Gaston County approves budget with more spending and no tax hike
Gaston County leaders endorsed a spending plan for 2018 that increases education funding and adds law enforcement positions while keeping property taxes at 87 cents per $100. The budget adds 9 police and sheriff positions costing about 578000 annually and boosts Gaston County Schools operating funds by 2.4 million, including 1.9 million for the school system.
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Gaston County
Earl Mathers
Mathers
Division of Social Services
Sheriff’s Office
Belmont land deal advances for Belmont middle school
County commissioners and Belmont city government reach a plan to buy 78 acres next to South Point High for 4.2 million with the city contributing 400 thousand. The agreement comes after a closed-session meeting involving Commissioners Tracy Philbeck Ronnie Worley and Bob Hovis and the county school board.
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Belmont Middle School
Tracy Philbeck
Ronnie Worley
Bob Hovis
County School Board
Belmont
South Point High
Kevin Collier
Gaston County Board of Education
Osceola Street
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Gaston Gazette
Obituary notices list several local deaths in South Carolina and North Carolina
Obituaries from the Clover York Shelby Stanley Wylie Gastonia Mount Holly Kings Mountain and Stanley report deaths of Jess Allen 35 of Clover Ernest Mitchell 76 of York Pat Swink 74 of Shelby Mary Harris 9 of Stanley Debra Howard 49 of Wylie Vickie Holt 63 of Gastonia Charles Poston 67 of Mount Holly Gladys Ledbetter 93 of Kings Mountain Dorothy Alwran 93 of Stanley Charlies Barnes Jr. 47 of Gastonia all listed with ages and places in regional obituary notices.
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Pat Swink
Shelby Mary Harris
Stanley Debra Howard
Ake
Gladys Ledbetter
Kings Mountain
Dorothy Alwran
Stanley Charlies Barnes Jr
Choice USA Beverage revamps plant with new palletizer
Jay Falls recalls stopping traffic for deliveries as the Choice USA Beverage plant on East Franklin Boulevard upgrades with a refurbished palletizer. The 100 year old firm relays a $300000 modernization including a new conveyor and ceiling work to boost packaging for 2-liter bottles, 20-ounce bottles, cans and more.
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Jay Falls
Franklin Boulevard
Choice USA Beverage
Church Street
Chestnut Street
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Ernest Mitchell
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Holly
Gastonia
Alawson
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New Hope Presbyterian Church
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