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Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an angry cow with an angry sheep? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. 9 North Carolina Farmers Markets Where The Peaches And Tomatoes Come Straight Off The Truck (travelmag.com) — Southern Pines residents get a special shout-out in this roundup, highlighting the Moore County Farmers Market on West Morganton Road with its peaches, tomatoes, eggs, coffee, honey, pastries, and more. You'll find it open Thursdays and Saturdays with a relaxed, small-town feel, while the article also spotlights eight other standout farmers markets across North Carolina worth a seasonal road trip.
2. New Church Highlights Forms of Ancient Liturgy (thesevenlakesinsider.com) — A Southern Pines Anglican congregation that has quickly outgrown its downtown New Hampshire Avenue home is now planting a new church in nearby Seven Lakes. Led by the Church of the Advent's priest, the new Saint Alban the Martyr Anglican Church meets Sundays at 4 p.m. at The Chapel in the Pines, offering traditional liturgy that's drawing many younger worshippers from the Sandhills.
3. Marie Shaw Dee (cityviewnc.com) — A longtime world traveler and former Penick Village resident who spent her final years in Southern Pines has died at age 97. Her life spanned careers in publishing, teaching, and global adventures from Paris to Antarctica. Family and friends will gather for a graveside service in Fayetteville on Saturday, with visitation afterward at Buena Vista on Bragg Boulevard.
4. Federal Reserve Allowed First Bank and Carolina Bank to Make CRA Exam Confidential so FOIA Filed (innercitypress.com) — A watchdog group is challenging a proposed merger involving Southern Pines–based First Bancorp, citing concerns about its mortgage lending record to Black borrowers in North and South Carolina. The Federal Reserve allowed parts of the bank's Community Reinvestment Act evaluation to remain confidential, prompting a public records request. Residents may want to follow how this scrutiny could affect First Bank's growth and practices.
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