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Granville sheriff steps down
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OXFORD -- Granville County Sheriff David Smith received a standing ovation after expressing his appreciation to the citizens for allowing him to serve 37 years as a county lawman. |
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With area water demand on rise, Oxford, Creedmoor seek answers
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OXFORD -- Oxford City Manager Mark Donham and Public Works Director Larry Thomas will find out what Creedmoor is planning in terms of securing a future water supply and will see whether Henderson is willing to sell water to Oxford so Oxford could, in turn, sell water to Creedmoor and anyone else in Granville County. |
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Granville, Durham county roads to get facelift
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RALEIGH -- Gov. Beverly Perdue announced this week that 31 contracts totaling $73 million had been awarded for highway and bridge projects across North Carolina, including 11 projects funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Four of the projects are local, one in Durham County, three in Granville County. |
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VGCC Adult Basic Skills graduates receive diplomas
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Vance-Granville Community College held commencement exercises dedicated exclusively to new graduates of Adult Basic Skills programs for the first time last month in the VGCC Civic Center. The graduates included 80 students who completed the Adult High School program and 51 who completed the General Education Development High School Equivalency program. |
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Oxford ups property tax 5 cents
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OXFORD -- The Oxford City Commission, in a 4-3 vote, approved a budget for fiscal 2009-10 this week with a 5-cent tax increase despite pleas from residents to cut spending instead. |
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Parents of late Granville County girls to appeal suit dismissal
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OXFORD -- A Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the parents of two Granville County girls killed Dec. 1, 2007, on U.S. 15 in the southern part of Granville County when their car was struck by another car driven by a Henderson man trying to outrun a Franklinton police officer. |
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DMV cuts visits to Creedmoor
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CREEDMOOR -- Beginning Monday, the Division of Motor Vehicles' mobile service center will visit Creedmoor only on the first Thursday of each month to offer vehicle registration and driver license services. |
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Currin receives Long Leaf Pine Award
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RALEIGH -- Ben F. Currin, longtime president of Vance-Granville Community College now retired, has been given the Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award by Gov. Beverly Perdue. |
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