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eEnterprise | July 6, 2022

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Lavender farm under new management

Sandra Sarlinga purchased High Country Lavender in March, after working with lavender for years. High Country Lavender, a lavender farm and shop in Meadows of Dan, is under new management. Owner Sandra Sarlinga purchased the business in March from Brenda Stringfellow, who opened the business in 2014. Originally from Argentina, Sarlinga recently moved to Meadows of Dan after living in North Carolina for more than 20 years. “I used to roll lavender in North Carolina, so I became friends with Barbara, the former owner. I told her, ‘If you need help planting lavender let me know and I can help...

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Board extends superintendent’s contract

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New playground equipment unpacked at park

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EDA discusses funding for builders’ program

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County approves budget for new fiscal year

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Virginia man arrested in fatal shooting in North Carolina

YANCEYVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A Virginia man has been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting in North Carolina, authorities said. Ky’Un Talik Thompson, 20, of Danville, Virginia, is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 18-year-old Kimora Johnson, of Yanceyville, North Carolina, according to the Caswell County Sheriff’s Office. A news release
I-95 shooting leaves man injured, car riddled with bullets

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia state police are asking for the public’s help as they investigate a shooting on Interstate 95 that left a man hospitalized and his car riddled with bullets. State police said they were notified just after 2:40 a.m. Monday about a single-vehicle crash along the southbound lanes of I-95 near the
Daughter of Blue Jays 1B coach died in Va. tubing accident

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The 17-year-old daughter of Toronto Blue Jays first base coach Mark Budzinski died in a boating accident in Virginia over the weekend, authorities said Monday. Julia Budzinski was one of two girls who fell off a tube being pulled behind a boat on the James River in Richmond on Saturday, Virginia