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Wallace is a wonderful place to live and raise a family. You will find citizens here outgoing, with warm and friendly personalities, who are eager to welcome you to our community. Quality of life in our town is second to none. We have excellent schools, active churches and faith-based organizations, lots of opportunities for recreation, a growing economy, and resilient people who rally in times of need and who display a genuine sense of civic pride. We would welcome your visit.

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We are a forward thinking, proactive and responsive local government that sets the standard of dedication, loyalty and transparency, being always good stewards of the public trust.

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Is to become the regional economic hub for commerce, medicine, technology and opportunity for all people, defined by our small town values and unified in diversity for the greater good of all.

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Request For Proposals - Solid Waste Collection - Due Date March 31, 2023

Request For Proposals - Solid Waste Collections

PUBLIC NOTICE

As required by State Law, a copy of the Annual Report for the Wastewater Treatment Works/Wastewater Collections System is available for public viewing at Town Hall located at 316 E. Murray Street, Wallace, NC 28466. Office hours are Monday-Friday from 8 am to5 pm.
Click here to view the report

The Town of Wallace is seeking applicants for the following positions:


Finance Director

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Director of Fire Operations

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4 weeks ago

Town of Wallace
BLACK HISTORY MONTHOn this day in history, in 1964, 22-year-old Cassius Clay shocks the odds-makers by dethroning world heavyweight boxing champ Sonny Liston in a seventh-round technical knockout. The dreaded Liston, who had twice demolished former champ Floyd Patterson in one round, was an 8-to-1 favorite. However, Clay predicted victory, boasting that he would “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” and knock out Liston in the eighth round. The fleet-footed and loquacious youngster who would later become known as Muhammed Ali needed less time to make good on his claim—Liston, complaining of an injured shoulder, failed to answer the seventh-round bell. A few moments later, a new heavyweight champion was proclaimed.Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1942. He started boxing when he was 12 and by age 18 had amassed a record of over 100 wins in amateur competition. In 1959, he won the International Golden Gloves heavyweight title and in 1960 a gold medal in the light heavyweight category at the Summer Olympic Games in Rome. Clay turned professional after the Olympics and went undefeated in his first 19 bouts, earning him the right to challenge Sonny Liston, who had defeated Floyd Patterson in 1962 to win the heavyweight title.On February 25, 1964, a crowd of 8,300 spectators gathered at the Convention Hall arena in Miami Beach to see if Cassius Clay, who was nicknamed the “Louisville Lip,” could put his money where his mouth was. The underdog proved no bragging fraud, and he danced and backpedaled away from Liston’s powerful swings while delivering quick and punishing jabs to Liston’s head. Liston hurt his shoulder in the first round, injuring some muscles as he swung for and missed his elusive target. By the time he decided to discontinue the bout between the sixth and seventh rounds, he and Clay were about equal in points. A few conjectured that Liston faked the injury and threw the fight, but there was no real evidence, such as a significant change in bidding odds just before the bout, to support this claim.To celebrate winning the world heavyweight title, Clay went to a private party at a Miami hotel that was attended by his friend Malcolm X, an outspoken leader of the African American Muslim group known as the Nation of Islam. Two days later, a markedly more restrained Clay announced he was joining the Nation of Islam and defended the organization’s concept of racial segregation while speaking of the importance of the Muslim religion in his life. Later that year, Clay, who was the descendant of a formerly enslaved person, rejected the name originally given to his family by the owner of enslaved peoples and took the Muslim name of Muhammad Ali.Muhammad Ali would go on to become one of the 20th century’s greatest sporting figures, as much for his social and political influence as his prowess in his chosen sport. After successfully defending his title nine times, it was stripped from him in 1967 after he refused induction into the U.S. Army on the grounds that he was a Muslim minister and therefore a conscientious objector. That year, he was sentenced to five years in prison for violating the Selective Service Act but was allowed to remain free as he appealed the decision. His popularity plummeted, but many across the world applauded his bold stand against the Vietnam War.In 1970, he was allowed to return to the boxing ring, and the next year the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Ali’s draft evasion conviction. In 1974, he regained the heavyweight title in a match against George Foreman in Zaire and successfully defended it in a brutal 15-round contest against Joe Frazier in the Philippines in the following year. In 1978, he lost the title to Leon Spinks but later that year defeated Spinks in a rematch, making him the first boxer to win the heavyweight title three times. He retired in 1979 but returned to the ring twice in the early 1980s. In 1984, Ali was diagnosed with pugilistic Parkinson’s syndrome and has suffered a slow decline of his motor functions ever since. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. In 1996, he lit the Olympic flame at the opening ceremonies of the Summer Games in Atlanta, Georgia. Ali’s daughter, Laila, made her boxing debut in 1999.To Lean more at:www.history.com/this-day-in-history/clay-knocks-out-liston ... See MoreSee Less

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1 month ago

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BLACK HISTORY MONTHOn this day in 1959, Ray Charles recorded "What'd I Say" Born in 1930, Ray Charles Robinson, Sr was was an American singer, songwriter, pianist and alto saxophonist.[3][4] He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential singers in history. He began to lose his eyesight at the age of four and was blind by seven. He had multiple singles reach the Top 40 on various Billboard charts: 44 on the US R&B singles chart, 11 on the Hot 100 singles chart, 2 on the Hot Country singles charts. "What'd I Say" was written on the spot during a live concert in Pittsburgh out of necessity. The necessity that drove Ray Charles to invent “What’d I Say” was simple: the need to fill time. Ten or 12 minutes before the end of a contractually required four-hour performance at a dance in Pittsburgh one night, Charles and his band ran completely out of songs to play. “So I began noodling—just a little riff that floated into my head,” Charles explained many years later. “One thing led to another and I found myself singing and wanting the girls to repeat after meâ€Ķ.Then I could feel the whole room bouncing and shaking and carrying on something fierce.”What was it about “What’d I Say” that so captivated the audience at the Pittsburgh dance that night and the rest of humanity ever since then? Charles always thought it was the sound of his Wurlitzer electric piano, a very unfamiliar instrument at the time. Others would say it was the call-and-response in the song’s bridge—all unnnhs and ooohs and other sounds not typically found on the average pop record of 1959. Whatever it was, it worked well enough to become Charles’ closing number from that night in Pittsburgh until his final show.“You start ’em off, you get ’em just first tapping their feet. Next thing they got their hands goin’, and next thing they got their mouth open and they’re yelling, and they’re singin’ and they’re screamin’. It’s a great feeling when you got your audience involved with you.” Learn more at:www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ray-charles-records-whatd-i-say-at-atlantic-records ... See MoreSee Less

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1 month ago

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It is with heavy heart we announce the passing of Town Council member Wannetta Carlton. "Ms. Wannetta" was a true servant to the Wallace community and to God. Her mission in life was to help other people. She will truly be missed. Mayor Wells has ordered flags at all Town facilities be lowered to half mast in honor of her legacy. ... See MoreSee Less
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