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Press photo/Mia Overton The county will get the old Gulf gas station next to Town Bridge as part of a property exchange with the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The building could become the new home for the Friends of the Greenway.

County, DOT trade property

Mia Overton
Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Macon County will now own the old Gulf gas station next to Town Bridge as part of a property exchange with the N.C. Department of Transportation.

Press photo/Mia Overton Library supporters raised $30,455 to support salary increases for library employees. The effort came about after a request for a $20,000 increase in funding for the library was not approved by the Board of County Commissioners. Lenny Jordan said the original goal was to raise $20,000, but they exceeded that with 280 people making contributions over a 10-day period.

Donors support library salaries

Mia Overton
Tuesday, July 12, 2022

While the Macon County libraries did not receive the full amount they requested from the Board of County Commissioners, a private fundraising campaign has helped ensure the library staff will get s

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Town approves tax increase

News Staff
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Carter Giegerich for The Franklin Press

The proposed fiscal year 2022-23 budget for the Town of Franklin passed almost unanimously on June 21, with Town Council