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NASH COUNTY -- Only two points separated Nash County's three Big East Conference high schools in the league's annual Wells Fargo Conference Cup standings.
The Wells Fargo Conference Cup is a companion to the Wells Fargo Cup and recognizes schools with the best overall interscholastic athletic performances within individual conferences.

BUIES CREEK -- Osvaldo Duarte hit a score-tying home run in the fifth and broke a 1-1 tie in the eighth with a go-ahead, two-out RBI single as the host Buies Creek Astros won their seventh straight game, 3-1 versus the Carolina Mudcats on Sunday afternoon at Jim Perry Stadium on the campus of Campbell University in a Class A Carolina League baseball contest.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Local youths will have the opportunity to improve their basketball skills this summer from some of the more well-known names in the area.
The Rocky Mount Parks & Recreation Department will offer a pair of camps July 9-12 and July 30-Aug. 2 for youth who are entering the third through 12th grades.
The registration fee is $35 per person.

A DAY TO REMEMBER. Nashville Academy of Martial Arts presented three black belts last Saturday during a black belt test. Brandon Bunn, Trey Evans and Johnathan Bass (L-R) earned their black belts after several years of training under Sensei Allen Clark (bottom center). The students had to participate in a grueling boot camp prior to their test on Saturday.

WILSON -- Designated hitter JT Stone delivered a pair of doubles at the plate for the homestanding Wilson Tobs on Sunday night as part of an 8-5 victory at Historic Fleming Stadium against the Holly Springs Salamanders in a Coastal Plain League baseball matchup.
The Tobs used a six-run fifth inning to turn a 3-1 deficit into a 7-3 advantage.

NASH COUNTY -- The annual Eastern North Carolina Roundball Skills Camp will be held July 9-12 at Faith Christian School in Rocky Mount.
Nash Central High School veteran boys basketball coach Renny Taylor will serve as the camp director.
The camp is for boys and girls who are rising second through ninth-graders.

ROCKY MOUNT -- The Rocky Mount Sports Complex will be the first step in what local and regional teams hope is a national journey.
Rocky Mount's Little League 12-year-old baseball all-stars will compete in the North Carolina District 4 Tournament from July 2-7.
Teams from Newport, Havelock, Morehead City and Greenville also will compete in the tournament, with the winner moving on the state tournament.

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Pete Connet is wrapping up his first month of serving as Nashville's Interim Town Manager.
Connet was hired last month by Nashville's Town Council after the board agreed to dismiss previous Town Manager Hank Raper.
Technically, Connet said he's been retired since 2009 but added that this is his eighth or ninth interim gig.

Since forming three years ago, the Nash County 4-H Alumni and Friends organization has been looking at various ways to support 4-H programs.
Recently, the organization started raising money to help more youth attend 4-H Summer Camps.
The "Nash County 4-H Where Seeds for Success Grow" campaign was announced at the annual ice cream social last month, said Nash County Cooperative Extension Director and 4-H Agent Sandy Hall.

Local youth were encouraged to find their inner inventor last week during Camp Invention at Nashville Elementary School.
Camp Invention, a nonprofit summer enrichment camp program, was held at the school last week for rising kindergartners through rising sixth graders.
Thirty-three kids participated in the camp, said Leslie Taylor, who serves as the director of the program.

The Rocky Mount Police Department is looking for information on a homicide that happened on Saturday.
Officers responded to an assault call on Saturday, June 30 around 1:30 on the 100 block of Sullivan Lane. When officers arrived, they found 38-year-old Antwon Chisley, of Rocky Mount, deceased with gunshot wounds.

The Nashville Graphic is introducing new officers of the Nashville Police Department this month as part of an "Officer Spotlight" series. This week's article features Officer Zachary Webb.

The body of a Middlesex woman was found on Saturday in a wooded area in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Authorities said the body of Jennifer Fitchett, 41, was found in a wooded area of the Palmetto Pointe Boulevard in Myrtle Beach. The cause of death is being withheld as the investigation continues.

Nash County volunteers came together on Saturday to package over 10,000 meals as part of Rise Against Hunger, an international hunger relief organization.
This is the fifth year Red Oak United Methodist Church has taken on the project, with support from Dortches Baptist Church and Bethlehem United Methodist Church.

New technology, menu items, digital menu boards, table service and mobile order pay now enable a more modern and fun guest experience. McDonald's of Nashville invites guests to experience in a new and unexpected way, with a new level of choice, engagement and service. These changes are reflective of a new restaurant model that puts more choice and control in the hands of guests by evolving how they order, what they order, how they pay and how they are served.

A member of Nashville's Business and Professional Women's (BPW) organization was recently elected to serve as the State BPW President.
Barbara Bozeman was sworn in this past weekend at the annual state conference.
Bozeman is originally from New York State in Rhode Island but now lives in Goldsboro.

The Rocky Mount City Council approved the FY 2019 budget during the June 25, 2018 council meeting. The new budget includes a 2.5-cent property tax increase to pay down debt for the Rocky Mount Event Center. The approved property tax rate is now 68.5 cents per $100 of valuation.
The city of Rocky Mount's total operating budget for FY 2019 is $207,269,690.

An intermodal transportation facility initially announced in 2016 and later rescinded will be coming to Rocky Mount afterall.
The Carolina Connector Intermodal Terminal Project was announced in July 2016 to located on the Edgecombe County side of Rocky Mount.
Originally, CSX intended to build what is called a "hub and spoke" intermodal facility in Edgecombe County.

Members of a community group trying to bring economic development to northeast Franklin County are trudging ahead with plans to bolster broadband, develop agritourism and install a marketing plan for the area.
With the aid of the State Department of Commerce, the Northeast Franklin Revitalization Committee crafted a plan to achieve the above three goals.

This is a fun week for a lot of people.
July Fourth, along with Memorial Day and Labor Day, are the three biggest holidays of the summer. It seems everyone -- short of farmers -- goes on vacation the week of the Fourth.

I've been in the market for a new vehicle for a few weeks now. My poor minivan was on its last leg.
It had been a great vehicle, the best I've ever owned. But it was inching close to 340,000 miles and it was starting to show its wear. I purchased my van seven years ago.

HAPPY CHAMPS -- This photo originally published in The Nashville Graphic on April 11, 1978. Rocky Mount's star center Buck Williams (center) hugs Gryphons Coach Reggie Henderson after receiving the trophy as the team's most valuable player in a special awards banquet for the Gryphon basketball team. Left is University of Maryland Head Coach Lefty Driesell, who was the guest speaker at the banquet.