ASHEBORO — Asheboro’s challenge to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s quest to put discharge limits involving water treatment at the city’s plant drew a variety of speakers and legal consultants to last week’s public hearing. The hearing, conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency, was held at Randolph Community College. At issue is the […]
Here’s the device found at an Asheboro residence. (Asheboro Police Department photo) ASHEBORO — Officers with the Asheboro Police Department investigated another suspicious device at a city residence last week. The Oakmont Drive location drew attention when a resident doing yard work uncovered what appeared to be a hand grenade in a flower bed. Officers […]
ASHEBORO — The Asheboro City Council has given the greenlight for a few residential developments. At its October regular business meeting, the council held three public hearings for zoning applications, including one for approximately 75 acres of property located on Windsor and Gold Hill Road to go to Residential Conditional Zoning for the purpose of […]
ASHEBORO — Sitting city council members Joey Trogdon and Eddie Burks advanced through the primary in bids to become Asheboro’s next mayor. Trogdon received 924 votes and Burks received 784 votes in the primary, which wrapped up Tuesday. Jennyfer Bucardo (223 votes) and Brett Thompson (134 votes) didn’t advance. Mayor David Smith is retiring after […]
ASHEBORO — When early voting for the City of Asheboro primaries began last week, some turnout numbers seemed interesting. For both last Thursday and Friday – the first two days – the Randolph County Board of Elections reported that there were 101 voters each day. Asheboro voters are tasked with trimming the field of candidates […]
ASHEBORO — The City of Asheboro’s water resources division is conducting sewer smoke testing in the area of Dixieland Acres neighborhood through the end of this week. The project was to begin Sept. 8 and go through Sept. 19. Door hangers were distributed in the impacted area to notify residents. Waste spill reported The City […]
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 — The annual process for the City of Asheboro to switch to free chlorine as its primary disinfection treatment will start by the end of this week, according to information from the city. This change in treatment is necessary to ensure optimum water quality throughout the distribution water mains, the city’s memo said. Residents […]
A water main break on North Fayetteville Street in Asheboro draws attention of city workers last month. (PJ Ward-Brown / Randolph Record) ASHEBORO — Recent water main breaks in the city have brought attention to aging pipes that Asheboro officials already have been addressing. City crews respond to an average of more than two water […]
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 […]
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