OCTOBER 8, 2009 ISSUE
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Top News of the Week
Until October 23, a moratorium on all new billboards and all new off-premise electronic signs is in effect in Watauga County while the county Planning Board and Board of Commissioners consider proposed amendments to the county’s sign ordinance.
This week, High Country Press features profiles of the candidates for Boone mayor and Town Council.
Chosen from an initial field of 124 applicants by a professional assessment firm, Dana Crawford, a native of Avery County and 20-year law enforcement veteran, takes the helm of the Boone Police Department next week.
Latest Headlines
- Feature Photo: It's On
- Banner Elk Working On New Land Use Plan—Last Plan Adopted in 1967: Does the Future Include ETJ Annexations?
- No Longer the Wild, Wild West—Boone Town Council, Planning Commission Hear Final Public Comment on Boone 2030 Land Use Master Plan
- What’s Up in Downtown Boone
- Expect Delays on Highway 421 East Saturday Night and Sunday
- ASU Collects 1,003 Pints of Blood for Red Cross
- Helpful Tips for the Long Winter Ahead—Winterize Your Home Now To Save Money, Energy
- Grandfather Academy Ranks in Top 20 NC Public Charter Alternative Schools
- Too Quick To Block—ASU Footballs Aims to Keep Winning
- Studying Abroad: Lessons in International Soccer
- Giving Back—Live United Volunteer Spotlight—Rita Griffith
The View
Wild West by day—nightmare by night. For 20 years, the ghosts, witches and demons of Tweetsie Railroad haven’t rested, returning each October to haunt the dark woods and halls of the local amusement park.
The two biggest autumn festivals in the High Country—the Woolly Worm Festival and the Valle Country Fair—fall on the same weekend each year.
The View Headlines
- Historic Wells Fargo Stagecoach To Join ASU Homecoming Parade Saturday
- Festival of the Frescoes October 10—George Hamilton IV Performs October 11
- Armen Boyajian and Air Apparent in Blowing Rock Sunday
- Classic Cars for a Classic Culture—Three Forks Baptist Church Hosts Classic Car Show October 17
- Visiting Writer Paul Zimmer at ASU Thursday
- Watauga Community Band Performs at Rosen Concert Hall October 18—Raleigh Community Concert Band Also Scheduled To Perform
- Mountain Home Music Presents Puddingstone Saturday
- Appalachian Family Business Forum at Broyhill Inn October 20
- Hayes School of Music This Week
- October Marks Town of Boone’s Month of Self-Awareness and Acceptance
- Let Murphy’s Take The Chill Out of Fall—Live Music Every Weekend in October
- “Family Feud” Featuring Local Family Re-Airs in December—Banner Family Keeping Mum About Show’s Result
- Brewer's Briefs
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When Cindy Peters went to the Avery County Chamber of Commerce annual banquet a couple of weeks ago, she had no idea what was about to happen.
Whether you’re remodeling or building a home for the first time, or second time, you want those involved in the construction process to care as much about the finished product as you do.
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