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Valeria Eguiguren and Jeff Taylor to RVC Home Renovation, LLC; 639 Henry Street, Rocky Mount; $60,000
Secure, Inc. to Judy C. Winstead; 4005 Crosswinds Drive, Rocky Mount
Marshall Keith Langley and Elizabeth Gates Langley to Christopher C. Pridgen and Meagan L. Pridgen; 836 Nashville Road and 838 Nashville Road, Rocky Mount

ROCKY MOUNT - The seventh annual Vitale Christmas Light Show, located at 7952 Bridgeview Road, Rocky Mount, is up and sparkling, with thousands of lights jumping to synchronized Christmas music and lighted displays ranging from blow-molds to hanging globes to inflatables.
The Light Show will run through New Year's Day from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. every night except for windy or rainy weather. Any night to be cancelled will be listed on the event's Facebook page, "Vitale Christmas Light Show."

RED OAK - Former Red Oak Fire Chief Bob Brown thought he was just going to the company Christmas party Dec. 2, but the approximately 110 people there knew better: Brown was going to be awarded the prestigious award, Order of the Long Leaf Pine, as well as receive a 50-year pin from the North Carolina Firefighters' Association.
Red Oak Chief Andrew Brown, who is Bob Brown's nephew, said the "original" Brown served as Chief from 1985-2006, leaving to take the job as president of the Fire Department's Board of Directors from 2006-2015, before taking the Chief's seat again from 2015-2022.

NASHVILLE - In an attempt to find and recruit new officers, the Nashville Police Department is beginning an ongoing "Officer-in-Training" program, with promising individuals contract-hired before graduating Basic Law Enforcement Training. The contract would stipulate that recruits work for the Town of Nashville for at least three years.
The NPD is currently short five officers, and Deputy Police Chief Boykin , receiving approval Dec. 5 for the program, said that he would ideally like to hire two recruits.

NASHVILLE - Two speakers, one petition and twenty-one signatures were all focused on one problem in the town of Nashville: speeding, and its threat to public safety on side streets downtown, particularly in the area of E. Church and Alston Streets.
James Baker of 103 E. Green Street said there had been three traffic accidents within the last week, with one vehicle and a school crosswalk sign "ending up all the way in my yard."

Nashville's Fire Department carried Santa Claus to visit kids at Harold D. Cooley Library in Nashville. Pictured, Santa listens to Lawson Ferrell, right, as Lawson gives his list.

CASTALIA - The Town of Castalia is once again up to full speed with a fully-staffed town board, and is gathering momentum to launch a Community Development Advisory Board to work with the state. Town officials will, however, be looking to fill the town clerk position as current Clerk Susie Haughwout will be retiring.
Commissioner Lynn Hale, newly elected to fill a previously vacant seat on the board, was sworn into office at the Dec. 5 meeting as Mayor Pro Tem. Also sworn in was re-elected Commissioner Sylvia Manning.

NASHVILLE - Many in Nash County are mourning the loss of one of their own, Wilmer A. "Sonny" Brantley of Nashville, who passed away Dec. 9 at the age of 94 after a brief illness.
Brantley, who was elected to both the Nash County (2008) and North Carolina 4-H Hall of Fame (2013), supported local farm youth for more than 35 years, particularly with raising funds for the Eastern Carolina Meat Animal Show and Sale.

NASHVILLE - A man described as "a true Nashville icon" has passed, leaving physical reminders of his legacy - houses and apartments that he built - in multiple Nash County spots.
Macon Ray Robertson, who had the honor of escorting President Harry Truman through Nashville's Harvest Festival in 1960, passed Dec. 11 at the age of 87.
Robertson, originally from Halifax County, came to Nashville in the 1950's, according to Jody's of Nashville owner Jill Boone, who met Robertson while she was working summers while still in college.

Reports of a shooter at Nashville's Wal-Mart Monday were unsubstantiated, according to Nashville Police. Deputy Chief David Boykin said that an unknown person, using a hand-held radio of the type used by Wal-Mart employees, issued a threat that "they were going to shoot the place up." A Wal-Mart employee then called 911 and a call went out to law enforcement in regard to Communicating Threats.

Damage to real property reported at 10582 Jack Rd., Bailey on 12/4/23
Misdemeanor larceny reported at 10748 Bissette Rd., Middlesex on 12/6/23
Damage to real property reported at 11239 Davis Worrell Rd., Bailey on 12/3/23

Gov. Cooper has appointed Elizabeth Scott of Rocky Mount as a member at-large to serve on the Edenton Historical Commission.
Scott is a real estate broker and has served in various preservation roles in the past including a preservation planner for the City of Rocky Mount, a member of the Rocky Mount Historic Commission, and the president of Preservation Rocky Mount.

The Nashville Farmer's Market is opening for a holiday-themed "Merry Market" Friday, Dec. 15, from 3 to 6 p.m., at the market on 723 S. Barnes Street.
Rhonda Mitchell, Assistant Director, said that approximately 22 vendors, including a food truck, will be in attendance. Live music by Chandler James will be provided, as will a bouncy house and free craft activities for children.

There's an old joke that goes like this:
"I feel like the United Nations. I say I'm doing work, but I'm not."
I thought about this last week when I saw that this corrupt international organization that no one takes seriously announced they have a new report coming out.
This report, of course, blames the United States for yet another problem. We eat too much meat over here and therefore, we are destroying the earth.