4 UCW MARCH 24-30, 2021
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STAFF
PUBLISHER
Bill Bowman
Bill@upandcomingweekly.com
OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
Paulette Naylor
accounting@upandcomingweekly.com
EDITOR
April Olsen
editor@upandcomingweekly.com
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Dylan Hooker
art@upandcomingweekly.com
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Keyuri Parab
REPORTER
Jeff Thompson
news@upandcomingweekly.com
MARKETING ASSOCIATE
Linda McAlister Brown
linda@upandcomingweekly.com
DISTRIBUTION MANAGER/SALES
ADMINISTRATOR
Laurel Handforth
laurel@upandcomingweekly.com
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Margaret Dickson, Pitt Dickey,
D.G. Martin, John Hood, Jim Jones,
Shanessa Fenner, Prudence Mainor,
Crissy Neville
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208 Rowan St.
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Fayetteville, NC 28305
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publication with local features, news and
information on what's happening in and
around the Fayetteville/Cumberland County
community.
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PUBLISHER'S PEN
Up & Coming Weekly: no stranger to cancel culture
by BILL BOWMAN
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Association of
Community
Publishers
For 25 years, the Up & Coming
Weekly community newspaper has
enjoyed echoing the achievements
of a community that has for too long
suffered from a bruised, tattered
and unwarranted reputation.
During this past year, our com-
munity has struggled along with a
frustrated and polarized nation in
dealing with COVID viruses, mask
mandates, vaccine choices, lock
down's, shutdowns and destructive
racial ambiguity that selfishly serves
the self-serving.
A defenseless, vulnerable and
abused Fayetteville has always been
reluctant to tell its own story. is
is why we have enjoyed a success-
ful quarter-century run of doing
just that : telling the Fayetteville and
Cumberland County story.
Until this past year, we had plenty
to write about : business events, arts
and culture venues, and local con-
certs and festivals. After more than
twelve months of Zoom meetings,
even our most enthusiastic com-
munity cheerleaders are turning
into anti-social zombies. Or perhaps
I should say, Zoombies! OMG! I'm
beginning to sound like Pitt Dickey.
I'll get to the point : this past year
has been tough on all of us; how-
ever, your support and loyalty to our
community newspaper have been
steadfast and appreciated.
ank you for your calls, emails
and text messages. We hear your
message loud and clear. Up &
Coming Weekly has no intention of
deserting this community or our
mission and mandates of showcas-
ing the people, programs, organi-
zations, businesses and institu-
tions that make Fayetteville and
Cumberland County a great place to
live, work and raise a family.
Up & Coming Weekly showcase
features about the Two Docs, Gates
Four, Kaleo Supports, Fayetteville
Technical Community College and
PWC are just a few of the contribu-
tors to our community's quality of
life. Our features provide insights
and vision you won't find on any
social media platform. Enjoy!
One final note and message to
those who would like to 'cancel' us:
Up & Coming Weekly has battled
the 'cancel culture' since 1996. Our
foes are people who did something
wrong, are doing something wrong,
have something to hide, or all three.
Otherwise, I ask you: What's not to
like? ank you for reading Up &
Coming Weekly.
BILL BOWMAN, Publisher, UP
& COMING WEEKLY. COM-
MENTS? BILL@upandcomin-
gweekly.com. 910-484-6200.
