Rowland NewsLocal news for Rowland, NC continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Police tracking sex offenders with GPS- January 30, 2008 "That person is determined to be a recidivist, a sexually violent predator or to have committed an aggravated offense. Those are the three main categories." Submitted by WWAY on 30 January 2008 - 6:41pm. Police in North Carolina are getting help tracking sex offenders. via WWAY-TV Wilmingtonhttp://www.topix.net/city/rowland-nc/2008/01/police-tracking-sex-offenders-with-gps?fromrs... Holding on to hope for Seabreeze- January 28, 2008 "Unfortunately, many of the places surveyed in that 20 year-old report are now gone" Seabreeze began with Alexander Freeman, a free black man born in 1788 who purchased land just north of Carolina Beach on the mainland side of Snow's Cut where he began a career as a commercial fisherman. via StarNewsOnline.comhttp://www.topix.net/city/rowland-nc/2008/01/holding-on-to-hope-for-seabreeze?fromrss=1 Upcoming Events- January 14, 2008 Jan. 21MLK GOSPEL EXTRAVAGANZA: 7 p.m. in Duke Family Performance Hall at Davidson College. Featured choirs include: Joint Heir of Statesville, the Greater Life Ministries Praise Team from Rock Hill, the Gethsemane Baptist Men's Choir of Davidson, The Gethsemane Gospel Singers of Davidson and special guests Ronica & The Mighty Blazing Stars of Mooresville. Details: 704-894-2440.JAN. 22ORGAN IN DAVIDSON SERIES: From Bach through a beautiful and rarely heard work by Julius Reubke, Michael...http://www.topix.net/city/rowland-nc/2008/01/upcoming-events?fromrss=1 Bradsher to exit as Rowland police chief- January 12, 2008 "What we use right now is a meter-reading system; Fairmont uses it ... . That $75,000 might be better spent repairing the waste water plant - an issue that's going to need to be addressed." Police Chief Daniel Bradsher told the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night that he plans to retire in April. via The Robesonianhttp://www.topix.net/city/rowland-nc/2008/01/bradsher-to-exit-as-rowland-police-chief?from... Cyclist dies in accident- January 10, 2008 A Prospect man was killed Tuesday night when the motorcycle he was operating rear-ended an empty logging truck, according to the state Highway Patrol. via The Robesonianhttp://www.topix.net/city/rowland-nc/2008/01/cyclist-dies-in-accident?fromrss=1 S.C. woman reunited with dog after wreck- January 6, 2008 "I just felt that I lost my husband so tragically ... I just had this hope in me - I knew that God couldn't take both of them from me ... until (Lowell) was found there was this deep sadness that I had." A South Carolina woman whose husband was killed in a car crash while traveling through Robeson County last month has been reunited with her pet dog who fled following the accident on Interstate 95. via The Robesonianhttp://www.topix.net/city/rowland-nc/2008/01/s-c-woman-reunited-with-dog-after-wreck?fromr... |