Will increased rigor for graduation help students or increase dropouts?
By Anna Mitchell
      A policy that would heighten the requirements for North Carolina high school students is being revised. At the 2006 December meeting of the State Board of Education a framework for the Future-Ready High School Core Curriculum was adopted. The framework was designed to address the problem of studen...
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Parking time limit enforced downtown
By Gabby Hudson
      Downtown visitors and employees now must closely consider when parking their vehicles during the day. Town of Murphy employees posted signs designating 30 minute and three hour parking areas. The three hour parking limit will be enforced by 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, except holidays.
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Memorial service held for fallen law enforcement
     Local and national law enforcement were honored on Thursday afternoon during a memorial service held on the Cherokee County Courthouse steps. Chaplain Jeff L. Owens, of the Murphy Police Department, welcomed everyone and explained that the first known fatality in the line of duty was in New York Cit...
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Local salon owner earns certification as a cosmetology instructor
      Robin Kolar, owner of Designer's Alley in Murphy, recently became certified as an instructor of cosmetology for the entire state of North Carolina. She earned an Associates Degree in science with a 4.0 grade average. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with honors. She was elected to Who's Who among stude...
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Team Effort to clean up Family Resources
     DWIGHT OTWELL/Sentinel photo Anna Kerling, of Buford, GA, chips paint from the Family Resources building in Murphy. Team Effort is facilitating mission trips by church groups in 16 locations, said Aubrey Brasfield, of Gainesville, GA. A group is staying in cabins on the Ocoee River in Tennessee this...
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