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Friday Nov 6 | The Gaston Gazette

Gaston health officials answer question about jail inmates and flu vaccine

Inmates at the Gaston County Jail will not receive swine flu vaccinations before members of the general public, officials say.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Gaston Gazette

As work proceeds, P&N Railroad still lacks an operator, necessary funding

Work crews with heavy equipment were busy Tuesday repairing the historic Piedmont & Northern Railroad off of Ozark Avenue in Gastonia, but while the restoration of the rail line is moving ahead, the project's bottom line still has obstacles to overcome.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Star Online

Kings Mountain City Council Election: About the candidates

Election Day is fast approaching. Until Election Day, we will profile candidates seeking seats on the Kings Mountain City Council.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

The Gaston Gazette

Some good news on the unemployment front

Gaston County's jobless rate was down for the third month in a row in September to 13.3 percent compared to a revised 13.9 percent in August, the N.C. Employment Security Commission reported Friday.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

The Gaston Gazette

Gaston property sells for $2.77 million; two others for more than $500K

Real estate transactions represent transfer of real property recorded with the Gaston County Register of Deeds.

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Sat Oct 10, 2009

The Gaston Gazette

Textile Heritage Week: Woven into Gaston's fabric

Once upon a time, the Cotton King and Queen paraded through the streets of Gastonia with 60,000 adoring onlookers lined up on both sides of the street, cheering decorated floats from Gaston County's many textile mills, military units and high school bands from across the region.

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Fri Oct 02, 2009

The Gaston Gazette

Angel's trumpet weed leads to drug charges against Gaston student

Police say an East Gaston High School student sold angel's trumpet seeds to several classmates, and at least one was rushed to the hospital while experiencing hallucinations from the psychedelic plant.

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Tue Sep 29, 2009

Lincoln Tribune

Carolina Thread Trail Awards Over $350,000 to Communities to Design and Build Trails

On September 16, 2009, the Carolina Thread Trail Grants Committee awarded $352,684 in grant funding to communities to design and build trails that will be a part of The Thread's regional network of trails, greenways, blueways and conservation corridors.

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Sun Sep 27, 2009

The Gaston Gazette

Vote early and often for '7 Wonders of Gaston County'

Tony's Ice Cream is the best thing about Gaston County. There, I said it. Or rather that's what I was told by hordes of e-mailers in response to the "Seven Wonders of Gaston County" column I wrote awhile back.

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Sat Sep 26, 2009

The Gaston Gazette

Rescue from Gaston

The finer points of how Jackie Farnham chooses to spend much of her free time might not make the best material for a promotional brochure.

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Mon Sep 21, 2009

Enquirer-Journal

Rethinking the education gap

In recent years, policies seeking to narrow the entrenched achievement gap between black and white students have proliferated.

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Sat Sep 19, 2009

Daily Dispatch

Henderson Collegiate's introduction to Henderson

Henderson Collegiate, the proposed charter school for Vance County, will hold a community forum on Tuesday, Sept.

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Mon Sep 14, 2009

The Gaston Gazette

Homeschooling numbers growing in Gaston

Will, Ian and Neal Kirkpatrick get up each morning and get ready for school. Instead of hopping on a school bus bound for public school, they head to the dining room table for their home school lessons.

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Charlotte.com

Remembering special healing place

Joe DePriest is a columnist for the Neighbors of Catawba & Gaston. 868-7745 http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/09/13/23/hospital0812_G5QPD5B1.1+depriest0813_6.JPG.embedded.prod_affiliate.138.jpg 244 Nellie Beaty, 82, was a patient at the hospital during the 1930s.

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Thu Sep 10, 2009

Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald

Officers promote traffic safety

Law enforcement efforts to keep travelers safe this Labor Day weekend began early near the North Carolina and Virginia state border.

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Tue Sep 08, 2009

The Gaston Gazette

Want healthier communities? Keep reading

Here's an angle that the seemingly innumerable town hall meetings have yet to explore: Illiteracy can be hazardous to your health.

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Sun Sep 06, 2009

Charlotte.com

Teacher turnover at 5-year low

Here are 2008-09 turnover rates, measured as the percent of teachers who were working in March 2008 and gone in March 2009, for CMS, surrounding districts and other large districts.

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Fri Sep 04, 2009

Lincoln Times-News

Denver man charged in Gaston break-in

A Denver man accused of breaking into an outbuilding in Gaston County was arrested Monday by Cherryville Police.

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Mon Aug 31, 2009

Charlotte.com

College prep lags at CMS urban schools

World history instructor Linda Scott talks with freshman Dixsson Motino, 16, at Waddell High School on Friday.

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Sat Aug 29, 2009

Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald

Thieves target electronics

Electronics and gaming equipment appeared to be the item of choice for five burglary suspects in Northampton County.

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