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Oxford tobacco plant using wind energy
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OXFORD -- While it is costing more than using conventional sources of power, one North Carolina manufacturer is turning to wind power to generate all of its electricity needs. |
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Vote ethics questioned
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OXFORD -- The Oxford Historic Preservation Commission's recent vote over the St. Stephen's Episcopal Church rectory has concerns one commissioner. |
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Church verdict under scrutiny
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OXFORD -- The Oxford Historic Preservation Commission is learning lessons in the aftermath of a recent majority vote giving St. Stephen's Episcopal Church the go-ahead to install vinyl-framed windows at the church rectory. |
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Ex-Butner officer takes own life
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BUTNER -- A former Butner Public Safety officer took his own life at his home over the weekend, leaving in shock a law enforcement agency that has already lost an officer to suicide in less than a year. |
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Local briefs
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Committees to meet today
Meeting set for Oct. 10
Business EXPO on tap Oct. 14
Candidates' forum set
Harvest Show set Oct. 25
Butner meeting postponed
Special session will convene
Preservation panel to meet
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Grand jury to hear case of dead girl
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BUTNER -- A grand jury on Oct. 6 is going to hear the case of a southern Granville County couple accused of manslaughter by negligence in connection with a drug- and alcohol-related overdose death of their 21-month-old daughter, District Attorney Sam Currin said. |
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Warrant adds to missing woman mystery
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OXFORD -- Statements by Scott Morris about the disappearance of his wife, Kelly, are inconsistent and do not jibe with statements by his father, Jimmy, regarding his son's whereabouts the night before she was officially declared missing. |
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Old Oxford Buggy Co. barn removal a week away
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OXFORD -- A mammoth barn in central Oxford still has not been taken apart and hauled away, but the man who is supposed to do so assures that the work will start by the middle of next week.
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Granville Athletic Park is shaping up
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OXFORD -- Two final projects are taking shape on Phase II of Granville Athletic Park at Jonesland Environmental Preserve.
Vance Construction of Henderson has started work on an outdoor amphitheater, while two other firms are installing a pump house for a water spray park. |
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Vigil held for missing Granville woman
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CREEDMOOR -- Friends, neighbors and numerous other area residents gathered here Friday evening to light candles and pray for Kelly Currin Morris, the 28-year-old southern Granville County woman who has remained missing amid feelings of fear, sadness, confusion and uncertainty. |
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