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The Transylvania Times is making this story free to readers because of the need for information about the coronavirus (Covid-19). We encourage you to support our efforts to keep the public informed by subscribing at... — Updated 4/5/2020 Full story

Census Report If you haven’s completed the 2020 census yet, there are two ways you can to it. 1. Go to www.2020 census.gov and click on “respond.” 2. If you don’t have a computer, call (844) 330-2020. If you get your mail... — Updated 4/1/2020

Editor’s Note: Mayor Jimmy Harris and Brevard Council were contacted for comment about the Depot Railroad Avenue Park. Only Councilwoman Geraldine Dinkins didn’t respond, as of going to press. Mayor Jimmy Harris: This project i... — Updated 3/17/2020

Memorial Service For Doc Lance A memorial service for Doc Lance will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 14, at the French Broad River across from Rosman Town Hall. The spot was Lance’s favorite place, his fishing hole. Mike... — Updated 3/12/2020

Now that many in the Democratic Party have apparently realized that Bernie Sanders and his socialist platform might be harmful to down-ballot Democratic candidates, and to defeating President Trump in November, the fear of our... — Updated 3/9/2020

Eastatoe Bingo Eastatoe Community Center will be having its monthly bingo on Saturday, March 7. Food sales start at 5 p.m. and bingo starts at 6 p.m. If you would like to donate a gift or baked goods, call Tina Craig at 577-0022... — Updated 3/4/2020

Eastatoe Bingo Eastatoe Community Center will be having its monthly bingo on Saturday, March 7. Food sales start at 5 p.m. and bingo starts at 6 p.m. If you would like to donate a gift or baked goods, call Tina Craig at 577-0022... — Updated 2/26/2020

Brevard City Council approved a historic signage project that falls under the African American Storyline Project, a nonprofit initiative that received a $23,000 grant from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation to erect 34 signs througho... — Updated 2/24/2020

The first Transylvania County Superior Court term of 2020 took place earlier this month, with Judge Bradley Letts presiding. Letts heard the following felony trial and pleas: •A Transylvania County jury found Joseph Edward Alexan... — Updated 2/24/2020

Donna Anders McCall, 79, of Lake Toxaway, passed away Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, surrounded by her family who she loved so much. She was the daughter of the late Palmer and Ethel Devore Anders. Her husband, Archie McCall, preceded her... — Updated 2/17/2020

Valeria Brower Robertson, 87, of Asheville, died Feb. 3, 2020, in Asheville. She was born Nov. 17, 1932, in Memphis, Tenn., to her parents, William Ernest Brower, and Fay Braswell Brower, she was the eldest of four children. Her... — Updated 2/6/2020

Daniel Brewster Lester, 80, passed away at 1:15 a.m. Jan. 25, 2020, at his home in Brevard, surrounded by loved ones. He leaves behind his wife of 45 years, Celinda Winstead Lester; their two children, Elizabeth Gibbs (husband,... — Updated 2/3/2020

Every year I wait with excitement to learn which books for youth will be named the best of the best and this year was no different. Publishers, educators, readers and librarians such as myself eagerly await the day that the Youth M... — Updated 2/3/2020

These new books are now available at the Transylvania County Library: Fiction Allende, Isabel. “A Long Petal of the Sea.” Sometimes life gives us no options. This is the case for Roser, a young, pregnant widow during the... — Updated 2/3/2020

Eastatoe Bingo Bingo for this month has been cancelled. It will resume in March. Silversteen Bingo Bingo will be held Feb. 8 at Silversteen Community Center. Food sales start at 5 p.m. and bingo at 6 p.m. Zion Baptist Church Zion... — Updated 1/29/2020

These new books are now available at the Transylvania County Library: Fiction Dorsey, Tim. “Naked Came the Florida Man.” Serge A. Storms is on his last road trip in his ‘69 Plymouth with Colman riding shotgun, this time to... — Updated 1/27/2020