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Nashville's Town Council is considering hiring a company to rework the town's website to make it more user friendly to citizens.
Tricia Lease, of Vision Internet, made a presentation to council members at their annual retreat on February 5. Vision Internet is based out of California and specializes in websites for governments.
"We are the leader in building websites for cities and counties," Lease told council members.

The Town of Middlesex's Chief of Police and Administrative Assistant were arrested last week and charged with cyberstalking.
According to the Nash County Sheriff's Office, the arrests stemmed from charges taken out by the husband of Tammy Pittman, who serves as the Town of Middlesex's Administrative Assistant. Pittman's husband alleged cyberstalking by Police Chief Dennis Murray and Pittman.
Murray was arrested on February 9 and was off duty when he was arrested. Pittman turned herself in the next day.

Teachers at Red Oak Elementary School were given the opportunity to shop for school supplies last week at a special event hosted by Red Oak Baptist Church.
The church's Outreach Team provided Big Bucks to teachers and teacher assistants at the school last Thursday, to allow them to go shopping for needed school supplies.
The faith based community has become big supporter of the school, said Principal Eric Mitchell.

The Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education again switched up their meeting schedule by changing times.
Board Chair Reginald Silver suggested moving the board's agenda meeting from 7:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The work session, which usually begins at 5:30 p.m., would also be moved back 30 minutes, to 5 p.m.
Silver said he made the suggestion because many parents who attend the meetings have children they need to get home and having the 7:30 time pushed the meetings to end late.

Janet Sload, a long-time business owner in Spring Hope, passed away on Saturday. She was 67 years old.
Sload owned and operated The Sewing Source in Spring Hope for over 30 years as well as a retail store, Scrub Sensations.
Both the manufacturing facility and retail store were located on Nash Street in Spring Hope and manufactured textiles for the health care industry. The corporate offices moved late last year to South Pine Street in Spring Hope.

A long-time farmer and supporter of Nash County 4-H has passed away.
Albert Batchelor passed away on Tuesday, February 16 at his home. He was 68 years old.
Batchelor was from the Sandy Cross Community and was known throughout Nash County for his interest in swine.
He started in 4-H at 14 years old with his own swine project. From there, his interest and knowledge in swine production developed and grew.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Franklin County in North Carolina as primary natural disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by excessive rain and flooding that occurred in September 2015.
"Our hearts go out to those North Carolina farmers and ranchers affected by recent natural disasters," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Morning Star Masonic Lodge #85 in Nashville recently swore in new officers for the 2016 year. Pictured (L-R) is: Ralph Howell, Secretary; Chuck Adcock, Jr. Warden; David Wooten, Master; Jason Knapp, Sr. Warden; Jerry Ezzell, Sr., Tyler; and Bennie Hicks, Sr., Deacon. Not pictured is John Bass, Chaplain; Joe Tunstall, Sr. Steward; Jerry Ezzell, Jr., Jr. Steward; and Philip Parker, Jr. Deacon.

Nash Community College has implemented a new Academic Advising and Success Center this semester.
Many new college students do not know what path to take in order to achieve their goals. Confusion can set in, and when accompanied by lack of information or misinformation, the result can make a difference in whether or not an individual achieves their goals.
Having worked with college students in their first year, Amanda Guy understands the need for the advising center.

A few days in the hospital, which I'll write more about later, was all it took to remind me why I don't watch as much television as I used to. When you're stuck in a room, you become thankful for many things that are easy to take for granted: family, visitors, and "The Andy Griffith Show."
The news cycle thrives on negativity. We lost a good man with the passing of Supreme Court Justice Scalia. Before the news was two hours old, the Democrat Party was sending out emails soliciting donations for the upcoming fight to replace him with a left-leaning nominee.

For the past few months, I've heard some talk of a big announcement Nashville's Police Department was going to be making.
I've been patiently waiting to hear what that announcement was and last week, the announcement was made.
The announcement was that the department was going to be offering resources to those suffering from opiate addiction.
I'm not sure what I was expecting but that was certainly not what I had anticipated. But what great news for Nashville and Nash County!

This photo originally published in the May 28, 1981 edition of The Nashville Graphic. Nelson Puckett, Momeyer Fire Chief, accepts a check for $100 from Mrs. Lois Richardson, worthy matron of the Coretta S. King chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, in Spring Hope.

Cooley Library Director Brian Booth has resigned his position to permanently join a monastery in Washington, D.C.
Booth took a temporary leave of absence in November 2014 to stay at the monastery for an internship program. Booth returned around April of 2015.
He rejoined the monastery on Saturday, January 30, leaving the position of Library Director in Nashville vacant.