Friday Jan. 27, 2012

Alice Tan Ridley will take the stage at CoMMA this Friday Jan. 27, 2012. Ridley was raised along with her 9 siblings in Georgia. She has been a singer her entire life and loves just making people feel good. She began singing in New York subway stations stopping people on their commutes to and fro. Ridley has a heart as big as her music and early on was a teacher for handicapped students, but had to relinquish her duties to live out her dreams as a recording artist. Because of her boisterous subway singing she became a huge YouTube sensation and eventually competed on the hit television program America's Got Talent.

Notice is hereby given of a Special Meeting of the Morganton City Council to be held in the Council Chambers at City Hall Friday Jan. 27, 2012 beginning at 8:30 am for the purpose of conducting an annual workshop and to consider and take action if necessary regarding any item that may be properly brought before the City Council.

The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded a contract to resurface more than 14 miles of roads in Burke County. The $2 million contract was awarded to Maymead Inc. of Mountain City, Tenn. Work can begin as early as March 15 and is scheduled for completion by Oct. 15, 2012.