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1st Western NC Sheetz hosts grand opening Thursday, Aug. 15: Free coffee, prizes
The first Sheetz restaurant and convenience store to open in Hendersonville — and the Asheville area as a whole — will host a grand opening event complete with prizes, a ribbon-cutting ceremony and free self-serve coffee and soda all day. The festivities begin outside of the store at 9 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 15,...
$1.08 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR REPAIRS TO HISTORIC CARL SANDBURG HOME DAM
The National Park Service approves$1,081,600 for Front Lane dam repairs atCarl Sandburg Home, available at the start of the new federal fiscal year. The Carl Sandburg Home, a national historic site located in Flat Rock, N.C. and home to American Poet Carl Sandburg, is anticipating repairs after Oct. 1, 2024. Repairs will affect Front Lake dam, built in the 1850s, which failed in Aug. 2022 from combined elements including the dam's age and corrugated metal pipe decay.
Pianist Prodigy Tavernier Returns Home for Concert
Hendersonville – The elite, young classical pianist alternated his solos with accompanying bassoonist Emmalee Odom, his girlfriend of two years. Their hour-long concert was on Aug. 5, in the listening room of Freeburg Pianos at 2314 Asheville Hwy./U.S. 25 in Hendersonville. They performed five 20th century numbers, including “Cuatro Danzas Mexicanas (Four Mexican Dances).”
Communities throughout WNC embrace outdoor recreation projects
The future of Woodfin, like its past, is tied to the town’s location along a stretch of the French Broad River. But unlike previous decades, when the river brought manufacturing plants and mill villages to the northern Buncombe County town, it now promises to draw kayakers, surfers and others seeking outdoor recreation opportunities.
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