TIL an old microwave oven can spontaneously try to set itself on fire.
The microwave in my office's kitchen did this today.
No flames (that I saw) but lots of smoke.
It was made in October 2004.
(Image is not the actual microwave... was made with AI for illustrative purposes)
05.06.2025 17:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cumberland commissioners reject PWC’s proposed Ramsey Street solar farm
A solar farm proposed for the north side of Fayetteville was rejected by the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners.
Cumberland County commissioners break stereotype:
Republicans vote for a new solar farm
Democrats vote against it
And Fayetteville Public Works Commission very unhappy its North Fayetteville solar plant plans were squashed
www.cityviewnc.com/stories/cumb...
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20.05.2025 21:35 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Pro tip to communications directors:
Proofread the email subject line of your swimming pool safety news releases.
- What the subject line said: "Phones Up, Eyes Down Campaign to Save Lives"
- What it should have said: "Eyes Up, Phones Down Campaign to Save Lives"
01.05.2025 15:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fayetteville State renames residence halls and gallery to honor its founders
Fayetteville State renames buildings, gallery to honor its founders. One of the buildings at this HBCU had been named for a white supremacist
For 95 years, a dorm at HBCU Fayetteville State University was named in honor of a white supremacist who said, “No child with negro blood in his veins, however remote the strain, shall attend a school for the white race.”
The name was changed today
www.cityviewnc.com/stories/faye...
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25.04.2025 23:12 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Court of Appeals gives prosecutors mulligan in Right to a Speedy Trial
• Man arrested. Drugs, firearms
• Prosecutors botch indictments
•Time passes
• Speedy trial violated. Charges dropped
• Charges re-filed. Man convicted
• Appeals Court: That's OK
Ruling: www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/224...
22.04.2025 19:44 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A century of successes and failures: Fayetteville’s Prince Charles Hotel turns 100
Fayetteville's bonnie Prince Charles Hotel turns 100, lives on as apartments after a century of ups and downs, successes and bankruptcies
April 15 was the 100th anniversary of the grand opening of the Prince Charles Hotel - and it has had a century of trials and tribulations.
Before it opened, the hotel company's secretary ran off with money from the hotel, and reportedly also from the local Klan!
www.cityviewnc.com/stories/a-ce...
21.04.2025 21:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A rendering of a mural to be painted on an exterior wall. It is red white and blue, with a statue of a man's head to the left, photos of other men, plus images of Revolutionary War soldiers, 20th century soldiers, and civil rights protesters from the 1960s. Painted images of books are on the right.
Downtown Fayetteville is tracking to get a new mural (pictured) to help celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of our country.
Read all about it:
www.cityviewnc.com/stories/mura...
For word nerds, the 250th is the Semiquincentennial. You may also see America 250.
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17.04.2025 15:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pro tip for North Carolina news media organizations:
When you publish a report about an NC Supreme Court ruling, don't put an NC Court of Appeals photo on the report.
Instead, put a Supreme Court photo (or another more appropriate photo) on the report.
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17.04.2025 03:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Does NC's Right to Hunt & Fish Constitutional Amendment protect you against NC laws that restrict hunting on Sundays?
Does 1st Amendment Freedom of Religion protect your right to hunt on Sunday mornings?
NC Court of Appeals says: "Nope."
appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=...
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16.04.2025 13:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Trump's presidential library at UNC Pembroke? NC House bill would set aside money for it
A new bill in the state House would set aside money for a presidential library in honor of Donald Trump at UNC Pembroke.
A Trump presidential library at UNC-Pembroke in Robeson County?
Rep. Jarrod Lowery of RobCo filed a bill seeking $10M for this idea.
Ben Rappaport of the Border Belt Independent has the story:
borderbelt.org/nc-bill-call...
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10.04.2025 18:21 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 2
Gov. Stein’s proposed budget has money for Fayetteville vets home, FSU
Gov. Stein’s proposed budget has money for Fayetteville vets home, FSU. He visited Fayetteville to call on legislature to raise teacher pay
NC Gov. Josh Stein visits Fayetteville to promote teacher pay raises, $4B school construction bonds, and other education initiatives in his proposed state budget.
Budget has $$ for shuttered Fayetteville veterans home
Read all about it:
www.cityviewnc.com/stories/gov-...
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20.03.2025 22:03 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
PWC can't access millions for planned projects under Trump
Federal funds are on hold following executive orders by Trump administration, including millions for PFAS filtration system
Trump administration freezes funding earmarked to remove PFAS/GenX/forever chemicals from Fayetteville's drinking water.
Also frozen: Money to protect the city's electricity service from hackers.
www.cityviewnc.com/stories/more...
Evey Weisblat has the story.
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20.03.2025 04:48 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 2
Sunblocked: Can Shibumi Make Waves South of the (NC) Border?
Myrtle Beach has long banned sun shades and tents. Will they relax that rule this year for Shibumi Shades?
In recent years, Shibumi co-founder Dane Barnes has managed to convince North Carolina beaches to lift rules to allow his inescapable shades on all the state’s shores.
But across the state line, officials in Myrtle Beach haven’t budged–yet.
www.theassemblync.com/business/myr...
14.03.2025 13:04 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Updating Our Facebook Live Video Storage Policy | Meta
We’re updating how long live videos can be stored on Facebook.
Pro tip for people who have/manage Facebook pages:
As of Feb. 18, Facebook deletes livestreamed videos.
Download any you want to keep
New videos: 30-day lifespan
Older videos: 90 days after FB sends you an email
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Info:
about.fb.com/news/2025/02...
09.03.2025 13:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
County suspends construction of $145M Crown Event Center for legal review
Cumberland County suspends construction of $145M Crown Event Center for review. Outside attorney to assess performing arts center
Cumberland County paused construction of its $145 million performing arts center (the Crown Event Center), for 30 days.
Is hiring a lawyer to review all the paperwork etc.
Project funded by a 1% restaurant food tax the #NCGA authorized in the 1990s
www.cityviewnc.com/stories/coun...
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06.03.2025 00:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ceremony set for March 7 to formalize return of Fort Bragg name
Ceremony set for March 7 to formalize return of Fort Bragg name from Fort Liberty. Event is open to the public.
Fort Bragg will put the Fort Liberty name to rest with a ceremony on March 7. Relatives of Pfc. Roland L. Bragg are scheduled to attend.
Is open to the public who get a gate pass or have appropriate ID to get on Post.
Details here:
www.cityviewnc.com/stories/cere...
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25.02.2025 22:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fayetteville police chief says that since 2014, crime in the city has dropped 35 percent
Read all about it:
www.cityviewnc.com/stories/poli...
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20.02.2025 22:25 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Company that turns plastic to diesel plans to open Fayetteville plant
Fayetteville was chosen by Waste Energy Corp as the location to build the company's first waste-to-energy plant, converting plastic to diesel
75 Jobs From Recycled Plastic
- Waste to energy company about to open a factory in Fayetteville.
- Says it will turn waste plastic into diesel fuel
- 30 tons of plastic per day.
- 75 jobs, paying $60k-$80k
Read all about it:
www.cityviewnc.com/stories/wast...
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20.02.2025 14:33 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cumberland property tax values leap nearly 65%, will tax bills rise accordingly?
Values in Fayetteville up 61.1%; Hope Mills, up 70.8%; Spring Lake, up 62%
Sticker shock!
Cumberland County property tax values jumped nearly 65% since 2017.
Residential alone was up 86.2%.
How might this affect property tax rates?
www.cityviewnc.com/stories/cumb...
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20.02.2025 14:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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18.01.2025 02:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pro tip for content creators when doing an item about Fayetteville NC and you want a picture of a downtown street to go with it:
Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh is not in the City of Fayetteville.
16.01.2025 01:55 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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