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Obituaries Rack Locations Subscriptions Advertising Local Links Submit News Contact Us Home Several Halloween events are planned for this weekend With the haunting time of year upon us, several events are on tap this weekend to celebrate Halloween, including the annual Trunk or Treat event at Crouse Park. Council election is Tuesday The nonpartisan town election will take place in the council's meeting room in the lower level of the town office (located at 304 S. Main St. in Sparta) on Nov. 3, with polls opening at 6:30 a.m. and closing at 7:30 p.m. Bids on new EMS building accepted The Alleghany Board of Commissioners last week awarded a contract to Frank Dillard and Sons to repair the interior of the Alleghany Emergency Medical Services Building. Trail Blazing Alleghany Trail blazers held its annual Colby's Ride fund-raiser last Friday and Saturday. Sesquicentennial items earn statewide honors Morehead City—The North Carolina Society of Historians recently presented a total of 12 awards to local individuals, the Alleghany Historical-Genealogical Society Inc. (AHGS) and a local business for materials produced for Alleghany County's Sesquicentennial Celebration. Part-time Sparta resident pens book of poetry Union County native and part-time Sparta resident Maurice Thomas recently published "New River and Other Poems," a book of poetry with color images complied over the course of the last 30 years Email The Alleghany News Over a Century of Service to Alleghany County

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