CANTON, N.C. (WLOS) — For Caroline Ponton, the former director of the Canton Area Historical Museum, the building next door was never just the town hall. It was where people gathered; where decisions were made; where a small mountain town felt like family.
“It was what I call a big family,” Ponton said. “That’s where people would come together and hash it out.”
Now, that building, once home to both Canton’s town hall and police department, is at the center of a costly rebuild after years of flood damage…