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Rocky Mount to provide sewer to Red Oak
RED OAK - A letter from Rocky Mount Mayor Fred Turnage confirms plans for the municipality to allow sewer connection extensions to serve the Red Oak Schools and new county park. The letter, written to Red Oak Mayor Alton Wester, stated that the Rocky Mount City Council met on March 9th to discuss the issue and "agreed in concept" that it would allow a Red Oak connection to serve to Red Oak Middle School, Red Oak Elementary School, and the forthcoming Red Oak- Dortches Park. More ...
By Amelia Harper / Graphic Correspondent |
Spring Hope man dies in Iraq
A Spring Hope resident was the latest casualty in the War in Iraq.
Eric Reid Vick, 25, passed away in Iraq on Sunday, April 1. Details of his death were not available at presstime.
Vick is survived by his wife, Stephanie, his parents, Reginald and Faye Vick, all of Spring Hope and a brother, Milton Ray Vick, of Justice.
Funeral arrangements had not been made as of presstime. More ...
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TURN OFF THE TV AND READ
Physical Education Teacher Margaret Cropps reads to K-2 students at Nashville Elementary School last Monday night during the school's Turn off the TV and Read night. Students were treated to pizza at 6:00 p.m. At 6:45, several guest readers came out and read to K-2 and 3-5 graders. More ...
Graphic photo by Amanda Clark |
Deputy injured in car accident
A deputy with the Nash County Sheriff's Office was injured when his vehicle overturned after being struck Saturday afternoon. John Thomas Winstead was driving a 2007 Chevrolet police vehicle South on Highway 58 when a 2006 Chevrolet passenger vehicle driven by Anna Parker of Spring Hope pulled in front of Winstead off Old Spring Hope Road. Daniel Winstead was also in the vehicle. More ...
By Amanda Clark / Graphic Staff Writer - 1 opinion posted |
County board mulls over single-wide regulations
NASHVILLE — County Commissioner Billy Morgan voiced concerns over regulations against single-wide mobile homes during the board's meeting on Monday. The same concerns were brought up during the board's March work session. In January, regulations were adopted that would ban single-wide mobile homes in residential zones except for change-outs. More ...
By Amanda Clark / Graphic Staff Writer |
Nashville Town Council looks at recycling numbers
Nashville's Town Council received a mini lesson on recycling during their regular meeting Tuesday night. Mark Myers, General Manager of the local Waste Industry Recycling branch in Rocky Mount, came before the board to speak on recycling and its effect in Nashville. Councilman Donald Street had requested someone come and speak about the recycling process to the council and its citizens. More ...
By Amanda Clark / Graphic Staff Writer |
Police catch robbers
NASHVILLE - Three Nashville men were arrested in connection with a robbery that occurred March 22 at Karim's Grocery in Nashville.
The incident occurred Thursday night, March 22, just as Mohammed Kashem was closing the store. According to Nashville Police Chief Bill Creech, Kashem let one man in to buy cigarettes. More ...
By Amanda Clark / Graphic Staff Writer |
OPENING DAY
Nashville Councilman Tommy Rogers (at right) tosses the first pitch while Recreation Director Jim Glover looks on during the opening day of the Babe Ruth Minor League baseball season. Each council member, along with Mayor Warren Evans, threw out a pitch before the games got underway. Mayor Evans' five-year-old great grandson, Griffin Wingfield, tossed the first pitch for the mayor. More ...
Graphic photo by Amanda Clark |
Grade split final for area schools
NASHVILLE—Next school year, Red Oak and Winstead Avenue elementary schools will offer grades K-2, and Swift Creek and Englewood will offer grades 3-5. At their regular meeting Monday night, the Nash-Rocky Mount Schools (N-RMS) Board voted to approve Superintendent Rick McMahon's reorganization plan for these schools with a vote of 8-1, member Bob Jenkins voting against. More ...
By Michele A. Cruz / Graphic Correspondent |
Committee ponders use of $3.8 million:
Bond money is due N-RMS Schools from Edgecombe County
NASHVILLE — The school board's new Buildings and Grounds Committee met last month to plan and make decisions regarding the facilities needs across the system. Among the topics for discussion was the $3.8 million of bond money waiting for Nash-Rocky Mount Schools (N-RMS) in Edgecombe County. This money is N-RMS' portion of an Edgecombe County Schools (ECS) bond referendum passed in 2004. More ...
By Michele A. Cruz / Graphic Correspondent |
DOT expects to complete Red Oak road project in June
Construction is underway for widening a portion of Highway 43 in Red Oak.
District two Engineer Bill Bass said the widening of Highway 43, from Red Oak Elementary School to the end of Red Oak's city limits, is currently underway and should be completed in June. The addition of a center turn lane will help alleviate traffic, especially during school hours. Highway 43 has three lanes up until the school, Bass said, and the project will make all of Highway 43 in Red Oak as a three-lane.
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer - 1 opinion posted |
School board needs to rethink grading policy
Last week, we reported that Nash-Rocky Mount School system's graduation rate is 8 percent lower than the state average. Only 60 percent of the 2002-03 ninth graders graduated with their classmates last year, 952 students out of 1,583. In effort to prevent dropouts and retain students, the school system implemented a new grading policy in its high schools three years ago, and has begun using the new method in its middle schools this year. More ...
by jo anne cooper - 1 opinion posted |
Gas companies need competition from new alternative sources
Each week, I try to make it back and forth to work on one tank of gas. I wait until I'm on the very last drop, hoping gas prices will come down and I can fill up with 20 bucks. I'm still waiting and soon, I'll be walking. It was over a year ago that everyone was in a panic because gas was supposedly running out. And now, each day, it seems like gas goes up 5-10 cents. They say by Summer, gas will be at $3.00 a gallon. I can't wait. More ...
by amanda clark |
Kent's point of view on how to be a two-year-old
Thank you all for reading my column this week. I thought I could help Dad get his readership numbers up, because at least this way, his family would read it. Seems they are all afraid they'll make an appearance as a "scarring memory from childhood" or something like that.
Anyway, this birthday party stuff is where it's at. I got great presents and a piece of cake that would have choked a horse. I ate it all. Then, just a few minutes later, I felt all tingly and had incredible energy for the next 3 hours. More ...
by mike brantley |
ST. MARY'S ROLLS TO BRITTANY VICTORY OVER NNHS
WILSON -- So much for the theory that strength in numbers translates into on-field success. Raleigh St. Mary's had only one bench player available for last Saturday's showdown against Northern Nash as part of the annual The Brittany Girls Soccer Showcase, which was held at Gillette Park in Wilson. More ...
By Geoff Neville / Graphic Sportswriter |
Northern gets past Wildcats
RED OAK -- The Northern Nash boys tennis team took a brief foray out of NEW-6 Conference action to tangle with Bunn Monday afternoon at the NN Courts.
And brief was an appropriate word. More ...
By Geoff Neville / Graphic Sportswriter |
SN soars to first soccer victory at The Brittany
WILSON -- Southern Nash couldn't have picked a more opportune time to collect its first victory of the girls soccer campaign. Dominating from start to finish, the Ladybirds claimed a conquest on one of the season's biggest stages at the annual The Brittany Girls Soccer Showcase last Saturday at Gillette Park in Wilson County. More ...
By Geoff Neville / Graphic Sportswriter |
Tourney time for Nash Co.
ROCKY MOUNT -- Nash County's high school baseball players will spend plenty of time on the diamond during their Easter vacation. Rocky Mount, Northern Nash and Southern Nash will start up Saturday in the 31st playing of the Rocky Mount High Gryphons Easter Baseball Tournament at Gryphon Stadium. More ...
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Firebirds Edge RM
STANHOPE -- An inning-ending double play attempt by Rocky Mount turned into a force out and an error -- allowing Southern Nash to score the winning run as the Firebirds topped Rocky Mount 4-3 in NEW 6 Conference action last Thursday evening.
Due to rainouts earlier last week, this was the league opener for both squads. More ...
By Charles Alston / Graphic Correspondent |
Bulldogs win wild contest against SWE
PINETOPS -- Things were going just fine in Nash County baseball circles until the NEW 6 Conference season hit last week. If every week is as wacky as last week was, we're in for some ride in this league! Rain, lightning and even hail caused every team in the conference except Nash Central and Wilson Fike to postpone at least one game last week. And of all things, two protests were issued in two contests during the week to make things even more wacky. More ...
By Charles Alston / Graphic Correspondent |
Spring concert set at historic Cherry Hill
If it's Spring, it's time for a concert at nearby Cherry Hill in Warren County. Pianist Andrew Willis is scheduled to perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 15, in the mid-19th Century plantation home.
Willis performs in the United States and abroad on pianos of every period. Noted for his mastery of early keyboard instruments, Willis has recorded several Beethoven sonatas in the first complete recording of the cycle on period instruments. More ...
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Rocky Mount Art Center welcomes Critters exhibit through June 10
The Rocky Mount Art Center will present the exhibition, Clyde Jones: Critters, through June 10. An opening reception will be held Friday April 13, 7pm -9 pm, and is free to the public. On display are wood sculptures and paintings by Clyde Jones, internationally recognized folk artist from Bynum, North Carolina. Using a chainsaw to carve chunks of cedar wood, Jones sculpts a variety of animal forms which are then brightly painted and decorated with assorted castoff junk items. Clyde also creates paintings and murals and his home is a decorated work of art in its own right. More ...
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ERIC VICK
SPRING HOPE – Eric Reid Vick, 25, died in Iraq on Sunday, April 1, 2007. Funeral arrangements, incomplete at this time, are being handled by Cornerstone Funeral Home and Cremations of Nashville. More ...
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WILLIAM "BILLY" BRYANT GAY
ROCKY MOUNT – William "Billy" Bryant Gay 67, passsed away March 27, 2007. He was born on August 12, 1939, in Edgecombe County. He was the son of the late Albert and Hazel Gay. He was preceded in death by his grandparents Luther and Lizzie Gay, Hatcher and Emily Dunn, a niece Sherry Hawkins, and nephew Quinten Gay. More ...
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