Author: Toby Thorpe The Stanly News & Press
Albemarle
As part of a short agenda on Monday, Albemarle City Council unanimously voted to ratify Resolution 25-03, which opposes pending legislation in the NC General ...
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by Toby Thorpe, Tuesday, April 22, 2025 2:51 pm
Cook Out
Council members in Locust unanimously tabled a conditional rezoning request by Caliber Associates as part of a light agenda at its April 10 meeting. In ...
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by Toby Thorpe, Friday, April 11, 2025 2:43 pm
Brian Taylor
If you’ve traveled between N.C. Highway 740 and the Stanly County Airport recently, you’ve no doubt seen considerable grading and earth moving along the north ...
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by Toby Thorpe, Thursday, April 10, 2025 10:41 am
Legacy Meadows
When Hernandez Health Care Systems acquired the former Homeplace Rest and Retirement quarters on Vickers Store Road, the potential for a unique senior care facility ...
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by Toby Thorpe, Wednesday, April 9, 2025 10:21 am
Albemarle
Albemarle Public Utilities Director Jay Voyles gave city council members a report on Daupler, a new after-hours system by which citizens can report power outages, ...
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by Toby Thorpe, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 4:14 pm
Benton Dry
Dun-Rite still doing it right By Toby Thorpe Few businesses in Albemarle and Stanly County have exceeded the century mark in longevity, but Dun-Rite Cleaners, ...
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by Toby Thorpe, Monday, April 7, 2025 10:36 am
Aquadale
In the early 1960s, Vaughn Swaringen built a small structure next to his home off Cagle Road near Aquadale. The outbuilding, which would eventually house ...
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by Toby Thorpe, Wednesday, April 2, 2025 10:29 am
Locust
At its March 13 meeting, Locust City Council and Locust Police Chief Jeff Shew recognized the police department’s 2024 “Citizen of the Year,” Mitchell Cagle. ...
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by Toby Thorpe, Tuesday, April 1, 2025 1:27 pm
David Odom
David Odom has been connected with the automobile business his entire life. “My father worked with Ford Motors and was a major metro market manager ...
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by Toby Thorpe, Monday, March 31, 2025 10:26 am
Albemarle
Katie Lynn, Albemarle’s new Main Street Manager, was introduced to council members at the board’s March 17 meeting by city Economic Development Director Lindsay Almond. ...
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by Toby Thorpe, Tuesday, March 18, 2025 11:17 am
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