His life was taken by a rare form of cancer named NUT Carcinoma.
But while his life was ended by the disease, his family and friends are determined that his memory, his spirit, and his passion will live on, serving as an inspiration to others facing challenges in their own lives. Adam was a warrior, read his Gazette obituary, a hero, a perfect son, the best big brother, an amazing friend, and the most beautiful soul. He was genuine, kind, and had a heart of gold.
Adam s legacy will be the focus of a combination blood drive and bake sale to be held on Saturday, May 8, in the parking lot of City Church, located off South New Hope Road in Gastonia.
COVID-19 kept Piedmont Community Charter School from formally marking the completion of its new high school campus in Gastonia, but all of the school’s students are finally enjoying it together.
“It’s an absolute dream come true,” said Jennifer Killen, Piedmont Charter’s head of school who began working at the school 19 years ago as a teacher’s assistant. She never imagined she would have a hand in building a new high school campus. “My heart is just full of gratefulness.”
Here are several key takeaways from the new campus:
Charter school s largest investment
Piedmont Charter’s new campus cost the school $20 million and features a 70,000-square-foot school building with 32 classrooms on two floors, a full-sized gymnasium for basketball and volleyball games, as well as physical education, a fine arts auditorium with more than 300 seats and an outdoor soccer field.
A longtime pizza joint in downtown Belmont will shut its doors this week.
Doffer’s Pizzeria, located next to The String Bean at 106 N. Main St., announced that it will close Sunday at the end of restaurant s lease.
“We will permanently close our doors March 7,” the restaurant wrote in a statement posted on Facebook on Feb. 23. We will do dinner hours only between now and then. Hope to see everyone over the next few weeks.
Johnny B’s Pizza Pad was purchased by Jason Toms and renamed to Doffer’s Pizzeria in 2019. Johnny B’s opened along South New Hope Road in 2004 and moved to 106 N. Main St. in Belmont in 2010.
Ashbrook High School is dear to the heart of Hoppy Sell.
Not only is he a 1993 graduate, but his mother, the late Linda Sell, taught senior English at the school, located off South New Hope Road in Gastonia, for many years.
In the last few years, Sell has joined with other like-minded graduates of the high school to form the Ashbrook Foundation.
One of the foundation s goals is to raise money to support the school in a variety of areas, but Sell says an even more important task of the group is to build community among Ashbrook s graduates. The main purpose here is not to raise funds, he said in a telephone interview in the midst of a business trip to Ohio. It s to keep alumni connected. It s to foster alumni relationships. It s to provide a connection.