Gray Stone Day School
Gray Stone senior says ‘You Are Loved’
A Gray Stone Day School senior is continuing a project she began last year to help widows in the community. Victoria Eckman partnered last year ...
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Albemarle
FOREVER SHINING: Community members remember Gene Starnes
Stanly County has lost a gem. Gene Starnes, the longtime owner of Starnes Jewelers in downtown Albemarle, died Monday. He was 82. Starnes retired in ...
by BJ Drye, Thursday, February 1, 2024 3:30 pm
Albemarle
Jeweler Gene Starnes has died
Gene Starnes, the longtime owner of Starnes Jewelers in downtown Albemarle, died Monday. He was 82. Starnes retired in 2022 after operating the jewelry store ...
by BJ Drye, Tuesday, January 30, 2024 9:12 am
News
Fund started to help son of woman killed in accident
A fundraising effort is underway to help a boy whose mother died in a car accident Jan. 12 in the Oakboro area. A GoFundMe page ...
by BJ Drye, Thursday, January 18, 2024 10:20 am
Rocky River
Flooding leads to power outages in Stanly
Thousands of Union Power Cooperative customers are without electricity after a transmission structure was damaged by flooding Thursday morning. Flooding from Rocky River led the ...
by BJ Drye, Thursday, January 11, 2024 12:18 pm
Ed Crutchfield
Stanly County remembers Ed Crutchfield
Ed Crutchfield, one of Stanly County’s “adopted native sons,” died Tuesday at age 82. Crutchfield grew up in Albemarle and made financial contributions to the ...
by BJ Drye, Thursday, January 4, 2024 4:17 pm
Albemarle
Jay’s Seafood owner plans to rebuild after fire
Owners of Jay’s Seafood plan to rebuild after a fire tore through the more than 60-year-old building Wednesday morning. Fire departments from Stanly, Cabarrus and ...
by BJ Drye, Thursday, January 4, 2024 10:32 am
East Side
East Side: Fire under control, ‘Jay’s Seafood will be closed indefinitely’
East Side Volunteer Fire Department posted shortly before noon on its Facebook page that the fire at Jay’s Seafood on Stony Gap Road in Albemarle ...
by BJ Drye, Wednesday, January 3, 2024 2:13 pm
Albemarle
Multiple agencies work fire at Jay’s Seafood
Multiple fire departments are working a fire at Jay’s Seafood on Stony Gap Road in Albemarle. Queen City News originally reported from Midland Fire and ...
by BJ Drye, Wednesday, January 3, 2024 9:33 am
“Peanut Butter Conspiracy”
B.J. DRYE COLUMN: It’s been quite a year, Santa
Dear Santa, I hope you are doing well. That’s how most of these Santa letters begin, but I have to admit that I know you ...