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By: CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
FRANKLINTON — Town commissioners adopted a budget Tuesday night that raises water rates and the displeasure of its largest customer — Franklin County.
The board voted unanimously during a special-called meeting to adopt its 2010-11 budget with a static tax rate of 68 cents per $100 of assessed property value.
The Franklin County 401 Citizens Action Committee decided Thursday night to seek a drastically scaled down TIGER II grant to try to get improvements started on the vital highway in Franklin County.
In its third meeting in just two weeks, the committee voted to seek about $16 million in federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery II funds this summer in an attempt to jump-start the local project.
Crews with Benton Roofing out of East Flat Rock began work to repair the top of the old Roma’s Italian Restaurant building at the corner of Bickett Boulevard and Wade Avenue in Louisburg. Property owners G.E. Commercial Solutions in Orlando, Fla., would not comment on any proposed new use, however, Louisburg town staff did not have any permits on hand that indicated renovations or a new use for the property.
Youngsville’s Elijah Alston
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies are looking for suspects who stole from a house of worship.
According to a report by Dep. Christy Smith, she responded to Shady Grove Baptist Church on Tuesday evening to find that the building on Egypt Church Road had been broken into.
The fourth quarter honor roll at Youngsville Elementary School has been announced and includes the following students:
Well, well, the devil is really in the details as folks have been saying for decades.
And we’re about to give you 592,000 reasons to believe that old saying.
This most recent example begins with all the hot air being generated in Raleigh about how proceeds from the state lottery are making a positive difference in our public school system this year.
North Carolina — especially Eastern North Carolina — lost one of its true characters and crown jewels in recent days.
Francis Warren Meekins of Manteo passed away shortly after his 77th birthday.
Francis was owner, editor, publisher and all around hand at The Coastland Times, a newspaper and printing operation he ran for many years with his wife, Virginia.
GOOD MORNING: First things first as the saying goes. And first I want to express the thanks and appreciation of all of us here at the Times office to Pat McGhee of the Epsom Community for that absolutely delicious blackberry cobbler she dropped off for us here at the Times Thursday.
Dear Editor:
It is the goal of the Parks and Recreation Committee to honor the request made by Edgar Owens to erect a park based on his outline in his will. The committee is working hard on this. In addition to our regular meetings, we are holding special meetings to work on it. I feel we are making some progress.
ST. PETERS, Mo. —Donna Kaye Burnette, 63, of St. Peters, Mo., third daughter of William Hubert and Mamie Pearl (Place) Burnette, deceased, formerly of Louisburg, died unexpectedly, Friday, July 1, 2010 at her home.
ZEBULON - Lynda Johnson Massey, 67, died Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Funeral service was Friday, July 2, at Union Hope Baptist Church, Zebulon. Burial services followed at the Massey Cemetery.
GARNER - Gerald Ford Martin II, 41, died Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at his home. Funeral service was Friday, July 2, at L. Harold Poole Funeral Service Chapel in Knightdale. Entombment was in Montlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum, Raleigh.
WENDELL - Nora Denton Perry, 90, died Tuesday, June 29, 2010. Funeral service was Friday, July 2, at Bethany Baptist Church, with burial following in the church cemetery.
RALEIGH - Betty G. Layton, 84, died Monday, June 28, 2010. A service to celebrate her life was held Thursday, July 1, at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church. Interment followed at Raleigh Memorial Park.
NASHVILLE - Funeral services for Rose Arrington Evans, 68, who died Friday, June 25, 2010, will be held today (Saturday, July 3, 2010) at 1 p.m. at Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Nashville. Burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery, with the Rev. James W. Parks officiating.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for James Clinton Boone, Sr., 80, who died Thursday, July 1, 2010, will be Thursday, July 8, at 2 p.m. at Rocky Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with the Rev. Rory Sneed officiating.
NASHVILLE - Funeral services for Genie Coley, 84, who died Monday, June 28, 2010 were Friday, July 2, at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
Betty Chauvin Hochenedel McKinne, formerly of Louisburg, North Carolina, died in Sonoma, California on June 28, 2010, two months short of her 90th birthday. She was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on August 31, 1920 to Jane Elizabeth Chauvin Hochenedel, an artist, designer and art teacher, and Benjamin Franklin Hochenedel Jr., a sugar chemist. Her father died in 1924. In 1928 her mother married William Elliott Jones, a noted sugarcane industry figure who was associated with Southdown Plantation in Houma, Louisiana. The family moved to Houma, where Betty spent the remainder of her childhood years.
CASTALIA - Laura Edwards Pearce, 80, of the Red Bud Community died July 1, 2010.
By: GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Once again, the Town and Country Swim Team Stingrays are making a big splash in the pool during the 2010 summer season.
Veteran head coach Jamie Cash is once again in charge of the successful Town and Country program, which competes every Thursday evening against swim clubs based out of Wake County.
Chris Davis’ commute just got a lot shorter. And his wardrobe -- though still bright -- will be making a distinct change from orange to purple.
Davis, Louisburg High School’s Athletic Director and boys basketball coach, submitted his resignation this week. He will become the first-ever boys hoops skipper at the new Corinth-Holders High School.
The Bunn All-Stars took second place at the Dixie Youth Minor League District Baseball Tournament, which was held at Bunn Elementary School.
The Oxford All-Stars earned the championship at the Dixie Youth Minor League District Baseball Tourney, which was held at Bunn Elementary School.
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