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Middlesex residents are continuing to question the mayor and town board during the public comment section of the town’s meetings.
On Monday night, Becky Strickland questioned why the town did not have a code of conduct.
Strickland said state legislature passed a law in 2009 requiring all local governments to have one in place by December 2010. She said she was told Middlesex did not have a Code of Conduct in place.

The 18th annual Blooming Festival brought thousands to Downtown Nashville to enjoy food, fun and entertainment for several days.
The carnival kicked off on Wednesday and had good crowds from the time it opened until the time it closed.
Entertainment got started on Thursday night with Mac Arnold and Plate Full O’Blues, who performed to a crowd at Nash Arts.

Nash Central High School will present “The Music Man” May 15th and 16th at 7 p.m. and May 17th and 18th at 2 p.m. at the Imperian Centre. “The Music Man” is set in Iowa in 1912. Harold Hill, played by Andrew Beal (at left), is a salesman who comes to cheat the town with his scam of creating a kids band.

Castalia Commissioners spent over an hour last Tuesday reviewing revisions to the town’s zoning ordinances, primarily ones concerning the powers of the board of adjustment. The revisions were presented by Lee Nichols, a Community Development Planner with the NC Department of Commerce.
Nichols said that he had been working with the Castalia Planning Board on the revisions because some of the 2013 updates to the NC General Statutes affect local municipal statutes as well.

Nashville’s Police Chief Tom Bashore recently graduated from an administration course at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Bashore was one of 94 officials who graduated from the 2013-2014 Municipal Administration Course, which his offered by the School of Government.

Vernon Carl Batchelor, Jr., 59, passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2014. He was born in Nash County, March 25, 1955 to the late Vernon C. Batchelor, Sr. and Lula Beamon Batchelor.

SCOTLAND NECK –– Rufus Leonard, 54, of Scotland Neck, died on Monday, May 12, 2014.

CASTALIA - Jack Cone, died on May 8, 2014.  He was born January 3, 1922 to Nannie Strickland Cone and Charles R. Cone, Sr.

NASHVILLE - Janelle Whitley Bullard, 78, passed away Sunday, May 11, 2014.  She was born in Pitt County February 13, 1936 to the late Alva Lee Whitley and Myrtle Melton Whitley.  In addition to her parents, Janelle was preceded in death by her husband, Edmond Bullard, Sr.

Edna Joyce Jones, age 80, passed away on Saturday, May 10, 2014. Born in Wayne County on January 10, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Mangum Watkins and Lois B. Weeks. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Emmitt Arnold Jones; son, Stephen Jones; sister, Betty Price; and brothers, Charles Watkins and Selby Watkins.

Mazelle Jones Vester, 92, passed away Sunday, May 11, 2014. She was born March 29, 1922 to the late Sidney and Tolie Jones. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Ollin and Algie Jones.

Joseph Stanley Lane, Sr., 81, passed away, Monday, May 5, 2014. He was born October 21, 1932 in Edgecombe County to the late Robert David Lane, Sr. and Channie Biggs Lane.

Beverly Joyce Drewery, age 50 passed away May 11, 2014.

Dannie Morgan, age 59 of Bailey, passed away May 8, 2014.

Junie Mills, 97 of Spring Hope, passed away May 7, 2014.

SPRING HOPE––Mary Ellen Lamm Glover, age 83, passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2014.

Mr. Kenneth Lavonn “Big Red” Macklin, 64, of Rocky Mount, died on Thursday, May 8, 2014 at Nash General Hospital.

A group of little firefighters take a ride at the carnival.

Little Aubree Moss rides the carousel with the help of her mother, Libby.

The Sudan Animated Animals visit with parade spectators.

American Legion National Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Miste Strickland rides in the parade.

Phoebe Atkins performs a solo during the Nashville Elementary Strings performance.

Mother of the Year Nan Strickland is Grand Marshal of the Parade.