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Serving Boone, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk, and other towns of the North Carolina High Country | Founded 05-05-05
July 24, 2008 issue
Top News Stories
Town of Boone To Appeal Templeton Decision
On Tuesday, the Town of Boone issued a press release announcing the town council’s intention to appeal Judge Ronald Payne’s decision that the Boone Board of Adjustment erred in denying a special use permit to local businessman Phil Templeton to convert a church on State Farm Road into a medical clinic. (Full Story)
Boone Begins Bond Referendum Process for Water Upgrades: Town Proposes To Issue $25 Million in General Obligation Bonds To Finance Project
The Boone Town Council will meet at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 24, to vote on a resolution authorizing the town’s finance director to apply to the Local Government Commission for approval of a $25 million issue of general obligation bonds. (Full Story)
- 110 and Counting: Sam Calhoun's Weekly Business Spotlights
- Questions Around The Office: Why Doesn't Boone Have A Bomb Squad?
- Watauga Humane Society 27th Annual Rummage Sale Friday and Saturday
- New High School Principal Urges 0 Percent Dropout Rate, Appalachian Involvement
- Who Can Vote and How To Vote in the Mixed-Beverage Referendum Election
- Psychiatric Unit at Cannon Hospital To Open in October
- Get Set, Read: Watauga Reads 2008 Selection Is The Glass Castle
- Hot Dog Cookout Marks ReStore's Official Grand Opening
- High Country Women's Fund Responds to Gas Crisis With $10,000 Grant
- Rolling Academy's Second Expedition a Marked Success
- Mountain Adventure Days Program Puts a Business Twist into Summer
- Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Brown Resign From Baptist Church of Boone
- Free Fly Fishing Festival at Foscoe Fishing Company this Saturday
- Peacemakers To Gather August 4 to 10 - Banner Elk Festival To Foster Peace And Harmony
- Motorcyclists in the High Country
- This Week on the Parkway
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The View Stories
See Them Fly: Blowing Rock Stage Presents Peter Pan—Run Extended To August 9!
No, you’re not seeing things. Peter Pan and the Darling children are really flying through the air at the Hayes Performing Arts Center, where the Blowing Rock Stage Company is staging the classic play now through Saturday, August 9.
Performance times are 8:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays, 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. on Thursdays and Saturdays and 2:00 p.m. on Sundays. (Full Story)
TAKE A LOOK: An Appalchian Summer Guide
- An Appalachian Summer Schedule
- Triad Stage Presents Pulitzer Prize Winning Drama Doubt July 24 and 25
- Charlie Daniels Band Finale Fireworks Concert July 26
- Lees-McRae Summer Theatre Ends with Oklahoma! August 1 to 7
- Community Cast Members Switch Jobs for Working
- Grammy Award-Winning Riders in the Sky Returns to Tweetsie August 2 and 3
- Blowing Rock Stage Company Intern Showcase Jul 28
- App Summer Wraps This Weekend with Theater, Sculpture, Music and Fireworks
- This Week in Free Music
- Antiques Roadshow Appraiser Part of BRAHM Fundraiser
- Tickets Still Available for Doc Watson Concert August 9
- Hayes Center Fundraiser Features Award Winning Pianist Yuja Wang August 10
- 26th Mid-Summer Exhibition Grand Opening Reception at Carlton Gallery Sunday
- Appalachian Chorale Recruiting for 33rd Season
- Zoey Brookshire Reception at Art Cellar Gallery August 2
- Crafts on the Green at Beech Mountain August 2
- Hunger and Health Coalition Rummage Sale and Auction August 2
- Flying Tater: 3rd Annual Tater Hill Paragliding and Hangliding Open in Boone July 27 to August 2
- Meet The Faces Of Food: High Country Farm Tour Is August 2 and 3
- Living With Wolves Program at Watauga Library July 29
- POPAsheville 2009 Opens for Submissions from Boone Bands
- CCC & TI Students Host Free Tibet Concert at High Country Fairgrounds August 2
- Chron's and Colitis 5K Fundraiser Set For Saturday
- Ride Along the Blue Ridge To Benefit Arthritis Foundation August 9
Shelter Stories
The New Napa Valley—No, Really: High Country Winegrowers Association Forms, Develops Initiatives
The High Country is now wine country—at least that’s the concept supported by the newly formed High Country Winegrowers Association and a recent wine tourism study conducted for the NC Wine and Grape Council by professors at ASU. (Full Story)
- Business Spotlight: The Pet Place
- Don't Miss Your Tea Time: Avery Habitat for Humanity Event August 3
- Annual Watauga River Conservation Partners Potluck Picnic August 4
- Watauga Humane Society's Pet Photo Contest Deadline August 8
- ASU Students Produce Harvesting Wind: North Carolina's Alternative Progress
- Eat Carolina Challenge A Great Awakening for Participants
- Want To Lower Your Food Bill? Angel Food Available at Three Watauga Churches - Orders Due August 8
- The Power of Being Proactive - Hope For Grandfather Mountain's Hemlocks
- Crafter's Profile: Rachel Salmon Shares Photographs and Joy at Farmer's Market
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