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HAMLET — The Christmas season kicked off Monday evening with the annual tree lighting ceremony in the Seaboard City.

HAMLET — The following is a schedule of Christmastime events in the city of Hamlet:

HAMLET — For the second consecutive year, the small festival honoring a locally born jazz legend is going virtual.

ROCKINGHAM — Richmond County’s two largest municipalities and the community college are offering financial incentives to employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

HAMLET — As tragic as the 1991 Imperial Foods fire was, Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey said "a lot of good things" came out of it.

HAMLET — Ada Blanchard still has the clothes she wore to work Sept. 3, 1991 — the day of the tragic fire at Imperial Foods that left 24 of her coworkers dead.

HAMLET — Nearly 30 years ago, 25 people lost their lives in the worst industrial disaster in North Carolina history: the Imperial Foods fire.

HAMLET — One municipality will have one less open seat for the upcoming municipal election than previously thought.

ELLERBE — The Berry Patch is once again salvaging Richmond County’s Independence Day celebrations.

HAMLET — For the third time in five years, there will be no fireworks exploding over the Seaboard City.