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"Do your utmost to come before winter." (2 Timothy 4:21)
Now that Christmas is over, our thoughts quickly turn to the year ahead. The truth is January can be one of the most depressing months of the year. Credit card bills come in from all that Christmas overspending. Winter means that we have very few days over the next couple of months that will permit us to pursue all those outdoor activities that we enjoy.

Harold Ross started The New Yorker magazine years ago in small offices, with little equipment.
One day in a restaurant downstairs he met Dorothy Parker, one of the magazine's first writers.
"What are you doing here?" he asked. "Why aren't you upstairs working?"

A Bailey woman involved in a Nashville homicide case years ago has been on the lam since absconding from probation earlier this year.
Madison Deann Johnson, 26, dropped out of sight of authorities in October after being released from prison on drug-related convictions.
Prior to ghosting law enforcement, Johnson spent three months at North Piedmont Correctional Center for Women in Lexington on convictions of drug possession.

BAILEY -- A police officer under investigation related to time card fraud has been exonerated by the town, but asked to seek employment elsewhere.
Evan Sokolove, 30, has settled with the town board for an undisclosed amount of money under the condition he resign as a police officer, a job he held since July.
As part of the agreement, Sokolove will cooperate in the town's investigation into alleged maleficence on the part of Police Chief Cathy Callahan.

THANK YOU ~ We are appreciative of our readers who spay and neuter, adopt, foster, transport, treat their pets like family, don't buy from breeders, donate to help the homeless pets, keep pets inside safe from the roads and the list goes on. If not for you, more homeless pets would die. Some pets are homeless thanks to their owners not being educated or being poor. Some of them are because they are just not loved.

"Wesotych Swiat!" That's how folks in Poland say "Merry Christmas!"
Kindergartners at Nashville Elementary School learned about how Christmas is celebrated in six other countries from exchange students attending area high schools this year.

Barnes Street will soon look much different, thanks to planning by town officials and a state grant.
Nashville has received a downtown revitalization grant for $675,000 as part of the N.C. Commerce Department's Rural Transformation Grant Fund.
"The grant is for streetscaping Barnes Street between Washington Street and Cross Street," said Town Manager Randy Lansing.

A local ministry continues to grow and help numerous families during the holiday season.
Helping Hand Outreach hosted its annual Christmas Giveaway Saturday at the Nashville home of Anne Richardson.
Richardson and her family started the ministry in 2015, hosting a clothing and food giveaway once a month.

A Nashville woman faces first-degree attempted murder charges after authorities claim she tried to set her child on fire.
Latisha McDonald, 33, remains in custody under an emergency involuntary commitment order.
McDonald is accused of pouring lighter fluid on the bed of her 4-year-old child in an attempt to set the bed and child on fire, said Maj. Eddie Moore of the Nash County Sheriff's Office.

A former legal assistant with the Nash County District Attorney's Office has been hired to serve as the new clerk for the Town of Nashville.
Nashville Human Resources Director Matthew Joyner announced last week the hiring of Louise "Lou" Bennett, who began her duties on Monday. Bennett will take over for Sarah Tinkham who will soon leave her post for a position closer to home.

A World War II veteran, building contractor and cherished father has been honored by the Joint Veterans Committee with a flag-raising ceremony.
Charles Ross "Jack" Cone Jr., a sergeant in the Army from 1942-46, was honored by family, friends and members of the Joint Veterans Committee of Nash and Edgecombe Counties.

Spring Hope now has $800,000 to refurbish its aging Depot building in the center of downtown.
The original railroad depot structure was erected in 1887. Since trains stopped rolling through town, the building has served several purposes, and is currently a library.

A domestic disturbance was reported on 12/16/22 at 10186 W NC 97, Middlesex
A felony breaking and entering, non-forcible larceny and motor vehicle theft was reported on 12/12/22 at 11475 Tyler Worrell Lane, Bailey
A misdemeanor child abuse was reported on 12/16/22 at 1567 Hackberry Drive, Rocky Mount

INCIDENTS
A hit and run and misdemeanor failure to stop was reported on 12/11/22 at 214 Vale Street, Nashville
Found property was reported on 12/11/22 at 101 West Nashville Drive, Nashville

As we barrel headlong into Christmas this week, most of us will rekindle old holiday memories.
We might even use a phrase like "how it used to be" or "when I was a kid."
Christmas was always a big deal in my family when I was growing up. Many folks my age will remember eagerly anticipating the Sears Wish Book to signal the beginning of Christmas List season.