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BR town council halts Chetola plan again

In the classic comic strip Peanuts, football season is celebrated by Lucy holding a football for Charlie Brown, only to pull it away at the last second before he can kick it through the goalposts. Such must have been the feeling of the Chetola Severn Partners as the development group once again had its application for a Conditional Use Permit put on hold by the Blowing Rock Board of Commissioners Tuesday evening.

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Town cleared in hiking injury lawsuit

A civil case against the Town of Blowing Rock is over after a two-week trial. The verdict? “Not guilty!”

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Magazine: Weak economy may help Ginn

Bobby Ginn’s Laurelmor project near Blowing Rock is struggling financially, but he has one thing in his favor, says the September issue of Business North Carolina.

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Historical Society wants the public's help

Over the next several weeks volunteers with the Blowing Rock Historical Society and the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum Board of Trustees will be seeking input from the residents of Blowing Rock on the priorities they would like to see implemented into the planned museum complex.

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Second City blows into Hayes Center

A brain trust of social and political satire, the Windy City’s giggle factory takes a look at our culture tumbling towards the inevitable in the all-new show “Pratfall of Civilization,” playing at the Hayes Performing Arts Center in Blowing Rock on Sept. 19 & 20 at 7:30pm.

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About The Rocket
The Blowing Rocket was first published in June 1932, a tabloid publication that was printed each week during the months of June, July and August. After the final week in August it was to put to bed until the following June.

Local Links Around Blowing Rock
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