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NASH COUNTY -- The annual Nash-Halifax Swim League schedule will kick off today with a meeting between long-time rivals Nash Rec and Westridge.
Action will begin at 5 p.m. at the Nash Rec Pool in Nashville.
This will be the only meet today as other league entrants Birchwood and Roanoke Rapids will be idle.

NASH COUNTY -- Listed are updated Nash County Recreation & Senior Services Youth Sports League Week 8 Scores:

Nashville's Town Council unanimously agreed to terminate the employment contract of Town Manager Hank Raper on Tuesday night. The action was followed with applause from the audience.
Last Thursday, Raper and Finance Director Linda Modlin were put on administrative leave until the board could officially terminate Raper. That action came just two days after the board had met in closed session and announced that "intervention measures" had been put into place for Raper.

The former town manager for the Town of Smithfield was hired on Tuesday night to serve as the Interim Town Manager for the Town of Nashville.
Nashville's Town Council voted unanimously for Pete Connet to serve in the interim position until a full-time permanent manager can be hired.
Connet served as Smithfield's Town Manager from December 1998 until 2009.

In the blink of an eye, life changed for Southern Nash High School senior Emma Bailey. But her outlook on life has remained the same.
Emma was in a single-car accident on Friday, May 25. Bailey was driving and reportedly went around a curve, lost control and over corrected, causing her vehicle to flip and collide with a light pole.
A resident of a home near the crash heard the commotion and came out to find Emma's vehicle, with Emma still inside.

A former employee with the Town of Nashville spoke out on Tuesday night about how her job was wrongfully dismissed under the leadership of former Town Manager Hank Raper.
Former Library Director Cati Montgomery, of Rocky Mount, told council members she had decided to speak out because of recent events that had unfolded in town.

The Town of Nashville's 2018-2019 Fiscal Year Budget was officially presented to council members and the public during a special called meeting last Wednesday night.
The $9 million budget includes around $5.5 million in the general fund and $3.5 million in the enterprise fund.
The budget presented includes a two cents property tax increase, which will bring Nashville residents' property taxes to 58 cents per $100 valuation.

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 Daniel Wheeless.

Planning continues for the possibility of a new elementary in the northern end of the county.
The Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools Board of Education, along with the Nash County Board of Commissioners, are looking at consolidating Cedar Grove Elementary School, Swift Creek Elementary School and Red Oak Elementary School into one, newly built school.

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey visited Nash County Friday making stops at several fire departments and private insurance companies.
Causey's first stop was at Castalia's Volunteer Fire Department to congratulate the department on receiving a fire-rescue grant from the NC Department of Insurance (NCDOI) in the amount of $19,988.93. The grant will be used for protective equipment. Matching funds are required according to the application criteria.

Nashville's H.D. Cooley Library will host an active shooter training on June 21.
Library Director Emily Enderle said the training is in response to numerous shootings that have taken place recently.
"There's been so many active shooter situations recently in the press I felt like it's important for people to get some training on what to do in a situation like that," Enderle said.

Wal-Mart is working to rebrand its stores and requested Nashville's Town Council allow new colors on the outside of the Nashville location.
A public hearing was held on the request last Wednesday evening.
When Wal-Mart's site plan was initially approved in 2006, Town Council approved an agreement that the store would use tan and green colors, Tina Price, Nashville's Code Enforcement Officer, told council members and planning board members during the public hearing.

A Spring Hope man was sentenced to 114 months in prison for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine.
Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced Equan Cornelius Dunston, 26, to 114 months imprisonment followed by five years supervised release.

INCIDENTS
An open container, speeding, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia was reported on
A larceny after a breaking and entering and breaking and entering a residential was reported on 5/28/18 at 741 Western Avenue

An assault on a female was reported on 5/28/18 at 3526 S Wesleyan Boulevard
A burglary was reported on 5/28/18 at 1094 Bloomery Road
A larceny of motor vehicle was reported on 5/28/18 at 9438 Pine Street

The Town of Spring Hope will see a four cent tax increase.
The budget was approved and all proposed figures presented at May's meeting remain the same.
The total budget is set at $1,642,400, which includes the general fund at $1,165,100 and water and sewer fund at $477,300.

The regular meeting of the town board of Castalia was called to order at 6 pm on Tuesday. It was adjourned at 6:13 pm.
The board voted to adopt a new retirement plan for the position of Town Clerk that was discussed in last month's closed session. The town will donate $10,000 to the plan to start, and continuing paying 2 percent of the salary for the position each pay period.