| 117th Year, 30th Issue | Thursday, March 2, 2006 | Sparta, North Carolina |
Changes likely at Piney Creek if middle school builtIf a middle school is constructed and Piney Creek School students are included in grades six though eight, the result would be the loss of nearly half of the school’s current enrollment.
Brush Fire ReportedFiremen from the Sparta-Alleghany Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched to an out-of-control brush fire on the property of J.D. Hough on Osborne Road in Sparta at around 3 p.m.Lottery allocation formula eyedAlleghany County is expected to receive about $125,000 a year as the result of the North Carolina Education Lottery.
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Pregnancy Center set to open by early AprilThe Alleghany Pregnancy Care Center’s new location at 248 Hospital Road in Sparta should be open by early April, said Executive Director Marie Carlson.Candidate filing closes with rushCandidates filed for nearly every office up through the noon filing deadline at the Alleghany County Board of Elections Tuesday.Email The Alleghany News |
Meth lab recovered in Laurel SpringsA methamphetamine lab was recovered in the Laurel Springs community on Friday, said Capt. Carlton Edwards of the Alleghany Sheriff’s Department.
Volunteer guardians advocate for youthsSeveral years ago, then-Charlotte resident Allen Williams remembers listening to a program on public radio that touched his life so much, that after retirement, he became a volunteer for the program.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/117_30/index.php on line 101 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/117_30/index.php on line 101 |
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