Chessie Foster completes an event for the Town and Country Stingrays during their match versus Winchester.
County Manager Angela Harris speaks to members of the Greater Franklin County Chamber of Commerce about issues during a Tuesday morning State of the County address. During the gathering in the Commissioners Room of the County Administration Building,
Earl and Frances Burnette of Raleigh, both Franklin County natives, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Saturday, June 19, at a dinner reception at the Trinity Baptist Church Fellowship Hall in Raleigh. The couple was married on May 31, 1950 in Dillon, S.C.
Eleven graduates of the Child Care Center on Vance-Granville Community College’s Franklin County Campus were honored in ceremonies on June 30 as they prepare to leave and enter kindergarten this fall.
John May, a veteran Franklin County Board of Education member, was honored Monday night by that board. May served on the school board from Dec. 2002 to April 2010 when he resigned to take the seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives vacated by Lucy Allen, who moved to the Utilities Commission.
The Cherry Hill Concert Series, which is held in the Warren County community of Inez, is sponsoring a Summer Music Festival and Camp Aug. 2 to 5.
The camp will feature organ workshops for children and adults, the first time this has been held at Cherry Hill.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
County commissioners approved a policy to make sure drips don’t fall through the cracks.
Public Utilities Director Bryce Mendenhall proposed a leak adjustment policy, outlining the criteria by which staff is able to adjust a customer’s account due to a reported water leak.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
By taking no action, Franklin County Commissioners kept a community safe, residents said.
Suzan and Essam Danfora petitioned the board Monday night to rezone the corner of West River Road and Montgomery Road from Special Use Rural Business to Agriculture Residential.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Area law enforcement agencies combined to take the fireworks off of Franklin County roads.
Police officers from Bunn, Franklinton, Louisburg and Youngsville combined to saturate Franklin County roads during the Independence Day holiday, looking for those driving while impaired and those who posed other hazards on the roadway.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Louisburg police arrested a man known as “Little Killer” on charges that he robbed and assaulted someone with a dangerous weapon.
Augustus Lamont Williams, 23, didn’t make the arrest easy, though, trying to escape police custody twice, according to officials.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A Franklinton youngster is recovering from injuries he suffered in a go-cart accident.
According to a report by Franklinton Police Sgt. K.J. Hornaday, Antoine Jamal Perry was riding a go-cart on S. Chavis Street the afternoon of July 8 when he apparently began to turn the vehicle around in the roadway.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
There will be a new flock of eagles soaring over Franklin County in coming months, clad in purple and gold. The school’s motto will be: “Learn Today, Lead Tomorrow.”
Those are the colors -- and the mascot -- of the new Early College High School that was initiated earlier this year and housed on the Franklin County campus of Vance Granville Community College.
Softball fan Taylor Fagan
The marriage of Brittany Suzanne Holton and James Erskin Young III (Chip) was celebrated Saturday evening, May 1, at 5:30 p.m. at Louisburg United Methodist Church in Louisburg. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Earl Dulaney, pastor of Louisburg United Methodist.
J. Denise Davis and Barry Orlando Edgerton were united in marriage on Saturday, June 5, 2010. The evening ceremony was held at Perry’s Missionary Baptist Church in Centerville. Pastor Randolph Alston united them in holy matrimony with a double-ring ceremony. A dinner/reception followed at the Perry’s High School Alumni Building. On the eve of the wedding the bride- and groom-elect hosted a rehearsal cookout at their home.
Wait just a minute. Something doesn’t seem quite right.
We North Carolinians have been watching — and listening — for some time while our elected officials discussed ethics and made excuses for the many flagrant abuses of office, power and influence that have become the order of the day in state government.
GOOD MORNING: We finally received some substantial rainfall out my way over the weekend – something like 1.3 inches, according to my little rain gauge. We badly needed it.
ANTE UP: Notice to political office seekers, particularly those seeking elected office in Raleigh and Washington. The Franklin County vote this year comes with a price tag – funding for U.S. 401. And this applies particularly to incumbent office holders seeking to hang onto their current offices.
Ah, the differences.
As I sat and read Sunday’s News and Observer, I came across an article about the proposed Southeast High Speed Rail project.
Public hearings on the project began this week, but if you’ve been listening, grumbling about the project’s impact began some time ago.
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Dear Editor,
I am very much disturbed that our beautiful old historic Oakwood Cemetery just north of town has been robbed of all its living beauty by having the shrubbery and all growth cut or sawed down level with the ground. A few pieces — maybe six or eight — escaped this premeditated deed, which occurred around the first part of May. This resulted from orders issued by representatives of the Town of Louisburg.
Dear Editor,
With sadness, I visited Oakwood Cemetery.
Much of its character has been destroyed. There is no way the town can reimburse people for the damage. It is not the monetary value that people are so upset about, it is the principle of some uncaring people going on someone else’s property and destroying memories of so many.
Dear Editor,
Everybody talks about the waste in government spending, but it seems as if they forgot one waste. The tar and rocks that they put on the roads are in worse shape when they are through than when they started.
FRANKLINTON- William Stanley “Stan” Goodwin, 49, died Saturday morning, July 10, 2010 at the Hock Family Pavilion (Duke Hospice) in Durham. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, July 13, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home, with the Rev. Steve Kirk and the Rev. Jimmy Earp officiating.
HENDERSON-David Pat Haire, 75, died Friday, July 9, 2010 at his home.
