Any foreign person who acquires, transfers or holds any interest, other than a security interest, including leaseholds of 10 years or more, in agricultural land in the United States is required by law to report the transaction no later than 90 days after the date of the transaction.
Nashville Cub Scout Pack 76 completed its Scouting for Food Drive on February 9. Scouts collected over 800 pounds of food and donated it to Faith Christian Ministries of Nashville. Pictured (L-R) is: Anthony Cockrell, Gabe Cooper, Austin Harper, Griffin Wingfield and Austin Harrell.
Members of PFLAG Rocky Mount (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) met January 29 to celebrate important milestones in their local and national history. The celebration focused on their organization’s movement to secure equal civil rights for LGBT persons.
The nation’s largest grassroots-based non-profit, PFLAG began forty years ago when a courageous mother, Jeanne Manford, stepped onto the streets of New York to join her gay son in a march for equality.
Eastpointe LME/MCO was recently recognized with a Programs of Excellence Award in the category of Best Practice. The award was for their Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) Training program which is operated by Mental Health America of the Tar River Region. WRAP is a 16 hour program designed to help those with mental illness to manage their psychiatric symptoms and create individual plans of recovery.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
ROCKY MOUNT -- Following last Saturday morning’s consolation round, Southern Nash’s name came over the public-address system as the team leader in the standings at the Class 3-A East Regional Wrestling Tournament.
SN coach Eddie Coble knew his club didn’t have the staying power to remain atop the list.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
RED OAK -- If you’re fortunate enough to be on one of the higher-seeded teams, it sometimes takes awhile before the true intensity begins in the Class 3-A Girls Basketball State Playoffs.
That won’t be the case this time around for the Northern Nash Lady Knights.
After rolling through a first-round victory over Southern Wayne on Monday, the Lady Knights will encounter a large dose of high drama tonight at the NNHS Gymnasium.
WILSON -- The Wilson Tobs will host the First Annual Varsity Spring Baseball Classic, which will be held this Saturday at historic Fleming Stadium.
The event will feature four games involving eight area high school teams.
The schedule is as follows:
CHAPEL HILL -- Here are the first-round pairings for the Class 3-A North Carolina High School Athletic Association Boys Basketball Playoffs.
Opening-round games were played Monday, with winners advancing to today’s second round of action at the higher seed.
CHAPEL HILL -- Here are the first-round pairings for the Class 3-A North Carolina High School Athletic Association Girls Basketball Playoffs.
Opening-round games were played Monday, with winners advancing to today’s second round of action at the higher seed.
GREENVILLE -- Seniors Bryan Bass and Jay Cannon each collected a pair of hits to help East Carolina University (3-3) to a 5-1 baseball victory over New Mexico State (3-4) on Sunday afternoon at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium on the final day of the 10th Annual Keith LeClair Classic.
The Pirates used a four-run sixth inning to overcome a 1-0 deficit and picked up their third straight win of the season after dropping the first three contests of the year.
Northern Nash’s Camille Branch (right) wins a scramble for the ball in the paint during the Lady Knights’ home playoff conquest Monday against Southern Wayne.
NASH COUNTY -- Listed are updated scores from the Nash County Parks and Recreation Basketball Season:
GREAT SHOW ON THE MAT. Among the Nash County performers at last weekend’s Class 3-A East Regional Wrestling Tournament at Rocky Mount High School were Southern Nash’s Ryan Ashley.
Northern Nash heavyweight Jamal Harris (left) picked up a victory in this matchup as part of last weekend’s Class 3-A East Regional Wrestling Tournament at Rocky Mount.
FAYETTEVILLE -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College men’s basketball team saw its season come to an end last Friday night in the semifinals of the 2013 USA South Conference Tournament.
Top-seeded Christopher Newport built a 13-point advantage at the half and held on for an eventual 72-59 win at Fayetteville’s Crown Center Arena.
WAKE FOREST -- Wake Electric is accepting applications from middle-school students for scholarships to summer basketball camps on two of the state’s largest campuses.
Young women can apply to attend the Kellie Harper Basketball Academy at North Carolina State University in Raleigh and young men to attend the Roy Williams Basketball Camp at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this summer.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
RED OAK -- Chemistry, continuity and, of course, talent have played important roles in Red Oak Middle School’s basketball success through the years.
Jeff Dodrill, the only coach the program has known, has guided the Tigers to a myriad of successes -- and the trend continued this season.
The marketing assistance loan (MAL) and loan deficiency payment (LDP) provisions authorized in the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Farm Bill) have been extended for the 2013 crop year with the passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
WILSON -- Sometimes, the true indicator of a team’s mettle is not how it responds following a victory, but after a heartbreaking loss -- especially if it is the first one of the season.
Northern Nash’s undefeated streak came to a close Friday with a tough overtime loss to Rocky Mount, which erased the memory of three earlier setbacks to NN with a 51-47 conquest in the championship game of the Big East Conference Girls Basketball Tournament at Wilson Hunt.
By:
Michele A. Cruz, Graphic Correspondent
The new Common Core Standards (for math, English, language arts), Essential Standards (for all other curricular areas), and Common Career Technical Core Standards (for career technical education) are in effect for the first time this school year. This overhaul means a year of challenging transformation for the state’s public schools.
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
A request to rezone close to 52 acres of land will come before Nashville’s Town Council and Planning Board Members next Wednesday evening.
A public hearing on the request is slated for 7 p.m. on February 27.
The request is to amend the zoning map of the Town of Nashville by rezoning three parcels of property from both A-1 Agriculture and B-1 General Business to B-1 General Business in their entirety.
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
There’s a new restaurant in Downtown Nashville.
The Olive Tree Cafe opened on February 11 in the former Sand-Witches to Go location. Nashville’s Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for the cafe on Monday morning.
Connie and Mark Martinmianakis said so far, business has been good and a lot of people have stopped by to check out the cafe.
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
After years of review and updating, the Town of Momeyer has a new zoning ordinance.
Momeyer’s Town Council unanimously approved the new 160 plus page of ordinances last Monday morning during their regular meeting.
The new ordinance comes after around five years of review, discussion and research by the Planning Board, who was assisted in the process by the Upper Coastal Plain Council of Government.
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Jim Gardner, the newly appointed Chairman of the Alcohol and Beverage Control (ABC) Commission, hopes to tour many ABC Offices throughout the state but his first stop was last week in the county he considers home.
Gardner, of Rocky Mount, visited Nash County’s ABC Office and Warehouse in Nashville last Wednesday morning as part of a tour to learn more about the operations of the ABC industry.
