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NCDPI’s 2025-26 results, posted Sept. 2, show Oakwood and HCAM at B, Northview moving from D to C, and Viewmont meeting growth after missing it a year earlier.
The Business Development Committee will take nominations through 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, in eight individual and business categories.
The 11 a.m. race at Winkler Park is $30 through Sept. 13, then $35; the dog festival runs 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Aug. 19 downtown show, sponsored by CareVet of Conover Pet Veterinary Hospital, also crowned smallest, largest, waggiest-tail, look-alike, costume, and most paw-triotic pets.
City-funded awards may cover service contracts and honoraria, not salaries, buildings, or political or religious advocacy; 15 copies of each request are required.
FryeCare’s Dr. Michael Simhachalam is team physician and Dr. Reid Russell is team orthopedic surgeon under a partnership announced Aug. 13.
Schools
Briefs are due Oct. 5. The board will discuss the plan Nov. 4–5 and hold a hearing Dec. 2–3 before a vote.
NCDPI’s 2025-26 results, posted Sept. 2, show Oakwood and HCAM at B, Northview moving from D to C, and Viewmont meeting growth after missing it a year earlier.
District live-feed notices on Sept. 2 say N-CCS ranks 10th in the state for graduation and that Shuford Elementary and Newton-Conover Middle exceeded growth.
Culture
The city joined a Friday, Aug. 28 ribbon cutting at 117 North College Ave. for the downtown three-screen theater that opened in August 1936.
The city posted a month-long arts calendar Sept. 1, from Hickory Community Theatre’s A Chorus Line through the Footcandle Film Festival Sept. 18–27.
The free 7 p.m. Union Square concert is presented by Protection Products, Inc.; live painting by Dan Smith will be auctioned Oct. 2 in Newton.
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The national builder posted a July 1 Chamber notice that the Hickory community is open for model tours, with a Newton community listed as coming soon.
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