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1 day ago · By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com A large crowd of mostly young people demonstrated in support of immigration rights in Sanford on Monday night, with estimates ranging from 100 to as many as 250 people in attendance. The crowd stood along the sidewalk on Main Street near the intersection with South Horner Boulevard, holding signs and…

2 days ago · Stone spoke to the board on Nov. 14, pointing out that the district’s classified employees — those like instructional assistants, library and office staff, maintenance and custodial workers (many of whom pull double duty as bus drivers, earning an additional $17.31 per hour on that gig) who don’t require a certification to hold their jobs — needed not just a raise but also a pay scale.

Jan 3, 2025 · By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com A culinary staple for many who grew up in Sanford is returning more than 20 years after shutting down. Mr. Gatti's Pizza will open this summer in the Shoppes at Sanford shopping center anchored by Walmart on South Horner Boulevard. The Texas-based chain operates stores across the southern United States…

Oct 24, 2024 · By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com A week after early voting began in North Carolina, voter turnout is setting records statewide - and in Lee County - as people try to beat the crowds when Election Day comes on November 5. As of the closing of the early voting sites at the Bob Hales Center in…

Apr 1, 2024 · The Rant participates in a July 4th pie eating contest in 2008 and 2009. MID 2000s SEEDS IN THE GROUND * Gordon Anderson, co founder: I started my career in journalism with The Sanford Herald in the summer of 2001 as an intern, and landed with the paper full time upon college graduation a year later. I never dreamed of being a writer of any kind or having a career in journalism as a kid, but ...

Jan 1, 2025 · FONDA LUPITA 1952 S. Horner Boulevard fondalupita.com. What is there to add that we haven’t already said about Fonda Lupita? The restaurant burst onto the local food scene in 2020, and by 2021, it was named one of the 11 Best New Restaurants in America by eater.com, joining places in cities like New York, L.A., …