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Class reunion
Mount Holly High School Class of 1958 will celebrate its 50th anniversary reunion with an outdoor event at the home of Steve and Jane White Saturday, May 17, 2008. The event will begin at 5 p.m. A newsletter will be sent out to all classmates.
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Budget calls for slight tax decrease
By THOMAS LARK
- Thu, May 15, 2008
MOUNT HOLLY—City Manager Eric Davis unveiled an $8.6 million budget Monday night.
At the Mount Holly City Council’s regular meeting, Davis said his balanced budget proposed for fiscal year 2008-09 calls for a decrease in the tax rate, from 54 cents to 53.5 cents per $100 of valuation. The budget also calls for a 50-cent increase per customer per month in solid waste fees.
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Squeezed by gas crunch
By THOMAS LARK
- Thu, May 15, 2008
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| A Belmont Fire Department truck was among the vehicles responding to the scene of this traffic accident last week. - Photo by Thomas Lark |
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BELMONT—As gasoline prices approach $4 a gallon, first responders are feeling the same crunch as average citizens.
Those in Belmont are trying to make the best of a difficult situation. Belmont Police Department Chief David James said Thursday that his officers are once again walking 15 minutes out of every hour. James said this plan was also implemented last year, May-August, during the worst of the 2007 gas crisis.
“We’ve been doing this again for about the past two months now,” said the chief. “We’re trying to do every bit we can to help our gas budget.”
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Litter sweep aims to keep Belmont beautiful
By JUDY CLOSSON
- Thu, May 15, 2008
BELMONT—Last month’s City Pride Day was a huge success.
There were 138 volunteers that signed in to help in the annual citywide litter pick-up, held April 26. Participating groups included folks from the Belmont Police and Fire departments, the Reid Community, the JROTC of South Point High School, Boy Scout Troop 56, Belmont Abbey College, the Belmont Women’s and Town and Country Garden clubs, Keep Belmont Beautiful volunteers and KBB board members.
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Tornado tears up Mount Holly
By THOMAS LARK
- Thu, May 15, 2008
MOUNT HOLLY—Friday’s tornado and heavy thunderstorm left parts of Mount Holly damaged and without power.
The wild weather roared through in the wee hours of that morning, with strong rains, wind and lightning strikes at about 2 a.m.
Mount Holly Fire and Rescue Training Officer Curtis Thomas said the lightning knocked out stoplights for hours at Rankin Avenue and Tuckaseege Road. Officers from the Mount Holly Police Department and Gaston County Sheriff’s Office directed traffic through the busy intersections.
And a tornado forced the closing of Catawba Heights, North Belmont and Gardner Park elementary schools.
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Businesses building on the past
By DIANE TURBYFILL
- Thu, May 15, 2008
Nothing gives me more pleasure than making the rounds to cover what’s happening in Belmont and Mount Holly, but often times the whole story just doesn’t fit within the parameters of a news article.
All hail the editorial page—a haven for opinions and side comments.
Last week, D.J. Toal put down his hand-painted Frankenstein mug (created by a young artist—his son) to show me around his glass distribution center, Slumpy’s on Ervin St.
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