Supporters of a food bank wanting to relocate to Momeyer threatened the wrath of God in a Hail Mary attempt to sway the town council on Monday.
Roger Warren, town resident and board member of A Touch of the Father's Love, has repeatedly promised legal action if the council doesn't allow the food bank to move into the old Bass Brothers building at 5193 Momeyer Way.

The Town of Nashville is looking for a new town clerk.
Town Clerk Sarah Tinkham is leaving her position on December 21 to take a job closer to home at an electric cooperative.
Tinkham has been with the Town of Nashville since October of 2020.

Nash County 4-H held its annual Festival of Tables recently. Pictured above are Jade Austin and Sarah Taylor enjoying the festivities.

Zack Gray will keep his seat on the Nash County Board of Education.
Gray defeated Kathy Hawk in a runoff earlier this week, the last election in the state for the year.
Gray received 462 votes or 61% to Hawk's 288 votes in the second election this cycle for the District 8 seat.

A Rocky Mount man is requesting the Town of Nashville grant an easement for property his family acquired in 2020 behind Glover Park.
Kenneth Muhammad's family owns around 20 acres of land along the western border of Glover Park. The property is land locked with no public road frontage and no legal easement across an adjoining property.

Zaiden Arrington and Buxton Fincher visit Santa Claus with their nanny Lois Sherrod at Coopers Fire and Rescue on Sunday during an event titled "Santa at the Firehouse." The event included free snacks and drinks.

Thaxton Rowland has been named the Oak Level Ruritan of the Year for his willingness to help do whatever needs doing. He was honored at the club's annual Volunteer Appreciation Banquet held Monday.

For the second time in three years, Thaxton Rowland has been named Oak Level's Ruritan of the Year.
"He does what needs to be done," Club President Kay Boone said of Rowland when presenting the award during Monday's annual Volunteer Appreciation Banquet.
Retired from Lamberts Cable Splicing Company in Rocky Mount, Rowland, 72, spends his time looking to give back to the community anyway he can.

Nash County has received a thumbs up for its fiscal year finances from independent auditors.
"We encountered no significant difficulties in dealing with management in performing and completing our audit," said Stuart Hill, an audit manager for the Whiteville-based firm of Thomas, Price, Scott, Adams and Company.

Local public health officials are gearing up for a rough flu season.
"I do expect a tough January and February," said Bill Hill, director of the Nash County Health Department.
Influenza cases are surging across the southeast and increasing in North Carolina, including Nash County, Hill said.

Four counts of possession of marijuana less than 1/2 ounce, felony possession of a schedule I controlled substance and felony possession of a schedule III controlled substance was reported on 11/30/22 at 100 N Boddie Street
A restraining order violation was reported on 11/29/22 at 1452 E Old Spring Hope Road, Nashville

Nash Central High School and their Navy Junior ROTC unit announced the opening of their STEM Lab, located inside Nash Central High School, on Tuesday, December 13th, 2022.
The 2021 and 2022 Defense Authorization Acts included funding for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) training and education for all Junior ROTC units including the Navy, Air Force, and Army.

INCIDENTS
Possession of marijuana paraphernalia; possession marijuana less than 1/2 oz was reported at mile marker 461 US 64 E on 12/3
Financial transaction card fraud was reported at 501 Barnes St. on 11/30/22

Gene and Eloise Holland celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on November 27, 2022. They were married on Thanksgiving day in 1952 in the home of Pete Bunn, Nashville Justice of the Peace. Mr. and Mrs. Holland recently revisited the home on 304 Washington Street in Nashville to reminisce of that special day. Mrs. Holland is the former Eloise Jeffries of the Coopers community.

The Nash County Sheriff's Office has a new chief deputy.
Maj. Allen Wilson will now run the day-to-day operations of the sheriff's office and oversee all employees.
Wilson fills the position left vacant by Brandon Medina who served as chief deputy for seven years before leaving earlier this year to accept a position as police chief in Fuquay-Varina.

Rev. Evangeline Battle sets out free food for Share the Warmth, a winter clothes giveaway held Saturday in the parking lot of the Nash County Sheriff's Office. The event was sponsored by St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church in Nashville, Mark's Chapel Baptist in Rocky Mount, Ray of Hope in Whitakers and Living Waters in Scotland Neck.

All around the world, children are flocking to malls and shopping centers to sit on Santa's lap and tell him what they want for Christmas.
The truth is the real story of Santa Claus has gotten lost in the commercialization of Christmas. It's due largely to the genius retailers who want to be sure that moms and dads didn't forget them at Christmas.

Reginald C. Joyner and Reginald Carl Joyner to Juliet Anita Joyner; 409 Taylor Drive, Sharpsburg
Nicholas F. Sanchez-Garcia to Rijkdom Realty Partners, LLP; 1609 Davis Street, Rocky Mount; $20,000
Jeffrey S. Donaldson, Angela B. Donaldson, Martin S. Donaldson and Bailey L. Donaldson to Jeffrey S. Donaldson, Angela B. Donaldson, Charles W. Donaldson

Building Permit
(Commercial)
Shane Cordileone; 13066 S NC 231; new tower; $425,385.70
Barry Kornegay; 5808 Heritage Lane; new construction; $950,000

Sigma Alpha Pi, North Carolina Wesleyan University's chapter of the National Society of Leadership & Success (NSLS) hosted its sixth induction of student leaders into the organization. The ceremony was held Tuesday, November 29 at 3:00 p.m. in the Garner Lobby of The Dunn Center. The NSLS is the nation's largest leadership honor society, with more than 700 chapters and over 1.2 million members.

It's a time in the land -- a great title for a book, by the way -- and every day brings a different bizarre story.
Just last week, our government traded an arms dealer for a women's professional basketball player.
The deputy assistant secretary of the Department of Energy was charged for the second time for stealing someone's luggage at an airport.

For people across North Carolina, we are in the season of giving. But for others, it's the season of stealing. Criminals use the holidays to take advantage of people's goodwill to take their money and personal information. They target vulnerable people and use common holiday activities and stressors as a ploy to trick them. As you enjoy the holidays with friends and family, watch out for common signs of scams to help you and your loved ones steer clear of criminals.

This photo was published in The Nashville Graphic on December 25, 1958 in a Ward Drug Company Christmas greeting thanking customers and wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Little Maryanna meets the Grinch during the 2022 Nash County 4-H Festival of Tables.