Monday, June 18, 2018

Women team up to launch new venture

June 18, 2018

Two local women business owners have come together to run separate businesses under one roof.

A grand opening celebration was held recently for the opening of Inner Vixen Boutique and Polished by Koya at 1633 Thomas A. Betts Parkway in the Hampton Village Center.

Sherica Roberts, 38, from Red…

Farmers Market set to open on Tuesdays

June 18, 2018

For a long time open only one day a week for five hours, the Farmers Market will now be available on another day for patrons.

It will be open from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.on Tuesdays starting this week, adding to its Saturday opening from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The market had tried something similar in the past,…

Cookoff supports mentoring program

June 17, 2018

To win Saturday's Real Men Kook for Kids Sausage Kook Off, Team Wescott brought its best: A steaming pot of jambalaya with green peppers and bacon topped off with grilled pineapple slices for dessert.

Team Leader David Campbell said they came in third place last year and were determined to take the…

Telegram to move into Mills

June 17, 2018

The area’s longtime daily newspaper that began publication in October 1910 will be calling the Rocky Mount Mills its new home this year.

The Rocky Mount Telegram will relocate its editorial and business staff to the 150-acre mixed-use campus on the Tar River. The Telegram is expected to move…

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Campaign Victory and Volunteer Spirit Awards

Downtown LIVE: The Fantastic Shakers

May Ball

Rocky Mount Mills 5K

Juneteenth

Downtown LIVE: Legacy Motown Review

Ultimate Backyard Warriors

Fishing Tournament Dinner

Rocky Mount Sonics Basketball Tournament

Rocky Mount Prep Field Day

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Fisher honored during annual Catfish Luncheon

June 17, 2018

The Nash County Soil and Water Conservation District’s 2018 annual Catfish Luncheon was a huge success.

Chairman Bobby Joe Fisher opened the event, thanking the group of more than 300 attendees for supporting the efforts of Soil and Water Conservation in Nash County.

Robbie Davis,…

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City teams up with library for reading events

June 17, 2018

The Rocky Mount Parks and Recreation Department in partnership with Braswell Memorial Library is hosting Popsicles and Stories in the Park.

The free event is set for 10 a.m. on every other Tuesday at various parks around the city.

“We really wanted to engage and encourage youth to…

Nash-Rocky Mount honors retirees

June 16, 2018

Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools celebrated 66 retirees on June 12 during the district’s 2018 Retirement Luncheon at Rose Hill in Nashville.

The group has dedicated approximately 1,660 collective years of service to public education. Retirees enjoyed special music provided by Triple-Knot. Each…

Word Tabernacle Church awards scholarships

June 15, 2018

Word Tabernacle Church paused to demonstrate its passion and dedication for continued education during a recent Sunday worship service.

Seven high school and undergraduate students combined received a total of $10,000 in financial support toward their academic goals for 2018, bringing the total…

After minicamp with Colts, Tarboro's Lewis stops by annual local event

June 16, 2018

In a box logo white t-shirt, jeans and mostly white Gucci sneakers, Tarboro’s newest member of the NFL family, Tyquan Lewis, stopped by the Moe Deloach Annual Summer Basketball Camp on Saturday afternoon at the South Rocky Mount Community Center.

Deloach, a Rocky Mount native and a 2005…

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Southern Nash's Edwards finds a home

June 14, 2018

Leroy Edwards, Southern Nash’s senior ace, spent his final season with the Firebirds looking for a place to play baseball next season.

This past Wednesday, he found the chance he was looking for, when Fayetteville Tech Community College baseball coach Lee Troutman contacted and told him they…

Mustaches, silly songs defuse tensions at Russia's World Cup

June 14, 2018

MOSCOW — How bad is Russia’s national soccer team? Even the ruthless leader of Chechnya couldn’t coach it to victory — or so goes a satirical song buzzing around Russian social networks ahead of the World Cup.

The Chechen strongman shot back — with a goofy…

Former Gryphon Hudgins to be honored as Elon Hall of Famer

June 13, 2018

The irony for Terrell Hudgins, recently announced as a 2018 Elon athletics Hall of Fame inductee, is that the Phoenix were his first scholarship offer when he was a student at Rocky Mount Senior High in the mid-2000s.

He didn't want to go, because the university of roughly 7,000 undergraduate…

Life

Couple builds family through foster care, adoption

June 17, 2018

FARMVILLE — Steve and Amber Dunn did not have a chance to hear their daughter’s first words. They never got to sit next to her crib at night and watch her sleep.

Mae was practically a teenager before they ever even heard her voice, a middle-schooler before she spent a single night…

Business

Food truck owners strategize as novelty wears off

June 18, 2018

NEW YORK — Starting a food truck to sell tacos or barbecue on downtown streets may seem easy or fun, but owners are finding they need more sophisticated plans now that the novelty has worn off.

A culinary fad a decade ago, food trucks have lost some luster and even new ones may not draw a…

Opinion

John Hood: Courts can’t resolve every dispute

June 17, 2018

RALEIGH — In the long-running dispute between State School Superintendent Mark Johnson, a Republican elected in 2016, and the State Board of Education, which currently has a majority of Republican appointees, the North…

Tom Campbell: America should return to values of Ellis Island

June 16, 2018

Note to readers: With all the recent activity regarding immigration we decided to repeat the column we wrote following a visit to Ellis Island, New York in 2011. It is relevant today.

Standing in the Great Hall of the…