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cil meeting, another opinion on Re- ems Creek Village. Reems Creek Village resident Terry Dawson spoke before coun-
Reems Creek Village speaks against subdivision Retirement party for Morgan
By Matt Tate Another Weaverville Town Coun-
cil Monday (Sept. 20) and asked the members to reject developer Al Dorf’s possible forthcoming propos- al to divide many of the unsold lots. Dawson spoke on behalf of sev-
eral residents and said the proposed changes would violate town codes. A large chunk of the roughly 60
lots in the development have not sold, and Dawson fears subdividing the lots would lessen the values of homes in the area. “Tis would obviously change the
character of the neighborhood,” he told council members. Dawson noted that many of his
fellow residents are senior citizens with fixed incomes who would suf-
A farewell celebration honoring Weaverville Town Manager Mike Mor-
gan will be held from 2 pm to 4 pm on Oct. 3 at Weaverville Town Hall. Morgan is retiring this year after 18 years as the town’s manager. Citizens are invited to attend.
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fer the greatest from declining home values. Hardly a meeting has passed this
year in which the council has not looked at some aspect of the de- velopment, from a lengthy discus- sion about ownership of the roads to a recently approved proposal for Mountain Housing Opportunities to build a 15-lot affordable housing
New officer for Weaverville Jeremy Jenkins is the
town’s newest police offi- cer. He joined the force in August and is nearing the end of training. He will have obtained approxi- mately 200 hours of field training before he begins his normal duties, Chief Greg Stephens said. Town council approved fund- ing for a new officer after portions of the Woodland Hills neighborhood were annexed. Jenkins served in the U.S. Army and worked locally for U.S. Cellular. He holds a degree in crimi- nal justice from AB-Tech where he was the president of his basic law enforce- ment class. • In fire department
news, Chief Greg Hooper said the cause of an Aug. 25 fire that destroyed a home on Terrace Lane was tied to an electrical problem with the refrigerator. No one was hurt in the blaze.
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subdivision within the village. Tere is no indication as to when
Dorf may bring his subdivision pro- posal before council. In other news, the council re-
appointed Ron Sussex to the ABC Board for a three-year term. Te council scheduled a workshop
for Oct. 4 to go over reports from a recent pay study.
Jeremy Jenkins is the town’s new police officer. Water district under cont... Continued from page 1 We insure mobile homes! coming for the district. It was origi-
nally designed to help supply water to the Versant development as well as other customers on the district’s northern end. When the development went
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under in 2008, legal issues needed to be sorted out before the district was able to move forward with the tank. It will still provide improved wa-
ter performance to current custom- ers, including those in the Sunny Ridge development Martin said the district has had
several breaks on the main line, in- cluding one Monday, running from the reservoir through the Reems Creek area while working on pres-
surizing and filling the tank. He added the breaks were likely
weak spots in the 80-year-old lines that may have been only lightly leaking until the pressure was in- creased, exposing the breaks. “Tese are issues you work
through,” he said. “It shouldn’t be an ongoing problem.” Te main line serves about 150
customers in the area, and Mar- tin said many have not lost service while the district fixed the leaks.
Yard sale at Salem United A yard sale will be held from 8 am to 1 pm on Oct. 2 at Salem United
Methodist Church on Salem Road in Weaverville. Space rentals are avail- able for $10. Call Linda Fox at 779-0499 for more information.
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