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Shirley Galloway Petit went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, Feb. 18. 2020. She was 84 years old. She peacefully passed surrounded by her family after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She was born Sept. 30, 1935, in a small cabin in Lake Toxaway....

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. 885-2788. AA... Full story

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 DESTINY CHRISTIAN... Full story

The following briefs are from Thursday, Feb. 26, 1970, edition of The Transylvania Times. Dr. John Folger, medical director, County Department of Social Services, has made public the opening of a new Multiphasic and Cancer Screening Clinic at the...

Jerry Richard Owen, 75, of Brevard, a God-fearing Christian man, made his heavenly journey Feb. 21, 2020. He was the loving husband of Brenda Wise Owen. They shared almost 50 years of marriage. He was the example of an extraordinary husband, daddy,...

The Transylvania County Board of Commissioners will hold a yet-to-be-scheduled board workshop to further discuss the options for funding fire and rescue services in the county. Commissioners reached this decision after hearing a presentation last...

The following briefs are from Thursday, Feb. 19, 1970, edition of The Transylvania Times. The number of cases of flu in Brevard and Transylvania County is believed to be tapering off, according to Dr. John Folger, the health officer. School...

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 in death. She...

My name is Velma Owen. I’m an 84-year-old grandmother of seven. I’ve lived in Transylvania County my whole life, and I’m thinking about running a write-in campaign for president of the United States. I read letters in this paper all the time...

Attention College-Bound Seniors Applications are being accepted for WNC Communities’ Journey Scholarship, which is available to college-bound seniors who live in a community, which par-ticipates in the WNC Communities’ Awards Program. In...

The Transylvania County Library’s Discover Natural Transylvania series will show the film “Jocassee: Jewel of the Escarpment” at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 20. This is the rescheduled presentation for the postponed January Discover Natural...

All of the necessary submittals for local regulations have been received, according to County Manager Jaime Laughter, and permits under county jurisdiction have been issued for the construction process to begin on the proposed Dollar General store...

North Toxaway Baptist Church Food Bank The food bank will be open from 10 a.m. until noon, Saturday, Feb. 8. New clients must show proof of current address in Lake Toxaway, Sapphire and Quebec communities. They are located in the Old North Toxaway...

Tommy William Holden, 70, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. He was born Aug. 1, 1949, in Transylvania County, to the late Luther Monroe Holden and Eunice Cathleen Ward Holden. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in dea...

The North Toxaway Baptist Church Food Bank, which services Quebec, Sapphire, and Lake Toxaway low-income families, has received $2,000 from the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation to help feed local residents. The North Toxaway Baptist Church Food...

Sad News There is very sad news to announce – the passing of Randall Waldrop. Please keep the family of Randall Waldrop in your prayers. Randall will be greatly missed by the Lake Toxaway community and especially by everyone at the community...