Source: Gaston Gazette ‘When opportunity arises’ Jason Toms is well aware of the loyal following Johnny B’s Pizza Pad has secured during the past decade in Belmont. So as the new owner of the downtown eatery, he wants to reassure patrons that the most popular menu items there aren’t going anywhere. “I will keep everything…
Source- Gaston Gazette Stanley’s newest fire chief was sworn into his new job at a ceremony earlier this month. Eric Withers joins the Stanley Fire Department from the Crowders Mountain Volunteer Fire Department, where he spent six years as chief. Withers will head the department on a part-time basis. He fights fires full-time as a…
Source- Gaston Gazette A new cross stood tall in front of Gastonia’s Loray Baptist Church on Thursday, a day after the previous one was burned down. There were no signs of the fire that destroyed the old cross — only a newly built symbol of Christianity draped in a white cloth that was blowing in…
