Archives Events Obituaries Rack Locations Subscriptions Advertising Featured Sponsor Info Local Links Submit News Contact Us Home Town meets with committee to discuss theater plans at park A couple members of the Sparta Town Council met with members of the Crouse House Committee March 17 to discuss plans for a potential stage that is hoped to be up and operational by the end of May. Commission agrees to seek grant funds The Alleghany County Board of Commissioners agreed during a special called budget meeting Monday night to seek Building Reuse and Restoration Program grant funds to help renovate spaces for a new dentist and to help a day care expand. Spring Fling raises over $8,000 More than 200 people turned out to support the "Spring Fling" fund-raiser for programs at the Sparta Teapot Museum of Craft and Design last Saturday night at the Silver Dollar Music Park. Rick Bender shares story of suffering oral cancer At the age of 12, then California resident Rick Bender, who has been nicknamed "the man without a face," started a habit of using spit tobacco. Email The Alleghany News Over a Century of Service to Alleghany County

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