MAY 28, 2009 ISSUE
Top News of the Week
Blowing Rock Budget: No Tax, Fee Hikes—Public Hearing
Scheduled for June 9
The proposed budget for the Town of Blowing Rock for fiscal year 2009-10 is only $1,085 more than the budget adopted for 2008-09. Additionally, Town Manager Scott Hildebran does not propose any tax or fee increases in his recommended budget.
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ASU Drafts New Campus Master Plan—Lovins Says Legends Will Not Be Demolished
Just as the Town of Boone considers a new land use master plan that will guide its planning for the next 20 years, Appalachian State University is also about to approve a new campus master plan, an infrastructure plan that will see the university through 2020.
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Boone Drug Honors Babies Born Above Downtown Store
“The Biggest Little Chain Around,” with 14 locations in all, celebrates its 90th year in business this year.
As part of the store’s monumental year, Boone Drug Downtown observed its history by hosting a birthday dinner program last Thursday to honor the babies who were born above the store.
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More Top News
- Feature Photo: America the Beautiful
- Users Organize Keep Our Skatepark Show of Support Day Saturday—Free Pads Available During Event
- Just Enough Pain—11th Annual Blood, Sweat and Gears Bicycle Ride in High Country June 27
- NAMI Connections Support Group to Begin Meeting Tuesdays in June
- Blue Ridge Relay Donates More Than $22K to Local Domestic Abuse Shelters
- New Opportunity School for Women at Lees-McRae Still Accepting Applications for Summer 2009 Session
- Blackberry Creek Mattress Outlet Opens New Foscoe Location
- A Motorcycle Ride for Swift June 13
- Inaugural Kali Church Memorial Ride Raises More Than $3K for St. Jude’s
The View
Still Ramblin’—The Original Red Clay Ramblers Play Mountain Home Music Sunday
When their informal weekly jams at local banjo player Tommy Thompson’s house outside Chapel Hill turned into small local performances, Jim Watson and Bill Hicks couldn’t have known that old-time and folk music would literally take them around the world.
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More View Stories
- Valle Crucis Chorus Presents Pirates! The Musical June 2
- June Is Adopt-a-Cat Month at Watauga Humane Society—Society Chooses Adopt-a-Cat Month Spokescats
- Who Ya’ Kin To?—Avery County Heritage Fest in Cranberry June 6
- Cre8tive Drama Day Camp at ASU June 29 to July 2
- Shear Madness Kicks Off Blowing Rock Stage Company’s 24th Season June 10—Show Runs Through June 28
- Avery Habitat for Humanity Hosts Annual Dinner June 9 at Crossnore First Baptist
- The Historic Hoofbeats of the Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show—American Saddlebred Week June 11 Through 14
- The Forget-Me-Nots Play Free Classical Recital at Rosen Friday
- Women of Vision Luncheon, Silent Auction June 25
- 8th Annual Martin and Doris Rosen Summer Symposium on Remembering the Holocaust This Summer
- Watauga Relay For Life Weekly Fundraiser Update
- Mountain Living
- Gallery News
- Kids Triathlon Raises More Than $1,600
- ‘Power Grass With A Twang’—Wolf Creek Brings Rocking Roots Sound to Canyons June 6
- This Week in Free Music
- Brewer's Briefs
Shelter Stories
Summer With Grandfather—Grandfather Mountain Hosts Remarkable Rhododendron Ramble June 1 to 14 & National Trails Day Volunteer Project June 6
A sense of renewal and awakening are returning to the air, as spring silently yields to summer in the High Country. This time of rebirth is ideal for planning a trip to Grandfather Mountain, and two events are planned for June that allow visitors to enjoy the natural, sun-drenched splendor of the mountain’s flora and fauna while also giving back to its trail system.
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