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Asheboro pizza restaurant could open in spring

Asheboro pizza restaurant could open in spring

ASHEBORO — The Pizza Inn project in Asheboro seems back on track. The opening of the restaurant at 1216 East Dixie Dr. could be coming soon. Progress has been made at the site of the former home to Uptown Charlie. The Texas-based pizza chain had dubbed the Asheboro location for the first reveal of its new design. While that was intended to happen by late 2022, the marketing drum for the restaurant has begun to beat again. Asheboro’s Pizza Inn appears at least about a month away from opening.  It’s an overhaul for the chain, which is redesigning its stores…
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Asheboro clears way for new affordable housing development

Asheboro clears way for new affordable housing development

ASHEBORO — The Asheboro City Council met Thursday, March 9, with multiple property and funding matters on the agenda. The council held legislative hearings for two rezoning applications for property located at 853 East Salisbury Street and 133 Southway Road. The first application was for a rezoning from OA6 to OA6 (CZ) “This is an application filed by Community Housing Partners for property identified as 853 East Salisbury Street,” said Community Development Director Trevor Nuttall. “It includes four separate county parcels, approximately five and a half acres. This application is to take the property from an existing high-density office and…
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Best in the state

Best in the state

Commissioner of Insurance and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey stopped by the Asheboro Fire Department’s Station 1 on March 9, 2023, to announce the department’s new Insurance Services Office (ISO) rating. ISO ratings are set by the NC Department of Insurance every five years following a thorough inspection of a fire department’s staffing, training, equipment, maintenance, water supply, and emergency communications. After years of hard work to purchase new equipment, take specialized training, and become rescue certified, the Asheboro Fire Department was officially presented with its new rating of ISO 1, placing it in the top fire departments in North…
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HUDSON: Working for you

HUDSON: Working for you

“How does this impact you?” That’s the question I ask myself before considering every bill I introduce, cosponsor, or vote on as your Congressman. With our new Republican majority in place, we have hit the ground running this year—and we will not slow down. From stopping soft-on-crime policies, defending the Second Amendment with my Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, protecting our strategic oil reserves, standing up to socialism and the Chinese Communist Party’s use of a spy balloon over U.S. territory, and voting to end COVID-19 vaccine mandates—House Republicans have delivered results for you and families across the country. Following a…
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Prep softball: Patriots go through process in new season

Prep softball: Patriots go through process in new season

Providence Grove’s Leela Von Der Hay tags out Southwestern Randolph’s Madison Varner. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) CLIMAX – Some growing pains are going to be part of the process for Providence Grove’s softball team this season. That’s fine with coach Tim Brown as long as the Patriots show progress. Providence Grove was undefeated in the regular season last year, but five starters are gone from that team. “Comparing everything to last year would be difficult for everybody,” senior pitcher Emma Mazzarone said. “It was a special team. This year could be special, too. You can’t compare to last year because it…
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Prep Roundup: Tigers begin PAC baseball slate with shutouts

Prep Roundup: Tigers begin PAC baseball slate with shutouts

Randleman’s Austin Lemons delivers a pitch last Thursday at Eastern Randolph. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) Randleman’s baseball team was in good form on the mound when Piedmont Athletic Conference play began. The Tigers posted two shutouts against Eastern Randolph, winning 9-0 at home in the first matchup and then two nights later prevailing 5-0 in Ramseur. Austin Lemons was the winner in the second meeting. The Tigers haven’t lost a conference game since 2019. Providence Grove and Southwestern Randolph split a pair of games to open their PAC schedules. Providence Grove won 95 at home before the Cougars claimed the rematch…
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NOT QUITE ENOUGH: Eastern Randolph boys fall in 1-A state final

NOT QUITE ENOUGH: Eastern Randolph boys fall in 1-A state final

Eastern Randolph coach Johnny Thomas consoles Devonte Brooks, left, as Will Stalker looks on after the Class 1-A state final. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) RALEIGH – The greatest basketball season in the history of Eastern Randolph had a sour ending. The Wildcats needed one more comeback and couldn’t quite generate it, falling 84-73 to Wilson Prep in the Class 1-A state championship game for boys' basketball Saturday afternoon at Reynolds Coliseum. “These boys have dedicated everything they possibly could to the sport of basketball the last four months,” Eastern Randolph coach Johnny Thomas said. “We have nothing to be sad over.”…
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Ex-Globetrotters guide Eastern Randolph, Wilson Prep to Class 1-A state final

Ex-Globetrotters guide Eastern Randolph, Wilson Prep to Class 1-A state final

Coach Johnny Thomas has his Eastern Randolph team in the Class 1-A state final. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record) The coaches for the two teams in the Class 1-A state championship game for boys’ basketball own a common background. Johnny Thomas of Eastern Randolph and Anthony Atkinson Jr. of Wilson Prep both played for the Harlem Globetrotters. Eastern Randolph is going for the school’s first state championship in basketball when it plays Wilson Prep on Saturday afternoon. The state final is scheduled for noon at Reynolds Coliseum on the North Carolina State campus in Raleigh. The only previous appearance in a state…
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Caraway set to begin with Dogwood 250

Caraway set to begin with Dogwood 250

SOPHIA – Caraway Speedway opens its 58th season of stock-car racing Sunday with the running of the Dogwood 250. The Dogwood 250 will feature 100-lap features for the SMART Modified Tour and the speedway’s regular Late Models plus a 50-lapper for the 602 Modifieds. Legend cars and Bandoleros also are on the card. Racing is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. The speedway used the Dogwood 250 name to honor the early spring events once held at Martinsville Speedway in the heyday of Modified and Late Model sportsman racing, according to information from the speedway. Many of the SMART Modified…
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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Madison Varner

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Madison Varner

Southwestern Randolph, softball Varner had a game-winning single in the ninth inning of the Cougars’ season-opening victory against visiting North Stanly. Varner, a senior, is trying to help the Cougars to another winning season. She was a regular in the lineup a year ago. This week, the Cougars begin Piedmont Athletic Conference play. They won their final five PAC regular-season games last spring.
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