| 112th Year, 26th Issue | Thursday, February 8, 2001 | Sparta, North Carolina |
New tax administrator is hired to fill vacancyThe Alleghany County Board of Commissioners agreed unanimously to hire an Ocean Isle Beach man to fill the position of tax administrator.Three local childcare workers charged with abuseThree local childcare workers were charged with abuse last week after an investigation by the Department of Social Services and the Sparta Police Department.Former Spartan dies in Grayson shootingINDEPENDENCE, Va. - A 59-year-old former Sparta resident was killed in a shooting in her Grayson County home early last Thursday morning.Read this week's Reality Check! |
Workers look to educationEditor's note: This article is the second in a series about literacy and other education efforts in the county following numerous plant closings.
Stone Mountain Park gains over 300 acresThe state parks department last month expanded the northern boundaries of Stone Mountain State Park by purchasing 214 acres in the upper Bullhead Creek watershed.Local school board plans a Thursday meetingThis month's meeting of the Alleghany County Board of Education will be held this evening, Thursday, Feb. 8 at 5:30 p.m. in the central office conference room.The Alleghany News |
Local school personnel set to "head west"The Golden Gate is opening this week for three representatives of the Alleghany Schools' Mountaineer Millennium program based at Sparta Elementary School.New Main Street Program coordinator is on the job in SpartaSparta's new Main Street coordinator is enthusiastic about her job and the effort to improve the town.
Scouts kick off food driveBoy Scouts and Cub Scouts were out last Saturday distributing plastic bags as part of the 13th annual "Scouting for Food" drive in this area. |
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