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Bunn leaders clear way for emergency radio tower site
Bunn leaders clear way for emergency radio tower site

BUNN -- Town commissioners approved a text amendment that clears the way for Franklin County to build an emergency radio tower at Bunn High.
The new site is still expected to put the county's radio system overhaul behind schedule, but it ends the stalemate between county and Bunn leaders about the tower's location.
"... This is critical, of course, to life-saving emergency services," said County Manager Kim Denton, who attended Monday night's planning board meeting, prior to action taken by town commissioners on Tuesday.


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Gov's push for public education makes a stop in Franklin County
Gov's push for public education makes a stop in Franklin County

LOUISBURG -- Gov. Roy Cooper's 'The Year of Public Schools' tour took him to Louisburg Elementary School on Tuesday morning.
He wants those who hear his call to fully fund public education to take it to the General Assembly for action.
"Let's go forth and let's continue to build coalitions across our state of people who are going to tell the Legislature that we have to do better," Cooper said to parents, educators, town and county leaders who listened to his message inside the school's library.


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Tax assessments through the roof

LOUISBURG -- The much-anticipated Franklin County property tax revaluation forms began arriving with a thud this week -- and the concerns began almost immediately.
According to the tax office, all real property has been appraised according to North Carolina state law -- and the new value is supposed to represent the true market value of the property.


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County to begin using opioid funds

LOUISBURG -- By consent agenda, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners approved the first expenditure of lawsuit proceeds intended to curb the opioid epidemic.
Consent agenda items do not require discussion and no board member pulled the item aside for details during the board's March 4 meeting. Commissioners Michael Schriver and Danny Pearce were not in attendance, but the consent agenda, including the opioid settlement expenditures, were approved by unanimous decision.


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Girls flag football Ok'd for Louisburg

LOUISBURG -- A new athletic opportunity -- 7 on 7 girls flag football -- will be available soon at Louisburg Magnet High School following a unanimous action by the Board of Education Monday night during a meeting when it was learned that the district may have a chance to get out from under U.S. Justice Department restrictions that have been in place since the late 1960s.
LMHS Athletic Director Erica Wammock brought the flag football idea to the school board, noting that it is backed by both USAF Football and the Carolina Panthers.


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Committing to bypass, other capital projects to cost Youngsville taxpayers

YOUNGSVILLE -- Youngsville has many projects coming down the pike, the most significant of which is a bypass around downtown.
If taxpayers are committed to that congestion-alleviating solution, as well as big-ticket items for public works, parks and recreation and the police department, they'll have to support a tax increase above revenue neutral, officials and staff said.
"... We all know it's going to cost, including everybody sitting around this table," Mayor Fonzie Flowers said during the board's budget work session on March. 8.


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Budget to juggle a host of immediate, long-term Youngsville capital projects

YOUNGSVILLE -- Besides kicking around the big-ticket item of funding a bypass, town officials and management talked about a number of capital projects that will impact their bottom line.
During a March 8 budget work session, Town Manager Nathan Page and department heads for law enforcement, public works, parks and recreation, and others presented commissioners wit a variety of projects they'd like to see funded.


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