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Demolition begins on lot where CVS plans to build
The corner of Washington and Alston Street will soon look a little bare, as demolition is underway on what used to be Nashville Fast Trax and Canal Wood. In several months, a pharmacy will sit on the same corner.
The two buildings were purchased by CVS Pharmacy in February, along with property owned by the Town of Nashville. The pharmacy plans to build a 12,000 square foot facility on the corner.
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer |
Two vie for County Board
A Nashville man threw his hat in the ring for a seat on Nash County’s Board of Commissioners.
Jim Harris, of West Castalia Road, Nashville, filed for the District 1 seat on Friday. The seat is currently occupied by Lou Richardson of Nashville, who has filed for reelection. More ...
By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer |
Castalia retreat focuses on water - sewer
Water and sewer discussions were at the top of the agenda during the Town of Castalia’s annual retreat on Saturday.
The town has been discussing possibilities for adding water and sewer services to the town for several months. The town is working with Mack Gay Associates on what the best solution would be for the town. More ...
By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer |
Road Runners helps transport local girl to surgery
For the past 17 years, Jesse Sykes has defied the odds of survival.
The Spring Hope resident was born prematurely on January 27, 1991 weighing only one pound and 14 ounces. Soon after, she was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. But she hasn’t let either slow her down. More ...
By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer |
Man shoots at deputies
Two Nash County deputies were shot at late Friday night while responding to a disturbance in Elm City.
According to Pat Joyner, of the Nash County Sheriff’s Office, two deputies responded to 5013 Farm Road, Elm City in reference to a disturbance between a father and son. While pulling up to the scene, deputies heard a shot fired. As they were exiting their vehicles and taking position, they noticed 40-year-old Kenneth West Hill was armed with a shotgun. Joyner said Hill allegedly lowered his shotgun and fire a shot toward deputies, who had taken cover behind their vehicles. Joyner said deputies returned fire but did not strike Hill. More ...
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Equine owners to vote March 5
Horse and other equine animal owners/lessors will vote across the state on March 5 to determine whether to continue to voluntarily assess themselves $2 per ton of commercial horse feed in order to provide funds to promote the interests of the horse industry. More ...
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Ward Drug offers free flu shots
Ward Drug Company of Nashville announced it is launching free flu shots for anyone who has not been vaccinated this year.
“Ward Drug Company of Nashville has always strived to bring patient care to a higher level,” said owner and pharmacist Gary Glisson. “Our immunization-specialized pharmacist staff are donating the remainder of our flu shot supply back to our community in the hopes that we can ‘stem the tide’ of this growing epidemic.” More ...
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Local students honored by DOT
Two Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools students were recently selected by the N.C. Department of Transportation to receive top honors in the annual 2007 Work Zone Safety Poster Contest. Winners were chosen from nearly two thousand entries received from school-aged children across the state. More ...
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MILITARY
Jermaine D. Bell has joined the United States Army under the Delayed Entry Program. The program gives young men and women the opportunity to delay entering active duty for up to one year. More ...
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Thomas graduates
Bryan Thomas, of Rocky Mount, was one of 2,500 bachelor’s dgree, master’s degree and Ph.D candidates who were honored at Virginia Tech’s fall commencement ceremony on December 14. More ...
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Hegepeth passes state Uniform CPA exam
RALEIGH – A local man is among 121 North Carolina candidates to successfully complete the Uniform CPA Examination administered by the North Carolina State Board of Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Examiners. More ...
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Fire Chief donates thermal imaging camera to department
Nashville’s Fire Department recently added a third thermal imaging camera to its fleet, compliments of Chief Tim Pope.
Pope, along with volunteer member Bill Lindsey, went in together and purchased a $100 ticket for a chance to win the Scott Eagle 160 Thermal Imaging Camera. MES Carolinas, a vendor for the department, was selling the tickets for a 13-year-old girl from the Charlotte area who was suffering from Rumination Syndrome, a gastrointestinal disorder. All money made from the ticket sales went to help cover treatment for the girl. More ...
By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer |
Curtiss elected to national offices
Sherry Curtiss of Rocky Mount, a speech pathologist with Nash Health Care, was elected President of the Council of the State Speech Language Pathology President’s Association (CSAP). More ...
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NRMS recognizes National Board Certified teachers
Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools Board of Education recently honored twelve educators who achieved the prestigious status of National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT). The members of the Class of 2007 bring the total NRMPS National Board Certified Teachers to 125 (98 currently employed by Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools). More ...
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Farmers honored at annual banquet
Nash County’s Farm Service Agency honored local farmers last week during the second annual Farmer’s Appreciation Banquet.
The event featured a catered meal by Keyzer’s Catering of Pantego as well as entertainment by Parker Philips and Lynn Adams. More ...
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NRMS AIT Advisory Board meets
The Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools Academy of Information Technology (AIT) Advisory Board recently met to chart the course for students and staff for 2008. The Academy of Information Technology is one of five academies offered by Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools and housed within the Career Technical Education Department. More ...
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Locals earn degrees from UNC-CH
More than 1,100 students earned bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral or professional degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the Dec. 16 commencement ceremony, which featured remarks by journalist and policy expert Hodding Carter III, a professor of leadership and public policy at UNC. Two Nash County residents were among the 6,500 who earned degrees. More ...
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Castalia Baptist & Community News
Flu! Has struck! Hope you have been able to keep it away from your family. I had the opportunity to hang out at Immediate care recently with lots of folks that definitely had the flu! Masks and sanitation gels could not keep it from being spread though. Maybe if doctors were willing to make home visits and let sick folks stay at home and receive care it wouldn’t be spread as much. Anyway if you do have the flu, stay in and take your medicine like you should. Get well before getting out again! More ...
By KATHY FREEMAN-ROBLES |
NASH COUNTY RELAY FOR LIFE NEWS
Survivor, Luminary, Torch, Event Program Advertisement, and Corporate Forms are available on website www.nashrelay.org
•Nash County Relay for Life Dance –March 29, 2008 at Rocky Mount Moose Club from 8-12 p.m. Cost $15 per person. Don Williams DJ. For More info call Gloria Joyner at 903-4849. More ...
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Mt. Zion FWB Church News
Who do you think about when you read the different church articles? It should be God and the people in the church who love and worship him.
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By ROSALENE BASS |
Beulah Community News
Revival at Beulah Church of Christ is set for March 2-5. The speaker is Dolan Baker and there will be special music each night. More ...
By WILMA ENROUGHTY |
Ephesus Community News
Rev. Tony Futrell’s message on Sunday morning during the worship hour was, “United We Stand, Divided We Fall,” taken from 1 Corinthians 1:10-18. Unity is very important in all churches and also love one another. More ...
By LOTTIE LOU DICKENS |
Nash Central hosts curriculum fair
Parents, students, and community members were treated to an evening of information and entertainment at Nash Central High School’s Curriculum Fair on Thursday, February 7. The fair was held from 6 pm-8 pm in the school’s gymnasium. More ...
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U.S. is on a slow boat to China, India, etc
Maybe it’s just me.
Maybe I am getting to be a crotchedy old man before my time. Maybe I am going to sound like someone from a bygone era.
But, dag-nab-it, I’m going to say it anyway: I’ve about had it with it “outsourcing.” More ...
Mike Brantley |
More daylight is coming sooner this year
It’s time for a countdown to daylight saving time.
I’m not really fond of having to set my clock back, or forward, an hour twice a year. I always seem to forget and then having to change every clock, and watch, you own gets a bit tedious. More ...
Amanda Clark |
We’re here to stay, no outsourcing here!
Ironically, Soap Box author Mike Brantley and I chose the same topic this week – outsourcing.
However, my personal soap box this week is pointed directly toward our own industry – newspapers. Not the independently owned, community papers, but the giant corporate papers in the large markets that have gobbled up smaller papers and now are on a cost-cutting frenzy, outsourcing jobs to overseas companies to maintain a large, profitable bottom line. More ...
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A NEW Deal For RMHS
WILSON -- For the first time since 2003, both Rocky Mount teams have claimed a basketball conference tournament championship.
When Arkeneisha Melton connected on a four-point play on Rocky Mount’s opening score, she had to know she was going to have a good night.
The rest of her teammates joined her in her good fortune as they combined to beat a scrappy six-seeded Nash Central squad 74-55 last Friday at the Wilson Fike Gymnasium. More ...
By Charles Alston, Graphic Sportswriter |
SN, Bunn Square Off In A Pitcher’s Duel
STANHOPE -- Both mound aces boasted impressive resumes, so it was expected that a pitcher’s duel would be in order when Bunn traveled to Southern Nash for a season-opening softball matchup Monday afternoon.
BHS’ Ashley Driver, after helping the Ladycats reach the Class 2-A State Final Four last year, verbally committed to continue her career at North Carolina Wesleyan College. More ...
By Geoff Neville, Graphic Sportswriter |
ECU falls in extras versus SC
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Kyle Enders’ two-run single in the bottom of the 11th gave No. 2 South Carolina a 7-6 win over No. 24 East Carolina Sunday afternoon in game three at Sarge Frye Field in the Palmetto State.
Trailing 6-5, James Darnell singled up the middle to lead off the 11th, then moved to second when Justin Smoak walked. After a sacrifice bunt by Adam Crisp advanced the runners to second and third, Harly Lail got a free pass from Josh Ruhlman loading the bases for Ender’s game-winning hit. More ...
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Southern girls stopped by Rockingham County
STANHOPE -- The Southern Nash Ladybirds saw one real bad quarter put an end to their season Monday evening in their N.C. High School Athletic Association 3-A girls basketball playoff opener with Rockingham County.
The Lady Cougars, the No. 3 seed from the Triad 3-A Conference outscored Southern 24-10 in the second period en route to a 64-42 victory.
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By Charles Alston, Graphic Sportswriter |
Rocky Mount slips by Rampants in diamond opener
ROCKY MOUNT -- When you’re a top-ranked team, you usually get everyone’s best shot.
That’s what Greenville Rose did Monday afternoon at Rocky Mount in the varsity baseball season opener for both squads. More ...
By Charles Alston, Graphic Sportswriter |
Nash teams to take part in The Brittany event
WILSON -- Pairings have been finalized for the fourth annual Brittany For The Girls Soccer Tournament, scheduled for March 28 and 29 at J. Burt Gillette Athletic Complex.
All proceeds from the event will benefit the Brittany Willis Memorial Scholarship Fund. Tickets for the tourney will be available at the gate to Gillette Park. More ...
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CHRISTINE COOPER BARNES
ROCKY MOUNT – Christine Cooper Barnes, 67, died Feb. 17, 2008. Funeral services were held Feb. 23 at William Toney’s Funeral Home chapel in Spring Hope. Interment was in the Drewery family cemetery, Spring Hope. More ...
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ANNIE PEARL BRANTLEY
SPRING HOPE – Annie Pearl Brantley, 78, died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. A graveside service was held Feb. 24 at Oakdale Cemetery. More ...
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VIRGINIA CARTER
ROCKY MOUNT – Virginia Carter, 80, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008. Funeral services were to be held today (Wednesday, Feb. 27) in the chapel of Cornerstone Funeral Home.
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NANCY HEDGEPETH DAUGHTERY
Rocky Mount – Nancy Hedgepeth Daughtery, 60, died Thursday, February 21, 2008. She was born in Wilson County, September 24, 1947 to the late Felton G. and Mildred Whitley Hedgepeth. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Dale H. Webb. More ...
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ONELLA SMITH DUNSTON
SPRING HOPE – Onella Smith Dunston, 63, died Feb. 22, 2008. Funeral services were held Feb. 26 at the Gethsmeane Baptist Church in Bunn. Burial followed in the church cemetery. More ...
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ELMOS M. “BUD” EATON SR.
FRANKLINTON – Elmos M. “Bud” Eaton Sr., 84, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008. Funeral services were held Feb. 24 at the Old Liberty Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Murrill Sr. officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. More ...
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ROBERT L. MILLS
LANDOVER, Md. – Robert L. Mills, 66, died Monday, Feb. 18, 2008. Funeral services were held Feb. 23 at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Thomas Richardson officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. More ...
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THOMAS FELTON POLLARD
BATTLEBORO-Thomas Felton Pollard, 86 passed away Monday, February 18, 2008. He was born in Edgecombe County to the late Orlando Reddick Pollard and Mary Felton Pollard. More ...
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WALTER ROBINSON
Walter Robinson of Sole City died Monday, Feb. 25, 2008. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg.
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RONALD E. “RONNIE” RUFFIN
ROCKY MOUNT-Ronald E. “Ronnie” Ruffin, 64, died Wednesday, February 20, 2008. Ronnie was born on November 13, 1943 to the late Mark and Hettie Ruffin.
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LEE SILVER
CASTALIA – Lee Silver of Castalia died Monday, Feb. 25, 2008 in Nash General Hospital. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Richardson Funeral Home in Nashville.
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REABY TAYLOR VICK
NASHVILLE – Reaby Taylor Vick, 95, died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Services to celebrate her life were held Feb. 23 in the chapel of Johnson Funerals and Cremations. Burial followed in the family cemetery on Bone Pond Road in the Oak Level community of Nash County. More ...
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LEE SILVER
CASTALIA - Lee Silver of Castalia died Monday, February 25 in Nash General Hospital. Funeral Arrangements will be announced by Richardson Funeral Home in Nashville.
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WALTER ROBINSON
Walter Robinson of Soul City died Monday, February 25, 2008 in his home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg.
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THOMAS ANDREW PERRY
KITTRELL - Thomas Andrew Perry, 73, died Friday, February 22, 2008. Funeral services will be held Friday, February 29, 2008 at Concord Baptist Church at 1 p.m. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive frines from 7-8 p.m. at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg.
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