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Here's a summery of news stories that may be of interest to residents and visitors of Lake Gaston. These stories area found in newspapers, websites and from broadcasters who cover events and issues relating to our area. Each story is copyrighted by that publisher.
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| The Warren County Farmers Market is now accepting vendors for its second season, which will open April 17 in a |
| new location - the BB&T parking lot, Market St., Warrenton. |
| David Duxbury, Lake Gaston Association Director and Chairman of the Membership Development Committee |
| reported that the association now has 1,292 households and 56 businesses listed on its membership roster. |
| Each household membership conservatively consists of at least two adult members. |
| Morningstar Marinas, owner of Eaton Ferry Marina, will not contest the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's |
| (FERC) ruling that approved the expansion of East Oaks Marina. East Oaks proposed adding a boat launching |
| facility to the northern tip of their property located directly across a narrow cove from the existing Eaton Ferry |
| Marina at the south end of the Eaton's Ferry Bridge. |
| Maurice Emery, 66, founder of the Lake Gaston Gazette passed away on Monday, March 8 from complications of |
| surgery. He was a patient at Duke University Hospital since the last week in February. Maurice and his wife, Kay, |
| published the first issue of the Lake Gaston Gazette on Nov. 2, 1993. |
| Northampton County has moved even closer to spending $2 million from the Golden LEAF’s Community |
| Assistance Initiative Tuesday evening the 12-member review team narrowed 25 proposals worth about $6 million |
| down to 10 proposals totaling $3.8 million. |
| The South Hill YMCA finally has a new place to call home -the former South Hill Primary School. The nearly three |
| year effort to obtain the facility came to a breakthrough on Monday when the Mecklenburg County Board of |
| Chesterfield County is seeking nearly $3 million in federal funds to stave off an aquatic weed threatening the |
| quality of a major water source, the Swift Creek Reservoir. Hydrilla, a nuisance weed indigenous to Asia, has spread |
| rapidly in the 1,700-acre reservoir in recent months, infesting almost 750 acres. |
| Entrepreneur Lafayette Gatling and his company, L&M Hospitality RR LLC, are late in making the February payment |
| to the city for the purchase of The Roanoke Rapid Theatre. The company failed to make the $98,203.49 payment |
| on Feb. 1, and as of Friday afternoon was still in arrears. Additionally, the March payment — an additional |
| $98,203.49 — was due last Monday. |
| Master training sessions, professional development and a blossoming partnership with the Department of Public |
| Instruction seem to be paying off for Halifax County Schools, at least in the eyes of N.C. Gov. Bev Perdue. |
| Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Virginia Conservation Police Officer, Sgt. Jon Hart, was the |
| keynote speaker at the February meeting of the Lake Gaston Water Safety Council. Sgt. Hart told the 24 council |
| members present that VDGIF now has seven officers… |
| The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued their final ruling in late February approving the |
| expansion of East Oaks, LLC (East Oaks) public marina expansion. East Oaks is located across the small cove from |
| Morningstar Marina at the south end of Eaton's Ferry Bridge. |
| Halifax County Commissioners opted not to take action on the Lake Gaston Weed Council's formal request for a |
| second half of the balance, $58,000, of Halifax County's pledge for the period of July 1, 2009 thru July1, 2010. |
| Traffic along Hwy. 1 just across the Virginia border will become one lane for the next six or more months as the |
| Virginia Department of Transportation repairs the roadway near Miles Creek Bridge about four miles from the |
| Warren County Sheriff's Deputy Christopher Michael Boncek, 34, of Star Lane, Hollister, was arrested shortly after |
| midnight on Sunday in relation to an altercation with a Franklin County Sheriff's deputy. |
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