Elena Marsh

Isabel Anderson, Cooper Ford Zone Manager; Aaron Cooper, owner of Cooper Ford, and; Joe Ayrault, Cooper Ford Zone Manager. For the sixth year in a row, Aaron Cooper and his Carthage-area Ford dealership have been singled out by Ford Motor Co. for its annual President’s Award, an accolade given to less than 10 percent of all Ford dealerships in the U.S. “It is a super proud feeling,” said Cooper. “It is a testament really to my staff, our store and the culture that we try to lead with.

The Moore County Board of Commissioners have agreed to co-sponsor the Moore County Economic Development Partnership’s nomination of northwestern Moore County and the Town of Robbins for inclusion in the State of North Carolina’s federal opportunity zone nomination. The NC Department of Commerce is accepting nominations through June 21 for designation of Opportunity Zones.

After 40 years of operation in Carthage, the Christian Child Development Center is set to take on new life as the permanent home of the county’s established Montessori school. Monday night, the Carthage Board of Commissioners approved the operation of The Garden Montessori school on six acres off of U.S. 15-501. kAm%96 v2C56? :D D6E E@ @A6C2E6 2 A2CE\E:>6 49:=542C6 724:=:EJ 2?5 AC6D49@@= @? E96 AC@A6CEJ[ 2?5 6G6?EF2==J 255 2 AC:G2E6 t=6>6?E2CJ $49@@= AC@8C2> D6CG:?8 49:=5C6?