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Blowing Rock Board of Commissioners approve land purchase of 8.6 acres to address town infrastructure needs

By David Rogers. BLOWING ROCK, N.C. — After a roughly 90-minute meeting in closed session following the regular meeting of town council on April...

Beam me up, Scotty!

By David Rogers. BLOWING ROCK, N.C. — I learned a new word today: macadamize. It was between 1896 and 1910 that the then sitting Blowing...

Can we imagine the unimaginable?

By David Rogers. BLOWING ROCK, N.C. — It was only four years ago that I dined with a longtime friend at an upscale restaurant...

Where’s the beef?

By David Rogers. BLOWING ROCK, N.C. — Whether Blowing Rock's Board of Commissioners did enough to placate those objecting to the proposed 20-foot increase...

Planning Board recommends curious approval for Green Hill utility pole replacement with 5-3 vote

By David Rogers. BLOWING ROCK, N.C. — It was not unanimous and there is still plenty to talk about. At their meeting on July...

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