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Tom Hardy won't admit he's Frankie Pulitzer. The record makes the case anyway.
Death doesn’t have to be scary.
The last show of the summer is Friday, and the porch railing comes off so the bands can play. Two Civil War maples out front are being held up with cables. Keeping all of it protected takes more unpaid work than anyone would guess, and the commission that does it has empty seats.
The owners want to sell. Their own filing says the land is worth more as housing than as a golf course. The latest plan keeps all 18 holes and puts about 90 units on the practice range, the old 9th fairway, and two acres off Kellwood Drive. Council hears it informally tonight.
Three new book sellers turned up in the High Country this summer. Not one of them is selling you a screen.
One book in Boone decides how tall a building gets and how many bathrooms go in a four-bedroom. A developer asked to be let out of ten of its rules. The Planning Commission recommended denial, unanimously. The decision is Town Council's.
The mayor gets the photo. Two council seats never saw a ballot. And the job that actually runs Boone has been filled on a temporary basis since December.
The Once soundtrack was playing on our first date and again for our first dance. Sadly, the world lost Glen Hansard last week.
Dee McGillivray and Kyle Lillie topped the heavy athletics as the Games hit 70, rain and all.
