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Brushies watershed protection sought
Wilkesboro councilmen were asked Monday afternoon to consider selling development rights, through a conservation easement, for the town’s 300-acre tract on the Brushy Mountains which formerly served as the town’s watershed. If such an agreement could be reached, Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust (BRRLT) officials could help to secure the funding for the easement from the Clean Water Management Trust Fund (CWMTF), and the easement would be held by the state.
Sonny Church, a Wilkesboro r ... read more |
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Kilbys have close affinity with Model T
(Caption) JULE HUBBARD/STAFF PHOTO
1915 MODEL T TOURING CAR, similar to the one that A.F. Kilby bought from Yadkin Valley Motor Co. that year, is on display in the dealership’s showroom on Second Street, North Wilkesboro. Standing with the car are Andrew “Bud” Kilby and John Kilby, son and grandson of A.F. Kilby. Bud Kilby is president and John Kilby is vice president of Yadkin Valley.
Years before the late A.F. (Andrew) Kilby of North Wilkesboro ... read more |
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Referendum supporters spend most
The campaign by the “.25 Percent Sales Tax Referendum Committee” in support of the passage of the sales tax referendum on the May 6 primary ballot cost a total of $16,885.86 in contributions and in-kind donations, according to campaign expense reports filed with the Wilkes County Board of Elections.
According to Linda Cheek, the committee treasurer, $11,689.87 of the total was cash spent, while $5,195.99 was the total of in-kind contributions.
Only one local candi ... read more |
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Suspect caught after wallet falls
A man was arrested for breaking and entering after a homeowner found the suspect's wallet outside one of her windows and asked the suspect if it was his, reported Deputy John Foster of the Wilkes Sheriff's Department.
Foster said he and Deputy Harold Martin responded to a report of a breaking and entering and larceny about 1:15 p.m. Tuesday and found a 26-year-old man and a woman outside the woman’s home on Grissletail Road in Traphill.
Foster said the woman, Jol ... read more |
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Volunteer pilot helps rescue 3 puppies
(Caption) MARK GABRIEL/STAFF PHOTO
Pat Waters, South Carolina pilot, Jack Steelman, Wilkes County Airport operations manager, and Randy Mays, Humane Society of Wilkes volunteer, carry puppies to waiting airplane.
Few may feel the need to spend $500 in airplane fuel to rescue three puppies, but there's at least one man who does. Now three golden retriever-mix puppies are in their new homes.
George Patton “Pat” Waters flew his Piper ... read more |
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