The Alleghany County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a moratorium on polluting industries on Tuesday night.
Live music, heritage demonstrations, arts and crafts, good food, and kids activities highlight the 2005 Mountain Heritage Festival scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 24, in downtown Sparta.
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A month after the beginning of the school year, the members of the Alleghany County Board of Education resolved Aug. 7 to begin putting bids out for the bus garage, and pending commissioner approval, adding eight classrooms in the kindergarten-second grade wing of Sparta School.
About 1,150 people attended the lawnmower race at the Alleghany Fairgrounds last Saturday night.
Over a Century of Service to Alleghany County
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Gathering for revivals at a two-room school house in the Little Pine community in 1905 led to the founding of the Ennice community’s first church.
A special event unveiling and celebrating the Alleghany Heritage Plan is set for today, Sept. 15, from 6 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation.
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