December 14, 2006
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Sylva, NC
Volume 81, No. 38

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Sylva officials to condemn Ensley’s trailer park - After meeting with the landlord, Sylva town officials appear poised to move forward with ordering the demolition of a rundown trailer park. Owner Kirby Ensley presented his case to Sylva officials Dec. 7 regarding his Virna Lisa trailer park, but town Planning Director Jim Aust has determined that the structures should be torn down. Aust said Tuesday (Dec. 12) that the....

Fire scorches 300-plus acres in Tuckasegee - A brush fire that escaped its boundaries last Wednesday (Dec. 6) scorched some 330 acres on Shelton Mountain in Tuckasegee before it was contained Friday. N.C. Forest Service District Forester Greg Smith said his agency had 20 to 25 NCFS personnel on the scene most of that time. The fire, which was still smoldering Tuesday afternoon, was then classified as “contained,” Smith said. The area’s steep, rugged....

Airport Authority places commissioners on list to fill vacancy - Local airport officials, who Oct. 17 postponed recommending names to fill a vacancy on their board, acted on the matter Tuesday (Dec. 12) and decided to submit eight names to county commissioners, including former Jackson County Airport Authority Tom McClure, whose term expired in August. That decision came during the Airport Authority’s regular Dec. 12 session. Current statutes require that airport leaders suggest at....

Candles again line Dillsboro streets - Candles once again lined Dillsboro’s Webster Street for the second weekend of the town’s annual Festival of Lights and Luminaries. While Friday’s frigid temperatures hampered that night’s celebration, crowds returned Saturday to bring the merchants’ second open house to a successful close. Most of Jackson County saw its first snow Thursday, though no significant accumulations were reported. Its major impact was in the Cashiers area, where Blue Ridge School....

Medical problem is thought to be reason for vehicular death - A man who had just left a meeting of the Jackson County Airport Authority died Tuesday night. David Barrette, 51, of Monteith Branch Road, Sylva, was found in his 1999 Toyota 4Runner in a ditch at the intersection of Airport Road and Little Savannah Road, according to N.C. Highway Patrolman Denny Wood. “He just eased over in the ditch and stopped,” Wood said of a witness report. “From all indications, he either had.....

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