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Obituaries Rack Locations Subscriptions Advertising Local Links Submit News Contact Us Home Town approves budget with tax and fee increases With no comments made during a public hearing on the proposed 2011-2012 budget for the Town of Sparta, the measure passed unanimously. Filing opens on July 1 for three seats on Sparta Town Council Filing for candidates will open at noon on July 1 for three open seats on the Sparta Town Council. The filing period, which was announced at the Sparta Town Council meeting on June 7 by Town Manager Bryan Edwards will continue through July 15 at noon. Sparta parade plans shared The Sparta Independence Day Parade will be held on Saturday, July 2, at 2 p.m. The theme of this year's Fourth of July holiday parade is "Go 4th and Celebrate!" Ministry returns to area Carolina Cross Connection, a youth and young adult outreach ministry, has returned to the region and will be looking for small construction and maintenance projects in Alleghany. AHS graduates 106 on Woodruff Field The Class of 2011 graduated under clearing skies on June 10 at Woodruff Field. Water Authority tours new plant facility on New River INDEPENDENCE, Va.—Following a meeting last Thursday, the Virginia-Carolina Water Authority took a tour of the new water treatment facility that is still under construction near the end of Moxley Ridge Road just over the North Carolina state line. Email The Alleghany News Over a Century of Service to Alleghany County

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