By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County put Franklinton officials and staff on notice — the 40-year water contract is over.
County Manager Angela Harris sent a letter to Franklinton officials on Friday making that point clear.
“As Franklinton breached the prior contract, its term has ended,” Harris wrote in a letter dated Oct. 22 to Franklinton Mayor Elic Senter.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
YOUNGSVILLE — Some of the first steps were taken toward building a Miracle League ball field this past weekend.
And they weren’t taken alone.
More than 50 walkers/runners/riders showed up for the Franklin County group’s first fundraiser — a two-mile Bike, Trike, Walk-a-Thon that began at Long Mill Elementary School on Saturday.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County voters will have an opportunity to cast ballots in a handful of locally contested races, as a commissioner seat and two state legislative positions will be up for grabs this Nov. 2.
The Franklin Times has given each candidate in those contested races the opportunity to share their platforms and express their goals if either elected or re-elected to office.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
More than 2,000 voters have gone in early to cast their ballots, getting a jump on the Nov. 2 general election.
One-stop voting began on Oct. 14 and by 10 a.m. Tuesday, 2,300 voters had cast their ballots in races ranging from the local board of commissioners to the U.S. Senate.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
BUNN — Residents looking to re-establish a community center as the backbone of the neighborhood held a fun day last weekend.
The event was twofold: creating awareness about what the center can provide and raising funds for a companion playground park.
The trick this holiday season will be making sure you look for treats on the correct day.
The towns of Bunn and Louisburg will observe Halloween on Oct. 31, from 6-8 p.m.
The towns of Youngsville and Franklinton will have Trick-or-Treating and Halloween events on Saturday, Oct. 30 from 6-8 p.m.
Two-year-old Gabriella Lopez
Jayden Ossino, 4, was one of the children taking part in the Bike, Trike, Walk-a-Thon organized by a number of people, including her mother, Jennifer Watson. The Franklin County group responsible for the fundraiser is raising money to build a ball field at Long Mill Elementary School to accommodate children with special needs.
Justin and Amanda Varner are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Anna Klaire Varner, born May 22, 2010. She weighed 5 pounds, 8 ounces and was 19 inches long.
Justin is in the U.S. Navy stationed in Iraq. Amanda lives in Laurinburg.
Army Pvt. Malcolm J. Bell graduated from the Field Artillery Automated Tactical Data Systems Specialist Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.
As members of the Army’s field artillery team, the course is designed to train soldiers as specialists to operate the advanced field artillery tactical data systems for both cannon and multiple launch rocket systems.
By:
Jay Lamm, Times Editorial Cartoonist
Welcome to the last week of October, 2010.
The weather — at least at the time this was being written on Monday afternoon — resembled late March more than a traditional October.
It’s been cool some mornings, warm on others — and by the end of the day, it’s anybody’s guess what will have happened and what the temperature will be.
GOOD MORNING: The weatherman was obviously not kidding. Rain it has, pretty near 2 inches worth as of noontime Tuesday, and that was a real Boomer that rattled the windows out my way just east of Louisburg in the middle of the night Monday.
The rain, perhaps, aided by clogged storm drains, pretty much had a portion of N.C. 56 between Bickett Boulevard and the Ronald Tharrington Road/East River Road intersection in Louisburg, under water there for a spell Tuesday morning.
I guess politics and the chambers of Congress have a price tag.
According to published reports, House and Senate candidates will have raised more than $2 billion, trying to either wrest or retain control of Congress.
That’s a record amount of spending.
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RALEIGH – At the moment, it’s popular to be populist.
In the aftermath of the financial crisis and increases in unemployment, underemployment, and uncertainty, there is great skepticism about powerful elites, organizations, and interest groups. Every large institution, with the interesting exception of the military, has suffered declines in public confidence.
Three-year-old Jenna Oliver is shown above holding her braid after having her hair cut for Locks of Love at Great Clips in Wake Forest.
LOUISBURG - Nathaniel Wayne Hines, 26, died Oct. 20, 2010. Funeral service was Monday, Oct. 25, in the chapel of Cornerstone Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ron Wallace officiating. A private burial for the family will be held at a later date.
GASTONIA - Odessa Strickland Smith, 89, died Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. Funeral service was held Sunday, Oct. 24, at The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, with Pastor Jim DuMond officiating. Burial was at Daniels Lutheran Church cemetery.
Timmy Baynes, executive director of the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments in Henderson, was elected to the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) 2010 – 2011 Board of Directors on Aug. 31 at NADO’s annual business meeting.
The meeting was held in conjunction with the association’s 43rd annual training conference in San Diego, Calif.
Cory Lawrence, a serviceman with Wake Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) in Wake Forest, had the honor of competing in the 12th Pole Top Rescue Competition for North Carolina’s electric cooperatives. Lawrence has been with Wake EMC for 10 years. Cory and his wife, Dana, live in Youngsville with their daughter, Grace Anne.
Wake Electric of Wake Forest recently announced that 39 teachers in Johnston, Franklin, Granville, Wake, Nash, Durham and Vance counties have been awarded Bright Ideas grants, totaling more than $50,000 in grant monies. The grants will be used for a variety of classroom programs throughout the school year.
For the third consecutive year, Jackson Neal, right, and Carvel Cheves have won the 2010 Grand Champion Hair Sheep at the NC State Fair. The Cheves family owns and operates the Clover C Farms in Bunn, and Jackson has been exhibiting sheep for them for the past 4 years.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- What started out as a defensive standout turned into an offensive explosion in the third quarter for the Bunn Wildcats.
After not scoring a touchdown on offense until the 1:34 mark of the second period, the Wildcats erupted after the break and went on to defeat Franklinton by a 43-20 margin last Friday in a duel for second place in the Northern Carolina Conference football standings.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
FRANKLIN COUNTY -- Precious few are the campaigns that end without at least one Franklin County volleyball team making a deep run in the postseason.
But it won’t happen in 2010 as each county squad was defeated -- in uncharacteristic fashion -- last Saturday in the opening round of the Class 1-A State Playoffs.
