Cramerton News

The traffic circle on Lakewood Road in Cramerton is soon to become an eye-catcher with the installation of an almost 30 feet tall, 8 feet wide work of art.

Work could begin by late summer on The Villages at Cramerton Mills development, the Gaston Gazette reports.

Mr. Ronald Lamar "Ronnie" Walker, 67, of 178 Harbor Point Drive passed away Saturday, May 11, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.

Police identified a suspect in the latest of a rash of bomb threats in Gaston County schools.

Cramerton residents who have long wanted the town to pin down a site for a veterans memorial can take pride.

Michael Wayne Upton is a serial DUI offender. The North Carolina man faces his ninth DUI charge after he was pulled over in Cramerton.

This time it was Cramerton Middle School. Principal Amy Holbrook notified parents that just before 3:15 p.m. dismissal Wednesday that the administration was notified of a written bomb threat to student safety.

Forecasters say the warning is in effect until Wednesday morning for the South Fork Catawba River in Gaston County unless the warning is canceled.

Duke Energy recorded as much as 6 inches of rain in the last three days in the upper Catawba region.

The threat was found around 10:30 a.m. written on the wall in a bathroom, police say.

At 6:45 am Monday the stage was 9.4 feet. Flood stage is 10 feet. Minor flooding is forecast.

A bomb threat at Lowell Elementary School caused disruption Friday, forcing students and teachers to leave the building and remain outside for two hours.

If you have a hankering for a Banshie, Bodie or Carrie sandwich, you'll need to get to H&M Deli and Market in Cramerton before mid-May. That's when the store that's been open for four and a half years will be shutting its doors.

The threat was written on the wall inside the boy's bathroom, police say. Police would not release exactly what was written.

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If every resident of five eastern Gaston County towns logs a mile a week, they'll collectively amass more than a million miles of physical activity in a year.