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Obituaries Rack Locations Subscriptions Advertising Local Links Submit News Contact Us Home Martin Marietta closes Sparta plant Martin Marietta Composites closed its Sparta plant on Jan. 31 and will vacate its manufacturing building on Industrial Park Drive by the end of March, company officials said this week. Schools eye extended calendar for 2010-11 Parents, teachers and principals spoke in favor of an extended schedule for the next school year at a meeting on Jan. 28. Accident claims Ennice man An Ennice man died Saturday evening when he was run over by a pickup in the snow off Glade Valley Road, according to Glade Creek Fire Chief David Higgins. Pine Ridge repairs ongoing Residents who were evacuated from a Pine Ridge apartment building after a retaining wall collapsed Jan. 25 should be able to return in a few weeks, Overseer Pat Shore said. Blizzard fizzles, but more weather is on the way Alleghany County had a quiet weekend while 6 or 7 inches of snow fell, local emergency officials said. Lucy Roe stays busy, even in retirement Sparta resident Lucy Roe has kept herself busy after retiring from the library last year by maintaining a schedule of visiting the library and volunteering at Books ‘N Friends. Email The Alleghany News Over a Century of Service to Alleghany County

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