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NASHVILLE - Members of the Nash Central Middle School Quiz Bowl team have won not only the regional title but finished first in the state for the Middle School "Pony" division.
According to NCASA (North Carolina Association for Scholastic Activities) 2025 final standings, Nash Central Middle School was one of 15 school teams, with 33 high school teams, competing across nine divisions in the virtual quiz bowl league. More than 200 players were involved, fielding a total of 2,500 questions.

A group of Nash County middle-schoolers will be travelling to Boone later this month to compete at the state level in Odyssey of the Mind.
Taryn Vitale, Rebekah Kibbe, Sarah Monroy, Ana Pilar Martinez Rios, Isabella Aguirre, Tanya Sasser and Ellerse Bandin, students at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School, took first place in their division at the Coastal North Carolina Regional Competition Feb. 25th. They will compete at Appalachian State University in the state championship March 28.

Last weekend, I was able to attend the largest national writer's conference in the country.
It was in Baltimore and the last time I went, almost a decade ago, it was in Washington, D.C. I knew I did not want to make that drive up I-95.
That left two options, flying or taking the train.
It's been documented in this space over the years how I feel about flying.

This photo published in The Nashville Graphic on June 6, 1968. Members of the masonry class at Nash Central High school erect a wall around a sign that was put in front of the school. Supervising the work is John E. Jenkins, masonry instructor (in white jacket) and looking on from the far left if R.K.. Corbett, principal.

NASHVILLE - The clock is ticking on sidewalk work before the Blooming Festival parade, but town officials have awarded a contract for the job.
Randy Lansing, town manager, told council members March 3rd that bids for the work were received from 13 contractors, with a $144,791.90 contract awarded to Marshall's Construction, Asphalt, & Concrete, LLC of Nashville.
The sidewalk replacement job was budgeted for $145,000, with $105,000 coming from Powell Funds and $40,000 from the Municipal Service District Fund.

NASHVILLE - Nash County Public Schools' International Baccalaureate (IB) program, currently only available at Rocky Mount High School, may be discontinued at the end of the 2026-2027 school year because of fluctuating student enrollment over the past five years.
Wendy Hinson, AIG/Fine Arts Coordinator, made a presentation about the program, which is described as a two-year pre-university course for juniors and seniors, during a NCPS committee meeting Feb. 23.

NASHVILLE- The Nash County Health Department,still currently split between two offices in Nashville and Rocky Mount, is getting closer to its planned consolidation move into the Med Park building at UNC Nash. The anticipated move-in date to the new location is either at the end of this August or the beginning of September.
Liz Lord, Interim Health Director, gave an update at the February Consolidated Human Services Board meeting, relaying that all the walls had been roughed in, sheetrock nearly finished, and that 90% of needed electrical work was done.

Have you ever heard of an "idiom"? You have if you ever took a foreign language in high school or college. It's because in every language of the world, there seems to be a number of words and phrases that take on a different meaning than the words mean by themselves. For example, the word "cool" doesn't always refer to temperature.
The Bible is full of idioms. Understanding what they mean can enhance our understanding of Scripture.

On orthodox Christian doctrine, the resurrection of Jesus is the pinnacle of God's revealing of Himself to mankind through the biblical narrative. Quite simply, the resurrection of Jesus completely changes the conversation because if it is true, and the evidence indicates that it is, then the Bible skeptics of the world need to consider the enormous implications a risen Jesus ushers in.
Over the last year, we have pursued an answer to the question, "Is God dead?" by first investigating whether God even exists.

Last Sunday we celebrated Communion at the church I Pastor. As we always do, one of our deacons prepares the elements and the table. At a specific time in the worship service I lead and our deacons serve the bread, then the cup. Jesus instructed the disciples to "Do this in remembrance of Me." As I prepared my sermon, I was drawn to the idea of remembering and specifically the Holy Spirit led me to Deuteronomy. Many times the people are challenged to not forget the Lord. But how can we possibly forget the Lord?

Last year, Jo Ann's Place provided support and services for nearly 300 local children who were impacted by abuse and neglect. As April marks Child Abuse Prevention Month, Jo Ann's Place - the Nash, Edgecombe and Wilson County Children's Advocacy Center of Southmountain Children and Family Services, invites the community to come together in support of children and families and to take an active role in preventing child abuse.
The center will host a Child Abuse Prevention Month Open House on Wednesday, April 1, from 4-6 p.m. at 116 N. Englewood Drive, Rocky Mount.

Hilldale Apartments of Sharpsburg, Inc. to Gregory T. Williams; Hilldale, Block C, Lot 4; $132,000
CMH Homes, Inc. to Michael L. Parsons and Leah R. Parson; 9049 Murasaki Drive, Middlesex
EAW Land, LLC to William Clay Batchelor and Tory Whitley Batchelor; Lots 2-3, Burgess Road; $140,000
G. Kenneth Dozier, Martha Rebecca Barnhill Dozier, Kevin Bruce Dozier Discretionary Trust, Kevin Bruce Dozier and G. Kenneth Dozier to G. Kenneth Dozier,

Building Permits Commercial
Addition; 5730 Red Oak Rd, Battleboro; Donald Poland, Licensed Contractor; $1,500
Miscellaneous; 5818 Red Oak Rd, Battleboro; Current Communications, LLC ; $5,000
Miscellaneous; 6152 Fire Tower Rd, Bailey; Skyward Telecom,LLC; 15,000

The Nashville Graphic's founder, Maurice W. Lincke, was responsible for developing the first organized firefighter effort in Nashville. His efforts were largely due to the fact that his newspaper office, along with a large portion of downtown structures, were destroyed by a fire, I believe in 1909.
I recall sitting in my office on a cold evening in January of 2018 hearing fire trucks come through downtown. This wasn't really anything unusual as Washington Street is the main route for trucks to reach areas in many parts of town.

NASHVILLE - With all parties involved willing to 'meet in the middle,' a contested conditional rezoning request for a Braswell Family Farms property has been approved by the Nashville town council.
The property, a vacant 2-bedroom, 2 bathroom house on a half acre lot at 505 S. Alston is across the street from Braswell Family Farms corporate headquarters. Trey Braswell applied for conditional rezoning to change the land from R-10 residential to CZNR-B-1, conditional non-residential. It was wanted for use as office space.