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The second of three town hall meetings was held on Tuesday night at Cedar Grove Elementary School to give a presentation on the possibility of consolidating three elementary schools into one, newly built school.
Over 50 people attended the meeting, including Cedar Grove teachers, parents and other members of the community as well as Nash County Commissioners and members of the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education.

The Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education delayed a decision Monday on whether to cut 13 full-time positions that would create a savings of $1.25 million for the district.
Superintendent Dr. Shelton Jefferies presented a proposal to cut the 13 positions at the board's regular meeting, which was held at Southern Nash High School.

ALL SMILES - Momeyer Fire Department held its annual Community Day Saturday featuring numerous activities for families. Pictured, Mason Sexton and Anna Thomas Manning are all smiles at a fishing game while little Andrew Manning grins in the background.

The Spring Hope Pumpkin Festival will kick off its 47th year this weekend.
The festivities have returned to their popular two-day format, Jan Mills, one of the organizer's for the event, said.
"One day makes for a very long day for families," Mills said. "It was a better deal for us to go back to two days."

The dream of having a local center for those in recovery became a reality on Sunday.
The Nash County Recovery Alliance Center officially opened on Sunday afternoon with an open house and cookout.
The center has been a dream for those in the recovery world for several years.

A Nashville business owner is hoping to become the first applicant for Nash County's newly created Retail and Small Business Incentive Grant Program.
Nash County Commissioners gave approval to Jeremy Bell's application on Monday but are waiting on the Town of Nashville to agree to match the $10,000 contribution.

Local horse enthusiasts had the opportunity to visit three area horse farms on Friday as part of the first annual "Nash County Horse Farm Tour."
Kelsey Lichtenwalner, Nash County Extension Agent for Livestock, said the event was modeled after a similar event in Franklin County, which just wrapped up its 23rd tour.

Envirolink is taking steps to resolve continuous complaints about waste in Spring Hope.
Many residents have voiced their concerns about yard waste at several Board of Commissioners monthly meetings. At Monday night's meeting, Nancy Perry, who lives on Bunn Lane, said it took a month and a half for Envirolink to pick up yard waste by her home.

Students in the Nash-Rocky Mount Public School District will lose a half day from their Thanskgiving break.
The Board of Education on Monday approved two make-up days for the traditional calendar due to Hurricane Florence.
The days approved were Monday, October 22 and Wednesday, November 21. November 21 will be an early release day.

Nashville's Town Council denied a request from Burger King to install a sign larger than ordinances allow.
The request was heard during a joint public hearing last Wednesday evening.
In the request, Burger King asked that the town grant a special use permit that would allow them to have a 50-foot freestanding sign.

Dr. Jenna Bone Honeycutt of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been awarded a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship (STPF) with a placement at the Department of Energy in the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Honeycutt, who is from the Sandy Cross area, is among 275 scientists and engineers who will spend a year serving professionally in federal agencies and congressional offices.

If you've ever wondered how much it costs in live in Nash County, there is a new website that might offer some guidance.
The United Way of North Carolina and RTI International have created an interactive, "Our Money Needs Calculator" to help families determine how much money they need yearly to make ends meet.

I have found myself close to tears when considering the changes that could happen in a few years in my neck of the woods.
My oldest son, Corbin, started kindergarten at Cedar Grove Elementary School in 2016. If you remember, I was a nervous wreck!
Those jitters didn't last long.

Dear Editor: To the Body of Christ.
We, as a people want peace. We want unity. We want safety for ourselves, our children and our grandchildren. We want freedom to worship, freedom of speech and freedom from tyranny. Here are a few thoughts going into our nation's mid-term elections.

HOMECOMING - These photos were found in The Nashville Graphic's October 31, 1968 archives. Nash Central School celebrated its homecoming with a parade in downtown Nashville.

An Enfield woman was charged last week with hiding her mother's body at their home for several months.
Donna Sue Hudgins, 69, was charged with felony concealment of death.
The case started when Hudgins went to a funeral home to make funeral arrangements for her mother, 93-year-old Nellie Mae Hudgins.