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  • 1 week ago | warrenrecord.com | Luci Weldon

    The Warren County Emancipation Proclamation Committee will host its second Community Juneteenth Celebration from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, June 21. The event, designed for the whole family, will be held at Warren County Courthouse Square, located at 109 S. Main St., Warrenton. Members of the Emancipation Proclamation’s Executive Committee who have been working to plan the local Juneteeneth Celebration are: Larry M.

  • 1 week ago | warrenrecord.com | Luci Weldon

    Wise resident and United States Air Force veteran Frank Gustkey will be the grand marshal for the Wise Fourth of July Parade & Festival. The event will begin at 10 a.m. with the Independence Day Parade, followed by the festival on the grounds of Wise Baptist Church. Festivities will conclude at 2 p.m.Gustkey, a native of Pennsylvania, moved to Warren County in 1977 and settled in Wise. He and his wife, Nancy Kay Gustkey, were married at Wise Baptist Church in 1964.

  • 1 week ago | warrenrecord.com | Luci Weldon

    During its regular monthly meeting on June 10, the Warren County Board of Education accepted the highest bid in the amount of $435,300 for the purchase of the former South Warren Elementary School building. The bid was submitted by Coral Construction. South Warren Elementary School, located on Shocco Springs Road in the Afton-Elberon community, was constructed in 1964 and closed after the 2018-19 school year. The South Warren property includes the former school and approximately 18 acres of land.

  • 1 week ago | warrenrecord.com | Luci Weldon

    The North Carolina Department of Transportation is expected to begin work in the next few weeks to expand the intersection of Main Street and East Macon Street in downtown Warrenton. During the Warrenton Board of Commissioners’ June 9 meeting, Town Administrator Robert Davie told the board that detours would primarily impact the routes of transfer trucks. He also spoke with the newspaper about the project last week.

  • 2 weeks ago | lakegastongazette-observer.com | Luci Weldon

    A summer tradition returns to Warren County next month as the Ridgeway Historical Society sponsors the Ridgeway Cantaloupe 5k on Saturday, July 12 at 7 a.m. Registration is underway. This year marks the 11th anniversary of the Cantaloupe 5k, which draws runners and walkers of all ages from Warren County and throughout the state of North Carolina and beyond. Participants will line up outside the Ridgeway Community Center located near the Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Department, 660 US Hwy.

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