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Sylva, NC 28779 - Volume 76, NO. 16 - Release Date: 07/19/01

After 26 years as Dillsboro mayor, Wilson will not seek re-election
Wilson Wade Wilson of Dillsboro, one of North Carolina's longest-running mayors, was first installed without even running for office.

"I remember that day back in 1975 well," said Wilson, mayor of this tiny historic town for 26 years. "I had just returned home from a Rotary Club meeting, and my wife (Rebecca Cannon Wilson) said, 'Guess what? You're the new mayor of Dillsboro!' I hadn't even filed.

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