| 116th Year, 48th Issue | Thursday, July 7, 2005 | Sparta, North Carolina |
Burlington man, 54, dies in U.S. 21 motorcycle collisionA 54-year-old Burlington man was killed in a collision on U.S. 21 Sunday at 11:06 a.m., according to a report by Trooper S.R. Grizzell.Two file for seats on councilTwo Town of Sparta incumbents filed for re-election on July 1, the first day that filing opened for the Nov. 8 municipal election in Alleghany County.Six people indicted on federal chargesA federal indictment charging three Sparta residents and three others with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone and methadone and other offenses was filed June 27 by a grand jury in Charlotte.
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Interim school budget is passed by boardThe Board of Education adopted an interim budget for the 2005-06 fiscal year during its called June 30 meeting.Town approves hikes to taxes, water ratesTown of Sparta residents will face a tax increase for the first time in almost 20 years and water-sewer customers will face a water rate increase.Email The Alleghany News |
Lane receives “Good Samaritan” awardGrowing up, Luella Lane never had a place she felt she could call home. Now, as an adult, she has found that place and it is in a small community here in Alleghany County.Foxx heralds new funding for MMC’s Sparta plantWASHINGTON, D.C.— Fifth District United States Rep. Virginia Foxx announced recently that she has secured $4 million in the fiscal year 2005-2006 Defense Appropriations Act for the development of military equipment at the Martin Marietta Composites plant in Sparta.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_48/index.php on line 99 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_48/index.php on line 99 |
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