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Youngsville Planning Board recommends development agreement to improve bypass
YOUNGSVILLE -- Planning board members have recommended that Youngsville, essentially, cover the cost of a roundabout -- part of Rolling Meadows' portion of the Youngsville bypass.
The development agreement will next go before the Youngsville Board of Commissioners for approval.
As part of its permitting through the town, BRD Land and Investment agreed to build a third of a bypass as part of the 1,056-unit Rolling Meadows -- a mix of residential and commercial development.
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CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer |
Louisburg still nursing prospect of social district
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg leaders sent staff back to consult with stakeholders before making a decision about a downtown social district.
The goal, officials said during a June 10 session, is to generate business for folks by creating a mechanism that's not currently in place.
"We had incidents where people wanted to buy alcohol from [an establishment] and they couldn't bring it into another place, defeating the whole purpose [of trying to generate economic development]," said Council member Dr. Phillip Stover.
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CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer |
Police make arrest in strangulation
YOUNGSVILLE -- Police arrested a Youngsville-area man on choking charges.
According to a magistrate's warrant and court documents, Curtis Jerome Cooke Jr. is alleged to have assaulted a woman by choking her, leaving hand prints and scratch marks around her neck.
He's also alleged to have punched her and burnt her with a cigar.
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Recent soaring temps 'too much of a good thing?'
This week, maybe because of the heat, I had a flashback to several years ago, back when we had a large Strawberry Festival in Louisburg, complete with a best-dessert using strawberries contest.
Somehow my old newspaper buddy Asher Johnson let himself be talked into becoming one of the judges -- although perhaps he didn't think that through.
The day of the contest, there were entries galore and the judges eagerly lined up to taste and judge each one -- Asher included.
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Gary Cunard |
America leads the world in science, innovation
Let's not throw that away!
KJ Muldoon was only a few days old when his parents received devastating news: their son was born with a rare genetic disorder affecting his liver. KJ was immediately put on dialysis and waitlisted for a liver transplant.
His family could only hope that he would avoid neurological damage while waiting.
KJ's story could easily have ended there, but what happened next was a remarkable feat of science.
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JOHN BENNING / A Guest editorial |
Armenta Eaton, second from left, received an award for her community service from the Oxford-Henderson Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta. (Contributed photo) |
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Sorority celebrates 80th, recognizes game-changing women
WARRENTON -- The Oxford-Henderson Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc celebrated its 80th anniversary, recognizing local women with significant community service -- including one from Franklin County.
Armenta Eaton and four other women received the Community Service Merit Award for their contributions to communities in Franklin, Granville, Vance and Warren counties in North Carolina, and Clarksville, Va.
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OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Solid Waste Operations Supervisor Mike Epps, second from right, performs a ribbon cutting earlier this month, marking the ceremonial opening of the new Youngsville convenience center site at 2275 Long Mill Road. With Epps are, from left, County Manager Ryan Preble, and Commissioners Stuart May and Logan Davis. The new 4.72 acre site replaces a Park Avenue site that had become too small for the volume of waste generated in growing southwest Franklin County.
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THE SQUAD. Above, Franklinton Fire Chief Darrell Chalk, far right, is with, from left, Kurt Bidinger, David Robbins, Brian Hanson, Zach Mitchell and Michael Devall, all members of the Franklinton Fire Department. |
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Team effort earns Franklinton a great state inspection
FRANKLINTON -- Putting out a fire requires more than water.
It takes emergency communications to take and dispatch the call.
It takes automatic and mutual aid departments to provide backup.
It takes a trained and dedicated staff to roll trucks, maintain and utilize equipment to knock down a blaze or respond to a wreck, rendering life-changing and live-saving aid.
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CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer |
Heat hasn't been the only thing rising this summer; so have heroic efforts
Look, anyone who knows me knows this: I'll take vibrant, lazy summer days with late sunsets over cold, depressing, dreary, drizzly winter nine times out of 10.
But, certainly, it's not lost on me that this summer has been intense, with humidity pushing 100 percent most days.
I mean, it's gotten to the point that WRAL has issued so many Weather Alert Days because of heat, they might as well only note the days when weather alerts ARE NOT issued.
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Carey Johnson |
TLMS Tornadoes take tourney title in rubber match
LOUISBURG -- The Terrell Lane Middle School Tornadoes captured its first conference tournament title, besting Cedar Creek in a rubber match between the softball squads.
Terrell Lane and the Jaguars squared off on May 19 -- the third tussle between the MAC-10 squads who split in the regular season.
But this was for the conference title.
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Alma Morales |
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BHS girls grapple way to the Big East crown
BUNN -- The Bunn High School girls' wrestling team secured their second consecutive Big East Conference championship, underscoring their dominance in the league.
Individual wrestlers have also shined, particularly Alma Morales, who is the first woman from Franklin County to commit to college for wrestling -- signing with Hiram College in Ohio.
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