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  • School notes | Board of Education OKs cuts

    The Union County Board of Education has accepted $4 million in cuts for equipment, building repairs and other capital expenses.

  • Straight answers for those who rely on wells

    Experts discount some myths about how vulnerable your water supply is.

    If you're a newcomer who depends on a well for your household water, this long-standing drought may have you wondering how vulnerable your water supply is.

  • Gorgeous green and copper bugs

    June beetles have made an appearance, but they won't be here for long.

    It's a bird, it's a plane, it's June beetles.

  • School retirees are honored

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  • Union County blotter

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  • Man killed in wreck near Monroe

    One man was killed Thursday night in a single-vehicle wreck north of Monroe.

  • Book tells of WWII POW camp in Union

    Hundreds of captured Germans lived at Camp Sutton in Monroe.

    Middle-aged strangers sometimes stopped Robert Billinger at odd times and places in 1969 and 1970, when he was a Fulbright Scholar in Austria.

  • Union News

    A bill that could jeopardize Marvin's annexation effort passed the N.C. House Wednesday night. House Bill 2367 would install a moratorium on involuntary annexations effective between July 31 and April 30, 2009.

  • Builder enlists water experts

    Developer of The Woods is running tests to try to prove that proposed private treatment plant will be just as safe as other area sources.

    Developers, seeking to prove water from a plant they propose to build in The Woods development would be safe, are comparing water from a similar plant to water from local sources.

  • Union crime trends impossible to track

    Sheriff blames flawed computer system for confusion in 2002-'06, says 2007 stats are OK.

    Whether crime is up or down in most of Union County is impossible to know because of a flawed computer program that tallied crime between 2002 and 2006, Sheriff Eddie Cathey says.

  • ‘Stock the School' nets more than 300 books

    Sun Valley Elementary draws an enthusiastic response for summer fundraiser.

    Children are usually not too thrilled about attending school functions in the middle of their summer vacation.

  • Indian Trail taxpayers likely will pay more

    But Town Council cuts proposed budget to keep tax rate from going any higher.

    Most town residents will pay higher property taxes for 2008-09, but not as high as proposed.

  • Economic woes blamed for rise in burglary, thefts

    Monroe police chief: Stepped-up patrols also may have led more people to report crime.

    The city saw an increase in crimes reported between 2006 and 2007, particularly double-digit rises in property crimes such as burglary and larceny, according to Monroe crime statistics reported to the N.C. Department of Justice.

  • Your new best friend could be a rescue dog

    Many stray dogs (and cats, too) are up for adoption in our area.

    A small black dog wandered into our driveway. We live on a busy street, so it's not the safest place for a dog to walk alone. The furry dog was healthy, did not appear hungry and was obviously someone's pet that had gotten loose.

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