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Democrats The Transylvania County Democratic Party announces that Zeb L. Smathers, Canton’s mayor, will be the keynote speaker at its annual convention on March 30 at the Transylvania County Election Center at 150 Gaston St. Doors will open at...

Do you enjoy cooking, eating, local food work or, just simply, food? If you answered yes to any of these, join the Extension Master Food Volunteer (EMFV) program now. The 2019 application for the EMFV program is now open to Henderson County and...

Bingo Bingo will be held Saturday, March 23, at the VFW Post 4309 on Nicholson Creek Road in Brevard (50 Veterans Circle). Doors open at 5 p.m., and food and packet sales start at 5:30 p.m. Packets are $25 for regular and special games. Early birds...

AOTC Saturday, April 6, will be the Attack on the Carolinas (AOTC) bicycle race. The AOTC is the annual fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Pisgah Forest. The event includes two route options: 100k and 50k. The 100k route goes through North Carolina...

United Way of Transylvania County (UWTC) and the Brevard office of Fyzical Therapy & Balance Centers (formerly Perfect Balance Physical Therapy) combine forces to present the fourth annual Small Business Rally for Transylvania County. The 2019 rally...

In 1894 the first train reached Brevard. It was welcomed by a crowd of awed spectators. The building of the rail line was marred by one fatality: an engine fell through a temporary bridge, killing the fireman and carrying the engineer Ben Edgerton...

VFW The VFW Post 4309 will be holding its bingo this Saturday, March 23. Doors will open at 5 p.m., and food and packet sales start at 5:30 p.m. Packets are $25 for regular and special games. Early birds start at 6:30 p.m. and regular games at 7...

By Kay Speckman, Although NAMI has had a presence in Transylvania County for more than 10 years, members are frequently asked, “What is NAMI?” With more than 168,000 members, the National Alliance on Mental Illness is the nation’s leading...

The Pisgah Forest Rotary Club’s 20th Annual Assault on the Carolinas fundraiser will return to Brevard Saturday, April 6, raising money to support a wide range of local charitable organizations such as the The Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club of Trans...

A candidate forum organized by the Brevard/Transylvania Chamber of Commerce will take place this year on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the Transylvania County Library Rogow Room. The chamber wants to give as much early notice as possible of the date of this...

The Red Cross will be holding blood drives during the month of March at the following times and places in Transylvania County: •Thursday, March 21, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Transylvania Regional Hospital, Carlson Confer-ence Room, located at...

As part of its continuing efforts to promote conservation and community resiliency, Moving to Conservers will hold a “Food Scrap Symposium” at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 30, at Just Ripe Farm at 1200 Old Hendersonville Highway in Brevard. The...

Pisgah Forest Rotary For March, the Pisgah Forest Rotary Club’s speaker chair is Heather Christensen and the Rotary International theme for the month is water and sanitation. For the March 20 meeting, the guest speaker will be Jeff Storey,...

Hope everyone is enjoying this wonderful wet winter we are having. We have started work on the small building and hope to have it completed by the spring, but the weather seems to be a repeat of last year with each day wetter than the last. The...

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The Transylvania County Library, in conjunction with the C.A.R.E. Coalition, will host a two-part series entitled “A National Crisis from a Local Perspective” on March 18 and April 1. “A lot of this is geared to raising awareness,” said Jim...

Benefit For Lynwood Hires Riverbend Lodge will host a benefit for Lynwood Hires on March 23 and 24. On Saturday, barbecue will be sold, a dart tournament will be held, along with a pool tournament, horseshoe tournament, river duck race and a corn...