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<p>photo by Anita Weekes</p><p>Eat at least one salad a day and even replace lunch with a salad. They can fill you up with great nutritional value. And don&#8217;t forget fruits and veggies! Eat an apple for a snack instead of that candy bar.</p>
Live happy and healthy this New Year!
Each new year many of us vow to make changes in our diet and physical activities. Count me in on that one! Have you gotten off to a good start? I have asked friends to share their comments on what...
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<p>Contributed photos</p><p>Everyone gets to celebrate their birthday during Chinese New Year. The learning experience was followed by a game of Jiangxi.</p>

Lincoln Heights students

celebrate Year of the Dragon


With the start of the Chinese New Year on January 23, 2012, Becki Walker’s first grade class at Lincoln Heights Elementary School enjoyed learning about the celebrated event which has been going o...
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We Honor Veterans program helping Hospices better care for Veterans


It surprises many Americans to learn that 25 percent of all deaths in the US are Veterans. That’s 1,800 people a day; more than 680,000 Veteran deaths every year. To help provide care and support ...
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<p>Kyle Thompson</p>

Willow Spring man finalist for Walt Disney Imagineering


Stephanie Eaton Harvie A team of students from North Carolina State University have been selected as a finalist for Walt Disney Imagineering’s 21st ImagiNations design competition. The team will...
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Wake Academy students excel in State Testing
Rosa Fattahi Correspondent Faculty members at Southern Wake Academy, a tuition-free charter high school in the Fuquay-Varina/Holly Springs area, were overjoyed this week when they received new...
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<p>Ann Marie Amico</p><p>contributed</p>
Ann Marie Amico recognized as Main Street Champion
On Jan. 26, Ann Marie Amico of Ann Marie Amico Designs was recognized as a 2011 Main Street Champion at the North Carolina Main Street Annual Awards Reception and Program in Clayton. The Main St...
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Massage therapist available at A Mystics Garden
by By Janet Kangas
Editor
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Janet Kangas Editor A Mystics Garden, owned by Jan Petri-Kolleda and Dawn Prior, is a shop like none other in Fuquay-Varina. Located at 601 Broad St., the shop offers handmade and specialty je...
Campbell Basketball to host Pediatric Heart Awareness Night
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BUIES CREEK, N.C. – In conjunction with its men’s basketball game Thursday, Campbell University will host Pediatric Heart Awareness Night when the Fighting Camels host Charleston Southern at Gilbe...
Local board members are apprised of court ruling on prayer
by Shirley Hayes
Correspondent
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Shirley Hayes Correspondent Fuquay-Varina’s town attorney advised the town board last week that the U. S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from a lower court decision in North Caro...
Fuquay-Varina was well represented at North Carolina Main Street Conference
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Fuquay-Varina Downtown was well represented at the NC Main Street Conference held recently at the Clayton Center. The conference is packed each year with keynote speakers and breakout sessions tha...

Apex High School launches app

development program
by By Jordan Yelverton
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Jordan Yelverton Contributing writer On Tuesday, Lenovo, the National Academy Foundation (NAF) and North Carolina Governor Beverley Perdue joined with Apex High School’s Academy of Information...
Skin Care for Athletes uses Indiegogo campaign for soap line for women’s shelters
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Skin Care for athletes, the only organic and natural skin line designed specifically for athletes has launched a fundraising campaign on Indiegogo.com to raise $20,000 to expand into soaps for w...
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