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Obituaries Rack Locations Subscriptions Advertising Local Links Submit News Contact Us Home Middle School issue goes to voters in March '08 The Alleghany Board of Commissioners agreed Monday night to allow a middle school bond issue and other school requests totaling about $7.5 million go to voters. Incumbents win in town election Turnout was light as all three incumbents retained seats on the Sparta Town Council Tuesday. Events honoring veterans planned As people throughout the country prepare to observe Veterans Day, three services are scheduled in Alleghany to honor the local men and women who have served the country. Saddle Mountain 'horn' to be preserved The Piedmont Land Conservancy has purchased a 45.7-acre tract that encompasses the "horn" of Saddle Mountain in northeastern Alleghany County. Woodie civil trial free of errors, appelate court rules The North Carolina Court of Appeals recently ruled that Alleghany resident Ronnie Woodie received a civil trial free of errors when he faced a jury of his peers in April 2006. Sparta tag office to close Nov. 16 The Sparta tag office will be closing effective Nov. 16. 'Report cards' issued for Alleghany Schools Schools in Alleghany County faired well, according to information found in school report cards that were released Oct. 30 by the Department of Public Instruction. At 88, local man still volunteering to help others at the senior center At the age of 88, Sparta resident Raphael "Raph" Cahn thinks of his age as merely a number and is not about to let it slow him down. Email The Alleghany News Over a Century of Service to Alleghany County

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