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Braswell grain bin repaired, elevator leg replaced after equipment malfunction (relevance: 100%, date: Jul 16, 2025)
NASHVILLE - An equipment malfunction at one of Braswell Family Farm's grain bin elevators June 12th has led to replacement of a corn receiving elevator leg and the installation of monitoring sensors within the bin.
The repair and replacement process caused a section of S. Alston Street to be closed off for a week.

Union Hill hosts community service appreciation day (relevance: 82.7%, date: Jul 16, 2025)
NASHVILLE - The first ever Community Service Appreciation Day by Union Hill Baptist Church, targeted towards first responders, law enforcement and Nashville town government, took the form of a fried chicken luncheon Tuesday, July 8.
Sidney E. Dunston, Pastor, said he came up with the idea to offer lunch to the Nash County Sheriff's Department, Nashville Police Department, Nashville Fire Department, Nash County EMS, Nash County 9-1-1 Telecommunicators and to Nashville town administrators in order to make the church's appreciation visible.

Spring Hope continues to address blight (relevance: 61.2%, date: Jul 16, 2025)
SPRING HOPE- One of two blighted properties in Spring Hope carrying over $10,000 in code violation fines has been foreclosed on, with the new owner promising to care for it.
An unoccupied house on 409 West Main Street, formerly owned by Old North Capital Investments of Tucson, AZ, has been eyed by town officials since a tree fell onto and through a shed in its back yard, according to Shawn Lucas, Code Enforcement Officer. To date, it has racked up $10,600 in penalties.

A look at Nash County sweet potato farming (relevance: 40.3%, date: Jul 16, 2025)
NASHVILLE - Most everybody knows that Nash County is famous for its sweetpotatoes; we grow accustomed to seeing people setting them in the fields in June, picking in the fall, then a lot of trucks rolling by laden with crates and crates. Even with the otherwise unusual presence of a Sweet Potato mascot riding in a Blooming Festival float and Bailey hosting the North Carolina Sweetpotato Festival, unless you're a farmer, you probably don't think about what's involved in making this happen or the sheer volume involved.

Blueberry season means we're halfway through summer (relevance: 30.6%, date: Jul 16, 2025)
It's that time of year I become the Forrest Gump of blueberries.
I talk abou blueberry pancakes, blueberry muffins, blueberry pie, blueberry jelly, blueberry smoothies, blueberry cobbler and blueberries with anything that involves cream cheese.
I dream of making my mama's glazed blueberry bread but haven't been bold enough to try her sourdough recipe.

Disaster prep important during hurricane season (relevance: 20.9%, date: Jul 16, 2025)
"Hurricane season" in North Carolina officially begins in June, running to November 30, but forecasters within NOAA's National Weather Service are predicting a 60% chance of above-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin this year.
"This agency is forecasting a range of 13 to 19 total named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher.). Of those, 6-10 are forecast to become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph-plus), including 3-5 major hurricanes (category 3, 4 or 5 with winds of 111 mph or higher," states a May 22, 2025 article posted at the website for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.