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COMMUNITY CALENDAR (relevance: 100%, date: Apr 18, 2006)

Vintage cookie recipe didn't turn out as hoped (relevance: 82.5%, date: Dec 3, 2025)
I think it was the third time I added flour -- some of it actually went into the bowl and not on the counter -- when I realized I'd made a terrible mistake.
What was being attempted was Granny's tea cookies. These fond memories from my childhood were paper thin sugar cookies and one of the best treats ever.
I'd copied the recipe from a card taped inside a kitchen cabinet door at my parents' house. The problem was that I hadn't made them without my mama's assistance in at least 20 years.

Local centenarian reflects on 100 years (relevance: 59.1%, date: Dec 3, 2025)
NASHVILLE - A lifetime marked by devotion to family, education, and truth: Bertha Dickens, who just celebrated her 100th birthday Nov. 26, is passing down her legacy to six children, around forty grandchildren, around twenty great-grands and between five and ten great-great grands.
Bertha, then Bertha Howington, was born on "the Braswell farm" in Whitakers, one of 13 children to Percy Lee Bunn and Levy Howington; Levy kept his family fed by digging graves in Edgecombe and Nash Counties, most often at Red Hill Baptist, where he was eventually laid to rest in 1967.

Momeyer planning board grapples with revised town ordinance (relevance: 51.2%, date: Dec 3, 2025)
MOMEYER - The first draft of a revised town ordinance for Momeyer is now in the hands of the planning board, but initial reactions at a Nov. 20 meeting were not too positive.
The planning board will take a second stab at reviewing the document at their next meeting on January 27, deciding that one session was not enough.

Bailey Elementary School Honor Rolls (relevance: 46.2%, date: Dec 3, 2025)
A HONOR ROLL
THIRD GRADE
Aiden Higgins, Christopher Lou Edmondson, Lizbeth Mez-Rodriguez, Alberto Garcia, Carter Manning, Addison Delgado Addison and Mercy Somieari

DeLeon Carter Foundation helps fund monument honoring U.S. Army Capt. Hugh Reavis Nelson Jr. (relevance: 44%, date: Dec 3, 2025)
ROCKY MOUNT -- The City of Rocky Mount announced a contribution from the DeLeon Carter Foundation to support the newly installed Medal of Honor monument honoring U.S. Army Capt. Hugh Reavis Nelson Jr. at the Veterans Memorial in Jack Laughery Park. The monument, unveiled during this year's Veterans Day ceremony, stands as a permanent tribute to Capt. Nelson's extraordinary heroism and enduring legacy.

Spring Hope man calls for removal of town manager (relevance: 39.7%, date: Dec 3, 2025)
SPRING HOPE - The first board meeting for three new commissioners in Spring Hope was anything but routine, resulting in multiple verbal confrontations aimed at current town management.

Proposed ETJ expansion draws fire in Spring Hope (relevance: 38.5%, date: Dec 3, 2025)
SPRING HOPE - Two resolutions relating to the potential extension of Spring Hope's Extra Territorial Jurisdiction were tabled at the Dec. 1 board of commissioners' meeting after considerable opposition voiced during a public hearing.
As listed on the agenda, the first resolution was for consideration of a resolution to extend the ETJ, while the second was to pass said resolution to county commissioners for their approval.