Toby Thorpe

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Allison Hudson Mingle and Corey-Beth Travaglini were recently faced with a decision. How could they use a one-room space adjacent to and downstairs from Will’s Place Recovery Center? “We weren’t sure exactly what to do with it,” said Mingle, the founder of the center who also serves as its […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After ballots cast in November yielded no changes to the makeup of Albemarle City Council, the board’s four re-elected council members and the city’s mayor were sworn in for new terms at the board’s Dec. 2 meeting. Following administration of the oaths of office by Stanly County Clerk of […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... An audience of approximately 170 filled Central United Methodist Church on Dec. 5 to hear the annual Christmas Concert performed by the Stanly County Concert Band, including the Pfeiffer University Wind Ensemble. Seasonal songs performed included the traditional “Greensleeves,” “Carol of the Bells” by Mikola Leontovich and Peter Wilhousky […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Citizens in the Red Bridge area of Locust likely believed a major emergency had occurred at the neighboring Walmart Supercenter around 8:45 a.m. last Saturday. After all, what else would bring 16 police cars into its parking lot with blue lights flashing and sirens blaring? Fortunately for all, it […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In addition to receiving a very positive audit of its 2024 finances, the Albemarle City Council saw its Parks and Recreation Department, its former city manager and the city as a whole receive awards for excellence from the Centralina Regional Council of Governments at its Dec. 16 meeting. Mayor […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For many, Christmas brings to mind family gatherings, youngsters waiting impatiently for Santa and the joy of sharing gifts with loved ones. But for others, Christmas can be a time of solitude and heartache … particularly those away from family, those whose families have passed on and those who […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Dec. 12 regular meeting of Locust City Council opened with City Clerk Amy Furr administering oaths of office to one new council member (DeDe Nathan), three re-elected council members (Larry Baucom, Rusty Efird and Michael Haigler) and to re-elected Mayor Stephen Huber. Nathan, serving her first term on […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Among the many trees lining the corridors of Stanly Commons as part of Tillery Compassionate Care’s Festival of Trees, one honors two “unorthodox” members of the Austin and Lindsey Burleson family. “Pet owners can relate,” said Lindsey. Since 2020, the Burlesons have sponsored a tree honoring their two departed […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The death of 18-year-old Lily Jane Taylor in an automobile accident two years ago brought a premature end to a life that friends and family, without exception, described as special. “In the short amount of time that she was at Pfeiffer, she definitely left a lasting impression, especially on […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Following a public hearing in which a majority of citizens speaking expressed opposition to a proposed annexation, Albemarle City Council voted to deny the request from CC&W Development Group of Monroe. After receiving an overview of the project from Albemarle Director of Planning and Development Services Kevin Robinson, Director […]