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113th Year, 15th Issue Thursday, November 22, 2001 Sparta, North Carolina

School violence increases

School crime and violence incidents increased almost 5 percent statewide last year from the previous school year.

Sprucing Up

Decorating — Matt Lawson of Glade Valley prepares to attach electricity to a freshly-hung Christmas ornament on Main Street in Sparta.

Reality Check

Backwoods Beat


Halsey suit in mediation

A judge has ordered parties in the Barbara Halsey versus Alleghany County Board of Education lawsuit to hold a mediated settlement conference, according to documents on file at the Alleghany County Courthouse.

Choose and Cut Day events are planned

While growers say local trees are of high quality this year and demand is especially high, there should be plenty of trees for the county's annual Choose and Cut Day event on Dec. 1.

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Armed robbery reported in Laurel Springs

Four Hispanic men with pistols and wearing ski masks entered a mobile home on Roberts Road near N.C. 18 Monday night around 9:30 p.m. and took a substantial amount of cash and other property.

AMH now ‘hitting the bricks'

Alleghany Memorial Hospital has announced ambitious plans for expansion and is asking the community to help with a campaign known as "New Legacy Challenge."

Neville gets $25,000 foundation grant

Cora Neville was honored Saturday with a 2001 Nancy Susan Reynolds Award, which is sometimes called a North Carolina Nobel Prize.

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