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Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the second semester of the 2021-2022 school year. The following students at Nash Rocky Mount Early Collegel made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

Nash County Public Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the second semester of the 2021-2022 school year. The following students at CITI High School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

D.R. Horton, Inc. to Sherwin Carey, Bernice Carey and Bernice Nicole Cassells; Olde Mill Stream Phase I, Lot 52
Gregory Lynn Mullen and April Hodge Mullen to Jeffrey Lee Mullen; 28.48 acres and 3.6999 acres
Joseph Graham Nelson and Hannah Nelson to Tanya R. Barkley and Renaldo Barkley; 2116 Edinborough Road, Rocky Mount; $366,500

FEDERAL - STATE MARKET NEWS SERVICE, DIVISION OF MARKETING - NCDA&CS
North Carolina's egg prices were higher on all sizes when compared to last week. Supplies of extra large and medium were very light while large were light to meet a good demand. The North Carolina weighted average price quoted Thursday, June 30, for small lot sales of delivered, cartoned, grade "A" eggs was 313.10 for Extra Large, 306.16 for Large, 232.76 for Medium, and 166.00 for Small eggs.

Nash County is bringing in the Fourth of July spirit this weekend with multiple events to celebrate the holiday.
Beginning all of the Fourth of July entertainment is the city of Rocky Mount with its event on July 1 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Rocky Mount Sports Complex located at 600 Independence Drive.
People can enjoy live music, fireworks, and more activities.

St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church (MBC) is providing a weekly summer feeding and reading program for children.
The program is held at the Nashville church, located at 204 North Drake Street, every Monday and Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will continue through August 10. It is designated for children age 18 and under.

Caiden Jones takes a taste of his edible art he created while visiting Harold D. Cooley Library in Nashville. The program entitled Under the Sea Edible Art allowed participants to create art that you can eat.

A dozen leaking manholes will be relined in the Town of Nashville, helping with the town's inflow and infiltration problem.
Council members approved a $27,000 with CTR Coatings for relining 12 sanitary sewer manholes. The approval comes at the recommendation of Mike Tolson, of Mack Gay and Associates.

Nash County will be hosting a community yard sale and car wash to help support a local nonprofit.
The county's United Way Committee planned the event for Saturday, July 16.
The community yard sale will take place in the parking lot of the Claude Mayo, Jr. Administration Building in Nashville that Saturday from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The Nashville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department has had a busy year.
In March of 2021, the first recreation center was opened on Boddie Street. Just over a year later, in April of 2022, the Nashville's Farmers Market opened. This fall, the town's first dog park will open.

Piles of mulch are continuously burning at a wood processing company in Nashville. Nashville Fire Department Chief Chris Joyner said crews were called to Kamlar around 5:15 p.m. June 28 where they found 20,000 cubic yards of mulch and woodchips in flames. Firefighters have been unable to extinguish the flames since Tuesday. Joyner said three piles of mulch are still slowly burning.

The site of the former Bell's Small Engine and Hardware will serve as a swimming pool installation business in the future.
The 1.91-acre property is located at 1313 N NC Highway 58 between Nashville and Castalia.
It includes an existing building which was home to Bell's Small Engine and Hardware before its relocation in 2020.

A lot is going on in the news these days.
Federal mandates regarding abortion were lifted and law making was returned to state legislatures and not the courts -- legally, this is how it should be. Lawmakers are supposed to make laws, not courts.

A couple of weeks ago, the majority of Momeyer's town board voted to deny changing its zoning which would allow a food pantry to locate in the former location of Bass Brothers IGA which closed its doors after 116 years.
This particular food pantry, A Touch of the Father's Love Ministry and Food Bank, is highly respected by many local churches, nonprofits, municipalities and area leaders.