The Nashville Graphic

Planning board denies rezoning for local store (relevance: 100%, date: Apr 1, 2026)
NASHVILLE - A second attempt at conditional rezoning to expand a neighborhood convenience store at the intersection of First and Brake Streets has failed for a second time at the planning board level, with the issue slated to come before the Nashville town council April 7.
Mujalli Empire LLC of Garner, the current owner, purchased two residential lots directly behind the existing People's Market Store, with the idea of demolishing the current store to rebuild a larger one and to add additional parking.

Pollen outbreak is not the bees knees (relevance: 83.3%, date: Apr 1, 2026)
Spring is barely two weeks old, but already breathtaking.
As in, many of us can hardly breathe when we go outside because of the pollen.
My formerly metallic black Honda is now a disgusting yellow-green. I was driving down Nash Street in Wilson the other day and briefly thought someone had launched a mustard gas attack at the Ward Boulevard intersection -- or that maybe a high school team bus had stopped for Big Macs -- but it was just a pollen storm.

Nashville protests Rocky Mount water, sewer rate increase (relevance: 83.3%, date: Apr 1, 2026)
ROCKY MOUNT - A cadre of Nashville town leaders and staff showed up to represent the town at a 3 and one-half hour special called Rocky Mount city council meeting Monday, to file a formal objection to Rocky Mount raising its utility rates, particularly the 15% rise in water and sewer for wholesale customers.
The stated meeting purpose was to "receive public comments for amending electric rates, stormwater utility rates, environmental services, fees and charges as well as amendments to water/sewer retail wholesale rates."

COMMUNITY CALENDAR (relevance: 33.3%, date: Apr 18, 2006)

New license plate agency opens in Rocky Mount (relevance: 16.7%, date: Apr 1, 2026)
ROCKY MOUNT - The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles has opened a new license plate agency (LPA) in Rocky Mount.
The new agency is located at 659 Tiffany Blvd., in Rocky Mount, and will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday, except on state holidays. The office will be operated by Harvey Godwin, who also operates LPAs in Lumberton, Shallotte and Wilson.
In North Carolina, NCDMV oversees LPAs, but the agencies are managed by private businesses or local governments.

RED OAK NEWS (relevance: 16.7%, date: Apr 1, 2026)
Congratulations to James and Amanda Hurst on the birth of their daughter, Hazel Wynn! Proud grandparents are Pat and Melinda Griffin.
The Nell Boone Sunday School Class of Red Oak Baptist Church donated Easter baskets for the children at The Bassett Center in Rocky Mount. This is a project that the class looks forward to each year. Members filled baskets with fun items including candy, toys, stuffed animals, games, school supplies, and a gospel tract.
The Easter Sunrise service with Red Oak United Methodist Church and Red Oak Baptist Church will be at 7:30 a.m.

There are always two sides to every story - and situation (relevance: 16.7%, date: Apr 1, 2026)
There are always two sides to every story, even if we don't want to accept the "other side."
I learned late Sunday evening that a young man who grew up here in Nashville had returned home to deliver the Palm Sunday message at his hometown church.
This young man left for college four years ago with one vision for his future. He never once thought his journey, and passion, would change to follow God rather than the world's expectations.

Council hears needs for parks and rec, planning and internet security (relevance: 16.7%, date: Apr 1, 2026)
NASHVILLE - With a budget retreat session breaking the ice for beginning work on the FY 27 town budget, Nashville leaders are "chewing on" department presentations prior to the first of two town council work sessions, those scheduled one week apart on May 13th and 20th.
Among department heads speaking at the first meeting, held March 23rd, were Koy Worrell, Director of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources; Shawn Lucas, Planning Director; and Daniel Jones, Strategic Advisor at VC3, the company that handles the town's internet security.

Local undercover sting nets 16 arrests (relevance: 16.7%, date: Apr 1, 2026)
NASHVILLE - Sixteen men from locales all around North Carolina came to Nashville in February, looking to sexually exploit children, but instead found themselves in the long arm of the law.
'Operation Cursed Cupid," a multi-agency collaborative undercover operation spearheaded by the Nashville Police Department involved more than 150 officers and thousands of man hours.

Newsstand Locations (relevance: 16.7%, date: Mar 3, 2021)

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