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Nashville's Planning Board is recommending town council deny a request to rezone property on Western Avenue for an apartment complex.
A lengthy joint public hearing was held on the request Wednesday night, with several neighboring residents speaking against the proposal.
The request was to rezone around 9.45 acres of property located at 608 Western Avenue from the R-10 (medium-density residential) zoning district to M-F (multi-family) zoning district.

Tennis, at its core, can be a lonely, solitary endeavor, filled with insular motivation, diligent solo practice sessions and results that can unfold at a painfully slow place.
Much of the work involved comes behind-the-scenes, alone, without roars of approval and encouragement. Matches, especially on the high school level, are mostly attended by a sparse group of family members and friends.

Of all the intangibles and life experiences needed for her new job, Timyra Staton didn't expect 'ability to overcome adversity' to be such an important prerequisite.
After four years of hard work at Louisburg College and North Carolina Wesleyan College, Staton earned a bachelor's degree and returned to LC as an admissions counselor.

One chance meeting. One well-timed phone call. One quick snuffing out of a youth-induced pity party by an adult mentor.
All of those split-second scenarios can change a life forever. And in the case of Brian Batchelor, that's exactly what happened.
Batchelor was a star football player at Southern Nash -- good enough to earn a gridiron scholarship to the College of William and Mary after graduating from SNHS in 1997.

DURHAM -- The Durham Bulls are once again offering a Mystery Box through its website.
Contents of the boxes are as follows:
• One Mystery Cap
• One Mystery Commemorative T-Shirt

NASHVILLE -- The Nash Community College Foundation is planning its 31st Annual Student Scholarship Golf Classic.
Players will have a choice of a morning or afternoon tee time on, October 1 or 2.
The tournament will be held at Benvenue Country Club in Rocky Mount. Proceeds from the tournament support scholarships for students attending Nash Community College.

A recreation center supervisor for the City of Roanoke Rapids has been hired to lead the Town of Nashville's newly revamped parks, recreation and cultural resources department.
The town announced the hiring of Koy Worrell last Thursday.
Worrell has served as the Recreation Center Supervisor for the City of Roanoke Rapids since 2016.

Nash County was one of 11 counties that will receive expanded internet access, Governor Roy Cooper recently announced.
CloudWyze will receive $817,822.50 to enable to the company to continue extending the existing network throughout the county.
The funding is part of a total of $10.2 million in grants awarded as part of the 2019-2020 Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology, or GREAT, grant.

I hold cloudy memories of the 1970s. I remember that decade being aesthetically challenged, but what I most clearly remember is Barney Miller and mutton chops. I know weird, huh? Well it was a weird time, I was a young kid and I lived in NYC.
What I don't remember is the Great Canning Jar Lid Shortage of 1975, again I was a kid and no one in my family canned at the time so it wasn't really on my radar. It was on Mary Burgles' radar and she was more than a little peeved!

The Coopers Ruritan Club is building a new meeting spot that will better serve the community.
Construction is slated to start on the new facility, which is located on Volunteer Road next to the Coopers Fire Department, at the end of September.
A groundbreaking will be held on Saturday, September 19 at 10 a.m.

The Nash County Sheriff's Office has charged a Kinston man with the murder of William Jerome Lee.
Hermon Leon Best, 34, was arrested on Tuesday, August 18 and charged with first degree murder and first degree burglary.
Lee, 32, was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound by a family member around 2:09 a.m. on Thursday, August 13 in his home in the 3100 block of North Old Carriage Road.

Five months ago, North Carolina made headlines for hitting the 500 mark in the number of positive COVID-19 cases being reported. Today, the state is reporting over 155,000 cases.
Nash County Health Director Bill Hill said those numbers should prove to residents that the virus is not something to be taken lightly.

Governor Roy Cooper announced several appointments to boards and commissions recently, including local residents.
Cooper appointed Johnny T. Bass, of Elm City, as a public member to the North Carolina Addictions Specialist Professional Practice Board. Bass is a contract treasurer for a West Virginia coal mining company based in Raleigh. Bass formerly worked with the US Bankruptcy Court as an examiner for Chapter 11 matters for 18 years.

A warrant service was reported on 8/21/20 at 10043 E NC 97, Rocky Mount
An assault on a female, resisting arrest/hinder and delay, assault on an LEO were reported on 8/20/20 at 1022 Macedonia Road, Spring Hope
A larceny of a firearm was reported on 8/17/20 at 11442 N US 301, Whitakers

INCIDENTS
A damage to state property was reported on 8/21/20 at 1030 Eastern Avenue
A resisting arrest was reported on 8/17/20 at 1847 S First Street