Beetopia 2019 Celebrates Bees at Rotary Pavilion
Downtown Gastonia buzzes with Beetopia 2019 at the Rotary Centennial Pavilion. The event showcased bee education with guest speakers demonstrations and prizes. Exhibitors included Crowders Mountain State Park Gaston County Beekeepers Association and Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden among others.
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Keep Gastonia Beautiful
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Gaston County
Schiele Museum
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Autopsy reveals fatal injuries in infant death case
An autopsy by the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner details a seven month old boy named Damien Shane Bell who died May 22 2018 from a fractured skull brain damage and retinal hemorrhages after a Kings Mountain incident. The child was brain dead and later died after life support was removed with organ donation. Suspect Garrett Frederick faces first degree murder charges and remains jailed on a 1.5 million bond while Damien’s parents Brittany Bell and James Locust pled guilty to neglect charges and received probation.
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Cleveland County
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