By Hayeon Choi Being a judge can be a hard work, especially when you are the Chief Justice of the State Court. There are many traits to being a judge, such as patience, firmness, understanding, and compassion. Jason Baine Thompson, Chief Justice at the Fayette County State Court, has all these traits. “Very detail oriented,…
Lidl, a discount supermarket chain based in Germany, is going to be setting up shop in Fayetteville. At Thursday night’s City Council meeting, unanimous votes cleared the way for Lidl to build their store where J&R Clothing currently sits. First broached nearly a year ago with a number of needed variance requests, Lidl, considered the…
It took less than eight minutes to find out whether the Tyrone community would be opposed to building a new television studio in the the town. The Tyrone Town Council met Thursday to amend multiple ordinances in section 113 of the Tyrone Code of Ordinances to allow Founders Studios’s construction of an innovative space to…
By J.R. Pierre and Christopher Dunn On the Fourth of July, plenty of Patriots will be waving shiny new flags, but those flags may eventually get frayed, faded, and torn. When it is time to retire your old Stars and Stripes, the American Legion is prepared to destroy it in the proper dignified way. Under…
The plot next to Fayetteville’s Dunkin’ Donuts is shifting directions with an eye on building a hotel. At last Tuesday night’s Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, a Special Exception Application was laid out to start the process of building a hotel on the 1.81-acre property on North Glynn Street. “I do think that trying to…
