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City facilities closed for Labor Day
City of Lenoir facilities will be closed Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in celebration of Labor Day. Garbage pickup will be affected. City Hall, Lenoir Aquatic & Fitness Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Center, Mulberry Recreation Center, and the Recycling Center will be closed Monday. Sanitation Division staff will not collect...
Let’s Go to the County Fair! 🎡
Can you smell it? The sweet scent of caramel apples and the unmistakable whiff of funnel cakes? 😋. Yep, it’s county fair season, and if you’re in Hickory, NC, or anywhere around the Western Piedmont, you’re in for a treat!. Whether you're a fair fanatic who never...
2023 Visitor Impact for Catawba County
HICKORY, N.C. — Domestic and international visitors to and within Catawba County spent $348.22 million in 2023, an increase of 5.1 percent from 2022. The data comes from an annual study commissioned by VisitNC, a unit of the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina. “It was another record-breaking year...
Catawba Seniors Morning Out For September
HICKORY – Participants will enjoy a variety of activities in September including musical performances, crafting classes, and cooking demonstrations. Any resident of Catawba County who is 60 or older is invited to join Seniors Morning Out, which is held Monday through Thursday mornings at five convenient locations. A hot, balanced lunch is served each day. Programs are free to participants, who may pick and choose which days to attend. Bus transportation to and from the sites is available in some locations.
Yount honored with Paul Broyhill Community Service Award at BRCA annual meeting
By David Rogers. BLOWING ROCK, N.C. — With quips from Mark Twain and admiration for the namesake of the honor, Blowing Rock resident and former member of the Board of Commissioners, Albert Yount accepted the Paul H. Broyhill Community Service Award on Aug. 20, presented by the Blowing Rock Civic Association at the organization’s annual meeting.
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