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No decision (yet), but plenty to talk about

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|Date: May 16, 2019
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No decision (yet), but plenty to talk about

By David Rogers. May 15, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC --By the end, it evolved as a full semester course in civ ...

By David Rogers. May 15, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC --By the end, it evolved as a full semester course in civics and municipal governance for those privileged enough to witness it. COVER IMAGE: Sue Sweeti ...

May 16, 2019
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PUBLIC NOTICE: Special meeting of Town Council re: Town Manager hiring process

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|Date: March 27, 2019
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PUBLIC NOTICE: Special meeting of Town Council re: Town Manager hiring process

PUBLIC NOTICE. March 27, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- The Blowing Rock Town Council will conduct a special m ...

PUBLIC NOTICE. March 27, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- The Blowing Rock Town Council will conduct a special meeting on Monday, April 1, 2019. The meeting will begin at 12:00 p.m. and immediately following ...

March 27, 2019
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PUBLIC NOTICE: First meeting scheduled for Town Council’s ad hoc “visioning” committee

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|Date: March 15, 2019
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PUBLIC NOTICE: First meeting scheduled for Town Council’s ad hoc “visioning” committee

PUBLIC NOTICE. March 15, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- A majority of members of the Blowing Rock Town Council ...

PUBLIC NOTICE. March 15, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- A majority of members of the Blowing Rock Town Council serving on an ad hoc committee will meet Tuesday, March 19 at 5:00 in Town Hall. The meeting ...

March 15, 2019
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Town Council: Septic tank truck purchase approved, new audit firm hired

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|Date: March 13, 2019
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Town Council: Septic tank truck purchase approved, new audit firm hired

By David Rogers. March 12, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- With a relatively light agenda and little in the way ...

By David Rogers. March 12, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- With a relatively light agenda and little in the way of controversy, the Blowing Rock Board of Commissioners dispatched Tuesday's Town Council busi ...

March 13, 2019
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Why have it? Why not table it?

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|Date: February 15, 2019
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Why have it? Why not table it?

February 15, 2019 Dear Editor: After attending the Town Council meeting this past Tuesday, my concern for ...

February 15, 2019 Dear Editor: After attending the Town Council meeting this past Tuesday, my concern for our Town has been elevated. It is a fact that our Town cannot function properly without rules ...

February 15, 2019
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Brilliance, blindsided by dysfunction

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|Date: February 15, 2019
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Brilliance, blindsided by dysfunction

By David Rogers. February 14, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- Brilliance was blindsided Tuesday night at the re ...

By David Rogers. February 14, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- Brilliance was blindsided Tuesday night at the regularly scheduled February meeting of Blowing Rock's Town Council. A study of Blowing Rock hist ...

February 15, 2019
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TOWN COUNCIL: New downtown development standards weigh heavy on February agenda

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|Date: February 10, 2019
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TOWN COUNCIL: New downtown development standards weigh heavy on February agenda

By David Rogers. February 10, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- Proposed amendments to the Land Use ordinances go ...

By David Rogers. February 10, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- Proposed amendments to the Land Use ordinances governing downtown development will take center stage Tuesday night as the only public hearing on ...

February 10, 2019
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DAY THREE: Finding focus; starting an evolution?

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|Date: January 22, 2019
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DAY THREE: Finding focus; starting an evolution?

By David Rogers. January 22, 2019. ASHEVILLE, NC -- Impressively, Tuesday morning's session of the 2019 T ...

By David Rogers. January 22, 2019. ASHEVILLE, NC -- Impressively, Tuesday morning's session of the 2019 Town Council Retreat actually began to more closely resemble a retreat. With Interim Town Manag ...

January 22, 2019
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DAY TWO: Lots of topics, lots of discussion

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|Date: January 21, 2019
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DAY TWO: Lots of topics, lots of discussion

By David Rogers. January 21, 2019. ASHEVILLE, NC -- Day Two of the 2019 Blowing Rock Town Council "retrea ...

By David Rogers. January 21, 2019. ASHEVILLE, NC -- Day Two of the 2019 Blowing Rock Town Council "retreat" began promptly at 8:15 am in the Vanderbilt Room of the Doubletree Inn in Asheville. Various ...

January 21, 2019
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DAY ONE: Little drama — until the end of the day

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|Date: January 20, 2019
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DAY ONE: Little drama — until the end of the day

By David Rogers. January 20, 2019. ASHEVILLE, NC -- Day One of the 2019 Blowing Rock Town Council "Retrea ...

By David Rogers. January 20, 2019. ASHEVILLE, NC -- Day One of the 2019 Blowing Rock Town Council "Retreat" was unremarkable -- until the end when discussion became animated as the Board of Commission ...

January 20, 2019
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PUBLIC NOTICE: Town Council retreat scheduled to begin Sunday, in Asheville

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|Date: January 16, 2019
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PUBLIC NOTICE: Town Council retreat scheduled to begin Sunday, in Asheville

PUBLIC NOTICE. January 16, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- The Blowing Rock Town Council will attend their annu ...

PUBLIC NOTICE. January 16, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- The Blowing Rock Town Council will attend their annual planning retreat on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, January 20, 21, and 22, 2019. The anticipat ...

January 16, 2019
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Town Council faces full agenda in January meeting

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|Date: January 07, 2019
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Town Council faces full agenda in January meeting

By David Rogers. January 7, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- With the same or similar variances being requested ...

By David Rogers. January 7, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- With the same or similar variances being requested time and again for construction projects proposed downtown, Blowing Rock's Board of Commissione ...

January 07, 2019
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PUBLIC NOTICE: Special joint meeting of Town Council & BRAAC re: town art policy

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|Date: January 07, 2019
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PUBLIC NOTICE: Special joint meeting of Town Council & BRAAC re: town art policy

PUBLIC NOTICE. January 7, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- The Town of Blowing Rock Town Council will hold a joi ...

PUBLIC NOTICE. January 7, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- The Town of Blowing Rock Town Council will hold a joint meeting with the Blowing Rock Appearance Advisory Committee (BRAAC) to discuss the Public Ar ...

January 07, 2019
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Where’s Batman in dealing with this conundrum?

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|Date: January 01, 2019
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Where’s Batman in dealing with this conundrum?

By David Rogers. January 1, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- When reportedly first used back in late 16th centur ...

By David Rogers. January 1, 2019. BLOWING ROCK, NC -- When reportedly first used back in late 16th century England at Oxford University, the word "conundrum" referred to a riddle whose answer involved ...

January 01, 2019
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