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NASHVILLE - Seven months after 61-year-old Debbie Allen was found dead on the grounds of the W.L.Greene School, the victim of a homicide, a former associate of hers has been charged with her murder.
According to a Sept. 25th press release from the Nashville Police Department (NPD), 44-year-old Lewis Shamir Richardson Jr. of 2565 Wintergreen Road, Nashville, was charged with 1st degree homicide in connection with Allen's death.

NASHVILLE - North Carolina environmental regulations about the release of commercial food-related greases into municipal wastewater systems are pushing the town of Nashville to adopt a new ordinance as part of its sewer permitting: but a first run-through before the town planning board has already hit a clog or two.
The new fats, oils and grease (FOG) ordinance - as proposed - comes with a list of requirements for grease control equipment, maintenance, and inspections for either 'grease traps' or 'grease interceptors' for restaurants.

Nashville Elementary 3rd graders from Ms. Fail's class explore the stations during Nash County's Soil & Water Conservation Ecology Day. The students are shown at a "Conservation station" to study erosion and how the presence of vegetation slows water flow. The children were able to use squirt guns on bare soil, soil covered by pine straw, and grass to see how quickly, and how clean the water was that trickled out into mason jars below. The Nash County Soil & Water Department hosts annual Ecology days to promote natural resource education for local third grade students.

MOMEYER - Nearly one and a half years after Momeyer town planners began working to revise and update the town code- which hasn't been done since 1987- a revised final draft, including some new ordinances- is due to come before the town council at its October 12th meeting.
Among the new inclusions is a "Code of Conduct" drafted by the planning board, although planners were told previously that drafting code was not in their purview.

NASHVILLE - A current stormwater drainage project to alleviate flooding on Railway Street has made "dramatic improvements" at the Boddie Street/Railroad Street intersection, but a town engineer is recommending a move to extend the project scope to handle excess water in the event of hurricane rains.
The town council tabled a decision on whether to invest another $49,000+ to upsize area storm pipes until next month, at which point Kevin Varnell of Stocks Engineering said he would have a report with projections on how current piping could handle varying amounts of stormwater rainfall.

Jacquetta Harrison was sworn in by Nashville Mayor Brenda Brown at the September 23rd council meeting to fulfill her husband's term of office on the town council board. Her husband, Xavien Harrison, passed away on August 11, 2026. Pictured with Harrison is her son, Ke'shawn Coppage, who held the bible during the ceremony.

NASHVILLE - A new 26-lot subdivision proposed on the north side of E. Beulah Road, Nashville, next to Community Christian Church will go before Nash Commissioners October 5th for a conditional rezoning request.
Presented at the Sept. 21st Nash County Planning Board meeting, the 'Beulah Acres Subdivision,' on 22.4 acres belonging to Dixie Place Land, LLC, would consist of 26 lots. Current sketch plans from developer Joyner-Keeny show that most of those would be accessed by one of two new interior roadways, while the rest would have driveway access off Beulah Road.

NASHVILLE - What to do with the underused MSD parking lot on Church Street is generating continued discussion by members of the town's Downtown Strong Advisory Committee (DSAB), with the two latest options to pave all of it or to pave half and use the upper part for a park-like community seating area with string lights.
Complicating any decisions is the fact that the town does not own the entire stretch from the lot's Church Street entrance to the alleyway behind W. Washington Street businesses; three property owners would have to agree to an easement for foot traffic to pass through to an alleyway and from there to downtown.

The 53rd annual Spring Hope National Pumpkin Festival is Friday Oct. 2 & Saturday, Oct. 3 in downtown Spring Hope.