Good Samaritan in Hillsboro

On March 27th A citizen came across $600.00 sitting in the dispensing drawer of an ATM at the Hillsboro County Market in the town of Hillsboro.  He called the sheriff’s office to turn it in.  Based on surveillance footage from the store, the owner was identified.  The cash will be returned to the owner. Source: WRJC.com

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Preston, Charles (Charlie) Franklin Age 76 of Friendship

Charles (Charlie) Franklin Preston III, 76, died peacefully at home with his wife at his side on March 26, 2024, after a valiant battle with cancer and ALS. Charlie was born October 25, 1947, in Ft. Dix, New Jersey, to Mary Machinski and Charles Franklin Preston Jr. His stepmother, Gloria joined the family in 1950. Charlie spent his amazing childhood in Vermont. He lived to play baseball with his brother. He was a star pitcher. His dad, a chicken farmer, gave Charlie 500 chickens to raise, to make money. He tended a strawberry patch and picked berries for customers. Charlie enlisted in the Army at 17 and spent three years

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