Utilities
Electricity
Four utilities provide electric service in various parts of Cumberland County:
Public Works Commission, 483-1382, customer service; 678-7400, emergencies; www.faypwc.com
Progress Energy, (800) 452-2777, customer service; (800) 419-6356, emergencies; www.progressenergy. com
Lumbee River Electric Membership Corp., (910) 843-4131 or (800) 683-5571; www.lremc.coop
South River Electric Membership Corp., (910) 892-8071
Natural gas and propane
One utility provides natural gas
service in the county:
Piedmont Natural Gas, (800) 752-7504; www.piedmontng.com
And there are numerous propane suppliers; check in the Yellow Pages under "gas companies."
Phone services
You can turn to several providers for local (as well as long-distance) phone service, including:
Embarq, 864-9011
Time Warner Cable, (800) 892-2253
A slew of wireless-service companies. Shop around.
For other information about utilities, check: The N.C. Utilities Commission, www.ncuc.commerce. state.nc.us
Trash services
Regular garbage
Most folks in Cumberland County can get their garbage picked up by their municipality, including residents of Fayetteville, Hope Mills, Spring Lake, Stedman and Falcon. Fayetteville residents with questions should call the city's customer service line at 433-1329. Residents of other towns should call their town office with questions about trash pickup. If you live elsewhere in the county, you'll have to hire a trash hauler or take the stuff yourself to the county landfill on Ann Street or to one of 17 container sites around the county. If you have questions on this subject, call the county's solid waste management office at 321-6830 or check its Web site at www.co.cumberland.nc .us/solid_waste_mgmt/index.html
Yard waste
The city picks up containerized yard waste for its residents. Most county residents can take their yard waste to one of the county's 17 container sites. Spring Lake residents can't because they don't pay the county's annual solid waste fee. For locations of the container sites, go to the county solid waste management office's Web site atwww.co.cumberland.nc .us/solid_waste_mgmt/index.html.
Recyclables
Any county resident can take recyclables to the county's container sites. There's a list of acceptable and unacceptable items at the solid waste management office's Web site. Curbside recycling service is provided for city residents who live in single-family homes. Residents of apartments, condos and other multifamily units can take their recyclables to any county container site or to one of five drop-off recycling centers operated by the city. For more information about those services, as well as options for recycling, check blogs.fayobserver.com /livewire/2008/02/06/trash-talk/.