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Chris Miller has been with the SNAP since January 2019. He is a graduate of NC State and received his Master's in Journalism from the University of Maryland. He previously wrote for the Capital News Service in Annapolis, where many of his stories on immigration and culture were published in national papers via the AP wire.

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City Council approves home developer’s rezoning request, other zoning matters

Albemarle City Council on Monday night approved two rezoning ordinances and a preliminary plat for a new cluster subdivision. The first involved annexing and rezoning ... Read more

by Chris Miller, Tuesday, October 18, 2022 3:09 pm

Garrett Starnes

STANLY MAGAZINE: Albemarle throwing range has been hitting the mark

Stanly native Michael Smith is an avid axe-thrower with about a decade of experience. He has thrown competitively all across the country, especially at venues ... Read more

by Chris Miller, Tuesday, October 18, 2022 10:12 am

City Youth Ballet

Hall House to host fundraiser for ‘The Nutcracker’ production

In order to raise money for “The Nutcracker” and to help get people in the holiday spirit, the City Youth Ballet will host an event, ... Read more

by Chris Miller, Monday, October 17, 2022 11:46 am

Don Russell

STANLY MAGAZINE: A sense of family has been what’s connected Rusco Fixtures over the years

For many decades, Stanly Fixtures and Rusco Fixture Company, located only a few miles from each other in Aquadale and Oakboro, were friendly competitors, trying ... Read more

by Chris Miller, Saturday, October 15, 2022 10:10 am

Art Blakey

‘This is the greatest day’: Section of Highway 740 renamed after Badin native, jazz legend Lou Donaldson

Growing up in Badin in the late 1920s, Lou Donaldson struggled at times with the clarinet, the first instrument he learned to play. Occasionally, when ... Read more

by Chris Miller, Friday, October 14, 2022 2:27 pm

Ground 40

Locust music store organizes festival to help people struggling with addiction

As a way to honor families who have lost loved ones to addiction and offer hope to those still struggling, rBc Music Store in Locust ... Read more

by Chris Miller, Thursday, October 13, 2022 1:24 pm

Albemarle Sweet Shop

Albemarle Sweet Shop breaks ground on new location

After first publicizing its intentions about moving in January, Albemarle Sweet Shop took a major step this week in relocating its business from King Avenue ... Read more

by Chris Miller, Thursday, October 13, 2022 10:16 am

Duke Energy

Lineworkers like Oakboro’s Chris Aycock have remained busy during pandemic

Even as many businesses reduced their workforce or dramatically reinvented how they operated during the COVID-19 pandemic, one career field never experienced a slowdown — ... Read more

by Chris Miller, Tuesday, October 11, 2022 2:00 pm

Aquadale Elementary School

Stanly County school board approves $220,000 to replacing Aquadale’s roof

The Stanly County Board of Education on Oct. 4 took action on several capital improvement projects listed as part of the upcoming fiscal year’s budget, ... Read more

by Chris Miller, Monday, October 10, 2022 11:24 am

Albemarle Public Housing

STANLY MAGAZINE: Albemarle’s housing director talks about leading his ‘city within a city’

Whenever there’s a problem within the City of Albemarle’s public housing community, whether it is overgrown vegetation along the sides of buildings, fences that need ... Read more

by Chris Miller, Saturday, October 8, 2022 10:22 am

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