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Nashville's Town Council approved a special use request that will allow a wireless communication tower to be built on property off of Eastern Avenue.
The property is in the town's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) and owned by David Rose and 3MR Limited Partnership. The property is located just outside of the town's city limits past the Regency subdivision on the right.
Verizon Wireless would be constructing the tower on the property.

More than 200 public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations will soon be installed under Duke Energy's "EV Charging Infrastructure Project."
The company recently announced recipients under the program, which includes new stations planned for almost 50 counties around the state. Nashville was among those receiving the charging stations.
The $1 million project pays up to $5,000 for the purchase and installation of each charging port.

You may not know Phil Davenport by name but chances are, you'd know his house.
Every Christmas, the Nashville man fills his yard with numerous Christmas decorations to celebrate the season. Davenport said he loves Christmas and enjoys decorating and sharing his love with others.
"I love Christmas time," he said. "Christmas is supposed to be color."

Nashville's Fire Department celebrated its top firefighters during its annual Christmas Celebration, held on Saturday, December 17.
Firefighters of the Year were named during the celebrating, including the Career Firefighter of the Year, Junior Firefighter of the Year and Volunteer Firefighter of the Year.
Battalion Chief Jason Edwards was named the Career Firefighter of the Year.

Nash County Commissioners received a positive audit report on December 5 at their regular monthly meeting.
Kari Dunlap, of Martin Starnes and Associates, presented the highlights of the audit to commissioners and said the county was in a good financial position.
Dunlap reported that Nash County's total net position ended at $56.5 million, which was an increase of almost $2.5 million.
"So that's very good," Dunlap said.

Six families throughout Nash County received a special visit from Santa and the Nash County Sheriff's Office on Christmas Eve as part of a new initiative aimed at giving back to the community during the holidays.
Sheriff Keith Stone, along with numerous deputies, participated in the first ever "A Sheriff's Christmas," surprising families at their homes on Saturday with gifts and food.

Helen Wells Sharpe, at left, received supplemental certificates honoring two of her ancestors, who served North Carolina, during The War Between the States. Margie Parker Brantley, center, Bethel Heroes Chapter President, presented the certificates. Donna Boykin, at right, Chapter Registrar, processed the papers.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools has released its Honor Roll lists for the first semester of the 2015-2016 School Year.
The following students at Nash-Rocky Mount Early College High School made the A or A/B Honor Roll.

McDonald's owner operators and father/son team Barry and Matt Traub provide turkeys to each of their crew at all 11 of their restaurants, including the Nashville location. They also give back to their communities and this year, chose to donate 46 turkeys to Faith Christian Ministries in Downtown Nashville. The turkeys will help feed clients of the ministry.