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News

You asked: Food Lion among businesses affected by Thursday’s outage

The Food Lion stood to lose the most from Thursday’s nearly 20-hour outage that left 2,500 in Southampton County without power. Read more

by Gwen Albers, Saturday, February 2, 2013 12:23 pm

Outdoors

Courtland felon charged with hunting over bait

An eight-time Courtland felon admitted to baiting deer and devising a trap to make it easier to kill one, said Sgt. J.T. Worrell, supervisor with ... Read more

by Gwen Albers, Friday, February 1, 2013 9:45 am

News

Suspect sought for Beale’s Packing burglary

It’s believed the men broke into the building near Trinity Church Road to steal scrap metal to sell for recycling. Read more

by Gwen Albers, Thursday, January 31, 2013 11:02 am

News

2,500 in Southampton County to be without power until Thursday evening

A blown transformer is the reason for the outage. Read more

by Gwen Albers, Thursday, January 31, 2013 7:39 am

News

Courtland felon charged with hunting deer over bait

Lewis Scarborough III, 39, was taken to Southampton County Jail after his arrest on the last day of the deer season. Read more

by Gwen Albers, Wednesday, January 30, 2013 3:13 pm

News

Updike votes against tax break

Southampton County supervisors on Monday voted 5-1 to grant a tax break to a company building an asphalt and concrete plant in Ivor. Read more

by Gwen Albers, Tuesday, January 29, 2013 10:10 am

News

Supervisors agree to sell Ivor school property

The county’s options for selling include listing it with a Realtor, negotiating a private sale, seeking sealed bids or by auction. Read more

by Gwen Albers, Tuesday, January 29, 2013 10:09 am

News

Southampton County sees 89 percent increase in request for real estate tax exemptions

Residents learned about the option when they filed for an exemption for the first-time $200 annual garbage fee. Read more

by Gwen Albers, Tuesday, January 29, 2013 10:07 am

News

One-third of residents pay $200 garbage fee

Initially due by Dec. 5, supervisor during their Nov. 26 meeting unanimously agreed to extend the deadline to March 31 after receiving complaints from residents ... Read more

by Gwen Albers, Tuesday, January 29, 2013 10:05 am

Franklin

Seven homeless after Sunday fire

The cause of the fire at 599 W. Second Ave. appears accidental, while the loss has been set at more than $100,000, said Franklin Deputy ... Read more

by Gwen Albers, Monday, January 28, 2013 10:05 am

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