Tammy Dunn

Montgomery County Board of Education members asked Assistant Superintendent Wade Auman at an earlier meeting to bring back state test scores’ comparisons with schools of similar demographics and socio economics. After researching several school systems based on those criteria, Auman and his team, including Matthew Swain and Dr. Joanna Perkins, chose Harnett, Lee, Newton-Conover City and Sampson. Additionally, the comparisons also contained data from the Sandhills Region and the state.

The Montgomery County Board of Elections keeps receiving one surprise after another. This latest surprise came when it was discovered yesterday morning that 28 supplemental ballots had not been entered into the system. Those ballots would have ordinarily been entered on Monday night prior to the election while absentee ballots that came in were also uploaded.

In March of this year an editorial in Montgomery Herald stated, “It is hard to imagine a town manager, especially a brand new one, fresh out of college, could step into a worse scenario than what (Dylan) Haman has. He had the daunting task of figuring out what was wrong with the tax payments almost at the moment he walked in the door; he encountered a mad, very vocal group of business people that felt the board was not listening to them; he was faced with the task of finding and training new employees in a town

Mt. Gilead Town Board members heard from Assistant District Attorney Arthur Donadio during their November board meeting. Donadio was there at the request of Mt. Gilead Town Manager Dylan Haman, who felt it would be beneficial for the board to hear from the district attorney’s office in regard to what it takes to build a case and to also be able to ask Donadio questions.

The town of Candor approved the Aberdeen Carolina and Western Railway’s (ACWR) zoning application during the November town board meeting. This action rezoned the railroad’s property on Pack House Road from residential to a conditional-use industrial district. Some members of the neighboring Currie Road community spoke in opposition to the project during the meeting’s public hearing.

The Montgomery County Board of Commissioners had a relatively short meeting, but one filled with lots of change as the newly elected board members were sworn into office. Leaving the board were Dana Dawson and

Mt. Gilead Town Board heard from several residents last week during the monthly town board meeting. What was on their minds? A proposal for a downtown social district.

The Troy Betterment campaign continues to yield arrests since its initial roundup up in November. Those arrests continue to be related to substantial drug activity, which, as one would expect, did not stop at the town or even county limits.

Last week the Montgomery County Board of Education met in a called meeting to hear a proposal from The Masonboro Group regarding the search for a superintendent. The board had heard from the North Carolina School Board Association the prior week regarding their proposal during the regularly scheduled meeting.

Montgomery County Superior Court Judge Pat Nadolski told Montgomery County Sheriff Pete Herron to turn over all personnel records of officers Robby Penny and Chris McManus. The order follows a motion by Defense Attorney Laura Baker on behalf of her client James Dunmore who is charged with the murder of Alisa Watts.