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Town of Fletcher hosts Family Festival Saturday

Laurel Park Four Seasons Politics

Although crop is short, 'we will have apples'

As roadside stands and U-pick orchards open for the season, apple growers are lamenting a crop decimated by two April frosts.   Read Story »

Tags: apple farming | Skytop Orchard | Jerred Nix | 2021 apple crop | Stepp Hillcrest Orchard | apple crop | frost | freeze

Saluda Four Seasons Politics

Blakely to run for Fletcher mayor as Whiteside bows out

Preston Blakely, who won a seat on the Fletcher Town Council two years ago at age 25, filed to run for mayor on Monday as incumbent Rod Whiteside confirmed he is retiring from the job after one term.   Read Story »

Tags: 2019 Fletcher | Rod Whiteside | 2021 city elections | 2021 Fletcher election | 2021 Flat Rock election | Preston Blakely

Fletcher Archive

• Baby Place nurse honored for compassionate care    Comments
• LIGHTNING PHOTOS: Memorial service honors fallen officers    Comments
• LOCAL BRIEFS: Pardee shots, housing panel, welcoming Fletcher chief   Comments
• City elections ‘in a holding pattern’ as candidates begin to declare   Comments
• 'Say what?' Lapsley stunned at county's Covid relief $$$    Comments
• Interest rates, falling inventory heat up home sales    Comments
• Class of '33 gets school pride T-shirts   Comments
• Dr. Moore, 100, keynotes Veterans Day ceremony    Comments
• Ask Matt ... what's that clearing on Burney Mountain?    Comments
• Culvert work will close Cane Creek Road starting Monday   Comments
• Oncology nurse models compassionate patient care    Comments
• Three candidates seek appointment to Messer's District 2 seat    Comments
• Charlie Messer's funeral service to be Tuesday at WHHS    Comments
• Bill Moore, lifelong advocate for Fletcher, dies at age 75    Comments
• Ask Matt ... about hanger plant, plant 'hangar'    Comments
• Valedictorians: EHHS, HHS, NHHS, WHHS, Early College    Comments
• LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Graduating class earns the badge of resilience   Comments
• Fletcher man charged with soliciting 15-year-old for sex    Comments
• Business owners push back on lengthy post-covid reopening plan    Comments
• Measures have helped county avoid hospital surge, AdventHealth leader says   Comments
• Doctor's Day like no other   Comments
• At 100 (on no meds), Dr. Moore reflects on a full life    Comments
• Hawkins shoots down Fletcher library request   Comments
• Original cornerstone coming home to the Meadows    Comments
• AdventHealth CEO announces retirement    Comments
• New application seeks county OK for Tap Root development    Comments
• LongHorn Steakhouse opens in Fletcher    Comments
• Democrats announce meet-and-greet at Sanctuary Brewing Co.    Comments
• Boutique hotel, spa, 5-star restaurant proposed on North Rugby Road    Comments
• LongHorn Steakhouse opens Jan. 28 on Airport Road    Comments
• THE TOP 10 (4, 3, 2, 1): Yellow Jackets, greenways, Big Yellow Taxi, red district donnybrook    Comments
• Magazine honors Fletcher camping gear maker    Comments
• Messer plans to seek sixth term    Comments
• Season of Giving: Nonprofits step in where government help ends    Comments
• Study takes a look at possible Oklawaha Greenway extensions    Comments
• Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning    Comments
• Authorities issue warrants for two suspects in Fletcher police assault    Comments
• VOTER GUIDE: Who gave what in municipal elections    Comments
• VOTER GUIDE: Blakely, Clark meet for Fletcher seat; incumbents cruise in Laurel Park    Comments
• VOTER GUIDE: Sample ballots    Comments