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114th Year, 20th Issue Thursday, December 26, 2002 Sparta, North Carolina

Construction on Wellness Center to begin in spring

Construction will begin on the Alleghany Wellness Center facility on Collins Road on or before April 1 and should conclude next year.

Martin Marietta discusses plans and products at event to welcome plant

Several representatives of Martin Marietta Composites (MMC) and parent company Martin Marietta Materials (MMM) were in attendance last week at an event held to welcome the new corporate citizen to the county.

Reality Check
Backwoods Beat
The Mushroom Chronicles


New grant focuses on Internet 'ring'

The N.C. Rural Internet Access Authority last week awarded New River Community Partners and the Blue Ridge Business Development Center (BDC) a $600,000 grant to improve Internet access and reliability in the northwest region.

Snow bus routes are released

Alleghany County Schools has announced its slate of limited bus routes for the remainder of the 2002-03 school year.

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Traffic woe at school discussed

Local school officials earlier this month continued discussing possible solutions to what is probably Alleghany County's worst regularly occurring traffic problem.

Two former commissioners net statewide honor

Two former Alleghany County commissioners were given one of the state of North Carolina's highest honors — The Order of the Long Leaf Pine.

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