Board accepts low bidder for downtown project Nashville’s Town Council accepted Narron Contracting out of Middlesex as the low bidder for the town’s Downtown Redevelopment Project at its meeting on Tuesday night. Nashville’s Town Council will now have to officially award the contract to Narron before the project can move forward. Bids were unsealed on Thursday, August 26, with six contractors placing bids. More ... Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer

County delays EMS project Nash County Commissioners have delayed awarding a contract for a new Emergency Medical Services Building on the Nash Health Care campus. Commissioners voted 4-3 on Tuesday during the board’s regular meeting to delay the project and instead asked County Manager Bob Murphy and EMS Director Brian Brantley to review other, less expensive options. More ... Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer

County welcomes new Senior Center Coordinator Christy Southall, a Rocky Mount native and Louisburg resident, is the new Senior Center Coordinator for the Nash County Senior Center. Southall’s first day was last Wednesday, September 1. More ... Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer

Red Oak sewer project nears completion “The sewer project is going great,” Mayor Alfred Wester announced at Monday night’s regular business meeting for the Town of Red Oak. “It looks like construction is ahead of schedule.” The installation of the sewer lines  is slated to be completed by February of 2011. However,  if the weather holds, Mayor Wester hopes to see the project completed by the end of the year. More ... Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent

Pictured is a rendering of what the proposed Women’s Center at Nash Health Care will look like. The facility is expected to be complete in late 2013. (Contributed rendering) Nash Health to build new ER, Women’s and Heart Center Nash Health Care is moving forward with addressing its top three needs. A year ago, a strategic plan was unveiled that laid out nine needs, categorized into priorities. The urgent priorities included emergency services, cardiology and neonatology. A study was done to determine whether it would be better to build a larger hospital on site, off site or whether to expand onto the current one. More ... Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer

Former player writes book on retired coach LOUISBURG -- Such are the limitless boundaries of J. Enid Drake’s influence that a young boy he once displayed compassion toward — albeit almost 50 years ago — would return one day to become the print caretaker of Drake’s magical life story. More ... GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter