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ROANOKE RAPIDS -- They did it -- the Westridge Wahoos are the crown conquerors once again in the Nash-Halifax Swim League.
Fending off a challenge from homestanding Roanoke Valley, the Wahoos successful defended their title at the annual season-ending N-HSL Championships, which were held August 30 at the Roanoke Rapids Aquatic Center in Halifax County.

NASH COUNTY -- Here are the schedules for Nash Central, Northern Nash and Southern Nash for the upcoming football season, which starts on August 18:

FAYETTEVILLE -- A Luis Lara RBI double cut the lead to one, Jace Avina tied the score with a single, and Blayberg Diaz's RBI single put the Carolina Mudcats up by one in the ninth inning against homestanding Fayetteville.
Carolina took the contest by a 4-3 score and took the series four games to two.

RED OAK -- There is no possible way the Northern Nash Fighting Knights could replicate their historic 2022 campaign.
Or could they?
That's the biggest question heading into the season for Northern, which only lost one game last year -- and that was in the Class 3-A State Championship game.

Nashville's Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual meeting last week, recognizing town employees for going above and beyond and naming 64 Marketplace as the Business of the Year.
64 Marketplace is located at 1038 Eastern Avenue and has been in business since 2010. Randy White and Gwen Creech run the business, which sells antique, vintage and used furniture.

The N.C. Court of Appeals has ruled a Nash County judge must provide better reasons for sentencing a sex offender to 25 years of satellite-based monitoring.
Wallace Belfield Jr., 35, was sent to prison for four years and ordered to wear an ankle monitor for a quarter century upon release. He pleaded guilty to indecent liberties with a child two years ago.

Thanks to a grant from the North Carolina Bluebird Society, Nashville's Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department (PRCR) purchased and installed three predator guards on bluebird nest boxes around town. Several new nest boxes have also been installed in different areas of town to help increase bluebird nesting habitat.

Local voters may get a voice whether a casino is built in Rocky Mount.
The Nash County Board of Commissioners last week approved a request to legislators if Nash County is chosen as a site for one of four casinos planned for eastern North Carolina that a countywide referendum be held.

The N.C. State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal hit-and-run that happened near Nashville last week.
James Oliver Alexander Kent, age 55 of Nashville, died July 25 after being struck by an unknown vehicle on Eastern Avenue.
A state trooper found Kent's body in the roadway near the roundabout at Nash Community College at 1 a.m. July 26.

Nashville's Town Council agreed to move forward with the process of establishing social districts in two areas of town but want more input from the community before standing fully behind the idea.
The idea of establishing a social district in downtown and at the Nashville Junction was recommended by the Downtown Nashville Strong Advisory Board.

One-stop voting is set for mid-October in Nashville, according to an early voting plan approved by the Nash County Board of Elections.
Nashville, Spring Hope, Bailey and Middlesex residents can vote early at the Board of Elections Office beginning Oct. 19, said John Kearney, the county's elections director.
Early voting will run through Nov. 4 with hours being 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4.

INCIDENTS
A misdemeanor hit and run and failure to stop was reported on 7/23/23 at 101 W Washington Street
A driving while intoxicated, arrest/hinder and delay, possession/manufacturing fraudulent identification, open container after consumer, failure to stop for a stop sign/ flashing red light, driving while license revoked not impaired, speeding

An assault with serious bodily injury and damage to personal property was reported on 7/27/23 and 7/24/23
A missing person was reported on 7/25/23 at 100 N Boddie Street, Nashville
A missing person was reported on 7/26/23 at 1106 Maudis Road, Bailey

The Town of Nashville is looking at replacing parking signs in front of the courthouse in downtown.
Town Manager Randy Lansing brought a proposal before the Downtown Strong Advisory Board last Monday. Lansing said he wanted to replace the current signs with taller signs. Lansing said the current signs were past due for replacement.
"They are faded and dirty and we really need to replace them," he added.

An Alabama-based recovery company is removing debris in Dortches after a tornado destroyed homes there two weeks ago.
The company, CrowderGulf, is working for the Nash County Board of Commissioners under an interlocal agreement with the Dortches town board, which will reimburse the county. The boards announced the agreement at a special meeting Friday.

RALEIGH - On Tuesday, August 1, 2023, Governor Roy Cooper signed a state disaster declaration for the Town of Dortches in Nash County that suffered damages from an EF-3 tornado on July 19. The declaration makes additional assistance available to the town.
"Having spent most of my life in Nash County, I know the people who live there are resilient and determined to work together to bounce back from this damaging tornado. This state disaster declaration will help the people and businesses impacted as they recover and rebuild," said Governor Cooper.

It seems like I've been struggling lately trying to find the right words to express particular thoughts.
For example, I was trying to explain the level of annoyance someone had reached with me on a volunteer project and I'd overused some and the others, well, weren't suitable for the current audience at that time.
So, I figured I'd go back in time and bring back some words and phrases that were well-used but have since been largely forgotten.

There have been quite a few times over the course of my newspaper career I have found myself scratching my head in bewilderment wondering where an idea came from and how it got as far as it did with no public insight or input. The recent unheralded finding that Nash County is targeted as one of 4 locations for a casino in North Carolina has got to top all.
It's very interesting this comes after the last six months of announcements from Petersburg, Virginia which may become home to a $1.4 billion casino project.