Tim for Hillary to Hang It Up Hillary Clinton is looking like a spoiler. For the sake of her party, she needs to make a graceful exit from the presidential campaign.
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SPORTS
Pinecrest Scales First Hurdle Halfway through the first overtime period, Pinecrest's Claire Epling raced with the ball down the right flank at the John Williams Athletic Complex. Run down by a Panther Creek defender near the end line, the freshman won a corner kick.
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SCENE
Marjatta Thamm: A Long Way From Helsinki “You have to be open and flexible to life’s surprises at any age,” says Belle Meade resident Marjatta Thamm. Thamm knows about that from experience. A Finnish native, born and educated in Helsinki, she faced a bitter surprise at a particularly young age.
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BLOGS CENTRAL
David Woronoff: Main Street PineStraw magazine's eclectic extravaganza Thursday night reminded me - once again - how fortunate we all are to call this special place home.
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Springfest
Folks played all over downtown Southern Pines on Saturday enjoying Springfest 2008.
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Festival Time
Folks played all over Robbins on Saturday, from the streets to the creek.
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GUIDE TO THE SANDHILLS
Now available online! Whether you were lucky enough to be born here or smart enough to move to this Eden in the Pines, we want to deliver to you all the information you need to make your life here in the Sandhills as fulfilling as possible.
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