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GRANITE QUARRY — In Granite Quarry, the postman rings twice, or three or four times.

To mark, even celebrate a new way letters and parcels can be addressed in Granite Quarry, Mayor Bill Feather and U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., helped in the delivery of mail to four different businesses Friday afternoon.

Leah Morgan, one of four carriers out of the Salisbury Post Office who deliver to addresses in this area, actually delivered the mail to the Hot Dog Shack, Crescent Construction, Slice of Heaven Pizza and the East 52 Auto Care Center.

HAMLET — Richmond County Chamber of Commerce’s 2015 Citizen of Year winner Dennis Holloway arrived in style Thursday night as a police escort led his limo to the Cole Auditorium.

Richmond County Sheriff James Clemmons Jr. told Holloway when he walked into the lobby, “I’m the sheriff, and I don’t even get a police escort. You must know somebody.”

The U.S. Senate this week couldn’t muster enough votes to approve discussion on a Syrian refugee bill authored by a local congressman.

The Senate needed 60 votes to advance the bill. Mostly along party lines, the Senate voted 55 to 43 to advance the bill. It fell just short of the required number.

Rep. Richard Hudson, R-8, authored the original version of the Syrian refugee bill, which aimed to increase vetting standards and put a temporarily pause on immigrants. In a statement, Hudson said he was disappointed by the vote.

In the past year, Islamic extremist groups have successfully carried out numerous attacks across the globe and continue plotting to attack us at home. The American people are deeply concerned about our security – and rightfully so. Al-Qa’ida, the Islamic State and their affiliates are increasingly capable, organized, well resourced, and technically savvy adversaries who are now seeking to infiltrate the flow of Syrian and Iraqi refugees into our country. While the mainstream media has moved on to the next hot topic, this problem is only growing in intensity.