Loray Mill village opens with block party and history center
Preservation North Carolina invites the public to a two day Open Village event at the Loray Mill village. A Hog and Hops Block Party runs Saturday with barbecue beer and music from Darin and Brooke Aldridge. A tour of renovated homes on Vance Street and Second Avenue accompanies the grand opening of the Alfred Kessell History Center inside the mill.
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Loray Mill
Lauren Werner
Preservation North Carolina
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Preservation N.C
Alfred Kessell History Center
Vance Street
Second
Fourth Avenues
Darin
Brooke Aldridge
Second Avenue
Mill Village
NC voter registration deadline near general election
Friday marks 25 days before the general election making it the deadline to register in North Carolina. Applications must be received by the Gaston County Board of Elections or postmarked by the deadline. Printable forms are at gastongov com departments elections or at public libraries and schools. For details visit or call 704 852 6005.
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North Carolina
Gaston County Board of Elections
Gastongov.com
W. Franklin Blvd
Gastonia
Hurricane Matthew prompts Gaston County aid to NC flood zones
Sheriff Alan Cloninger and 14 Gaston County Emergency Workers answered a NC Sheriffs' Association call to assist areas hit by Hurricane Matthew. By Sunday 6 a.m. they were en route to Brunswick County and later aiding Bladen and Brunswick counties facing severe floods as North Carolina reports 20 deaths.
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Alan Cloninger
N.C. Sheriffs’ Association
Brunswick County
Pat McCrory
North Carolina
Cloninger
Bladen County
Gastonia motel probed for price gouging evacuees
State Attorney General's office investigates a Gastonia motel for upcharging Hurricane Matthew evacuees as much as 300 dollars a night. The consumer protection division issued a subpoena, and the probe links to 95 complaints related to Matthew. A Fayetteville store also faced a subpoena for similar alleged overcharges.
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State Attorney General’s Office
Gastonia
The
Consumer Protection
Obituary notices listing local residents
Obituary page reference listing names and ages of residents including Margaret Johnson 88 Kings Mountain Walter Wilson 58 Kings Mountain James Hilton 73 Gastonia Raymond Roseberry 75 Gastonia Bill Reynolds 80 Shelby Kathy Jolly 49 Gastonia Alfred Smith 76 Denver Elizabeth Harrison Gastonia Orr Robinson 92 Gastonia Jerome Steele Jr 37 Gastonia Crystal Wideman 40 Bessemer City Betty Irvin 69 Smyrna Herbert Dixon 87 Bessemer City Louise Hicks 91 Belmont Carolyn Funderburk 62 Gastonia Ruby Rodden 84 Gastonia Rayvon Little 84 Matthews Steve Parker 75 Gastonia J Steven Metcalf 52 Lowell Robert Rhodes 57 Gastonia John Eudy Jr 72 High Shoals See Obituaries on Page B2 & 3. TODAY.
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Margaret Johnson
Kings Mountain
Walter Wilson
James Hilton
Betty Irvin
Smyrna
S.C
Herbert Dixon
Bessemer City
Louise Hicks
Belmont
Carolyn Funderburk
Gastonia
Ruby Rodden
G Rayvon Little
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Steve Parker
Steven Metcalf
Lowell
Robert Rhodes
John Eudy Jr
High Shoals
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Amanda Holland
Kessel History Center
Mike Hensdill
the Gazette
Kessell History Center
Diane
Gaston County
Sheriff’s Office
West 5Th Street
Lumberton
N.C
Associated Press
Mike Spencer
Gastonia Motel
Matthew
Noelle Talley
Fayetteville
FBI
Thur-Mon
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