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Morganton August Permits

Morganton August Permits

  • City of Morganton permit reports, January-August 2026

Monthly totals reflect building permit values only.

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medford speaks

  • JACOB CHRISTOPHER / THE PAPER

CoMPAS CATV Production Specialist Chad Medford speaks into a microphone, talking to someone working in the council room.

Bethel Park

Bethel Park

  • CITY OF MORGANTON

Bethel Park: Renovated and ready for the trees

500 trees coming to Bethel Park
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500 trees coming to Bethel Park

  • By ALLEN VANNOPPEN allen@thepaper.media

Among the budget amendments, department reports, and other routine business before the Morganton City Council on Monday came an announcement t…

Fabric Friends: Stitched with care
Caldwell County

Fabric Friends: Stitched with care

  • By JACOB CHRISTOPHER jacob@thepaper.media

Every Tuesday morning around 10 a.m., the thick chicka-chicka-chicka of sewing machines fills the mazelike halls of First United Methodist Church in Lenoir. A group of retired women, whose number fluctuates with the week, sit across from each other, stitching and layering and chatting about patterns and fabrics and quilts.

Fabric Friends

Fabric Friends

  • JACOB CHRISTOPHER / THE PAPER

(Left to right) Pat Hawkins, Martlinda Niño, Mary Anne Della Santa, Pam Bowman, and Jeanne Enloe.

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  • JACOB CHRISTOPHER / THE PAPER

Martlinda Niño continued working through the interview as the other women showed quilts in progress and finished pieces alike.

Quilters

Quilters

  • JACOB CHRISTOPHER photos / THE PAPER

Pam Bowman (left) points to the stitching on a quilt as Mary Anne Della Santa (top right) holds the other end. Bowman explains the craft of th…

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  • Photos FOR THE PAPER

Although the company bringing the rides is different this year, attendees can expect the classics during next week’s Caldwell County Agricultu…