Toby Thorpe

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... At the Nov. 4 meeting of Albemarle City Council, Fire Chief Kenny Kendall announced that the city has qualified to receive a $1.8 million grant from SAFER (Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. According to Kendall, 191 fire departments across the nation […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... US Navy Air Corps veteran Arthur M. “Art” Whittaker Sr. was selected as Grand Marshal of the annual Stanly County Veterans Day Parade. The parade was Monday in Oakboro. Whittaker, 97, who lives in the Endy community, served from 1944 to 1948 during and after World War II. He […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Marking the 25th anniversary of its opening on N.C. Highway 24-27, the staff of Bypass Auto Sales held a “Customer Appreciation Day” celebration on Nov. 8. “We started here in 1999,” said Jeff Burleson, who has been with the business since day one. “We started small, and have built […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On Oct. 21, Stanly County commissioners approved a bid from BRS Incorporated of Richfield to replace approximately 700 linear feet of 16-inch forced sewer main pipe in the vicinity of the West Stanly Wastewater Treatment Plant. The sewer main’s existing iron pipe had deteriorated, according to Stanly County Utilities […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Following a public hearing at its Nov. 18 meeting, Albemarle City Council members voted 4-3 to rescind a number of sections of Text Amendment 24-03, which addressed minimum design standards, buffer yard requirements, landscaping, paving, sidewalks, pedestrian amenities, structures on underdeveloped lots and which established a Special Environs Overlay […]

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On Nov. 10, Locust City Council recognized officer Eric Fore of the town’s police force as he was awarded a special commendation, and expressed appreciation and honor to retiring council member Harry Fletcher. Fore, who organized relief efforts for residents of Yancey County following the flooding created by Hurricane […]

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 […]