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Here are links to news stories that may be of interest to residents of, and visitors to, Lake Gaston. We continuily search nearly a thousand websites for stories that may impact our area. We include very local news sites that are not often found by the national search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo.
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| Fish and other aquatic life need vegetation in the lake in order to survive, but when Lake Gaston was formed in |
| 1963 no one thought about that when they restocked the fish. That’s what Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) |
| Ecologist Gary Dick said, as he… |
| Lake Gaston's United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 93 is in need of a new patrol boat. The present boat is a |
| 1980s era model and has been in use on the lake since 2001. It has outlived its usefulness and a replacement |
| The second drowning in a week on Lake Gaston was reported Thursday afternoon on Merrymount Road just |
| north of the North Carolina line. |
| What’s the one-stop shop for information on Lake Gaston? It’s TLC — The Lake Concierge — and the first of its |
| kind is now open for business. The TLC is located at the Food Lion Shopping Center, at 2455 Eaton’s Ferry Road, |
| Great news for folks having fun in or living on Lake Gaston. The public treatment for hydrilla starts early June, as |
| the 2010 dates and areas to be treated have now been released. Professional Lake Management (PLM), treatment |
| contractor for the Lake Gaston Weed Control Council, started putting notices on docks as early as the last week in |
| The newest “starting point to enjoy all that Kerr/Buggs Island Lake have to offer,” held its ground breaking on |
| Thursday. The Willow Grove Marina, being built by M&J Developers, touts itself as the “premier” marina on Kerr |
| Several things were apparent at the May 17 meeting of the Greensville County School Board-local government |
| officials are adamantly opposed to putting a toll road on I-95 -- Assistant Secretary of Transportation, Matt |
| As the county's first budget work session wrapped up last Wednesday, new expenditures totaling more than |
| $75,000 were on the table for consideration. The largest additional expense under consideration is $50,000 for a |
| park in the Lake Gaston area, proposed by Commissioner Ulysses Ross, who lives in that area. |
| “The cuts are deep,” Northampton County Manager Wayne Jenkins said. “And the pain is severe. It affects |
| everyone.” The Northampton County commissioners proposed balanced budget would come with a cost — a tax |
| increase of eight to 10 cents to taxpayers. |
| Those who were close to a 15 -year old today mourn his passing after he drowned near his home on Lake Gaston |
| Sunday evening. According to the Ebony Volunteer Fire Department, the boy, who was diabetic and reportedly |
| could not swim, went into the lake with two other children who were about the same age. |
| It is the official word summer is in the Valley — the Battle of the Barbecue is upon us. The 18th annual event will |
| be held at the Lake Gaston Chamber of Commerce grounds at 2475 Eaton Ferry Road Saturday, May 29. |
| Changes are on the way for residents who experience frequent cell phone dead zones around Lake Gaston. A |
| recent survey by the Lake Gaston Association of its members showed no cell company performed satisfactorily, |
| according to Executive Director Moira Underwood. |
| As of May first, North Carolina requires that all personal watercraft (PWC) and boat operators under age 26 will |
| have proof of taking a boating course, if they are operating a vessel with an 10 HP engine or greater. |
| The town of South Hill is calling all farmers, bakers and homemade crafters in Mecklenburg and surrounding |
| counties to show off their speciality goods as vendors at the South Hill Farmers Market. With the opening day… |
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