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Wednesday, January 19, 2022
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Downtown Kings Mountain in the first snow of 2022. See more snow photos inside today’s edition. Photo by Liz Harlow
Let it snow! By Loretta Cozart
Patriots Park - Photo by Liz Harlow
The City of Kings Mountain got approximately four inches of snow on Sunday, January 16 during the overnight hours into the day on Sunday. With days of advance notice by local weather teams, citizens prepared for the weather and buying groceries for the days ahead. Luckily, the following
Wintery Wonderland! Photo byJennifer Worcester
Monday was the Dr. Martin Luther King observance, so many in the community already had the day off. “I estimate we got about four inches of snow, said Mayor Scott Neisler. “With winds up during the day, most of the tree branches and power lines were blown free of snow, so we hopefully won’t have many problems with that. And we didn’t have any major
power outages, either.” Citizens took to heart warnings to stay at home, and most followed those directions unless they had to go out for work. Once the heaviest of snow fell, families ventured out for an afternoon of playing in the snow or enjoying scenes of Kings Mountain blanketed in snow.
Photo by Denise and Pete Cobb
School Board accepts $ 750,00 bid on Central School upset bid process begins By Loretta Cozart On Monday, January 10 Cleveland County School Board met in closed session before announcing acceptance of a sealed bid of $750,000 for Central School. At the boards October 11 meeting, the board voted to sell the school and its 5.5 acres of land as surplus property. According to
Cleveland County GIS, the property is valued at $1.6 million dollars. The timeline for the initial sealed bid process took just 19 days, after Cleveland County School’s listed the property on their website on October 15, four days before Cleveland County Commissioners officially declined to take the property. According to the surplus property notification, all sealed bids had to be received by 4 p.m. on No-
vember 3. At Cleveland County’s school board meeting on November 8, the board voted to table the decision on the sale of Central School for 60-days, until January 10. School policy is to afford the board of county commissioners the first opportunity to obtain any real property at the fair market price or a price negotiated between the two boards. County Commissioners met on October 19 and voted to
CENTRAL SCHOOL decline the opportunity. Kings Mountain resident Michael Smith spoke during the school board’s November meeting and asked, “What’s the hurry?
The school board has asked for 12-months to vacate this building that sits at the heart of the historic district. Citizens nearby should be given the opportunity to have
input regarding what happens with Central School.” The upset bid process has begun for this property and the next deadline for bids is January 21 at 4 p.m.
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