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Youth ag workshop offered at Extension Center
Food comes from the grocery store. Chocolate milk comes from a brown cow. Hamburgers come from McDonalds. Sad, but a lot of children believe these as truths. Slowly, but surely Americans have becom...
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False alarms drain emergency resources, sheriff says
Anson County 911 Operations Center received over 2,400 burglar alarm calls in 2011 that were later found to be false alarms. About half of these calls were inside the Wadesboro city limits and rem...
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Unemployment on the rise again in Anson
Anson County's unemployment rate for December 2011 experienced a 0.6-percent increase from the previous month. December's unemployment rate was 12.1 percent, while it was 11.5 percent in November. ...
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<p>Auctioneer Michael Parker brought a lot of energy to his auctioning duties during the Partnership for Children&#8217;s annual Barn Blast Friday night, Jan. 27, in Wadesboro.</p>
Barn Blast is another rousing success
A huge crowd turned out Friday night, Jan. 27, for the Anson County Partnership for Children’s major fundraiser of the year, Barn Blast, at Wadesboro’s Lockhart-Taylor Center. The Lockhart-Taylo...
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Wadesboro police chief gives update on Quantico training: Week 2
Submitted by Janie Schutz Wadesboro Police Chief Hello Wadesboro! Well, week #2 is finished and only eight more to go. It’s been a hard week because my mother-in-law died four days after my ...
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<p>Justin Allen|Anson Record</p><p>Veterinarian Danny Wright, Interim Health Department director Carol Ann Gibson and Thomas Williams, animal control officer, are some of the people working to execute a fund that will help some citizens get their pets spayed and neutered.</p>
Free spay and neuter program available for some residents
Brown Creek Animal Hospital is offering a free spay and neuter program for low-income or elderly citizens. The program is available because of the Sandra Harmon Clive Memorial Fund, established a...
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Uptown Wadesboro planters a collaborative effort benefiting community
by Uptown Wadesboro, Inc.
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Wadesboro citizens may have been noticing the planters in the Uptown Wadesboro business district. Since last spring, the planters have been a joint community project of Uptown Wadesboro, Inc. (UWI...
Wadesboro resident to run for N.C. House
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Richard Johnson, a Republican from Wadesboro, announced his candidacy for the N.C. House on Friday, Jan. 13. The seat on the newly redrawn District 55, which includes Anson and Union counties, is ...
Civitans sponsor successful blood drive
by Justin Allen
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A Red Cross blood drive sponsored by the Wadesboro Civitan Club collected 30 units of blood on Thursday. The drive was held at Wadesboro First Baptist Church. Drives typically rely on regular do...
Gov. Perdue won't seek re-election
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North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue announced Thursday that she will not seek re-election in 2012. Her office released the following statement: Like the rest of the nation, North Carolina has be...
Purcell will not run for re-election
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N.C. Senator Bill Purcell of Scotland County announced Tuesday that he will not file for re-election. Senator Purcell, a retired pediatrician and former mayor of Laurinburg, was appointed to the...

Courthouse beginning its return to glory
by By Abby Cavenaugh
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Not many of us were around when the Anson County Courthouse was first built, but the nearly 100-year-old building looks more and more like a newly constructed building these days, thanks to an ong...
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