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Lifestyles of the rich and famous can be coddled by the number of $1 million+ homes in the area, from Gastonia to Mooresville and Quail Hollow.
A Gastonia home is garnering local attention after hitting the market as the most expensive residential listing ever in Gaston County.
On Beaty Road in Gastonia sits a 9,000-square-foot home with a property line spanning 55 acres. There are two bass ponds and a “deer sanctuary” too.
Gaston Army vet recalls Christmas in Germany, 1944
Seventy-six years have passed since Christmas Day, 1944, but the haunting memory of that lonely holiday still brings tears to the eyes of Herman Beaty. At age 18, he was thousands of miles from home, a foot soldier in the Army’s 95th Infantry Division. The division had just deployed from its landing zone near Marseille, France, and was but hours away from advancing into the teeth of German forces in the Battle of the Bulge. No Christmas trees brightened the darkness of a winter night in Germany, a night that, just past the solstice, stretched out for more than 16 hours. No carols lifted voi...