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Spring has finally arrived, along with a yellow cloud of pollen. Gardeners are getting serious about their yard work. Thanks to all of those who participated in the High Way Clean-up on Saturday AM. It was a job well done.
Peachtree folks gathered for worship on Sunday morning.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
My Sister’s House is coordinating a walk in Downtown Nashville next Wednesday afternoon to bring attention to sexual assault.
According to Lozen Pittman, Sexual Assault Program Coordinator for My Sister’s House, there are many misconceptions about sexual violence.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Bailey Mayor Owen Strickland surprised commissioners on Monday night when he announced his resignation.
Town Clerk Becky Smith said Strickland made the announcement at the board’s regular meeting on Monday night.
“Everybody was surprised,” Smith said.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Otis Chancey is the newest face at Harold D. Cooley Library.
Chancey, of Rocky Mount, started as a Librarian Associate on April 2.
Chancey has an art studio, StudiOh10, at the Bel Air Artisans Center and said he had been looking for something to help supplement his income as an artist when he came across the position at Cooley Library.
A Spring Hope business that has been around since the 60s is being shut down.
The Ash Street Recreation Center has to close down by June 9 after an investigation on a nuisance property by the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.
According to a press release, the Ash Street Recreation Center had a history of criminal activity including drug violations, fights, assaults, robberies and one fatal shooting, which occurred in the 80s.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Spring Hope Police are searching for a man who robbed Subway on Sunday night.
According to Police Chief Tim Denton, a masked man walked in the Subway restaurant around 9:40 p.m. and walked behind the counter, where a female employee was standing. The man, who had a handgun, attempted to get the employee to open the register.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
The Town of Nashville is reviewing a request from a local couple to buy property that borders their home.
Victoria Frazier spoke before Nashville Council Members earlier this month asking that the town consider selling property to her and her husband, Kelton. Frazier said they own rental property on Cedar Street.
The property is 10-foot wide by 135-foot long and sits next to the town’s cemetery.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
A newly remodeled home will be the location for the fifth annual Ladies Luncheon, sponsored by Friends of the Harold D. Cooley Library.
Chad and Joni Robbins have offered their home for the annual event, said Pam Bass, President of the Friends group. The Robbins’ just recently bought the home, which is between Red Oak and Nashville, and have renovated the downstairs area, Bass said.
Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III recently sentenced a Nashville man to six months in prison for dumping contaminated soil in a protected wetland area.
Harvey Bryant Pridgen, 58, will also receive a year supervised release which includes six months home confinement with electronic monitoring. Pridgen will also pay a $300,000 fine.
A larceny of prescription pills was reported on 4/8/13 at 766 Breedlove Road
A breaking, entering and larceny to a residence was reported on 4/8/13 at 6911 Squirrel Den Road
A suspicious fire was reported on 4/8/13 on Quarter Road near Highway 43
A larceny of tools and dog was reported on 4/8/13 at 7425 Southern Nash High Road
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A criminal damage to property (vandalism) was reported on 4/9/13 at 328 E Sixth Street
A larceny was reported on 4/10/13 at Food Lion, 1151 Eastern Avenue
A criminal damage to property (vandalism) and burglary - forcible entry was reported on 4/10/13 at 203 Laurel Spring Drive
Mary Sue Perry Brown Brantley, 90, of Bailey, died Tuesday, April 9, 2013.
Earlon Jeffries Parker, age 73, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2013. Born in Nash County on February 28, 1940, she was the daughter of the late John Jeffries and Stella Mullins Jeffries. She was also preceded in death by her brother Robert Jeffries.
ROCKY MOUNT –– Archie Evans, 72, of Rocky Mount, died on Tuesday, April 9, 2013.
ROCKY MOUNT –– Clarence Lee Wiggins, 76, died April 8, 2013. Funeral services were held Friday, April 12, 2013 at First Calvary Baptist Church at 1 pm. Rev. W. R. Burston officiated. Burial was at Pleasure Hill Cemetery.
ROCKY MOUNT –– Pearline Avent Lloyd, 80, of Rocky Mount, died on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at Tarboro Nursing Home in Tarboro.
WHITAKERS –– Jesse Everett, Jr., 76, of Whitakers, died on Friday, April 5, 2013 at Nash General Hospital.
Robert (Bob) Cook Clark, 64, passed away Saturday, April 13, 2013. He was born in El Dorado, AR on June 29, 1948 to the late Dr. James Frank Clark, Sr., and the late Margaret Gibbs Clark.
Frederick (Rick) Louis Augst, III, 55, passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. He was born February 14, 1958 to Fred L. Augst, Jr. and Burcha Goff Augst. He was preceded in death by his father, paternal grandparents Fred and Pattye Augst, maternal grandparents, Willie and Annie Goff.
MELBOURNE, FLA. - Joel Bunn Warren, 82, died Feb. 23, 2013 at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Fla.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Spring Hope residents are now eligible to buy flood insurance, after the Board of Commissioners approved a resolution to join a National Flood Insurance Program.
Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution of intent to join the National Flood Insurance Program at the regular meeting on April 1.
Nashville’s Police Department will host its next “Coffee with a Cop” event on Thursday, April 25 from 7:30 until 9 a.m. at Langley’s Town and Country.
The “Coffee with a Cop” event is a community outreach program that allows citizens to sit down and meet Police Chief Tom Bashore and some of the Nashville Police Officers.
Northern Nash High School will present Irving Berlin’s “Annie Get Your Gun” on April 18, 19 and 20 at Nash Arts.
“Annie Get Your Gun” is a musical about the life of Annie Oakley, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and based on the original book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields, as revised by Peter Stone.
We’ve made millions here at the Soapbox by writing about what we understand.
Millions of typos. Millions of poorly written sentences. Millions of angry readers (give or take 995,000 or so). Millions of head shakes.
This week, after consulting with the staff (they texted back: be sure to pick up milk on your way home), I thought it might be interested to write about things I don’t understand.
Like many others right now, I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the events that occurred in Boston Monday and I just can’t fathom why someone would do something so horrific.
What is this world coming to?
It’s hard to imagine a person setting up bombs to go off during such a massive event. Thousands attend the Boston Marathon each year. It’s obvious the intention was to kill as many innocent people as possible. The question is why?
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