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NASHVILLE - In order to keep up with town growth, Nashville leaders say the town needs a larger police station, a town hall addition, and potentially a rebuilt Fire Station #1.
Those projects, only now in the conceptual stage, came up in discussion at the Feb. 18 town council session while council members were considering a "wish list" to give to Senator Lisa Barnes and House Rep. Allen Chesser before the next state budget session.

NASHVILLE - The person found dead last Thursday at the abandoned W.L. Greene School in Nashville has been identified as 61-year-old Debbie Allen, and her case has been re-classified from a suspicious death to a homicide.
A press release issued Monday, February 23rd by the Nashville Police Department confirmed Allen's identity at 10 a.m. while stating that "there is no ongoing threat to the community as we believe this was an isolated incident."

NASHVILLE - A conditional rezoning request by Braswell Family Farms to turn a residential home into professional office space has met with public pushback, and also failed to get support at the planning board level.
The town planning board voted unanimously to recommend denial for Braswell's request at its Feb. 24th meeting, but the matter is due to come up for town council review March 3rd.

NASHVILLE - The retirement of longtime Nash Health Director Bill Hill has left not one, but several gaping holes in county leadership.
While Liz Lord, former Deputy Health Director, has taken the reins as Interim Health Director, another position that Hill held- Health and Human Services Director- has been vacant- until now.
Appointed as new Health and Human Services Director at the Feb. 19 Consolidated Human Services Board meeting was Tia Foula, Asst. Nash County Manager.

NASHVILLE - Two new proposed subdivisions in Spring Hope - one on Southern Nash High Road and other on W. Old Spring Hope Road - are both requesting rezoning approval and will come before Nash County commissioners for consideration in March .

NASHVILLE- Conditions at Glover Park are going to be quite a bit brighter, with music and announcements during games better, as a result of planned improvements this year to both lighting and the press box.
Thomas Gillespie, Nash County Parks & Recreation Director, accompanied by Nashville's Parks and Rec Director, Koy Worrell, laid out plans at the Feb. 18 town council meeting, with Worrell asking the council to approve both the plans and their financing.