Oct. 20 - Nov. 2, 2022
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IN THIS ISSUE
Bye, bye, bamboo
Council seeks water tank, line study..... 2
by CHRIS BURRITT
Pilots walks away from crash .................. 3
OAK RIDGE–A thick stand of bamboo in Oak Ridge – a source of fishing poles over the decades – is gone.
Oak Ridge Oct. 6 Council meeting ........6 Stokesdale Oct. 13 Council meeting ...... 10 Summerfield Oct. 11 Council meeting.....13 Yard art that soothes the soul ............... 16 NWO Business & Real Estate .................. 17 Welcome to our new advertisers ......... 18 It’s still ‘a seller’s market’ ........................20 Kids’ Korner .............................................. 28 Community Calendar ...........................29 Crime/Incident report ............................33 Triad Honor Flight photo story...............34
Honor Run photo story ...........................36 Va. Tech teammates visit local schools..37 Grins and Gripes .....................................40 Classifieds ................................................43 Index of Advertisers ................................46 NWO On The Go ......................................48
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Over the past week, a contractor hired by Sam Anders, the owner of nearly 4.7 acres at N.C. 150 and Linville Road, cut and pulled up the rambling grove of bamboo, as one of the first steps in redeveloping the property. Anders, an Oak Ridge accountant and the town’s finance officer, plans to build an office for his accounting practice. Standing in the way –at least until
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Photo by Yvonne Truhon/NWO
A field behind the historic Moore house at the corner of N.C. 150 and Linville Road in Oak Ridge that has long been obscured by bamboo was recently cleared. Sam Anders, the new property owner, plans to have an office building constructed on the site for his local accounting firm.
Appraisal of Laughlin school advances town hall exploration Summerfield’s mayor said he continues to talk to Guilford County Schools and county commissioners about the town possibly buying the property by CHRIS BURRITT SUMMERFIELD – The town of Summerfield has gotten an appraisal of the historic Laughlin school, as part of its exploration of buying and renovating the property for a new town hall. “We continue to go through that
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After abandoning plans last May to move forward with building a new town hall, the Town of Summerfield continues to explore the possible purchase of Laughlin Development Center.
process,” Mayor Tim Sessoms said in an interview last week. He added “there is nothing definite” yet about
whether town leaders will offer to buy the Laughlin property from
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