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Reader letters
Jun 18Please return statues To the editor: An 80-year-old woman has had two lion statues stolen off her front porch this time. Remember when my six foot ...
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Reader letters, June 17
Jun 17Maggie’s budget raises questions To the editor: November 2010 Maggie elections seated a group promising to “downsize government, spur the economy, ...
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Interim Haywood Community College president bids farewell
By William C. Aiken - Jun 14To the Citizens of Haywood County: For the past eight months, I have had the privilege of serving as Interim President of Haywood Community ...
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June 14 letters
Jun 13A personal response To the editor: I found it very refreshing to have received a personal response to an e-mail I sent to Congressman Meadows ...
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Letters, June 12
Jun 11Consider this unvarnished truth To the editor: How many of our freedoms are we willing to give up in the name of protection from the jihadists? ...
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Reader letters June 10
Jun 07Barren lawn will deter visitors To the editor: I have recently returned to our lovely mountain home in Haywood County and viewed the shocking, ...
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Reader letters June 7
Jun 06Courthouse lawn could be a memorial to veterans who served the country To the editor: Today is Memorial Day and as I gaze upon the old Waynesville ...
Local Columnists
What's with this wet and wacky weather?
Jul 19Most of you know that I work at a golf course, and there is the long-standing joke that, “It never rains on the golf course.” I wish that were ...
Other Columnists
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The Seinfeld counter culture
By Paul Viau - Jun 19Earlier this year my wife and I saw Jerry Seinfeld perform in Asheville. He looked a little older, and in fairness so did we. But his sense of ...
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Tax reform takes a good turn
By John Hood - Jun 19RALEIGH — Life, the old saying goes, is best thought of as a journey, not a destination. When it comes to reforming North Carolina’s tax code, ...
Rolling with Stone
By Jessi Stone Guide editor - Jun 19In the round I spent my weekend with my favorite guys — my husband who is celebrating his 29th birthday today (Happy birthday Matt!) and my dad ...
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Unifying dispatch systems makes sense
Jun 18It’s refreshing to see that, at long last, Haywood County is moving toward a single dispatch center where emergency calls, whether they are ...
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Bait-and-switch conservatism changes meaning of the word
By Kathy Ross - Jun 18This session of the North Carolina General Assembly is supposed to be the most conservative in recent history, with its Republican majorities in ...
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Medicaid costs are expanding
By John Hood - Jun 17During the past year, North Carolinians have heard many things about Obamacare, Medicaid, and health care reform that turned out to be untrue. For ...
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House, Senate must resolve vast budget differences
By Scott Mooneyham - Jun 17RALEIGH — One of the major differences in the proposed state budgets approved by the House and Senate can be seen in the two competing documents ...
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Event, reception center at Wells is a visionary move
Jun 14Wells Funeral Homes and Cremation Services has been a part of Haywood County for 125 years and continues to reinvest in the community. The latest ...
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Big property tax increases on North Carolina’s horizon?
By Allan Freyer - Jun 14The Senate’s historically unprecedented $1 billion-a-year tax cut passed out of the Finance Committee yesterday, moving steep reductions in ...
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Ten things we’ve learned on Jones Street in ten days
By Chris Fitzsimon - Jun 14The last 10 days at the General Assembly have been some of the busiest of the session, with debates on the House budget, taxes, schools voucher ...
Blogs
Star Trek Into Darkness review
By Max Maier - Jun 18In 2009, Director J.J. Abrams, famous for tv show Lost and several other movies, put out a reboot called Star Trek. Abrams wanted to create a new ...
Man of Steel review
By Max Maier - Jun 17Superman is an American icon recognized the world over. Superman represents truth, justice and the American way. It all started back in WW2 era ...
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Movie Review: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
By Haywood County Library - Jun 17Reviewed by Librarian Donna Surles Set in the near future, two neighbors, Dodge (Steve Carell) and Penny (Keira Knightley), react in different ...
New Group for Teenagers at Canton Branch Library
By Haywood County Library - Jun 14The Canton Branch Library will be starting a Teen Advisory Group, TAG for short. This group will allow teens to have a voice in their library and ...
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Library Seeking Lego & Duplo Donations
By Haywood County Library - Jun 11The children's department at Haywood County Public Library is in need of Legos and Duplos. If you have any Legos or Duplos that you would be ...
Comments
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Re: Cruise fire cuts couple’s trip short
By Allen Alsbrooks - Jun 19Ok.....the picture shows damage to the back of the ship. LOL The front was OK. I sail two cruises each year. These events, though seemingly often, ...
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Re: County, town leaders dismayed with tax plan
By John Buckley - Jun 18When Laurel and Hardy said "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!" it was funny. The prospect of higher property taxes is not. ...
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Re: Reforming taxes first, explaining details later is bad public policy
By Charles Zimmerman - Jun 18Dear Vicky; Congratulations for your service. I plan on doing something in regards to 4-H. Don't know much about this countie's, but something ...
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Re: Reforming taxes first, explaining details later is bad public policy
By Charles Zimmerman - Jun 18What we are seeing is conquest. While they may have sworn an oathe to OUR constitution, their opinions on its protections as witnessed by their ...
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Re: “Gun Rights, Healthcare and the Constitution” with CATO Institute"
By Charles Zimmerman - Jun 18This is reactionary nonsense: "It has been said: ‘the 2nd Amendment protects all the other amendments including the right to free speech, freedom ...
