The restaurant will serve lunch and dinner with a European

flavor, and German pastries and treats will be available for

breakfast. The two-story restaurant building also will house

the couple's catering operation.

Development plans for a Merlin Muffler shop at 280 N.

Glynn St., Fayetteville, across from Carolyn Ford, have been

approved, clearing the way for a six-bay shop designed to look like

a row of businesses on a circa 1900 city street.

Construction is expected to begin soon.

Construction also will begin soon on a new home for

Joseph Sams School on Brandywine Boulevard. The city Planning

Commission approved development plans for the school as well.

Blood drive Monday

A Red Cross Blood Drive is planned Monday, Aug. 31, 1:30

- 6 p.m. at Aberdeen Woods Conference Center, room 12.

Dave Hamrick

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