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Light Up the City: Fun for the Ho-Ho City Fayetteville, NC: The Cool Spring Downtown District aims to add holiday cheer for the ho-ho city with their annual  “Light Up the City” walking tour.    What is LIGHT UP THE CITY? For downtown stakeholders - it's a storefront decorating competition to see who has “best dressed windows. For residents and visitors- it's an opportunity to take a ...read more

Low Income Energy Assistance Available Starting Dec. 1  FAYETTEVILLE – On Dec. 1, the Cumberland County Department of Social Services will begin accepting applications for the North Carolina Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) to help qualified families with their heating costs. The federally funded program provides a one-time vendor payment to help eligible households pay their heating ...read more

Libraries are a Gift—WRAP it up this WinterCumberland County Launches Winter Reading ProgramFAYETTEVILLE—The Cumberland County Public Library invites everyone to add some fun to the winter months with the annual Winter Reading and Activity Program or WRAP. WRAP launches Dec. 1 and goes through Jan. 31, at all eight Library branches and gives customers opportunities to win prizes for reading or ...read more

COVID-19 UpdateAct Now to Fight Substantial Community Spread, 190 New Cases in Cumberland FAYETTEVILLE – The Department of Public Health reports 190 new COVID-19 cases since the last report on Friday, Nov. 20. Cumberland County has 8,895 total COVID-19 cases since the onset of the pandemic and remains in the Orange tier of the NC COVID-19 County Alert System. The total death toll in Cumberland ...read more

County Offices Closed Nov. 26 and 27 for Thanksgiving   FAYETTEVILLE – Cumberland County Government offices and the court system will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 26 and 27, for the Thanksgiving holiday.   All Solid Waste landfills and container sites will be closed Thursday, Nov. 26, but will be open on regular schedule Friday and Saturday, Nov. 27 and 28.   If you need immediate ...read more

County Hires New Assistant County Manager  FAYETTEVILLE – After a competitive national search, County Manager Amy Cannon has hired Angel Wright-Lanier as the County’s next Assistant County Manager for General Government & Stewardship. Wright-Lanier fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Melissa Cardinali in June.  Wright-Lanier will begin her new job on Jan. 4. She comes to the County ...read more

Flu Season is Here, Get VaccinatedFAYETTEVILLE – The Department of Public Health continues to offer free influenza (flu) vaccinations, regardless of insurance status. Getting your flu shot doesn’t make you sick. It will protect you and others from the flu, which helps lessen the burden on hospitals responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says flu ...read more

  IMMEDIATE RELEASE: THE COOL SPRING DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, THE WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTER OF FAYETTEVILLE AT CEED, AND THE DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE CELEBRATE THE 11TH ANNUAL SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY®    FAYETTEVILLE, NC - Cool Spring Downtown District, the Women’s Business Center of Fayetteville at CEED, and the Downtown Alliance announced that as members of the American Express® Neighborhood Champion ...read more