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By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Downtown Nashville will come alive this weekend, as the 16th annual Nashville Blooming Festival kicks off.
The festival will be held on Friday and Saturday, May 11 and 12 but the carnival will open on Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the Nash County Courthouse parking lot.
This is the 16th year the Nashville Chamber of Commerce has hosted the festival. Cindy Puckett, a co-chair for the event, said she looks forward to this weekend’s events.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Next month, Spring Hope citizens will have a chance to offer their input on the town’s consideration of allowing chickens in the city limits.
Joddy Langford, a Spring Hope resident, came before commissioners on Monday night in response to a letter that was sent to the town anonymously. The letter was in reference to two hens Langford’s family has on their property.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nash County Commissioners met with North Carolina legislators last week to discuss several items that may be brought before the legislature during the upcoming short session.
Commissioners host the meeting each year as a chance to sit down and discuss any pressing issues facing Nash County as well as to talk about issues facing legislatures in the upcoming short session, which convenes May 16.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
A Nashville woman spoke out against Nash County Commissioners on Monday morning, eventually causing Commissioner Robbie Davis to ask her to stop her comments.
Rose Ann Shearin spoke out against the proposed Sanderson Farms poultry plant, which is looking to locate in Nash County.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nash County Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution on Monday that opposes tolling Interstate 95.
The resolution approved also requests the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) officials fully investigate alternate sources of revenue to finance future improvements and ask that officials fully study the economic impacts of tolling.
By: Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Five local residents had the chance to see firsthand the role a police officer plays in the Town of Nashville, thanks to the first ever Citizen’s Police Academy.
The 13-week class wrapped up on April 26 with a special graduation ceremony but not before students visited a shooting range and tried out their shooting skills.
Nash Community College Bond
For 17,722
Against 5,431
Nash Central Middle School received honors from President Ed Vann, right, at the Rocky Mount Kiwanis Club luncheon on April 26. Recently chartered “Valentine Community Builders Club” Advisor Mary Jo Karner, left, received a Certificate of Appreciation, and President Brittany Cherry and Treasurer Octaveus Taylor, center left to right, received recognition as Students of the Week.
ARRESTS
Deshaun Davis - 4/17/2012 - charged with trespassing
Melissa Carol Ramirez - 4/19/2012 - charged with simple worthless check
Eric Woodard Morris - 4/21/2012 - charged with liquor law violations
A National Day of Prayer celebration will be held Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 12:00 noon on the Nash County Courthouse steps in Nashville. This event is sponsored by Nashville area churches, the public is invited to participate. Coordinator for the event is Rev. Vernon Potter of the Ebenezer Pentecostal Holiness Church. Call 252-459-2188 for more information.
The School Nutrition Association of Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools has just completed a food drive to benefit Backpack Buddies. Backpack Buddies are programs run by various churches and nonprofit agencies that provide meals to students in need. Each Friday, more than 200 students in the district receive a back pack with non-perishable ready to eat foods to help throughout the weekend.
SHARPSBURG –– Cynthia Jeannette Joyner Whitaker, 40, of Sharpsburg, died on Thursday, April 26, 2012.
ROCKY MOUNT –– Larnorris Fontell Small, “Philly”, 31, of Rocky Mount died on Monday, April 16, 2012 at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount.
ROCKY MOUNT –– Cynthia Marie Silver, 46, of Rocky Mount, died on Saturday, April 21, 2012.
NASHVILLE –– Michelle Mitchell McGuire, 43, passed away Monday April 23, 2012. She was born January 28, 1969 in Everett, Washington. She was preceded in death by father John E. Mitchell.
ROCKY MOUNT –– Carlos Whitaker, 37, of Rocky Mount, died on Thursday, April 26, 2012.
ROCKY MOUNT - Emonvil Coque, 60, died April 14, 2012.
Patricia Vernon Bingham, 62, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2012. She was born in Wilkes County October 16, 1949 to the late Carl and Albertine Vernon.
Flora Pearl Bundy Lamm, age 76, passed away on Monday, April 30, 2012. Born in Elizabeth City on February 02, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Haywood Garland Bundy and Monna Ivy Staples Bundy. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 43 years, James William Lamm; sisters, Hazel Ferrell and Ethel Cartwright; and brother, Victor Bundy.
Lula Davis Cobb, age 91 passed away April 26, 2012. She was born April 15, 1921 in Nash County to the late William Barry and Maggie Jane Parker Davis.
Hazel Gurganus Carter, age 81, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Born in Enfield on April 18, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Quincy Eugene Gurganus and Nannie Hux Gurganus. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 23 years, Leland Clester Carter; baby sister, Joyce Marie Gurganus; and brother, James Gurganus.
Thomas “Tommy” Paul Benson Jr., age 57, passed away on Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Born in Nash County on April 09, 1955, he was the son of the late Thomas Paul Benson Sr. and Frances Caroline Jilcott Benson. He was preceded in death by his sister, Frances Elizabeth Benson.
Mamie Jane West, 69, passed away on Friday April 27, 2012.
NASHVILLE - Alexandra Meredith Tweedy, 16, passed way on Monday, April 30, 2012 after being involved in an automobile accident. Born in Greenville SC on May 24, 1995, she was the daughter of Scott and Susan Tweedy of Nashville. She was preceded in death by her grandfathers, Tom Palmer and Jack Jackson; and paternal grandparents, Glenn and Bonnie Tweedy.
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