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MOMEYER- The proposed FY2026 budget for the town of Momeyer has a surprise gift for town residents: trash pickup for all 140 homes, with no rise in the tax rate.
"The town has been talking about doing trash pickup since 1993," said Will Funderburg, Mayor, "so it makes sense to fulfill that need."
Funderburg and council members made the decision to add the service during the council's June 9 meeting, remarking that for many older residents, it could be difficult to schlep garbage to the closest Nash County Convenience Center, located at 7008 US-64 Alternate in Spring Hope, even though that is less than three miles from the center of town.

WILSON- Three local DOT workers from will be advancing to statewide competition after winning first place in their respective divisions April 30 at the annual North Carolina Department of Transportation Division 4 Equipment Operator Safety Training Conference in Wilson.
Dan Evans, Benjamin Wilson, and Marcus Joyner, all NCDOT Highway Division 4 employees, were among about 100 taking part in the conference, which "boosts training with some friendly competition," according to Andrew Barksdale, NCDOT communications officer.

NASHVILLE - A special use permit for a heavily contested Land-Clearing and Inert Debris (LCID) landfill in Middlesex has been approved after a Quasi-Judicial public hearing and meeting of the Nash County Board of Adjustment (BOA).
Travis Felts of Spring Hope, who also owns FMC Grading, plans to put the LCID landfill on about 26 acres of larger, 54+ acre tract off NC 231 and east of the Chei Solar Farm. An LCID landfill does not accept trash, but only land-clearing debris such as organic materials and untreated or unpainted wood.

NASHVILLE - It's back to the drawing board for developers of a planned 122-lot subdivision off Wildlife Road, Castalia, after a conditional rezoning request was denied Monday in a split vote by county commissioners.
While the project was not approved for the higher-density RA-30-CZ (single-family residential conditional zoning, which permits 30,000 square foot lots), it may well reappear in the future with a site plan for larger, 40,000 square foot lots, which are permitted in its current A1 (agricultural) zoning district.

NASHVILLE - Police Chief Caleb Shockley, who hit the ground running to take the reins of NPD on March 19th, has apparently been so busy - including handling some patrol duties downtown - that he couldn't quite find the time to be officially sworn in. That was rectified at the June 3 Nashville town council meeting.
Brenda Brown, Nashville Mayor, commenting on Shockley's nearly 10 years service to the town, called him a "remarkable leader" bringing a "wealth of experience, committment and integrity to this exteemed position."

NASHVILLE- In the wake of joyous hoopla following the swearing in of Police Chief Caleb Shockley, the adoption of Nashville's FY2026 budget ordinance passed quietly and without fanfare June 3, there being no public comment and almost no comment by town council members.
As summarized by Randy Lansing, town manager, the FY26 budget, which takes hold July 1, 2025, and ends June 30, 2026, "is a balanced budget as required by NCGS 159.8 with the use of $771,732 in funding balance money from four different Funds."

SPRING HOPE- Town officials have adopted their FY 2026 budget, although the vote to do so was made at the June 2 meeting after a mayoral request to delay was overridden by several commissioners, including Brenda Lucas, who said it needed to be done that night.
The annual budget ordinance, totaling $1,857,800, has been posted on the town website for just over a month, an increase of about $123,000 over last year's $1.73 million.

NASHVILLE- There's a new Captain of the ship at the NC Cooperative Extension office at the Nash County office in Nashville: Heather Glennon of Middlesex, who is not only the County Extension Director, but also Livestock Agriculture Agent, a post that has been unfilled in Nash County for some time.

NASHVILLE - Nash County's Department of Social Services is being praised by the state for its work to improve agency practices, with a letter of commendation sent from NCDHHS to that effect May 21.
The letter, addressed to Denita DeVega, Nash County DSS Director; William Hill Jr, Nash County Health Director; Stacie Shatzer, County Manager; and Wayne Outlaw, Board of Commissioners Chair, stated the NCDSS has "successfully completed all requirements of their Intensive Transition Plan."

NASHVILLE- A new mobile trailer featuring a series of virtual reality career and technical education scenarios is now the pride of the Nash County Public Schools fleet, with the CTE Mobile Career Exploration Lab unveiled at a May 22 ribbon cutting.
The 10:30 a.m. event, held outside the NCPS Central Office building at 930 Eastern Avenue, attracted a small but interested mixed group of students, teachers, Nash Community College representatives and a handful of Nash County commissioners and department heads.

An article in the May 29 edition of The Graphic entitled "Nashville industry files bankruptcy; Atlantic Natural Foods owes town over $280,000" had an error.
It was reported that David Williams and his company, Mid Atlantic Warehouse & Storage LLC, owned Atlantic Natural Foods.
David Wilson, the purchasing manager at Mid Atlantic, owns the lot and its building on Industry Court but does not own the business, Atlantic Natural Foods; Wilson was renting out the building to Doug Hines, owner of Atlantic Natural Foods.

NASHVILLE - Nash County leaders are pushing the deadline for ironing out final wrinkles in the FY 2026 budget, after sending the county manager back to Nash County Public Schools to ask again for more information on School Resource Officer funding.
Also debated after a June 2 public hearing was the possibility of granting a one-time, $500 bonus to school classified personnel at the end of the calendar year and the potential elimination of $10,000 in outside agency funding for Casa Azul de Wilson, which is based in Wilson County.