STAFF
PUBLISHER
Bill Bowman
bbowman@upandcomingweekly.com
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER
Janice Burton
editor@upandcomingweekly.com
OPERATIONS OFFICER
Paulette Naylor
accounting@upandcomingweekly.com
EDITOR
Stephanie Crider
stephanie@upandcomingweekly.com
ART DIRECTOR
Alicia Miller
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
D.G. Martin, Pitt Dickey,
Margaret Dickson, John Hood,
Erinn Crider, Shanessa Fenner,
Heather Griffiths
DISTRIBUTION MANAGER/
OFFICE COORDINATOR
Laurel Handforth
laurel@upandcomingweekly.com
MARKETING/SALES
Cynthia Spears
cynthia@upandcomingweekly.com
Linda McAlister Brown
linda@upandcomingweekly.com
Kristy Sykes
kristy@upandcomingweekly.com
Beverly Pone
beverlypone@upandcomingweekly.com
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Up & Coming Weekly
www.upandcomingweekly.com
208 Rowan Street
P.O. Box 53461
Fayetteville, NC 28305
PHONE: (910) 484-6200
FAX: (910) 484-9218
Up & Coming Weekly is a "Quality of Life"
publication with local features, news and information on what's happening in and around the
Fayetteville/Cumberland County community.
Up & Coming Weekly is published weekly on
Wednesdays. Up & Coming Weekly welcomes
manuscripts, photographs and artwork for
publication consideration, but assumes no
responsibility for them. We cannot accept
responsibility for the return of unsolicited
manuscripts or material. Opinions expressed
by contributors do not necessarily reflect the
views of the publisher. The publisher reserves
the right to edit or reject copy submitted for
publication. Up & Coming Weekly is free of
charge and distributed at indoor and outdoor
locations throughout Fayetteville, Fort Bragg,
Pope Air Force Base, Hope Mills and Spring
Lake. Readers are limited to one copy per person. Subscriptions can be purchased for $30
for six months or $60 for 12 months, delivered
weekly by first class mail.
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PUBLISHER'S PEN
Embracing the New Year
by JANICE BURTON
As 2013 draws to a close,
we know that many are taking
inventory of the things that
have happened over the past
year – good and bad. Some
of us have already started
planning for the new year,
while others are busy trying
to make the most of the
waning days of 2013. At Up
& Coming Weekly, we are
doing a little of both.
2013 brought many
challenges to our community,
but it also brought many
opportunities. We have been
privileged to be right beside
you, chronicling the changes
and the opportunities. We have
watched as our community
has tackled some pressing
social issues; those of crime
and race. We have celebrated
the steps forward and, with
the community, have been
saddened by those who have
chosen not to move forward.
We believe that 2014 will be
a time of forward movement.
We believe the time has come
for our community to embrace the challenge of becoming not
just a good community, but a great one. We believe that we have
the citizenry, organization and leadership to make that leap. The
question that remains to be answered is whether we have the
spirit of cooperation and the strength of commitment needed to
make the leap.
Being your community newspaper, we know that there is a
willingness in our community to make that leap. We know that
the people of this community are ready to put questions of race
behind us. We are more than the color of our skin. Fayetteville
and its surrounding communities can be one. We can be a
community that is judged not by the color of our skin, but the
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content of our character. As
your community newspaper
that is what we have
embraced over the past 16
years — and what we will
continue to embrace in 2014.
2013 was a tough financial
year for many in our
community. Lack of jobs,
government cut backs
and furloughs all had an
impact on our community.
But we have weathered it
together. Throughout the
great recession, newspapers
have been closing, but your
support has allowed us to
continue to tell the story
of this community … to
celebrate its diversity …
and to trumpet the things
which make it great — the
arts, our heroes and our
everyday people.
Going in to 2014, we
see change on the horizon.
We are excited to be a part
of it and look forward to
a growing role as your
community newspaper.
2013 has not been all that we, as a community, could have
hoped for, but it has been a lot better than what most have
endured. 2014 is looming, we are ready. We know you are, too!
Thank you for celebrating our community. Thank you for
being a community of people who are worthy of respect. Thank
you for being a part of the Up & Coming Weekly
family. 2013 is gone, but 2014 is beckoning.
Happy New Year from your community
newspaper and its
JANICE BURTON, Associate Publisher,
staff!
Bill Bowman and Up & Coming Weekly. COMMENTS?
editor@upandcomingweekly.com.
Janice Burton
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