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TEMPIE L. MANLEY
HOLLISTER - Funeral services for Tempie L. Manley, 80, who died Tuesday, May 21, 2013, will be held Sunday, May 26, at 2:30 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, with the Rev. Linda Taybron officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
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Water purification company expanding here
YOUNGSVILLE — A Franklin County company is planning to continue its expansion, making the area home to its headquarters.
SunStone Water Group set its foot in Franklin County in July when it began renting office space in the old Flextronics building in the Youngsville Commerce Center.
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CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer |
Despite ‘heebie jeebies,’ county to pay COG fee
LOUISBURG — After much debate, including a threat from a resident to take Franklin County to court, officials agreed to help a regional economic development organization pay back the federal government.
They attached some strings, though.
Earlier this month, officials and staff with the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments informed its membership that it owed the Economic Development Administration $311,000.
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CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer |
DANCE THE DAY AWAY
Rachel Macholl Academy of Dance members, from left, Karina Filter, Brittany Weatherall, Hannah Nichols, Taylor Walsh, Amy Nunnery and Lydia Biallis highlighted Day 2 of Franklin County Relay for Life event at Franklinton High School.
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Citing benefits, Louisburg pays COG fee
Just like the majority of other Kerr Tar Regional Council of Government members, the Louisburg town council decided this week to pony up the additional $4,669 special assessment the COG is requesting.
The COG, which is a regional organization representing local governments from Franklin, Vance, Warren and Granville counties, is in hot water with the federal government over improper expenditures of grant money.
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GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher |
Warrenton man charged in shooting
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies arrested a Warrenton man on attempted murder charges.
Dennis Jordan Collier, 17, was charged last week with attempted first degree murder.
He was placed in jail in lieu of a $500,000 bond and had his first appearance in court on May 21. He is next slated to appear in court on May 28.
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Governments paying up!
From Youngsville to Bunn, members of a regional development entity appear ready to pay their share.
The Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments has asked its 21 members to pay a special assessment totalling $311,000 — an amount it owes the Economic Development Administration for dipping into a pot of money set aside for business loans.
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Standing post at Arlington: Are they forgotten?
Taps bled into the setting gray haze as the Duty Noncommissioned Officer called out, guard mount! guard mount! Settle down, the NCO commanded; get on line: Aliganga; yo, Arthur; here sir, Fitzgibbon ….. Fitzgibbon; anyone seen Fitzgibbon. Yes sir, Arthur answered, his son arrived today. Where is the super numeracy? Here sir, Eckfield, replied. The Guard Officer read the Special Orders reminding everyone tomorrow is Memorial Day.
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Road rage stabbing leads to man’s arrest
Louisburg police arrested a man accused of stabbing someone in a road rage incident.
According to a report, police allege Eric Darnell Duncan was driving at Johnson and S. Main streets when he ran into the back of a car driven by Javaria Powell during the early morning hours of May 18.
Police allege Duncan, 37, got out of his car and cut Powell on the arm with a knife.
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County switches fire, rescue units to new radios
LOUISBURG — Emergency radio operators switched fire and rescue personnel over to its new radio system this week.
Staff and engineers told commissioners on Monday night that they hope to have the system fully de-bugged shortly, as well.
The newly installed, nearly $11 million system has been plagued by dropped calls, garbled audio and other issues since law enforcement was switched over in October.
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CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer |
Youngsville, Franklinton police join forces to better fight crime
FRANKLINTON — Youngsville and Franklinton have joined forces, literally.
During Franklinton’s commission meeting on May 21, Police Chief John Green told the board about a joint law enforcement effort that he and Youngsville Police Chief Daren Kirts has undertaken.
The two agencies have agreed to help attack crime in each other’s jurisdiction.
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CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer |
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Two men charged in copper thefts
A Bailey man faces charges of stealing more than $100,000 worth of copper from Progress Energy fixtures in Nash County.
According to the Nash County Sheriff’s Office, Douglas Charles Wood, Jr, 35, faces seven felony larceny charges, along with one count of first degree trespass and one misdemeanor larceny charge.
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Burglary, cruelty counts filed against local man
A man picked up on breaking and entering charges is also facing charges of animal cruelty.
Deputies arrested Anthony Ray Davis Jr. on March 12, charging him with breaking and entering and larceny.
In an attempt to locate more evidence of the crime, detectives allege they found a video footage of dog fighting on Davis’ phone.
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Story details corrected
Youngsville resident Carroll Joyner has a home on Fleming Road that he’s invested in.
A story in last week’s edition of The Franklin Times incorrectly attributed a quote to Joyner about a property investment on Bert Winston Road.
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Transparency wins a ‘messy’ victory
It was a victory for your right to know what your government is doing.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t the rousing, resounding vote that many of us who believe that right is one of the most important ones that Americans have — but it was a victory and we’ll take them as they come, especially in this environment.
The issue involved three bills that were winding their way through the North Carolina General Assembly which would have restricted your right to know — and made it very difficult for you to find out what is going on.
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Gary Cunard |
Big Brother doesn’t play when it’s time to pay up
For the past week, it was very hard for me not to compare the U.S. Government to the mob.
Then, I thought, our federal government is more efficient.
And can be more ruthless.
If you don’t believe me, ask those Tea Party-tinged groups that were the targets of “extra” scrutiny by the IRS.
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Carey Johnson |
A fun trip down ‘memory lane’
Dear editor:
My husband and I, along with Harry Pearce and wife, made a recent “Memory Lane” trip to Louisburg. Our mothers grew up at 108 Sunset Avenue. My mother, Hazel Johnson Tucker, and father, John A. (“Zula”) Tucker, attended Louisburg College. They moved to Virginia Beach in 1942 with the war effort in the area.
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Elected officials should serve people
Dear editor:
The Party System of government in part is designed to be the citizen’s voice on differing philosophical views and events of the day; representative government elected by the people. This synergy is for the people to not only be heard, but listened to.
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Youngsville tax collector sworn in; is she the last?
YOUNGSVILLE — Town officials swore in Emily Hurd as the town’s tax collector earlier this month.
Depending on some number crunching, it might be the last time that any town employee takes such an oath.
Hurd has served as the town’s tax collector for years but in May 2010, the board officially gave her the title — satisfying a compliance issue with the Local Government Commission.
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CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer |
Power outage was caused by repairs to line
Electrical power to Louisburg and the immediate area around the town was off for about 50 minutes early Wednesday.
The outage allowed crews from Progress Energy to make repairs to a major transmission line.
Originally, the utility company said electricity could be off for as much as an hour and a half but repairs, which began at midnight, were completed in 50 minutes and power was restored.
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Superintendent a finalist for S. Carolina job
Eddie Ingram, superintendent of Franklin County Schools, is among four finalists for the position of Superintendent for Darlington County Schools in Darlington, South Carolina.
“It is because of the outstanding performance of the Franklin County School District that I am being considered for this position,” Ingram said.
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Judge’s signature all that’s needed to open middle school
Plans to open the new Franklinton Middle School took a step forward last week when the school board learned that the boundaries it proposed to the U.S. Justice Department have been approved and await only the signature of a federal judge to be effective.
When that happens, the way will be clear to open the new school in the former Franklinton High School building and about 320 students are expected.
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GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher |
Local woman earns degree
Melissa Collette Hodges of Louisburg, daughter of Dan and Martha Collette of Louisburg, graduated with an Associate in Applied Science degree in Information Systems Security at Vance-Granville Community College’s 44th annual commencement ceremony on May 10.
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