News Releases

Collett Street outdoor pool house getting some needed upgrades

May 17, 2013

Tennis courts also receiving facelift

The City of Morganton Collett Street outdoor pool should be open by the middle of June with a newly renovated pool house for visitors.

Parks and Recreation Director Gary Leonhardt said the renovation project will upgrade the pool house with new tile flooring, new fixtures and partitions, new showers, new plumbing, new LED lighting and new benches. The dressing rooms and the check room are also being upgraded.

Read more ...

Morganton Parks and Recreation Survey

May 16, 2013

Complete the survey for a chance to win pool passes, Red, White and Bluegrass Festival tickets and more!

The Morganton Parks and Recreation Department staff want your feedback! Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts about our Recreation Department programs and facilities and share your ideas about new activities and events you would like to see in Morganton. Survey participants have the chance to win season passes to the Collett Street outdoor pool, passes to the Red, White and Bluegrass Festival, T-shirts and hats! Prize drawings will be no later than June 28. You must leave your contact information to be entered into the drawings.

Click the following link to complete the survey!

Morganton Parks and Recreation Community Survey

Fresh music, fresh beats and fresh produce in downtown Morganton this weekend

May 16, 2013

Head to downtown Morganton this weekend to hear variety music from Atlantic Groove, dance on E. Union Street during Teen DJ Night, and pick up some fresh produce at the Saturday Farmers Market!

Click the "Read more ..." link below for more details. Keep up with upcoming events by checking out the City Calendar on the City website.

Read more ...

May City Pride available online

May 15, 2013

Morganton's City Pride newsletter for March 2013 is available for download.  City Pride May 2013

In this addition:

• Farmers Markets opne with new attraction
• City Finance Director elected president of NCGFOA
• Congressman Meadows opens office hours in Morganton
• TGIF Friday-night concert schedule

City Council meeting summary: May 6, 2013

May 14, 2013

The following is a summary of actions taken by the Morganton City Council during the Council's regular meeting Monday May 6, 2013, at Morganton City Hall. A copy of the meeting minutes will be posted after the being approved by the Council during a regular meeting (usually the Council's next meeting). Video of the meeting will also be uploaded to the City's YouTube Channel.

Read more ...

Jazz, folk/pop and sweetgrass this weekend in Morganton!

May 09, 2013

Head to downtown Morganton this weekend to hear lots of great music, enjoy New Orleans cuisine and pick up some fresh produce for to make your own hometown cuisine! MOJO & The Bayou Gypsies take the stage Friday night at TGIF to kick off the Morganton Jazz Festival, which continues Saturday. Farmers Market vendors will be selling fresh produce and goods Saturday morning. And Trout Fishing In America and Sweet Potato Pie take the stage Saturday night at CoMMA!

Click the "Read more ..." link below for more details. Keep up with upcoming events by checking out the City Calendar on the City website.

Read more ...

Stop by City Hall during Drinking Water Week

May 09, 2013

In celebration of Drinking Water Week, the City of Morganton invites water and sewer customers to stop by City Hall, enjoy some refreshments and enter a drawing for several prizes provided the Water Resources Department including water bottles and tickets to the City' Red, White and Bluegrass Festival! The City will draw prizes every day and the grand prize festival ticket winners will be drawn Friday.

Read more ...

Acrylic paintings and multimedia collages on display in City Hall

May 09, 2013

The City of Morganton invites you to visit the latest Art in the Hall showing located in Morganton City Hall. Currently on display through June 2013 are acrylic paintings and multimedia collages by Priscilla Wallace. The works are typified by strong color and nonrepresentational design working in abstraction, "with the belief that we find personal meaning in the unspecified," according to Wallace.

Read more ...

Vacancies available on City boards and commissions

May 08, 2013

Sixteen positions on various City advisory boards and commissions will expire at the end of June 2013, and the City Council wants to encourage residents to get involved. Member terms will expire on the following boards and commissions: the Board of Adjustment  the Cable Television Commission, the Human Relations Commission, the Main Street Advisory Commission, the Planning & Zoning Commission, the Recreation Advisory Commission, and the Redevelopment Commission.

Read more ...

May City Council meeting available online

May 08, 2013

The Morganton City Council meeting held Monday May 6, 2013, is available on the City's YouTube Channel. Council meetings are televised live and also replayed on Compas Cable Ch. 2. Click the "Read more ..." link below to watch the video.

Read more ...

Are you ready for the Morganton Jazz Festival!

May 08, 2013

May 11 - 3 to 8pm | Hot Jazz and New Orleans Cuisine!

Spend Saturday May 11 on the Courthouse Square enjoying downtown's newest event The Morganton Jazz Festival featuring New Orleans food and hot jazz music. The Festival begins at 3pm with the first of five jazz bands, while members of the Patton Band Boosters and local restaurateur extraordinaire, Phil Scarboro, serve up a feast of New Orleans cuisine.

Come hungry and prepared to enjoy mouthwatering gumbo (a stew served over rice), Étouffée with shrimp (similar to gumbo but thicker), red beans and rice and of course a New Orleans must...Beignets (powder sugared treat, similar to doughnuts)! Hotdogs, Hamburgers, soft drinks, wine and beer will also be available.

Find out more information at www.morgantonfest.org.

Heavy rain causes sewer spills

May 06, 2013

Update - May 8, 2013: The sewer spill at the Morganton Wastewater Treatment Plant stopped Tuesday morning. The spill started at 4:00 pm Sunday and ended at 8:00 am Tuesday. Approximately 2.1 million gallons of sewer overflowed into Hunting Creek and the Catawba River. The spill was mostly stormwater overflow caused by heavy rains this past weekend.

See original release below ...

More than seven inches of rain in the past two days caused multiple sewer spills in the City of Morganton Sunday evening. More than 19,000 gallons of sewer, mostly rainwater, have spilled into Hunting Creek and the Catawba River, and a spill at the City's Wastewater Treatment Plant is ongoing.

The spills started Sunday at three locations: Fleming and Cox Street, Pearson Drive and the Wastewater Treatment Plant, according to Ronnie Suttles, Water Resources Collection and Distribution Supervisor.

Read more ...

Complete this Parks and Recreation survey for a chance to win Red, White and Bluegrass Festival passes!

May 03, 2013

The Morganton Parks and Recreation Department staff want your feedback! Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts about our Recreation Department programs and facilities and share your ideas about new activities and events you would like to see in Morganton. Survey participants have the chance to win season passes to the Collett Street outdoor pool, passes to the Red, White and Bluegrass Festival, T-shirts and hats! Prize drawings will be no later than June 28. You must leave your contact information to be entered into the drawings.

Click the following link to complete the survey!

Morganton Parks and Recreation Community Survey

City Council to meet Monday May 6, 2013

May 03, 2013

The Morganton City Council will hold the Council's regular meeting Monday May 6, 2013, at 6:00 pm in the Council Chambers in City Hall. The meeting is broadcast live on Compas Ch. 2 and streamed live online at Ustream. 

Read more ...