EDITORIAL: City, FSU move ahead on seniors, wellness; fire chief exits with big statewide honor
The city's Senior Center East and the university's wellness center are a joint city-FSU project and a perfect piece of synergy that will benefit the school and city seniors -- and create more interaction between students and their elders.
The project approval is a money-where-your-mouth-is demonstration of the city's commitment to redevelopment of the
The city is also discussing the possibility of moving
Merit: For Fayetteville Fire Chief
The chief modestly says the award reflects the entire department, not just him. "I tell everybody it's not an individual award," he told an Observer reporter. "It is a result of the hard work of the team, the department, the organization as a whole. I was just fortunate enough to get the award, but it goes to all (department members) across the board."
The award carries a lot of prestige, because only one fire chief from across the state is chosen each year. There are more than 1,200 fire chiefs in this state, leading a variety of professional and volunteer departments.
Fayetteville's
The only bad news in Major's award is that it's part of his swan song. The chief is retiring on
Merit: For the evolving
The commissioners voted unanimously this week to consider partnering with the
The town's preliminary plan also includes updates for existing parks, developing landscaping guidelines, funding for public art, making all town recreation facilities handicap-accessible and creating a greenway system in the town.
It's already a good plan and it's just the kind of amenities the town needs as it faces imminent explosive growth as the
Merit: For Fayetteville leaders, who also are pursuing continuing improvements in the city's parks-and-recreation opportunities, in large part thanks to the
The splash pad, which will cost about
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