Meeting’s Wooden Bridge Needs a New Home

Years ago, a bridge was installed across the drainage ditch that cuts across the yard between the Meeting House and the intersection of College Road and Friendly Avenue. The ditch, deep in places and lined with riprap, carries runoff from College Road into the city’s storm drain system. Now the city is about to make improvements to the waterway, and the bridge needs to go. If you or someone you know has a use for…

What Puts the “E” in “SPICES?” / October 21

Brotherhood Room / 12:15 – 2:30 p.m. The Lunch-and-Learn program will feature Life in the Sacrifice Zone, a documentary on health problems related to Duke Energy’s Belews Creek coal ash ponds polluting ground water near Walnut Cove.  Local artist Caroline Armijo and Walnut Cove residents are expected to join in the discussion to give witness to the problem.  Bring a bag lunch and discuss the personal impacts of coal ash.