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Lake Toxaway Charities Steps Up During Crisis
Lake Toxaway Charities (LTC) recently raised over $175,000 in three months in response to its request to Lake Toxaway Estates residents for emergency funds to assist Transylvanians... — Updated 7/1/2020
Clubs And Organizations In Transylvania County
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 7/1/2020 Full story
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Local Dog Owners Say They're 'Thrilled' To See Dog Park Coming To Fruition -Brevard NC
When Katinka and Rodney Remus began generating public interest in a dog park in Brevard in 2014, Katinka remembered looking down at her 2-year-old Westie, Talley, to proclaim they... — Updated 7/1/2020
Connestee Falls Scholarship Winners Announced-Brevard NC
Transylvania County Schools recently announced the recipients of this year's Connestee Falls scholarships. They are a talented and deserving group of 12 seniors from both Brevard... — Updated 7/1/2020
Robin Allen Nurse Practitioner Joins AdventHealth's Cardiology Team
Access to AdventHealth's whole-person care during COVID-19 never came to a full stop and neither did the health care system's efforts to expand the care choices for people across... — Updated 7/1/2020
Dunn's Rock News
Calling All Neighbors Keith Parker recently sent me a hand-illustrated map of the Dunn's Rock Community from 1955. It noted the locations of community home places, and an accompanyi... — Updated 7/1/2020
Armadillo Sightings Likely To Increase In Transylvania-Brevard NC
Last Saturday, Sheila Johnson found an armadillo at her home in Lake Toxaway Estates. In the past few years, the county's N.C. Cooperative Extension office has heard of armadillo... — Updated 7/1/2020
Brevard Foster Families Appreciate Free Night Out Courtesy Of Donors
In the best-case scenarios for charitable giving, the costs are shared and the impact is doubled or tripled. That is exactly what Birmingham-based attorney Lawrence King of... — Updated 7/1/2020
National Magazine Features PLATT Designed Home
A home designed and built by PLATT, a Brevard based architecture, construction and interior design firm, is featured in the July/August issue of VERANDA, a lifestyle magazine with a... — Updated 6/29/2020
SylvanSport Camper Giveaway Aids Health Care Workers
Outdoor gear company SylvanSport, based in Brevard, has held gear giveaway campaigns before, but their GO Giveaway held in the fall of 2019 would prove to be different. Little did... — Updated 6/29/2020
Support Wildlife In Southern Appalachian Forests
Forests in the Southern Appalachians are some of the most biologically diverse temperate forests in the world: however, these forests have departed from healthy conditions and many wildlife and plant species are in decline due to... — Updated 6/29/2020
Connestee Falls News
I’ve Got Carolina On My Mind, And In My Heart! “You’re moving where?” my mom asked me over a glass of wine during one of our weekly Sunday visits back while I was still living in Miami, Fla. “Connestee Falls. It’s in... — Updated 6/24/2020
U.S. Forest Service Plans Fail To Protect Area Water Quality
The Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests are the headwaters of seven major river systems, providing drinking water for millions of people in four southeastern states and wildlife habitat for a bewildering array of native species,... — Updated 6/24/2020
WCCA To Meet
Western Carolina Community Action, Inc., a nonprofit human services agency administering local, state and federally funded programs for low-income, the elderly and children, will hold its Board of Director’s monthly meeting on... — Updated 6/24/2020
Outdoors Experts Hold Webinar On Pisgah/Nantahala Forest Plan-Brevard NC
The commenting period for the draft Pisgah/Nantahala Forest Plan revision ends on June 29, and local nonprofit MountainTrue held a webinar with recreation experts last Tuesday to discuss the draft plan’s implications on one of... — Updated 6/22/2020
Glancing Back: One Killed, Three Injured In Accident
The following briefs are from the Thursday, June 25, 1970, edition of The Transylvania Times. One man was killed and three others were injured in an auto collision Wednesday, June 17, about 11:15 p.m. on U.S. 64 near Pisgah Gardens... — Updated 6/22/2020
Laura Smith Named Teacher Of The Year-Brevard NC
In a nod to the ongoing health crisis, educators across Transylvania County Schools gathered in a public meeting livestreamed to the district's Facebook page for the surprise... — Updated 6/17/2020
Dunn's Rock News
Senioritis Eva Carter is in exceptionally good spirits for a young woman whose rites of passage have been hijacked by a pandemic. Eva, a Dunn's Rock resident and recent graduate of... — Updated 6/17/2020
Flame Azalea And Mountain Laurel
An otherwise ordinary walk in the woods can turn magical when one keeps an eye out for beauty. Throughout the summer, shrubs and wildflowers provide a changing landscape of blooms... — Updated 6/15/2020
AdventHealth Flat Rock Adds Family Nurse Practitioner
AdventHealth Hendersonville welcomes certified family nurse practitioner Susannah Sitton, FNP-C, RN, to its network of care. Sitton is joining AdventHealth Medical Group Multispecia... — Updated 6/15/2020
AdventHealth Hendersonville Acquires New GE Healthcare Revolution Apex CT Scanner
AdventHealth Hendersonville is excited to now offer enhanced CT imaging to patients across western North Carolina. It is the first health system in the region to have the GE... — Updated 6/10/2020
First Family Member To Attend College Eyes Coming Home
Devin Owen's family has lived on a farm in Lake Toxaway for generations. His mother Connie's grandfather bought the land. His father James's family traces its roots in Transylvania... — Updated 6/10/2020
BRCC Welcomes New Faculty For Human Services Technology
Andrea Craven, an experienced social worker with strong ties to the community, will teach students majoring in human services technology as Blue Ridge Community College's new... — Updated 6/10/2020
Transylvanians In College
Western Governors University Kelli Walsh of Brevard has earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Western Governors Univer-sity. The online, nonprofit university has graduated more than 167,000 students from across the country... — Updated 6/10/2020
County Churches Successfully Adapt To Virus-Brevard NC
In March when Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency and limited mass gatherings to 10 people or less, churches throughout the state closed their physical doors. But several area churches followed the old adage of “when on... — Updated 6/3/2020
