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Seaboard Festival, Ag Fair cancelled due to COVID-19

HAMLET — The annual Seaboard Festival and Hamlet Lions Club’s Agricultural Fair have been cancelled due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Seaboard Festival, Ag Fair cancelled due to COVID-19

HAMLET — The annual Seaboard Festival and Hamlet Lions Club’s Agricultural Fair have been cancelled due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Hamlet preparing COVID-19 relief request

HAMLET — The City of Hamlet is working on a plan to request COVID-19 relief money from Richmond County, though it’s still unclear how that money will be distributed.

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Rockingham to remove Confederate monument

ROCKINGHAM — With no objections from the City Council, City Manager Monty Crump on Tuesday initiated the “administrative removal” of the Confederate monument located in Harrington Square in downtown Rockingham.

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COVID-19 relief could save Ellerbe’s contract with sheriff’s office

ELLERBE — The Town of Ellerbe may not have to eliminate their contract with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office this fiscal year after all, thanks to COVID-19 relief funds.

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Commissioners approve COVID-19 relief for health department

ROCKINGHAM — The Richmond County Board of Commissioners approved relief funding for the Health Department which will go towards their ongoing fight against COVID-19. The board also heard an update on Richmond Community College’s plans for the fall.

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