ASHEBORO — The Asheboro Fire and Rescue Department will be upfitted with new trench rescue equipment. At the Asheboro City Council’s Feb. 5 meeting, the board approved the purchase of specialized fire and rescue equipment. “In this current budget year, we had requested approximately $300,000 for some trench rescue equipment, a trailer to haul the […]
Cam Mills (Courtesy photo) ASHEBORO — Cam Mills is the newest member of the Asheboro City Council after he was appointed to fill a vacancy on the board. Mills is taking a spot that became open when council member Joey Trogdon vacated the position after he was elected mayor. Council members chose the new […]
ASHEBORO — The former Acme-McCrary Mill is set to be refurbished, adding more than 100 multi-family apartment units within the building At the Asheboro City Council’s Nov. 6 meeting, the council approved a rezoning request for just less than three acres of property located at 113, 114 and 159 North St. and 151 North Fayetteville […]
ASHEBORO — The Asheboro City Council met in the first week of September for a regular business meeting with two public hearings on the agenda. The council first held a hearing for a rezoning request for just more than one acre of property located at 129 East Ward Street from General Commercial to Office-Apartment Conditional […]
ASHEBORO — Phillip Cheek is a candidate again for an elected position in Asheboro, just with a different target. Cheek, who has been on the Board of Education with Asheboro City Schools for nearly two decades, is running for a position on the Asheboro City Council. “I still want to serve my city and try something […]
ASHEBORO — The City of Asheboro will be taking steps in the coming months to work toward improving parking availability downtown. At the Asheboro City Council’s meeting last week, assistant city manager Trevor Nuttall presented to the council some short-term strategies that the staff figured could be implemented without any additional financial resources. “We are […]
ASHEBORO — There will be primaries for the mayoral race and city council seats in Asheboro for the fall elections. Two candidates – Brett Thompson and Jennyfer Bucardo – entered the mayoral race Friday, which was the final day for candidates to file. They’ll join sitting city council members Eddie Burks and Joey Trogdon looking […]
ASHEBORO — The Asheboro City Council approved another step toward the development of a 400-plus unit development just to the north of the North Carolina Zoo At its July regular business meeting last week, the council held a public hearing for a request to amend an existing Low-Density Residential Conditional Zoning District encompassing approximately 235 […]
ASHEBORO – The Asheboro City Council approved its 2025-26 operating budget, which is balanced at about $75.7 million, at its June meeting. Of that, the general fund is balanced at approximately $50.5 million, which is approximately a $2 million increase from the prior year, mostly due to personnel expenses, city manager Donald Duncan said. “We’re […]
ASHEBORO – The Asheboro Police Department is looking into reopening the old shooting range on Old Lexington Road. At the Asheboro City Council’s May meeting, Asheboro police chief Robert Brown Jr. discussed the process the department is undergoing toward that goal. The North Carolina Department of Labor had conducted a test last year that determined […]
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