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The Town of Nashville recently received news that it had not been awarded a grant that would have helped redevelop Boddie Street. However, the town is moving forward with a phased approach in funding the redevelopment.
The Boddie Street project is considered phase two of the town’s overall Downtown Redevelopment Project.
Town Manager Preston Mitchell told council members earlier this month that although they had thought they were on target to receive the $75,000 grant, they were informed that they had not.

A Nashville woman is heading up a support group for families and friends of people incarcerated.
Robin Dunn plans to officially begin the support group, called Straight Talk, on June 16 at a special event at the American Legion Building on S. Alston Street.
Dunn said around a year ago, her son became incarcerated and as a mother, she didn’t know what to do.

A long-time employee of the Nash County Cooperative Extension was recently recognized with a customer service award.
Patricia Cotton received the Award for Excellence and Customer Service on April 30 at a special award’s luncheon.
Cotton began her extension career in 1995 with Nash County.

In just a few hours, up to 100 volunteers were able to package meals to feed 20,000 people.
The meals were packaged Saturday morning as part of Stop Hunger Now, a Raleigh based ministry, and will be distributed to crisis-burdened areas around the world.
The event was led by Red Oak United Methodist Church.

Herbert “Herb” Greenberg, owner of WHIG-TV in Rocky Mount died of a heart attack at the age of  65, Sunday, May 18, 2014.
Monday morning, the station announced on its website, “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our leader, inspiration and the very heart of WHIG: Herb Greenberg. For now - know that WHIG continues to run the way Herb always expected it to: serving the community with information and entertainment in a reasonable and respectable manner. “

Former Nashville Fire Chief David Cheek “Pappy” Cauble Jr., 79, of Mebane,  passed away May 16, 2014.
Cauble joined the fire service in 1962 with the Wilkinson Blvd. Fire Department in Mecklenburg County, eventually reaching the rank of Chief Officer. In 1972 he was hired by Alamance County as their first County Fire Marshal where he served until 1985.

Jessie Dan Web, 71, passed away May 16, 2014. He was born in Rocky Mount on June 25, 1942 to the late Thad and Nannie Mae Webb.

NASHVILLE -  Brenda Sikes Gurganus  passed away May 15, 2014. Born in Nash County on August 25, 1969, she was the daughter of Lois Joyner Sikes of Rocky Mount and the late Chester Sikes.

Vickie Harris Mathis, 59, passed away Friday, May 16, 2014. She was born February 10, 1955 in Halifax County to the late William “Bill” and Pauline “Polly” Proctor Harris. Vickie is also preceded in death by her brother, Donald Ray Harris.

David Lee Burnworth, 69, passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2014.  He was born in Indiana July 7, 1944 to the late Harry Rex and Helen Walton Burnworth.

ROCKY MOUNT –– Kenneth Lavonn “Big Red” Macklin, 64, of Rocky Mount, died on Thursday, May 8, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT –– Lizzie (Dickens) King, 93, of Rocky Mount, died on May 18, 2014.

OKALOOSA, FLORIDA –– Sadine Harris, 59, of Okaloosa, Florida, and formerly of Rocky Mount, died on May 14, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT –– Kyol Germane Allen-Gailliard, 27, of Rocky Mount, and formerly of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died on May 16, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT, –– William Arthur Cooper, 65, of Rocky Mount, died on May 15, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT - Jason Javon Britt, 29, of Rocky Mount, died on May 16, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT –– Dennis Ray Battle, Jr. 21, of Rocky Mount, died on May 16, 2014.

HOLLISTER-Funeral services for Melissa “Sissy” Hawes-Lynch, 39, who died Thursday, May 15, 2014, will be held at 1 p.m. today (Wednesday, May 21), at Faith Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Al Morris Lynch officiating. Burial will follow in the Mills family cemetery.

WOODBRIDGE, VA-Funeral services for Danny E. Dale Jr., 36, formerly of Nash County, who died Friday, May 9, 2014, were held Sunday, May 18, at 2 p.m. at Pine Chapel Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Hedgepeth officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

BATTLEBORO —Funeral services for Bernice Ann Thorne Mills, 79, who died Tuesday, May 13, 2014, were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, at New Hope Baptist Church, with the Rev. Travis J. Lockett officiating. Burial followed in the Pleasant Grove Church cemetery.

The Nash County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a teenage girl who left her Middlesex home on Sunday.
Fifteen-year-old Ashley Jordyn Hughes was last seen on Sunday, May 11 at around 7:30 p.m. at her home on Hilliard Road in Middlesex.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, Hughes is believed to have left on her own accord.

Dwight Winstead and Anna Carson Dempsey take a break from putting flags on veteran’s graves last week in preparation of the upcoming Memorial Day Holiday. Each year, Nashville’s American Legion Post 110 places flags on all the veterans graves at Forrest Hill Cemetery in Nashville. A Memorial Day service will be held in the cemetery on Sunday, May 25 at 6 p.m. at the flagpole to honor those who have died in military service.

Nash Arts Center will present Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, Adapted by Jim Singleton May 29, 30, 31; June 5, 6, & 7. Shows are at 7 p.m. Admission is $12. For more information call 252-459-4734 or visit www.nasharts.org

“…But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.

It’s amazing the things you can do on the internet nowadays.
There really is no excuse for being poor anymore. If you have access to the internet, you can make money.
Recently, a lady advertised positive pregnancy tests for sale. She was even offering a deal of two for $25! True story! The Craigslist ad boasted the tests to be useful for tricking your boyfriend into marrying you. After he commits, the ad said, you can fake a miscarriage.