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NASHVILLE - "Think about what you want Nashville to look like for your children and grandchil-dren"- Kristi Brantley, CLG/Local Government Coordinator for the NC State Historic Preservation Office asked Monday evening. Brantley, along with three specialists from that office, conducted a Historic Homes Meeting at the council chambers inside Cooley Library. About 25 people, including the entire city council, were present.

NASH COUNTY - A Nashville area man is dead after an armed confrontation with Nash County Sheriff's Deputies late Wednesday night, at a scene involving domestic violence and alcohol abuse.
Christopher Lee Erb was armed and pointing an AR-15 towards law enforcement when he was killed by a single rifle shot fired by NCSO Sgt. Garrett Cone, a member of the Sheriff's Office SRT (special response team), according to Sheriff Keith Stone.

SPRING HOPE - Spring Hope commissioners have voted to expand the town's ETJ while acknowledging that some parcels that fall into an overlap area between Spring Hope and Momeyer will have to be examined, and an agreement worked out as to which municipality would have jurisdiction.
That work, it was said at the Feb. 9 board of commissioners meeting, would fall to the new town manager to do - but so far, there is no new town manager. Andrew DeIonno, the former manager, was suspended in January, with his contract to terminate in April; no official statement or reason for the termination was given by the town.

Nashville's Chamber of Commerce held its annual Brunswick Stew sale last week. Proceeds from the sale are used to buy candy for Nashville's Downtown Trick-or-Treat Street and for Santa's goodie bags during the Children's Christmas Celebration. Pictured (left) Johnnie Brannan, chamber board member, and Nick Bryson, Town of Nashville Parks Maintenance Technician are two of several who kept the stew stirred Friday.

Two Middlesex men have been arrested for animal cruelty, and more than 650 roosters have been euthanized while an investigation is underway at the Nash County Sheriff's Office.
A Feb. 9 NCSO press release stated that 60-year-old Ascencion Yanez Castro and 41-year-old Marcos Aguilar Autry Sr. are each charged with 20 counts of felony cruelty to animals and 1 count of cockfighting after their arrests Jan. 20 at 7816 Logan's Run Lane, Middlesex.

NASHVILLE - As Nashville's new Glover Park Splash Pad is nearing completion, with its anticipated opening this May, the town council has adopted rules and rates for its use.
Groundbreaking for the facility happened in July of 2025, including an adjacent picnic shelter and restroom building; the latter have been completed. Construction costs totaled $791,249, to be paid by a combination of state and local funds: $316,380 in a Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PARTF) grant, with a matching amount to come from the town's general fund.

NASHVILLE- In an attempt to update an "outdated" sign ordinance, which currently does not allow illuminated signs, a new version has been adopted after getting immediate input from a local sign company. Council members approved adoption but asked that a section be reworked concerning signs at major highway intersections.
The purpose of the sign ordinance is to "regulate the size, color, illumination, movements, materials, location, height and conditions of all signs" and to "establish criteria relating to the location, erection, maintenance, lighting, setbacks and use of signs."

CLERK OF COURT
Two Republican candidates - Linda Thorne and Ricky Jenkins - will face each other in the primaries for the Clerk of Court position, while a Democratic candidate - Nancy Blount - waits in the wings to face the victor in November. It will be the second time that Thorne and Jenkins have run against each other for this position.