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Locust passes budget, honors police officer
Locust City Council adopted a $6.23 million budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year at its meeting on June 13. General fund expenses account for $4.76 million of the total, with Wastewater expense accounting for the remaining $1.46 million. Revenues to offset general fund expenses are projected to come primarily from property tax ($2.2 million) and […] The post Locust passes budget, honors police officer appeared first on The Stanly News & Press.
Albemarle to celebrate opening of Courthouse Plaza
The City of Albemarle will have the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for Courthouse Plaza, downtown Albemarle’s newest public gathering space. The event will be at 11 a.m. June 22 at Courthouse Plaza, the former alleyway stretching from West Main Street to King Avenue, near the old Davis Drug building. Courthouse Plaza will be […] The post Albemarle to celebrate opening of Courthouse Plaza appeared first on The Stanly News & Press.
Whataburger sues North Carolina-based What-a-Burger #13 over trademark
(WGHP) — A Texas-based fast food chain that has plans to expand into North Carolina is suing a locally-based restaurant after they say it violated terms of an agreement that allowed them to use similar names. A lawsuit was filed in court on Tuesday, where Whatabrands, LLC., the parent company of Whataburger, alleged trademark infringement […]
Ribbon Cutting At New Eli Lilly Facility
CONCORD, N.C. – The City of Concord is celebrating nearly 600 new jobs coming in. Eli Lilly held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new facility. The manufacturing campus will have an average salary of more than $70,000. The facility will manufacture GLP-1 weight loss drugs, like Mounjaro, starting in...
Kannapolis holds Cannon Boulevard corridor community input meeting
KANNAPOLIS — The Kannapolis planning department organized a community input meeting at Elegancia Events on June 11 to gauge from the public how the Cannon Boulevard corridor project should proceed. The Cannon Boulevard corridor is a six-mile stretch of road that goes from Interstate 85 to the town of Landis. While this project is being […] The post Kannapolis holds Cannon Boulevard corridor community input meeting appeared first on Salisbury Post.
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