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The Town of Nashville is losing its planning director.
Brian Hassell, who has served as the town's director for the past four years, will serve his last day on Friday, May 18.
But Hassell isn't going far.

Christmas decorations are still on the minds of business owners and residents in Nashville.
The town's Municipal Service District (MSD) Advisory Board held a public hearing on Monday night to get input on desired projects for the upcoming year. The town now has a municipal service district tax for the downtown area, which garners around $32,000 in additional tax revenue for the town.

Temperatures soared close to 90 on Saturday during the 22nd annual Nashville Blooming Festival.
The extreme heat affected attendance on Saturday, said Cindy Puckett, one of the organizers of the event.
"Saturday, after the parade, the crowd went down," she added.

The Nash County Health Department reported a case of rabies recently in the Castalia area.
On Friday, May 4, a dog in the Red Bud Road area of Castalia tested positive for rabies.
Rabies is a deadly disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are usually only one or two human rabies cases each year in the United States. In North Carolina, the most common type of rabies is raccoon-variant rabies.

Bobby Joe Fisher noticed the increase in attendance at last week's annual Nash County Soil and Water Catfish Luncheon. But it took Fisher a while to realize the increase in attendance was partly due to him.
Fisher, 84, was surprised at the start of the luncheon with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award, which was presented by his good friend, Norris Tolson.

Residents of Trinity Retirement Villas in Nashville were treated to lunch on Friday, compliments of Rev. Andrew West.
West is the pastor at New Life Missionary Baptist Church. A Halifax County resident, West visits around 10 different places each year to feed people. One of those places is Trinity Retirement Villas.

Nash Central High School presents "Back to the 80's" on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 17, 18 and 19 at 7 p.m. and on Sunday, May 20 at 2 p.m. "Back to the 80's" is a musical that tells the story of the senior class of William Ocean High School, as remembered through the eyes of now 30-something Corey Palmer. The performance is directed by Joanna Hale and will be held at the Imperial Centre in Rocky Mount.

Officials with the Town of Nashville celebrated the opening of the Stoney Creek Sewer Outfall last Tuesday morning during a short ceremony.
During the event, Mayor Donald Street flipped the switch to direct the sewer flow down the newly constructed Stoney Creek Outfall Line. In addition, the power to the Elm Street Lift Station was officially cut off.

A Castalia woman was killed last Wednesday afternoon in an accident on Highway 64.
Patricia Lynn King, 39, was traveling eastbound on Highway 64, near the Red Oak/Nashville exit, around 5 p.m. when her right rear tire blew out, causing her to lose control.

Wal-Mart in Nashville wants to change its color scheme back to its more traditional colors.
A public hearing is being held for the retailer's request on Wednesday, May 30 at 7 p.m.
The request is for an amendment to a site plan for Wal-Mart.

An assault and concealing a handgun permit was reported on 5/6/18 at 4845 Church Street
A damage to vehicles was reported on 10923 W Old Spring Hope Road
An assault on a female was reported on 5/6/18 at 6601 Harpy Drive

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from May 7 through 11.

INCIDENTS
A larceny by bypass of an anti-theft device and larceny was reported on 5/8/18 at 800 E Washington Street
A missing person was reported on 5/8/18 at Sheetz

It's time to clean out notebook of weird stuff I've been collecting:
A woman in Phoenix, Arizona has been arrested for sending a man 65,000 text messages after their first date last summer.
Jacqueline Ades, 31, has been charged with threatening, stalking, harassment and failure to show up in court.

Dear Editor: I am experiencing so many emotions as I write this letter. I have just been advised that Rocky Mount Gynecology and Women's Health is closing. I know I speak for many women in Rocky Mount and the surrounding area as I voice my anger, sadness, disappointment, and loyalty. I have been a patient of this clinic, for over 33 years, specifically of Dr. Larry High.

Dear Editor: Tuesday, May 8, 2018 in Sharpsburg, after the town's mayoral electoral victory of Robert Williams, Jr., the freshly elected official was pulled over by local law enforcement while allegedly driving under the influence among other alleged violations. However, due to the circumstances around the post-election traffic stop that roused the occurrence and the subsequent charges, there are serious concerns regarding the incident.

Troy Winstead is pictured drinking a Pepsi in front of William Winstead's Store in 1955.

Members of the Nash Central High School NJROTC were one of several ROTC units to participate in the parade on Saturday.

Suzy Strawberry and Strawberry City participated in the annual Blooming Festival Parade on Saturday.