This week in Burke County history
This week in Burke County history:
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MAIDEN — Archery is a big deal and a growing sport in the Catawba Valley. As proof, nearly 400 elementary, middle, and high school student archers from Burke, Caldwell, and
North Vermilion High: 706 "We've never had an elementary that big," Winters said. "We just don't normally have schools that big. It's a scary thought." It's scary, she said, because "the infrastructure is not set up to take care of that many kids." The schools have been making it work with portable buildings and staggered lunchtimes in the cafeteria.. 'It's a hotspot to build' Census data show that Maurice has grown significantly over the last 10 years. Its population more than doubled — 824 people in 2010 to 1,711 in 2019 — as did the number of homes, from 325 to 660 over the same...