| 116th Year, 1st Issue | Thursday, August 12, 2004 | Sparta, North Carolina |
Runoff election to be held on Tuesday for both partiesLocal Republicans and Democrats are being called to the polls again on Tuesday, Aug. 17 for a runoff election.School asks town for spaceAlleghany County Superintendent Duane Davis made a proposal to the town of Sparta during their regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Aug. 3.Grants are announced at AMH event MondayThe Town of Sparta and Alleghany County Group Homes Inc. received grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Administration during a formal ceremony at Alleghany Memorial Hospital on Aug. 9.
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Bamberg is chamber directorBob Bamberg was selected last week as the new executive director of the Alleghany County Chamber of Commerce.ABC testing results are released for local schoolsSparta School and Alleghany High School received their highest honors to date when the N.C. Department of Public Instruction officially released statewide ABC scores Aug. 5.
Choate, 92, remembers bygone days growing up in AlleghanyModern conveniences are mostly taken for granted by younger generations today.Email The Alleghany News |
Brinegar Days celebration heldMore than 1,000 visitors turned out for the 18th annual Brinegar Days Festival last Saturday and Sunday near the Brinegar Cabin on the Blue Ridge Parkway.Board gets report from principalsWith the official beginning of the school year only hours away, members of the Alleghany County Board of Education heard a report from all local principals and other school officials at a meeting on Aug. 4.Warning: main(http://www.alleghanynews.com/ads.html) [function.main]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found in /home/u5/allnews/html/archive/116_01/index.php on line 113 Warning: main() [function.include]: Failed opening 'http://www.alleghanynews.com/ads.html' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/share/pear') in /home/u5/allnews/html/archive/116_01/index.php on line 113 |
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