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CityViewNC.com | 5 >> FROM OUR NEWSLETTERS >> GO TO CITYVIEWNC.COM TO SUBSCRIBE >> For this local business, homemade goodness is their jam What was once a small-batch party favor or birthday gift for family and friends turned into Vivian Scott's Ladybug Adventures Jam, based in Hope Mills and jarred with love for local connoisseurs of her sweet (and sometimes spicy) concoctions. >> From The CityView Foodie, May 17, 2021 Tunnels to Towers Five families, five empty seats at the dinner table every night, five fallen soldiers and countless lives saved because of their sacrifice. On a recent morning at the Airborne & Special Operations Museum, the families of fallen U.S. Army soldiers Staff Sgt. Kyu H. Chay, Staff Sgt. Jacob Hess, Sgt. 1st Class Shawn McCloskey, Sgt. 1st Class Keith Callahan and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Allgaier were notified that the mortgages owed on their homes had been completely satisfied by the Tunnels to Towers Foundation. >> The Insider, May 18, 2021 Woodpeckers return To celebrate the Fayetteville Woodpeckers' return to the field in May, their mascot Bunker held a drive-thru party at Westwood Shopping Center to get fans excited for the week's home games. Here, Bunker is pictured with Michael Stevick and his daughter Audrey. >> From the To-Do List, May 13, 2021 Village Christian senior has 13 years of perfect attendance Even on Senior Skip Day, when all of her fellow classmates missed school to head to the beach, Jaime Brunson nevertheless showed up for school. After all, she had a 13-year-long streak to maintain. Brunson, who graduated in May from Village Christian Academy, did not miss a single day of school dating all the way back to her very first day in kindergarten. >> From The Insider, May 4, 2021 Music is the fuel for this local singer/songwriter Caught in the adrenaline rush of heavy traffic and swarmed by hot rods on his way home from Baltimore, rock singer and songwriter Michael Daughtry, of Dunn, North Carolina, soon found himself desperate to recreate that surge. In their new single, "Drive All Night," Daughtry and his band The Drift use the spirited energy of an electric guitar, riveting vocals and a classic rock-influenced sound to rekindle that highway experience. >> From The Insider, May 11, 2021 Ex-Wolfpacker Davenport goes home to call title game Former Pine Forest football star Charles Davenport has one of Cumberland County's finest resumes in the sport. After an outstanding career with the Trojans, he earned All-ACC recognition as a wide receiver for North Carolina State. He spent three seasons with the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers before returning to Fayetteville to try his hand at coaching. Four years ago, his career took an unexpected turn as he found himself too busy with full-time work to spend time coaching, so he became a high school football official. Although he's been at it only briefly, he's already proven himself as one of the best officials in the business. >> From The Press Box, May 6, 2021

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