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Franklin County adopts 2024-2025 budget
Franklin County’s Board of Commissioners approved the 2024-2025 Franklin County Budget at a special called meeting June 10. Commissioners approved the $125,346,271 General Fund Budget, set a tax rate of 50.5 cents per $100 valuation (reduced from 78.5 cents), approved a capital improvement plan for the General Fund, Public Utilities and Solid Waste and set the 2024-2025 Fee Schedule. County […] The post Franklin County adopts 2024-2025 budget first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Juneteenth relevance resounds in Rocky Mount, region
Rocky Mount has been ahead of the curve in its celebration of Juneteenth, an expert said, and eastern North Carolina's ties to emancipation and the holiday run even deeper. Rocky Mount's annual Juneteenth Community Empowerment Festival celebrates the holiday with what has grown into a three-day festival that begins this evening and continues throughout the weekend. The holiday commemorates emancipation from slavery. In 2021, President Joe Biden named Juneteenth a national holiday. ...
301 Endless Yard Sale features 10 Nash vendors
Ten Nash County businesses will offer their wares to bargain-hunters this Friday and Saturday as the 301 Endless Yard Sale turns an eastern North Carolina thoroughfare into a regional swap meet. Founded in Selma and now hosted by a variety of towns along U.S. 301 in Halifax, Nash, Wilson, Johnston and Harnett counties, the 301 Endless Yard Sale remains a […] The post 301 Endless Yard Sale features 10 Nash vendors first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Lack of ambulances a concern for Nash County town with aging population
It's a potentially life-threatening concern. The mayor of a small town in Nash County is worried people may not have access to an ambulance in an emergency. The tiny town of Bailey in Nash County has about 570 residents, many of whom are aging. That's why Mayor Owen Strickland said...
Nash County, pair of nonprofit agencies awarded Golden LEAF funds
Local nonprofit organizations and a business and industry center have received grant funding to improve food security, economic development and job training. The Golden LEAF Foundation Board of Directors awarded more than $14 million in grants earlier this month, part of its bimonthly distribution of funding designed to increase economic opportunity in North Carolina’s rural and tobacco-dependent communities. Nash County received $34,000 for the Whitaker Business and Industry Center from...
In graduation ceremonies across the Twin Counties, memories were made
Parents, teachers and students in Nash and Edgecombe counties have had a lot to celebrate in May and June. The Telegram asked area educators to send in photos commemorating the graduation ceremonies that have taken place over the last two months. Featured in this weekend’s edition of the Telegram are the graduation ceremonies at North East Carolina Preparatory School and at Nash County Public Schools. North East Carolina Prep is a tuition-free public charter school in Tarboro. The school celebrated its 64 graduates in its...
City leaders address Local Government Commission's recent spat on loan request
City Council members gave remarks following a recent Local Government Commission meeting at which the city of Rocky Mount was a topic of discussion. That commission meeting, held June 4 in Raleigh, included the subjects of a City Council vote in December to purchase 336 acres of land in Nash County for economic development purposes as well as a City Council vote in January seeking the commission’s approval of bank financing. The city is seeking approval for a loan to be able to build a...
Council majority informally agrees to set proposed tax rate at 58 cents
The City Council, in a 5-2 poll at a recent work session about the proposed budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year, agreed with a recommendation by Mayor Sandy Roberson for a proposed property tax rate of 58 cents per $100 in valuation. A majority of the council preferred the slightly higher rate to a proposal that would have been revenue neutral and set the tax rate at 56 cents per $100 in valuation. That proposed 58-cent rate is an increase over what is in the...
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