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Stonewall Packaging closes

Bill Graham — Fri, 14 May 2010 02:26:37 +0000

SYLVA–The lauded expansion of Sylva’s Jackson Paper Manufacturing Company has come to a halt. Stonewall Packaging, LLC, launched in spring of 2009, has announced it will close its doors. The century old Jackson Paper plant that dominates downtown Sylva is not affected by the closing — Stonewall Packaging, located in a renovated facility further out [...]

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A Taste of Downtown Sylva 2010

Bill Graham — Thu, 13 May 2010 20:04:28 +0000

SYLVA–The Downtown Sylva Association has announced the lineup for its annual Taste of Downtown Sylva culinary walking tour. The tour, set for June 26, features the following restaurants: Papou’s Wine Shop and Bar, Lulu’s on Main, Signature Brew Coffee Company, Eric’s Fresh Fish Market, Bill’s Back Street Take-Out, Spring St. Café, Restaurant 553, My Place, [...]

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From the archives: The magnificent, odiferous, ramp

Bill Graham — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:43:21 +0000

(First posted April 23, 2008) “KIMSEY CREEK–Every year about this time, when the stinkingest vegetable known to man gets ripe and tender, [Burton] Bumgarner gets out his mattock and flour sack and heads back into the high, cool hills to dig ramps. His favorite spot is here in the wild and rugged Nantahala Mountains whose [...]

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Sylva coffee shop changes hands

Bill Graham — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:00:06 +0000

Every town worth its grinds needs a coffee magnate, and now Sylva has one. John Bubacz, owner of Signature Brew Coffee Company and Bubacz’s Underground on Main Street has purchased the competition — Shot in the Dark Cafe — from Lucy Silverman and Justin Goble. Silverman and Goble were recently married, and she has taken [...]

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A favorite Sylva gathering spot returns

Bill Graham — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:50:59 +0000

Once, about ten years ago, I was having lunch at a Sylva restaurant called the Spring Street Cafe. From my table I caught a quick glimpse down an unlikely sightline — framed just so by some plants and interior drapes, down a hallway, and through a cracked door — of a baker’s table. On the [...]

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Sylva’s City Lights Bookstore changing hands

Bill Graham — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:49:13 +0000

SYLVA–City Lights Bookstore, a retail anchor in downtown Sylva since the early eighties, is changing hands. Owners Joyce and Allen Moore are selling the store to longtime employee Chris Wilcox, effective January 1. Moore informed her customers of the change in a letter written on Monday, in which she wrote, in part: As I begin [...]

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UPDATED: Party, people! Venues in the news, hot water edition.

Staff — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:18:09 +0000

2009-12-18: Fans and foes of a controversial youth dance club in Sylva aired their thoughts before the Sylva Town Board Thursday. Opponents of “Club Offspring” provided a petition asking the board to investigate the business and to consider closing it. Proponents said the controversy is overblown, and provided a petition of their own. Either way, [...]

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DSA partners with Community Table for food drive

Press Release — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:41:16 +0000

SYLVA–The holidays are here and so is the spirit of giving! The Downtown Sylva Association is partnering with The Community Table for a Food Drive from December 1st-23st. Visit some of your favorite downtown hotspots to make a donation that will make a difference at the same time. Papou’s Wine Shop & Bar, Annie’s Bakery, [...]

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Downtown Sylva notes: Old P.O., new Spring St. Cafe, more

Bill Graham — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:31:36 +0000

New life for the old post office It’s hard to think of much that would bring more life to a quiet building than a dance academy, and that’s just what’s coming to Sylva’s old post office, located on Landis St., and closed since spring. Triple Threat Performing Arts Academy is moving from its current location [...]

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UPDATED: Sylva Town Board appoints fifth member

Staff — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:49:18 +0000

SYLVA–Sylva town leaders, in a unanimous vote, have named former Economic Development Commission board member Chris Matheson to fill an empty seat on their board. The vote at Thursday’s meeting filled the seat vacated by newly-elected mayor Maurice Moody. The naming of Moody’s replacement had been the focus of speculation, because on the frequently ideologically [...]

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