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4-8 Hrs a Week in a Pretty Building
The NC Rural Center is offering to give Bryson City $8000-$12,000 for every job created and retained for six months by facelifting two buildings. Once the buildings are complete, employers…
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Beware Get Rich Quick Schemes
Leadership of Bryson City, Dillsboro, and Swain and Jackson counties is still under the impression that hauling a steam engine to the area from Maine, for the Great Smoky Mountains…
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Go on, Pretend You Feel the Synergy
I’m grateful for the opportunity to have attended Moogfest on a press pass a couple months ago, and then to receive a gratis ticket from an insider for Brian Eno’s…
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Beauty before Wealth
Following in the footprints of many other municipalities, Bryson City is trying to improve its economy by legislating architectural beauty (1,2).
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Questions Raised in Bryson City
The following rumors are repeated with full acknowledgment that everybody is innocent until proven guilty. There are allegations that the Bryson City fire department collected funds in two secret accounts…
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Why File?
Bryson City will have one mayoral candidate on the ballot, but two write-in candidates are expected to give him a run for the money. Disappointment has been expressed in the…
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In the Morning You Go Gunning
Bryson City has at times been able to bill customers for only half as much water as it had pumped into the system. Or so it appeared. A recent water…
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Not News
The song remains the same. Only the names have been changed. Bryson City leadership wants to develop ordinances “to improve the look of downtown.” But wait! Alderman Tom Reidmiller spoke…
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High-Energy Opacity
State authorities raided the home of Bryson City’s former fire chief. The assistant police chief said he didn’t know why, and he couldn’t comment on what the state was doing.…
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Needs More Fiber
“Irregularities in the department’s finances” have caused the Bryson City fire station downtown to be shut down until about Wednesday. The chief has been relieved of his duties. No additional…
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21st-Century Cause & Effect
Bryson City needs design guidelines because the executive director of the Swain County Chamber of Commerce held up photos of the city as it looks now. She used adjectives like…
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“Conversations with Kay” Coming to a Town Near You
Senator Kay Hagan will be hosting the following “Conversations with Kay”: Wednesday, April 20 Andrews, Andrews Community Center, 10:00-11:00 Robbinsville, Graham County Community Center, 1:00-2:00 Bryson City, Swain Community Center,…