Local film shot in Gastonia aims for female leads
In Gastonia and Rock Hill, a low budget independent thriller titled Calm Before is being produced and directed by a local company. The Carolina set story follows Gia and Shane who retreat to a lake house to mend their marriage but a storm traps them, prompting tense consequences.
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Vanessa Ore
Gia
David Bianchi
Isaac
Catherine Traifl
Gastonia
Trail
John Clark
THE
Gaston Gazette
Rock Hill
South Carolina
Carolinas
Shane
Neglected cemetery seeks help to locate graves
A Gaston neighborhood group works to rehab the Morningside Beasley's Good Samaritan Church of God Cemetery north of Mount Holly. The site has not been professionally maintained for over a decade. Headstones are cracked or missing and trash accumulates. Volunteers including Wilson, whose father and uncle are buried there, join efforts to identify gravesites and organize clean up.
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Gaston
Morningside
Good Samaritan Church of God
Mount Holly
Obituary notices list multiple regional passings across several towns
A condensed obituary column lists many individuals from North and South Carolina cities including Lincolnton York Gastonia Belmont Kings Mountain Cherryville Ches ter Gaffney and nearby Washington DC. Ages range from 32 to 99 with names such as Joyce Warriax Barbara Griffin Kenneth Pharr Julia Thomas Evelyn Simpson and Zola Eades among others.
Sibling magnet policy drafted by Gaston County BOE
The Gaston County Board of Education considers a sibling policy to allow most siblings who meet admissions to attend the same magnet program, including Hawks Nest STEAM Academy and Gifted and Talented Academy at Pleasant Ridge, while Highland Technology and Gaston Early College remain outside the policy and still rely on lotteries.
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Gaston County Board of Education
Hawks Nest Steam Academy
Pleasant Ridge
Emy
Gifted and Talented Academy
Virtual Academy
Highland School of Technology
Gaston Early College High
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Gastongazette.com
Catherine Trail
Hollywood
God Cemetery
Wilson
Reek
Joyce Warriax
Lincolnton
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Monroe Herndon
Washington, D.C
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Los
Angeles
Julia Thomas
Vale Evelyn Simpson
Shelby Coleman Dellinger
Dan Walton
Gastonia Peggy Waldrop
Semer City
Terry Schrum
Charlotte
Joyce White
Mike Friday
Kings Mountain
Zola Eades
Gaffney
James Shadish
Ches
Ter
S.C. Jeffiie McAbee
York
Dorothy Laws
Yates Harbinson Jr
Newell Cooper
Robert Zeppernick
Belmont
Laurence Gray Sr
Mabie Goforth
Kings
Edna Will
Eric Smith
Cherryville
Olicy
Ewilldstein
Gastongazette
Roger Hawkins
Lawking Eal Estate Group, Inc
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