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Fresh fruit and vegetables will be available at Glover Park starting on May 1, thanks to a partnership between local farmers and Nashville’s Recreation Department.
MarketFreshCSA will sell produce at the park Wednesday and Thursday nights, beginning next week. MarketFreshCSA is owned by Rob Glover and Andrew Strickland, who began a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program in 2009.

Fighting cancer will be on the minds of everyone who enters the gates at the Rocky Mount Athletic Complex Friday night, as the Nash County Relay for Life kicks off with survivor ceremonies.
Nikki Hanson, who serves as co-chair for the event, said this year’s event is looking to be a great one.
The band Runaway Cab will play at this year’s Relay for Life event, performing from 7 until 9 p.m.

The weather didn’t keep youth from coming out to show their animals at the Eastern Carolina 4-H Livestock Show and Sale last week. Over 150 youth from Nash, Halifax and Wilson Counties brought steers, lambs, goats and pigs to show at the sale.
Tanya Heath, Livestock Extension Agent for Nash and Edgecombe Counties, said the event went well.

Payton Whitley showed her goat in the Cloverbud Goat Show last Tuesday.

Bryleigh Colbert participated in the Cloverbud Show last Tuesday. (Graphic photo by Amanda Clark)

Brothers Jackson and Zack Stussie showed their lambs at the Livestock Show and Sale.

Laken Batchelor was the Reserve Champion in the lamb competition.

INCIDENTS
A damage to property (vandalism) was reported on 4/13/14 at Glover Park
A possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia was reported on 4/14/14 on Washington Street

An assault with a deadly weapon with serious injury was reported on 4/15/14 at 1544 E Castalia Road
An identity fraud was reported on 4/16/14 at 5875 Silver Court
A breaking, entering and larceny of a residence was reported on 4/16/14 at 2275 S Halifax Road
A missing person was reported on 4/16/14 at 3729 Twin Oak Way

The Rocky Mount Police Department arrested six people recently for distributing heroin.
According to a press release, the City of Rocky Mount, along with other North Carolina cities, has been battling a resurgence in the drug. The Rocky Mount Police Department has enhanced efforts to reduce the crime and damage the drug causes to citizens.

ROCKY MOUNT –– Nathan Columbus Alston, 81, of Rocky Mount, passed away Thursday, April 17, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT –– Fred Ray Ayers, 77, passed away Monday, April 21, 2014.  He was born November 15, 1936 in Nash County, son of the late Ruffin and Lessie Matthew Ayers.  He was also preceded in death by his brother Joe Ayers and Sister Angela Smith. 

ROCKY MOUNT - Regan Leoni Battle, 6 months, of Rocky Mount, passed away  Saturday, April 12, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT –– Raymond “Larry” Earl Brown, 57, of Rocky Mount,  passed away Wednesday, April 16, 2014.

CHARLOTTE –– Estee Boisy Bullock, Sr., 74, of Charlotte, passed away Sunday, April 13, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT–– Catherine Silver-Cherry, 59, of Rocky Mount, died on Wednesday, April 16, 2014.

NASHVILLE - George T. Machado, 84, passed away Sunday, April 20, 2014. 

ROCKY MOUNT –– Joyce Norwood Walker, 65, of Rocky Mount, died on Friday, April 18, 2014.

Ronald “Dean” Metcalf, Jr., age 48, passed away  Sunday, April 20, 2014. Born in Elmira NY on January 26, 1966, he was the son of Ronald Dean Metcalf, Sr. and Catherine Garrahan Metcalf, both of Rocky Mount.

George Washington Walker, age 88, passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Born in Halifax County on April 27, 1925, he was the son of the late Ernest Walker and Rhine Carter Walker. He was also preceded in death by his daughter, Rosa Mae Joyner and son, George Walker Jr.

David Randall Winstead passed away on Friday, April 18, 2014. A funeral service Monday, April 21, 2014 with a visitation to follow. Graveside services were held April 22.

Joshua Glenn Parrish, 25, passed away Sunday, April 13, 2014. He was born in Edgecombe County.   He was predeceased by a brother, Christopher Parrish; grandfather, Ed Joyner; grandmother, Katherine Joan Gray and great-grandmother, Myrtle Howell.

Yvonne Boseman age 60 passed away Sunday April 20, 2014.

Forest Gibbons, Jr., 73 of Spring Hope, passed away April 20, 2014.