| 116th Year, 36th Issue | Thursday, April 14, 2005 | Sparta, North Carolina |
Partnership Hosts Family Fun NightLITTLE PEOPLE, BIG FUN — The Partnership for children hosted Family Fun Night at Sparta Elementary School on April 8 in celebration of the week of the young child.Heritage meeting planned April 21On Thursday, April 21, at 6:30 p.m. in the Blue Ridge Electric Community Room, the citizens of Alleghany County are invited to a public forum to assist in identifying community initiatives for the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area (BRNHA).Fatal accident reportedA former Sparta resident living in North Wilkesboro was killed in a car accident Monday night, according to a draft report filed by Trooper J.E. Gooch the N.C. Highway Patrol.
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Top road priorities delayed by NCDOTThe two top priority road projects scheduled in Alleghany County have been delayed due to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) revising its Transportation Improvement Plan for 2006 through 2012.Public school meetings draw mixed reactionsThe local elementary schools held parent meetings April 5, 7 and 11 at which the members of the board of education and members of the county commission listened to comments and fielded questions regarding the current options on the table for the county schools.Email The Alleghany News |
Documents filed in Billings suitThe week of April 25 has been requested for the Billings lawsuit, subject to available court time. Thomas Billings, administrator of the estate of Susan Billings v. Terminal Trucking Company Inc., Triple B Leasing Inc., PACECO Inc., Joseph Clarence Yancey III, Charles Eugene Isenhour Jr. and Mary B. Isenhour surrounds the Nov. 22, 2004 automobile accident on U.S. 21 and death of 40-year-old Susan Mimbs Billings of Glade Valley.
Remembering the Cherry Lane storeIn 1929, just months before the Great Depression gripped the country, John Tompkins “J.T.” Miles, opted to become a business owner, buying out his employer, Alex Woodruff, and opening a joint post office-general store.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_36/index.php on line 105 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_36/index.php on line 105 |
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