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		<title>Belmont Goal: &#8220;Tree City USA&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Adrian Miller, a planner with the City of Belmont, forwarded names to city council for a newly formed &#8220;Tree Board&#8221;. Three community members, Carolyn Sly, Chad Hutcheson, and Renee Shook, were appointed by council to serve as a committee to oversee city planning ordinances regarding plantings and the overall look of Belmont.
We applaude the appointment [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=1025&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Night Live Gets Expanded &#8220;Beer Garden&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Belmont City Council last night approved the request from the Downtown Merchants Association to expand the &#8220;beer garden&#8221; for Friday Night Live. The new area extends from the Caravan parking lot and Airline Avenue to include all of the street and sidewalk in front of Stowe Park.
As a result, the merchants association also approved [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=1023&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HOT-HOT-HOT</title>
		<link>http://belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/hot-hot-hot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Well, graduation weekend has come and gone in the little berg of Belmont, NC.
Many &#8216;lil darlin&#8217;s are down at the beach &#8211; well pretty much strung out from Carolina Beach to Kiawa Island, but they are mostly there.

From student reports: The Friday afternoon picnic at Stowe Park went over well with the approximately 160 students [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=1013&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Discovery Place eyeing Belmont for children&#8217;s museum</title>
		<link>http://belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/discovery-place-eyeing-belmont-for-childrens-museum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Even though the concept is old news &#8217;round here, when the Gazette picks it up, it must be important.
We think this is a great reuse of the inactive mills, it helps from a destination place viewpoint, and it keeps the Discovery Place program in the forefront of children&#8217;s programming.
Our wholehearted endorsement of this program is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=1009&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rough Draft Band Rocks Downtown Belmont</title>
		<link>http://belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com/2008/05/31/rough-draft-band-rocks-downtown-belmont/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 15:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rough Draft band from Charlotte rocked downtown Belmont last night during the second installment of the 2008 Friday Night Live! series.
Disco hits of the late 70&#8217;s and early 80&#8217;s were mixed in with pop tune covers throughout both sets. Of course the obligatory, &#8220;Electric Slide&#8221; was played for the female (and the few male) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=1006&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blowing (in) with the Wind: Myrick legislative works</title>
		<link>http://belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/blowing-in-with-the-wind-myrick-legislative-works/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 15:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US Representative, Sue Myrick, has introduced legislation to open drilling activities off the North Carolina Outer Banks region. “Some may say my legislation is controversial. So be it.&#8221;
Duh.
Representative Myrick points to a recent Gallup poll that says 57% of Americans support drilling for offshore oil. Does she represent the 9th district of North Carolina or the oil [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=1001&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WOW &#8211; SP Baseball Team Makes it Exciting!</title>
		<link>http://belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/wow-sp-baseball-team-makes-it-exciting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 14:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
South Point made an exciting statement last night in the first game of a 3 game series to determine a state finalist in 3A baseball.
A 1-0 victory over a previously undefeated West Rowan pitcher and a No-Hitter by local standout Zach Horne, put SP in the driver&#8217;s seat to advance in this tournament.
(Gazette Photo)
The Gazette [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=997&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grier marched through MS soccer playoffs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 17:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Grier middle school used consecutive &#8220;shots from the mark&#8221; situations to win the Girls MS Soccer Championship this week over Cramerton. 
Grier needed to get past Belmont last Thursday to play in the championship match. They progressed after outlasting Belmont through 70 minutes of a scoreless draw and winning 2-1 in &#8220;shots from the mark&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=995&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RE: Belmont&#8217;s Busy Weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 16:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, a big weekend has come and gone in dear old Belmont.
Some of the more progressive realtors in town were able to piggyback on the weekend that drew thousands of visitors to Friday Night Live!, the Garibaldi Festival, and the Belmont Women&#8217;s Club Home Tour. There were multiple &#8220;open houses&#8221; for homes that were for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=989&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Palenick and Council Cronies to use strong arm tactics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 16:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Over in the county seat, Gastonia citizens are experiencing yet another turn from the litigious-minded city manager, Jim &#8220;Big Plan&#8221; Palenick.
 
Why not force a business to GIVE their land to the city through the eminent domain process granted to public entities? The issue is the bank building and land within &#8220;Big Plan&#8221; Palenick&#8217;s downtown renovation. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belmontfrontporch.wordpress.com&blog=796522&post=986&subd=belmontfrontporch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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