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ANGLICAN ST. PATRICK’S ANGLICAN CHURCH Level B, Hollingsworth Building, 147 East Main St., Brevard Rev. Nicholas R Henderson, Vicar SUN-9:30a.m. Study;Wed–Noon Service 10:30a.m. Holy Eucharist 828-687-0115 ASSEMBLY OF GOD... — Updated 9/28/2020 Full story

American Legion & Auxiliary, meets first Monday of each month, 6 p.m.; dinner, 7 p.m. meeting, Legion Hall, 55 E. Jordan St. Now a non-smoking facility. American Association of University Women, AAUW branch meetings are held at... — Updated 9/28/2020 Full story

AA Meetings - every day of week: for information on meeting, places and times. 885-2788 • www.aabrevardnc.org. AA Meeting - Fireside Group, Sundays 11 a.m. at United Community Bank Building, Straus Park, 1225 Asheville Highway.... — Updated 9/28/2020 Full story

Celia Hooper Miles, a 1960 Brevard alumna and former Brevard College faculty member, has published her 10th novel, “The Skeleton at the Old Painted Mill: A Marcy Dehanne Grist Mill Mystery.” This work is the third installment... — Updated 9/28/2020

Martha Louise Rausch Ohaus, daughter of Karl William Rausch and Lois Mildred Gilger Rausch, passed away quietly Sept. 18, 2020, at her home on Lake Toxaway. She was born March 8, 1926, in Cleveland, Ohio, where she spent her... — Updated 9/23/2020

Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Join us Sunday, Sept. 27, for worship online at www.bdrpc.org. The Rev. Keith Thompson’s message, “Be Still and Hope,” with the day’s scripture reading, Psalm 42:1-5. For more... — Updated 9/23/2020

The Brevard College Art Department will host “Handverker,” an exhibition by Frankie Flood, now through Friday, Oct. 2, in the Spiers Gallery. Flood is a full professor and area head of the metalsmithing and jewelry design area... — Updated 9/23/2020

Madison Cawthorn, the Republican nominee to replace Mark Meadows as the congressman from North Carolina’s 11th District, tells an inspirational story of his near death in an automobile accident, his recovery, and his new role as... — Updated 9/23/2020

The following briefs are from Thursday, Sept. 24, 1970, edition of The Transylvania Times. R.E. Parker, age 32, was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the shooting of Van Allen Owen, age 59. Parker has been... — Updated 9/21/2020

In October of last year, Tore Borhaug filed plans for a 17-acre mixed-use development as a planned development district (PDD) to be located between the Asheville Highway and the Deerlake Village subdivision. A PDD is a form of... — Updated 9/16/2020

Chad Roberson of the architectural firm Clark Nexsen told the Transylvania County Board of Education at a work session Monday evening the latest design development plans call for the use of modular units during new construction... — Updated 9/16/2020

If you are ever tempted to think that your single vote couldn’t possibly matter, remember Febb Burn. Who, you might ask, was Febb Burn? Febb Burn of Moose Creek, Tenn., was college educated and had taught school, but in 1920 she... — Updated 9/9/2020

In the Sept. 3 issue, Mr. Brendle provided important facts about the “Star Spangled Banner,” including being first sung at a baseball game in 1918 in remembrance of U.S. soldiers recently killed. What Mr. Brendle did not... — Updated 9/9/2020

In the past week, East Carolina University reported it had surpassed 1,000 COVID-19 cases. UNC-Chapel Hill sent students home shortly after it had opened for in-person classes last month due to COVID-19 clusters. While these... — Updated 9/9/2020

Brevard College enrolled a record number of 767 students for the fall 2020 semester, according to college officials. For the third straight year, the fall semester’s enrollment is the largest since Brevard College became a... — Updated 9/9/2020