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NASHVILLE - The North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office is taking an active interest in the Nash County Cultural Arts Center, sending four representatives to meet with Shelly Gray, Nash Arts Director, Oct. 6.
This was a second visit to the former Nashville Baptist Church by Kristi Brantley, local preservation commission/certified local government coordinator at the State Historic Preservation Office, who first came on Sept. 30th to start conversations about the 111-year old building preservation project.

SPRING HOPE- The town of Spring Hope is looking to extend its current ETJ borders by one mile- and are asking permission from Nash County commissioners to do so. If approved, the expansion would bring Spring Hope's extra territorial jurisdiction smack up against Momeyer and actually overlap Momeyer's ETJ in one spot.
Andrew DeIonno, town manager, addressed the agenda item at the Nov. 10 board of commissioners' meeting, reminding commissioners that the subject came up first on June 24th.

The Spring Hope Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual Dan Finch Potter's Market Saturday with a downtown block filled with tents full of handcrafted pottery. Pictured above, Robert and Adrienne Covington admire hand-crafted pottery as they end the day with treasured purchases. Graphic photo by Jo Anne Cooper

ROCKY MOUNT - Nash County Public School officials are anticipating potential negative effects from federal shortfalls, specifically in seven grant areas- but Nash county counterparts say they will need concrete figures before the school district begins to talk budget plans in March.
In addition, Gwen Wilkins, commissioner, is asking both agencies to revisit the idea of raising retention bonuses for school system classified workers.

Expressions of recognition, respect, gratitude and remembrance were part of multiple area Veterans events, some of which were held the weekend before Veterans' Day on Tuesday, Nov. 11. RED OAK
The town of Red Oak held its annual Veterans Day Memorial Event at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, with the celebration timed to conclude just prior to the Ride of Honor, which began at the Flying Iron Harley-Davidson in Rocky Mount.

NEWSPAPER BABY - Little Kaleb Silver, great-grandson of Vernon and Ruby Tucker, loves to read The Nashville Graphic. Kaleb, born July 22, 2024, gets excited when his great-grandmother opens the newspaper, demanding that he wants to read the paper as well. Though just a little one, he carefully opens each page to see all of the latest news and photos.