Government – Moore County Edition

Mar

15

2023

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By Ryan Henkel, North State Journal

Pinehurst approves development of ‘Golf Course View’ cottages

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PINEHURST — The Village of Pinehurst Council met Tuesday, February 28, with multiple property matters on the agenda. The council held a public hearing for a rezoning request for the Pinehurst Resort Cottages at No. 8 to take approximately 14.65 acres of land from R-30 – medium-density residential district – to H-CD – hotel conditioning district. “The current zoning and land use is R-30, which is a residential district,” said Planning Supervisor Alex Cameron. “It is currently vacant and part of the privately owned recreation facilities of Pinehurst No. 8 Golf Course. The proposed zoning is hotel conditional district, and…

Mar

08

2023

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By Ryan Henkel, North State Journal

Pinehurst Resorts to construct new golf course in Aberdeen

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ABERDEEN — The Aberdeen Town Board met Monday, February 27, with various property matters on the agenda. The board was presented with two annexation petitions, one by Willow Birch, LLC, for 0.58 acres of land located generally south of US 15-501 and east of US 1 South and an annexation petition by Coca-Cola Bottling for approximately 52.37 acres located west of Carolina Road and south of NC Highway 211, and they approved both. The next piece of business brought before the board was a rezoning request by Pinehurst Country Club Realty to rezone 10 parcels of property located north of…

Mar

01

2023

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By Ryan Henkel, North State Journal

Southern Pines Country Club granted special use permit

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SOUTHERN PINES — The Southern Pines Town Council met Tuesday, February 14, with multiple property hearings on the agenda. The first action item was an architectural review for the Fort Bragg Federal Credit Union on Brucewood Road, in which the applicant had made a few deviation requests for the property. “The first item is the access location,” said Bob Koontz of Koontz Jones Design. “The ordinance talks about entrance locations being at the front of the building, but in this case, we’ve oriented the building to fit on the site and to be as unobtrusive as possible, and orienting the…

Feb

22

2023

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By North State Journal Staff

Hudson opens flagship office in Southern Pines

GovernmentMoore County, Richard Hudson, Southern Pines, us representative

SOUTHERN PINES — Moore County’s member of Congress now has his flagship district office located in Southern Pines. U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house for the 9th Congressional District’s newest office. Hudson, whose family moved to Southern Pines, is the first member of Congress to live and operate a primary office in Moore County in recent history. “As your Congressman, I am committed to delivering results for families throughout our region and providing top-notch customer service from our offices in both Washington, D.C. and North Carolina,” said Rep. Hudson. “With our new primary district office…

Feb

15

2023

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By A.P. Dillon

State Health Plan releases all documents related to third-party contract change

Government, NewsAetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield NC, contract change, state health plan

RALEIGH — All documents related to the change from Blue Cross Blue Shield NC to Aetna as the State Health Plan’s third-party administrative services contract (TPA) are now publicly available. Last week, the State Health Plan (SHP) published all of the materials, including requests for proposals (RFP) and the responses, on a specially created transparency page on its website. “We are the most transparent and open agency in state government,” Treasurer Dale Folwell said in a statement. “I cannot be prouder of the work done by the staff of the State Health Plan and the bipartisan State Health Plan Board…

Feb

08

2023

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By Ryan Henkel, North State Journal

Aberdeen swears in eight new, full-time firefighters

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ABERDEEN – The Aberdeen Town Board began its Monday, January 24, regular meeting with some positive news by recognizing and swearing in eight new full-time firefighters. “I feel very blessed that we were able to hire eight,” said Fire Chief Phillip Richardson. “I’ve talked with FEMA and several other departments across the country that were awarded the SAFER grant, and they are having a lot of difficulty getting the people hired, and we were able to hire all of ours in one thing.” “Six of these personnel are through what we call SAFER. They are FEMA employed and paid by…

Feb

01

2023

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By Ryan Henkel, North State Journal

Pinehurst Council approves fifth moratorium extension for Small Area Plan areas

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PINEHURST — The Village of Pinehurst Council met Tuesday, January 24, with the only action item on the agenda being just a single public hearing. The council held a public hearing for the proposed moratorium extension for the Small Area Plan areas – Village Place/Rattlesnake Trail Corridor and Pinehurst South/NC Highway 5 Commercial Area. “The current 120-day moratorium ordinance is set to expire on February 3, 2023,” said Director of Planning and Inspections Darryn Burich. “The original nine-month moratorium was adopted on February 10, 2021, and it has been extended four additional times. A 90-day extension is requested for Village…

Jan

25

2023

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By Ryan Henkel, North State Journal

Southern Pines Country Club expansion hearing continued to next month’s meeting

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SOUTHERN PINES — The Southern Pines Town Council met Tuesday, January 10, with multiple public hearings on the agenda. The first public hearing was for various text amendments to the UDO. “When we are engaging with the Unified Development Ordinance in our office, and we encounter problematic language or things that aren’t clear, we sometimes print off a page, sometimes scribble a note, throw it into a file, and set it aside. And then every so often, when we have an opportunity, we’ll run through what we refer to as a package of text amendments,” said Planning Director BJ Grieve.…

Jan

18

2023

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By Ryan Henkel, North State Journal

Pinehurst approves new strategic goals

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PINEHURST — The Village of Pinehurst Council met Tuesday, Jan. 10 with the a couple of contracts needing approval and a presentation of the Village’s revised strategic operating goals on the agenda. The council approved a contract with Oakley Collier Architects, PA for design services for renovations to the Given Memorial Library and Tuft Archives. “Last month we met and went over the proposal that Oakley Collier gave us and this contract was in line with what the proposal was,” said Assistant Village Manager Doug Willardson. “It will be $140,000 for the schematic design services which includes the existing conditions…

Jan

09

2023

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By Matt Mercer

Moore school board moves to ban TikTok

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PINEHURST — On Monday, Jan. 9, the Moore County School Board moved to ban TikTok from county devices and internet networks. During the morning work session ahead of the regular meeting, a resolution from chairman Robert Levy was presented to the board. Among the reasons in the resolution are the "security concerns of TikTok and ByteDance, ltd. outweigh its educational value to our students." Many states have banned the service from government-owned devices and a ban was included recently for federal government devices in a bill passed late last year. It is believed that once formally approved, Moore County Schools will…