Cooleemee News

Mr. Phillip Marion Price of Midway St., Cooleemee, died Friday, May 4, 2012. He was 62.

New Shepherd Baptist Church of Cooleemee honors their associate pastor, the Rev.

Spencer aldermen agreed unanimously Tuesday to buy a 42-acre forest from the LandTrust for Central North Carolina and turn it into a passive recreation park.

Julius Rosenwald, a successful businessman, was most famous for more than 5,000 Rosenwald schools he established throughout the South for poor rural black children, and the 4,000 libraries he added to existing schools.

Mark Smith, who is known as Cooleemee's own astronomer, says this date should provide a better look at the stars and advises those coming out to "wear something warm and get ready to see stars." Smith, whose family living on Yadkin Street has a telescope larger than most, encourages those who were given telescopes for Christmas that are only taking ... (more)