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After reviewing write-in votes for Nashville's Town Council election, the Nash County Board of Elections declared Kate Burns as the second highest vote getter.

STANHOPE - There should be no debate as to which team reigned supreme this fall in the Big East Conference football standings.
It's the Southern Nash Firebirds.
Southern Nash put an exclamation point to a prolific Big East surge this season -- and clinched the league title outright for the second straight year -- with a convincing home victory last Friday at home against Big East newcomer Franklinton.

ROCKY MOUNT -- The Nashville Hornets found a long-time rival and opponent waiting for them when they arrived to tangle with Rocky Mount in last Saturday's varsity finale of the Eastern North Carolina Football League.
The Hornets were looking to wrap up the campaign by securing a much-needed victory, but it wasn't meant to be as the Gryphons delivered a 20-0 decision over Nashville at the Rocky Mount Sports Complex Football Stadium.

Nashville residents will have to wait a little longer to find out who won the second seat on Nashville's Town Council.
Incumbent Councilman Larry Taylor was a definite winner in the November 7 elections, gathering 335 votes, or 40.12 percent. But who will be serving in Michael Coleman's seat will not be determined until Thursday.

The regular monthly meeting of the town board of Castalia was called to order at 6 p.m. Tuesday, and adjourned at 6:25 p.m. After the minutes of the last meeting were approved, Commissioner James Alston brought before the board an agreement that would allow for County sports activities (such as flag football or soccer) to take place in the Castalia park. The topic was hotly debated for several minutes before the issue was tabled until the next meeting.

Pictured above, Laila Richardson, of Benvenue Elementary School, holds a baby chick during Heritage Days. Nash County Cooperative Extension hosts Heritage Days each year for area schools, showing youth how things were done many years ago.

Four and a half years after discovering she had kidney failure, Tawanda Harris received the call she had been patiently waiting for.
She was getting a new kidney.
Harris received her new kidney on October 13 in Chapel Hill. Her transplant was such a success she was back home in Nashville just two weeks later.

Nashville Police Chief Tom Bashore was recently appointed to the North Carolina Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services.
Bashore was appointed as a member with experience in controlled substances.

Pipeline opponents came before Nash County commissioners on Monday pleading for them to take a stand against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
Jane Flowers Finch and Marvin Winstead asked commissioners to consider a resolution against the pipeline.
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is proposing to construct one compressor station and install about 186 miles of 36-inch transmission pipeline in Northampton, Halifax, Nash, Wilson, Johnston, Sampson, Cumberland and Robeson Counties. Around 32 miles of the pipeline will be in Nash County.

North Carolina State Highway Patrol has announced new officers assigned to Nash County. The Nashville Graphic has partnered with the NCHP to introduce the troopers. This week's special features Trooper Luke M. Caskey

The Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education received the 2016-2017 audit report on Monday night during their work session.
Dale Smith, of Anderson, Smith and Wike, presented the report to board members.
Smith said overall, he was pleased with the financial shape of the school system.

Nash County Emergency Services is mourning the loss of a longtime employee.
Nell Melvin Jones, the Senior Administrative Assistant for Nash County Emergency Services, died on Saturday, November 4. She was 84 years old.
Jones had recently retired from Nash County and had received her 40-year service pin and certificate, which was presented to her by Commissioners Dan Cone and Lou Richardson on October 25.

Members of Nashville's Chamber of Commerce ventured just a few miles outside of Nashville on Friday to celebrate the opening of a new boutique.
The Chamber held a ribbon cutting on Friday to welcome Carolina SoCo Boutique to town.
The business started just over a year ago as an online business. Crystal Jackson said she did most of her business online or at people's homes.

This holiday season, Rocky Mount High School Gryphon Theatricals will perform Marisha Chamberlain's play adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, "Little Women."
Under the guidance of their beloved mother, the four young March sisters -- tempestuous Jo, motherly Meg, shy Beth, and spoiled baby Amy -- struggle to keep their family going while their father's away in the Civil War.

I finally took the advice of the Village People and joined the YMCA.
Fortunately, nothing about the Rocky Mount Y reminds me at all of the Village People or the song, and I've yet to have anyone there mention it or sing it.
It seemed like it would be a great idea to join a place where the whole family could exercise together, lead a healthier lifestyle and bond.

This was a big week for the Clark household.
Tuesday was report card day for Corbin.
It's always a little scary when you get any type of report on your kids, especially my kids. Oh, bless their little hearts, they are a bit rambunctious and can drive even the most angelic of people crazy.

Dear Editor: As a small business owner and advisor for over forty years, I believe immigration reform is of the upmost importance to the business community. Immigration is one of the most complex matters facing our country today. Congress has let this issue fester for too long, and our system has long been broken.

THANKSGIVING 1981 -- This photo originally published in The Nashville Graphic on November 24, 1981. Mrs. Rebecca Shumate and her granddaughter, Danielle, were pictured surveying the array of turkeys on display at Joyner's Supermarket.

A Wilson drug trafficker was sentenced to 27 years in prison for distributing heroin that killed another Wilson man.
United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced Elton Wayne Walston, 66, to 324 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on Monday, October 30 in federal court.

A Nash County inmate died of a heart attack last Tuesday evening, the Sheriff's Office reported.
According to a press release, detention officers located a male inmate suffering a medical emergency within the detention facility around 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 31. Detention officers immediately requested Nash County Emergency Service and began initiating lifesaving measures.