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• Morganton Road bridge in running for award
  Sep 6, 2010 — The Fayetteville Observer
  It reopened in late July. Much of the bridgework was completed at night, the release said, and on weekends to minimize disruption of freeway traffic.
• Commissioners to meet on Tuesday
  Sep 5, 2010 — The Mount Airy News
  Surry, Davie, Stokes and Yadkin counties are applying for transportation assistance funds from the state for 2011. Randy Bledsoe, Elkin City Schools superintendent, will present bids to the commissioners for the next phase of the Elkin High School construction project. The funding request from the school system for phase III of the project is $1.6 million.
• Carolina Beach's 'road diet'
  Sep 4, 2010 — Star-News
  Even shopping mall planners are ripping off their roofs and making them look like downtowns, she said.
• N.C. escapes the reach of weakened Hurricane Earl
  Sep 4, 2010 — The Charlotte Observer
  Bev Perdue said. "For the most part, it appears we have dodged a bullet." Perdue said N.C. beaches from Carteret County southward are in good shape and are open. Innkeeper Alton Ballance of Crews Inn Bed and Breakfast said about 11/2 feet of water stood in his backyard, but he'd seen little structural damage. By 9:15 a.m., the water was lapping at the bottom step to her home.
• Fresh from the farm
  Sep 3, 2010 — The Mount Airy News
  Child nutrition directors can expose students to the many fruits and vegetables grown in North Carolina and provide nutritional meals. "It's seasonal produce, so it's very fresh. We're also going back to cooking things like fresh collard greens. The Farm to School program in North Carolina provides watermelon, cantaloupes, tomatoes, cucumbers, apples, potatoes, broccoli, sweet potatoes, cabbage, collards, lettuce, squash, zucchini, strawberries and blueberries.
• Highway cleanup to start in September
  Sep 3, 2010 — Richmond County Daily Journal
  Over the course of last year's Fall Litter Sweep, volunteers helped remove 1.7 million pounds of litter from North Carolina roadsides. Additional department employees are assigned to this task for the two-week Litter Sweep. Last fall, Richmond County collected 453 bags of trash during the two weeks of the sweep. Bags, vests and gloves can be obtained from the county maintenance office.
• Hurricane clears out; crews scramble to open Outer Banks highway
  Sep 3, 2010 — The Charlotte Observer
  Mandatory evacuation orders were rescinded at daybreak for Carteret County beaches, such as Emerald Isle and Atlantic Beach. Meteorologists predicted Earl would reach peak strength early Thursday and lose some power as it neared the Outer Banks. They also forecast a turn to the northeast, shortly before Earl reached Cape Hatteras.
• New drop-off policy upsets parents, day care owners
  Sep 3, 2010 — Times-News
  She said it has a good reputation in the community for providing quality service at a low price. We continue to receive any children that can get to us, but we cannot provide transportation.
• Area closings and delays
  Sep 2, 2010 — The Daily News (Jacksonville, N.C.)
  All classes are canceled. -- As of Wednesday, Camp Lejeune, New River Air Station, Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune and Camp Lejeune Dependent Schools were operating on normal schedules. Onslow County Schools will implement a two-hour delay for all schools on Friday. -- Emerald Isle residents will not have solid waste pickup on Friday. Outbound or destination to home services will continue unless gale force winds prohibit operations.