Local veterans share friendship at monthly coffee time
A group of local veterans gathers monthly to connect over coffee, introducing themselves one by one with name, military branch, and years served. Some share experiences or light humor about their service or fellow attendees, adding a sense of camaraderie to the gathering.
Veterans Coffee Connection Creats Bonded Veterans Network
Veterans gathered at Outback Steakhouse in Gastonia for the Veterans Connection Coffee monthly, sharing stories from wartime service over coffee and Dunkin doughnuts. Rev. Sandi Hood of Carolina Caring welcomed attendees and reminded them this is their space to speak freely and discuss topics from volunteering to veteran needs.
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Kelly Tate
Carolina Caring
Veterans Coffee Connection
Outback
Michael Meeks SR
the Gazette
Outback Steakhouse
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Department of Veterans Affairs
Dunkin Learnmore
Sandi Hood
Veterans Connection
Gastonia
Hood
Road rage stabbing at Stanley Citgo leaves man injured
Police say a Saturday stabbing at the Citgo on Mariposa Road followed a road rage incident between two white men. The victim, a Dallas resident, suffered a long laceration under the left armpit and was taken to CaroMont Regional Medical Center. Suspect David Benjamin Giles, 30, of Gastonia, was captured by K-9 units, booked on felony assault with a deadly weapon and other drug charges, with a $50,000 bond.
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Stanley
Citgo
Mariposa Road
North Main Street
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Dallas
CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Gastonia
Gaston County
David Benjamin Giles
Giles
Construction underway to add 72 beds at Gaston jail
Gaston County tackles overcrowding with a $10.7 million expansion adding 72 beds to an empty section of the 160,000 square foot facility beside the courthouse. Completion expected by late 2020. Sheriff Cloninger notes lengthy overcrowding with about 50 inmates in portable beds as of June 12.
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Gaston County
Gaston County Public Works
Ray Maxwell
Alan Cloninger
Cloninger
13 hei ami ublets restaurant Bill Poteat Says
Bill Poteat says 13 hei ami ublets restaurant serves up the best gens tat lbs.
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Bill Poteat
Obituaries list for Gastonia area figures and relatives
Obituary notices list several local residents with ages and towns including Gastonia Mount Holly Belmont Lincolnton Troutman Kings Mountain Shelby and Belmont. Names include David Cooper Jr John Smith H C Lawing Matthew Yugeng Lu Wayne Stouffer Elden Laughridge Richard Gagan James Smith Jr James Anderson Rev Benjamin McCaskill Jack Setzer Pauline Ward Shirley King and others aged 12 to 96 with towns specified.
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David Cooper Jr
Gastonia
Rev
John Smith
Mount Holly
H.C. Lawing
Belmont
Matthew Yugeng Lu
Wayne Stouffer
Lincolnton
Elden Laughridge
Troutman
Richard Gagan
James Smith Jr
James Anderson
Shelby
Benjamin McCaskill
Jack Setzer
Pauline Ward
Shirley King
Kings Mountain
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