Todd Carter is projected to hold his seat on Boone Town Council Tuesday night with 31.42% of the votes, according to unofficial election results.  Carter has been on the council since 2021 and ran for a second term. He has also been the chief development director for Hospitality House since 2011. According to his bio, he “handles all public relations, donor relations, social media and marketing,...

Virginia Roseman is projected to hold a Boone Town Council seat Tuesday night with 30.11% of the votes, according to unofficial election results.  Holding a seat means Roseman is now set to serve another term on town council in addition to her previous service.  While on town council, Roseman fought to have a portion of each tax dollar go toward affordable housing. Over the past few years,...

Adrian Tait is projected to win a seat for the Boone Town Council Tuesday night with 28.6% of the votes, according to unofficial election results. Tait has not previously served on the council but has experience running for office. He ran for a council seat in 2021 but dropped out before Election Day for familial reasons. Tait graduated from App State with a master’s degree in Building Science...

Dalton George is projected to win the mayoral election in the Boone Municipal election Tuesday night with 96.87% of the votes, according to unofficial election results. George started his Boone Town Council career in 2021 when he was elected for a seat and became the youngest person to ever serve on the council. He was then appointed mayor pro tempore in December 2023. George’s campaign focused...

A sign may have caught the eyes of students while they rode a bus into College Street Station or walked from west campus to King Street: “Rent is too damn high. Morgan Murray for Town Council,” reads the banner hung in the window of Blue’s Brews.  Murray is the owner of the business, a bottle shop he said he started during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also works remotely for the Biltmore Estate...

Adrian Tait, an architect and housing planner, is running for Boone Town Council. He ran for a council seat in 2021 but dropped out before Election Day. Tait has experience in community development and construction management. He was the director of the High Country Workforce Development Board for four years and has 18 years of experience in the construction industry. Tait designed many of the...