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Arkeata Jones of Nashville, a spooky bride, stands before a spiderweb.

The Judd family of Nashville: Jeremy (as the Beast); baby Fahlon (as Snow White); Lindsey (as Belle) and Maggie (as Rapunzel) won the prize as "Best Group."

Ember Carter of Nashville flits like a butterfly downtown.

NASHVILLE - Once the Halloween lights go down, Anthony Rogers, Veterans Services Director for Nash County, is asking that green ones go up in their place to support veterans.
"Operation Green Light" is an initiative in its fifth year coming out of the National Association of Counties, along with the National Association of County Veterans Services Officer, to ask government offices and the public to decorate with green lights beginning Nov. 4 though Veterans Day, Nov. 11th.

RED OAK- The 2025 Veterans Day Event at Ennis Park, Red Oak, is set for Saturday, Nov. 8, starting at 11 a.m. Organizers are attempting to time events so as to incorporate roadside support for the veterans' Ride of Honor, a non-profit organization which raises money for veterans. This year's ride starts at the Harley Davidson in Rocky Mount and by custom, will ride past Red Oak.
Todd Winstead, town military liaison, made a report to Red Oak council members at their Oct. 13 meeting.

My wedding band quit being a perfect circle decades ago.
It's sort of egg shaped, with bends, turns, twists and lots of scratches. The damage was done over time and it's been reworked through fence building, goat wrangling, child wrangling, chicken chasing, dog walking, ice hockey, golf, basketball, softball, target shooting, hand holding, hospital bed railing clutching, banjo fretting, breaking stuff, incorrectly fixing stuff, using a smoker, and typing.

This week's news brings a town-wide fiasco due to a mandate from the Town of Nashville to implement backflow prevention devices.
I recall when reading the notice actually asking a long-time friend and retired plumber his advice. His response was that prevention devices were absolutely unnecessary in environments such as ours and most all office/retail and home locations.
I realized our notice had arrived back in May, and our 90 day deadline had passed to have the device installed. So I hurriedly moved forward, since the town had issued a mandate threatening to charge $300 per month fine for every month of being non-compliant.

Dear editor:
Why does the Methodist Church, or the trustees, as not all members, feel the need to demolish a 122 year-old home, that is listed on The National Register of Historic Places District, established in 1987 by the US Department of the Interior, which encompasses this home?
Why doesn't the Church do what's right for not only the church, but the community? Isn't the Church supposed to be a steward to the community as well?

Dear editor: Republicans have done it again- said one thing and done another. Aren't they the ones always questioning Election integrity? Where is the integrity in redistricting congressional lines to favor themselves in a mid-term Election? Lines are drawn every 10 years after the Census, NOT every 5.
Republicans in the General Assembly carved up Congressional District 1 to favor their Party in the 2026 Election. They, obviously, feel their candidates are incapable of running on the issues and their own merits and have "robbed" the very people they took an Oath to protect...ALL the citizens of North Carolina.

This photo published in The Nashville Graphic on Oct. 18, 1962. There were no names listed of the children in the 1962 caption. Carolina Power & Light Company had the winning float in the 1962 Harvest Festival Parade.

We live in a world that teaches us that we are at the center of whatever success or failure we experience. You know the old saying, "There's nothing you can't accomplish, if you put your mind to it".
That all sounds really good, but it's not true. Actually, it's a form of humanism and we are peppered with it every day. So it's no wonder we often face problems in our own lives with the notion that we can find the solutions.

In the last few weeks, we have looked more closely at "swoon theories" that attempt to explain what happened to Jesus of Nazareth after His crucifixion. Specifically, we looked at the recent swoon theory offered by the critic David Mirsch. Like all previous swoon-type theories, Mirsch's theory fails to account for the minimal bedrock facts suggested by Gary Habermas and Michael Licona. These minimal bedrock facts pertain to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, which are 1) broadly evidenced and 2) acknowledged by a consensus of scholars, both believers and skeptics alike.

Welcome to Butch, Rochelle, and Sarah Harrison; Amber Abell; and Pier Rochelle who joined the church family at Red Oak Baptist Church!
Several princesses, superheroes, animals, and other interesting characters were seen at the Community Trunk or Treat at Ennis Park on Sunday, October 26! The children and adults enjoyed the decorated trunks, fire truck, giveaways, candy, and hot dogs!

BAILEY -- Southern Nash High School students, under the guidance of agricultural educator Kristina Brake, will showcase 10 dairy heifers during the school's fourth annual Dairy Day on Saturday, November 15.
Students from the Animal Science 2 class will participate in a judged competition, demonstrating their skills as showmen. They will be evaluated on the heifers' skeletal structure, dairy strength, mobility of rear feet and legs, and udder quality, with a maximum score of 100 points.

NASHVILLE- The Nash County 2025 Commemorative Courtyard Induction Ceremony to honor the late Wayne Moore, a dedicated county employee for 36 years, was a mix of appreciative testimony and humorous stories.
Held during bright sunshine at 2 p.m. Oct. 22 at the courtyard in front of the Nash County administration building, the event drew a mix of county employees, Moore family members, and what seemed to be a great many friends.

NASHVILLE- The town of Nashville has bid a regretful goodbye to HR Director Trey Sanderson, who has tendered his resignation to accept a full-time Executive Pastor position at Rise Church.
Sanderson was already serving at Rise Church as an assistant associate pastor.

NASHVILLE - Heather Louise Finch of Bailey, the former Executive Director of Communication at Nash County Public Schools, has jumped ship to Zebulon, where she has been hired as the new Communications Manager.