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October 22 - October 28, 2009 Vol. 7 • No. 43 Woodfin • Weaverville • Barnardsville Fifty Cents
Town takes in Woodland Hills areas
Weaverville’s town limits have been on action together, the members unani- sections Monday night (Oct. 19). Rick Cupp said he is still opposed
By Matt Tate
various council agendas for more than mously voted to add 612 residents Councilman Walt Currie said, to being annexed and said an informal
20 years, including a similar proposal and more than 200 acres to the town “This is one of the most difficult deci- poll of the Stoney Brook neighborhood
Proposals to add sections of the in 2008. and bring in the Aiken Road, Stoney sions I have had to make during my uncovered that roughly 70 percent of
Woodland Hills neighborhood to In one of this council’s last official Brook, Blueberry Hill and Highlander two years on the council.” those participating agreed with him.
Following the vote, a half-dozen A secret ballot poll in the Highland-
dissenters, who declined to speak dur- er section found that 66 percent of the
ABC store opens for business
ing the public comment portion of the more than 70 participants were in fa-
meeting prior to the vote, vented their vor of being annexed by Weaverville.
frustrations outside Weaverville Town Cupp faulted state legislators for al-
Hall.
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Detectives unearth
Craigslist scam
a release on the APD Web site.
By Matt Tate
Detectives from the depart-
ment’s Criminal Investigations
Detectives from the Ashe- Division posed as jewelry sellers
ville Police Department cited a following up on the ad. Laws
Weaverville woman Friday (Oct. was in violation of N.C. General
16) with trying to buy precious Statute 66-165, which states that
metals online without a permit. “it shall be unlawful for any per-
From left to right, ABC Board members Jacob Lions, Ron Sussex and Lou Accornero and store
Crystal Wiggins Laws, 35, is son to engage as a dealer in the
manager Ed Doughty celebrate the opening of the ABC store in Weaverville.
charged with fraud after posting business of purchasing precious
on the popular classified Web site metals either as a separate busi-
By Matt Tate
Wednesday (Oct. 21). what we want Weaverville to have
Craigslist that she was “looking ness or in connection with other
It is exactly what the board had in a liquor store,” he said.
to purchase any unwanted or business operations without first
Slightly more than a year after hoped for, member Ron Sussex That vision includes an open
broken jewelry you may have and obtaining a permit for the busi-
inception of the Weaverville ABC said. layout plan, stone columns and
I pay a decent price,” according to
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Board, the ABC store opened “Our vision has been fulfilled of
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