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OP-ED: A wrong-headed draft document

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|Date: August 12, 2018
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OP-ED: A wrong-headed draft document

By David Rogers. August 12, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- Tuesday's regular monthly meeting of the Blowing Ro ...

By David Rogers. August 12, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- Tuesday's regular monthly meeting of the Blowing Rock Board of Commissioners would be relatively routine except for the two discussion items on th ...

August 12, 2018
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OP-ED: Technology making us cyber-warfare target practice

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|Date: July 31, 2018
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OP-ED: Technology making us cyber-warfare target practice

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jack Stevenson is retired. He served two years in Vietnam as an infantry officer, reti ...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jack Stevenson is retired. He served two years in Vietnam as an infantry officer, retired from military service, and worked three years as a U.S. Civil Service employee. He also wo ...

July 31, 2018
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A Town Council too far in the weeds

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|Date: July 30, 2018
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A Town Council too far in the weeds

By David Rogers. July 30, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- Serving as a town commissioner is a serious responsib ...

By David Rogers. July 30, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- Serving as a town commissioner is a serious responsibility that frequently becomes a thankless job because seldom can you please everyone. It is als ...

July 30, 2018
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Letter to the Editor: America In Bloom

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|Date: July 20, 2018
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Letter to the Editor: America In Bloom

July 20, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC. Dear Editor: Blowing Rock enthusiastically and successfully participated ...

July 20, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC. Dear Editor: Blowing Rock enthusiastically and successfully participated for the first time this past week in the America in Bloom awards program. We as the two judges ...

July 20, 2018
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Water forming overhead on the ceiling….time to fix the roof?

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|Date: May 16, 2018
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Water forming overhead on the ceiling….time to fix the roof?

By David Rogers. May 16, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC – John F. Kennedy once suggested that the time to fix a l ...

By David Rogers. May 16, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC – John F. Kennedy once suggested that the time to fix a leaky roof is when the sun is shining. There is some applicability to that thought in Blowing Ro ...

May 16, 2018
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Resisting change, or keeping up with the times?

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|Date: April 17, 2018
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Resisting change, or keeping up with the times?

By David Rogers. April 17, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- Change is a fact of life, even in Blowing Rock. In t ...

By David Rogers. April 17, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- Change is a fact of life, even in Blowing Rock. In the late 1800s, Blowing Rock’s Main Street and the local transportation arteries that fed into i ...

April 17, 2018
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On becoming an angel: High Country Impact Fund showing how

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|Date: February 23, 2018
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On becoming an angel: High Country Impact Fund showing how

By David Rogers. February 23, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- There is more than a little bit of irony in Blowi ...

By David Rogers. February 23, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- There is more than a little bit of irony in Blowing Rock being second home to some of the Southeast U.S.'s most affluent people. From the Piedmo ...

February 23, 2018
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OP-ED: School violence must stop and we can do it

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|Date: February 19, 2018
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OP-ED: School violence must stop and we can do it

February 19, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- In the wake of the Parkland, FL school shootings coming on the hee ...

February 19, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- In the wake of the Parkland, FL school shootings coming on the heels of so many others in recent years, former North Carolina Superior Court Judge Robert Burroug ...

February 19, 2018
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: BRCA questions Morningside development

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|Date: February 05, 2018
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: BRCA questions Morningside development

LETTER TO THE EDITOR. February 5, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC. -- The following open letter to the editor and ...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR. February 5, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC. -- The following open letter to the editor and residents of Blowing Rock is from the Blowing Rock Civic Association (BRCA) and its BRCA Develo ...

February 05, 2018
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Blowing Rock ONE on ONE With…Dr.Karl Campbell, Political Historian

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|Date: February 03, 2018
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Blowing Rock ONE on ONE With…Dr.Karl Campbell, Political Historian

By David Rogers. February 3, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- Whether America is in a state of political turmoil ...

By David Rogers. February 3, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- Whether America is in a state of political turmoil or not largely depends upon from whom you are soliciting an opinion. To get a more objective a ...

February 03, 2018
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The vote stops here

Posted by DavidRogers
|Date: January 21, 2018
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The vote stops here

By David Rogers. January 20, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- Let's call it what it is: locally historic -- and ...

By David Rogers. January 20, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- Let's call it what it is: locally historic -- and a great lesson in civic affairs. Our message on these pages over the past few years has been th ...

January 21, 2018
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The “Crown of the Blue Ridge” Must Remain Blowing Rock’s Tourism Anchor

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|Date: January 17, 2018
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The “Crown of the Blue Ridge” Must Remain Blowing Rock’s Tourism Anchor

By Charles Hardin. January 17, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- Blowing Rock, North Carolina, with our unmatched ...

By Charles Hardin. January 17, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- Blowing Rock, North Carolina, with our unmatched, far-reaching views along the Blue Ridge Parkway and our quaint storybook mountain village, is ...

January 17, 2018
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Sugar Top in Blowing Rock, NC?

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|Date: January 06, 2018
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Sugar Top in Blowing Rock, NC?

By Dan Phillips. January 6, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- Please take the time to drive by the New Condo Pro ...

By Dan Phillips. January 6, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- Please take the time to drive by the New Condo Project on the old hospital property. Am I dreaming, or is that foundation wall taller than the ol ...

January 06, 2018
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Grace beyond the “hot mess”

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|Date: January 06, 2018
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Grace beyond the “hot mess”

January 6, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- I recently returned from a Christmas vacation in Florida. Somewher ...

January 6, 2018. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- I recently returned from a Christmas vacation in Florida. Somewhere along the way home or maybe even during my stay in the Sunshine State I contracted the influe ...

January 06, 2018
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