WADESBORO Since Dec. 16 the Anson County Government Building has been closed to the public due to the amount of positive COVID-19 cases within the building and it will remain closed until further notice causing residents to question whether important services are being provided.
The building, including tax portion of the government center and the DMV is predicted to be closed for at least another week, according to the county manager Barron Monroe. There have been about eight employees who have contracted the virus.
This closure brings up an issue of whether or not people can still pay their property taxes or if tax payments are being processed. The amount of staff working in the building has been significantly reduced, causing a delay in processing transactions.
WADESBORO The Anson County Chamber of Commerce welcomed another business to the area as the Arts Council opened the “new” Drake Gallery and Studio.
The gallery is part of the Anson County Arts Council. The current artist feature in the gallery is Michael J. Phillips with his “FaceTime” collection.
Walking through the gallery you will spot people you may already know as Phillips highlights portraits of friends from the theatre and Arts Council.
His detailing and perfection of faces has been honed over his 45 years of working as a hairstylist.
“Observing bone structure, proportions, facial features, and coloring became second nature,” Phillips wrote in his collection description.
WADESBORO When water was not reaching his part of the county in 1988, Ross Streater knew he had to make a change.
He ran to be an Anson County Commissioner and 32 years later, he leaves his chair as one of the longest serving Commissioner in the state of North Carolina.
“It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long,” Streater laughed. “When I think back, it seems like it was yesterday! I’ve really enjoyed being a commissioner. I think I’ve helped a lot of people.”
That recognition that something needed to be done about access to water for his part of the county was Streater’s involvement in local politics. He has since seen water expand to reach an estimated 80% of the county, compared to the 20% when he started.