'It's just like it used to be:' Hope Mills Lake dam marks 1st anniversary
HOPE MILLS — Scotti Johns, Abigail Barrosse and Beth Kennedy were sitting on the pier by Hope Mills Lake recently.The friends, all 18, were enjoying a sunny December day. A huge Christmas tree stood nearby, a decorative star overlooked the lake, and the gazebo near the water was decorated for the holidays.”I just like how peaceful it is,” Barrosse said. “You can come here to read, think, do a lot of stuff.”A year ago, the teenagers would have been looking at a […]
