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STANHOPE -- Southern Nash's rapid ascent to the top of the Big East Conference was the main storyline of the league's 2024 volleyball campaign -- but there were plenty of other highlights.
Southern, coached by Melanie Mercer, scored a clean sweep of the Big East, winning the conference's regular season and tournament championships.
The on-the-rise Ladybirds would go 20-3 overall and reach the second round of the Class 3-A State Playoffs to cap off their historic year.

KERNERSVILLE -- It's not difficult to find the Northern Nash High School boys cross country team on the day that the Class 3-A State Championships are held.
Just head to Ivey Redmon Park in Kernersville (Forsyth County), and you'll find the Fighting Knights there.
That's just about as much of a guarantee as you'll find in Nash County prep athletics.

CHAPEL HILL -- The high school football playoffs are returning to Nash County in a big way this weekend, with all four of the county's public schools each selected as a host for their first-round matchups.
Friday's opening round slate will consist of Northern Nash hosting J.H. Rose, Southern Nash facing Harnett Central and Rocky Mount taking on Richlands in the Class 3-A bracket while Nash Central will host West Craven in the Class 2-A playoffs.

NASH COUNTY -- Here are the pairings for Friday's first-round action in the NCHSAA Class 2-A and 3-A State Football Playoffs:

NASHVILLE - Nashville's Farmers Market will remain attached to the Nashville Junction for the next three years, now that a new lease has been worked out with Hurt LLC, Junction owner.
Randy Lansing, town manager, said the town's lease, now expired, had been in negotiation with the only remaining sticking point the rent.
Nashville is currently paying Hurt LLC $1,500 a month for the farmers market venue to use three open air shelters at the Junction.

NASHVILLE - Nash Community College, currently home for two of Nash County Public School high schools, may be the future site of a new Health Sciences building- if funding and support can be secured. NCC's President, Lew Hunnicutt, says the high schools are part of the reason the new building is needed.
"It's a win for county, win for school system, and certainly is a win for the college," said Hunnicutt, about the concept of adding a new 35 square foot building for an estimated 22 million dollars.

ROCKY MOUNT- Calling it a "fantastic turnout," David Hopewell, President of the Joint Veterans Committee of Nash and Edgecombe Counties, welcomed well over 150 people to the Rocky Mount Veterans Memorial at Jack Laughery Park for the November 11 Veterans Day Ceremony at 11 a.m.

NASHVILLE - Four new members have been appointed to Nashville's Downtown Strong Advisory Board (DSAB), but not without one change demanded by a town council member made amidst charges of lack of diversity.
An agenda report presented Nov. 7 by Shawn Lucas, Planning and Development Director, stated that six applications had been received from individuals wanting to serve on the DSAB which can have up to 11 members. There have been 7 serving.

NASHVILLE - Nash county's current 258 retirees covered under the county's medical plans will get to keep the plans they have - for now - after an HR proposal to change plans last month was put on ice until at least next August.
Tim Kerigan, Human Resources Director, proposed a plan to transition Post-65 and disabled retirees from the current BlueMedicare Supplement and BlueMedicare RX plan to an all-inclusive Medicare Advantage Plan with Drug coverage (MAPD), subject to the review and approval of the county manager.

RED OAK - The annual Town of Red Oak Veterans Day Ceremony, held Saturday, Nov. 9th, dovetailed nicely with the 2024 Ride of Honor's ride-through in Red Oak, where at least fifty people lined Red Oak Boulevard to wave flags as riders rode by.
Beginning at 11 a.m., the event started with the stirring Lee Greenwood song "Proud to be an American" setting the tone for the emotion-filled ceremony.

NASHVILLE - Many crimes are blatant, pinpointed by sirens, flashing lights and seen or reported. Most, if not all, news outlets have crime stories, sometimes front and center. But more than 2,000 crisis calls coming into My Sister's House in Nash County last year document crimes that no one ever hears about, because domestic violence is "a hidden crime."
While October was Domestic Abuse Awareness Month, the crime isn't one that people talk about much - unless it happens to them or someone they know.

Due partly to what was termed "explosive" growth in the southern end of the county, a new Dollar General proposed 3.5 miles outside the town limits of Bailey has been approved for conditional rezoning, with county leaders noting that a commercial store is needed to "meet the needs of the rural population."
Nash commissioners approved plans during their Nov. 4 session for a Dollar General, to be built on a 1.95 lot located at the southwest corner of Stoney Hill Church Road and W. Hornes Church Road, just northwest of the Glover Milling Company.

Nash County leaders, at Spring Hope's request, have amended the wording from a September resolution routing one million dollars in state-directed grant funds to Spring Hope for "water or wastewater improvement projects."
Originally, the money was earmarked for construction of a new 100,000-gallon elevated water tank.

The Spring Hope Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Dan Finch Studio Potters' Market on Saturday, Nov. 9th.
Pictured above, Mary Ann Barwick, of Calypso NC, right, a member of the Finch pottery group, displays a piece to Kim Shaw of Rocky Mount.

NASHVILLE - The last hurdle for the Liberty Acres proposed townhouse development in Nashville has been jumped, and with town council members signing off with plat approval at their Nov. 7 meeting, developers will be able to record the plat at the Register of Deeds and begin legally selling townhouse lots to buyers.
Shawn Lucas, planning director, gave a brief timeline of project steps, including an approval for special use permit in March 2024, at which time council members gave a list of conditions, including a reduction of units, the addition of a second parking area, looping sidewalks to connect interior streets and moving an open-space recreational area.