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 […]
ASHEBORO – The City of Asheboro is aiming for a summer reopening of the playground area at the Zoo City Sportsplex. At its April meeting, the council approved a $200,000 allocation for needed repairs to the playground. “Basically what we had were drains that were stopped up and a compaction issue,” city manager Donald Duncan […]
Randolph Community College honored a pair of city leaders during last week’s mayor’s report on campus. Mayor David Smith and former city manager John Ogburn were recognized with gifts. Left to right are RCC board of trustees vice chair James Goudy, RCC president Shah Ardalan, Smith, Ogburn and RCC board chair Reynolds Lisk. (Randolph Community College photo) […]
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