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During the September 17, 2024, Orange County Board of County Commissioners meeting September 30, 2024, was proclaimed Emergency Management Professionals’ Day. The Emergency Management Program includes a robust network of professionals throughout the community including County and municipal governments, public health and healthcare, public school districts and higher education, and the Orange Water and Sewer Authority.

Pictured from left on the back row are Orange County Commissioners Anna Richards, Amy Fowler, Phyllis Portie-Ascott, Chair Jamezetta Bedford, Vice Chair Sally Greene, and Jean Hamilton. In the front row from left are Kirby Saunders, Darrell Jeter, Crystal Donaldson , Jason Baird, Briana Emmendorfer, Will Potter, Alton Matthews, Hannah Tuckman, Sarah Pickhardt, and Ian Fowler.

Recently a home owner in Raleigh discovered that a stranger was able to file a deed on his home without his knowledge. Orange County offers a Fraud Detection Notification service that would have prevented this from happening. This service is provided to you on behalf of the Orange County Register of Deeds office. The purpose of this service is to provide you with email notifications when a document is recorded in the Register of Deeds office that matches your name. 

Orange County Animal Services is offering The Pat Sanford Animal Welfare Grant, a program to support animal welfare initiatives and projects in Orange County. The maximum award is $500.

The grant can be used for a wide range of pilot or seed projects or to supplement other programs, projects, and grants which support companion animals, including those animals used in recreation or therapy. It is available to individuals, groups, and organizations and although the recipients do not have to live in Orange County, the funds must be used to aid animal welfare efforts in Orange County.

Kristin Prelipp: Interim Orange County Community Relations Director, 919-245-2322, kprelipp@orangecountync.gov

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