Graves vandalized See story on page 4 WEEKLY


COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER


May 27 - June 2, 2010 Vol. 8 • No. 21 Woodfin • Weaverville • Barnardsville Fifty Cents


likely maintain tax rates at 35.5 cents this upcoming fiscal year after reviewing a proposal that suggested a 3½ cent increase. Te town is now set to borrow


an additional $140,000 off its fund balance to recuperate a bulk of the difference.


Town backs off tax increase How to find a new town manager


By Matt Tate Te Town of Weaverville will


Te proposed net increase was


2½ cents on $100 of assessed prop- erty value considering Weaverville was set to drop its recycling user fee, roughly estimated annually at one cent on the tax rate or in the neighborhood of $68,000. Te fee, which appears on the water bill, was scheduled to be eliminated because of the Woodland Hills annexation. Te recycling fee will likely re- main under this new budget, which


Teen injured in go-cart accident


By Matt Tate An Alexander teen was injured


when his go-cart he was travel- ing in struck a vehicle traveling Sunday (May 23) on Flint Hill Road. Tucker Levick, 12, was trans-


ported to Mission Hospitals with non-life threatening injuries. At- tempts to reach his family about an update on his condition were unsuccessful. According to the N.C. High-


way Patrol, Levick was traveling eastbound near his home on Flint Hill Road when he struck a car driven by fellow Flint Hill Road resident Tammy Cutshaw. According to the accident


report, Cutshaw was traveling nearly 35 miles per hour when her vehicle struck the oncoming go- cart. Investigators are not press- ing any charges in the accident. Levick was being supervised by


an older boy at the time of the ac- cident, according to N.C. High- way Patrol.


Hartwell Wright, left, addresses council members. Biscuits • Hot Dogs • Fountain Sodas • Beer • Wine


will go into effect July 1 once passed by town council. Increased esti- mates on income revenue will also


help balance the budget. No ex- penditures proposed in the original budget presented earlier this month


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By Clint Parker It was a Weaverville Town bud-


get workshop meeting, but Hartwell


Wright of the North Carolina League of Municipalities dominated the meeting with a discussion of how to conduct a search for a new town man- ager.


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Veterans visit memorial weaverville


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have been cut, Weaverville Town Manager Mike Morgan said.


Tere are more than 400 town,


city and county managers in the state Wright told the council and about 5 to 6 percent of state government en-


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