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YOUNGSVILLE -- Youngsville commissioners and its planning board will host a joint session on Friday, checking in on the status of the Comprehensive Land Use and Transportation Plan.
In the fall, Youngsville hired 3TP Ventures to help create a comprehensive land use plan that takes into account transportation and modality around the town.

Perfect is the enemy of good.

Perhaps if those simple words had been painted on the walls of the Louisburg Town Council's meeting room last week, a $100-million investment in the future of the Burg might have been preserved.

I make no bones about it: I graduated college with a liberal arts degree.
Proponents of such study will tell you it's the study of literature, philosophy, psychology and creative arts.
The programs are designed to help the student formulate compelling arguments, communicate well and solve problems.

Dear editor: Professor Will Hinton is retiring after 40 years as chair of the Art Department of Louisburg College. This should not happen without public recognition of his talented and valuable contribution to this community, this college and to the many young people whose minds were expanded with his guidance.

Dear editor: A brief (and true!) story to brighten the days of Franklin Times readers:
My grandfather grew up in the Pearces Community of Franklin County during the Great Depression.

Dear editor: In the May 4th letters to the editor section, Robert Strickland claimed that over 99 percent of scientists believe in man-made climate change.
Okay, so does that mean his information is from the left wing?

BUNN -- Two people were killed in a single-vehicle wreck over the weekend.
According to the State Highway Patrol, Darshaun Spragley, 23, of Zebulon, was driving east on U.S. 64, about eight miles south of Bunn, when he ran off the road to the right, went down an embankment and hit a tree.

GROWING FUN. The Northern Sportsman (Chris Edwards) and Carlie C's IGA combined efforts to host Plants for Mom, an opportunity for children to pot a plant for their mother last Saturday at Owens Park. Above, Tanner and Tara House potted two plants.

Sylvia Farley at the Mother's Day Tea, Franklinton Senior Center

BUNN, NC--Lucille Jeffreys Perry, 93, of Bunn, died May 8, 2023, after a long illness.

FRANKLINTON, NC--Myrtle Satterwhite, 63, passed away unexpectedly on May 6, 2023. Bright Funeral Home is caring for the Satterwhite family.

YOUNGSVILLE, NC--Betty "Boots" E. Weathers of Youngsville, NC passed away at the age of 96 on May 6, 2023. She was the daughter of the late Rev. Lucius R. Evans and Claudia Evans. Betty was predeceased by her husband J.W. Weathers, Jr. and her brother, Lucius R. Evans, Jr. She is survived by her sisters Benjie E. Steed, Lee E. Tate (Jim), numerous nieces and nephews, and "children" Mitzie T. Barnette (Russ), Ricky Tharrington (Hope) and Gary Tharrington (Dorothy).

Wake Forest, NC--Willis Alfred "W.A." Peoples, 90, passed away peacefully at home Thursday, May 4, 2023. He was born September 3, 1932 in Franklin County to the late Bobbie Louis Peoples and Mamie Lassiter Peoples.

Butner, NC--Gerald Ramey, 78, of Butner, NC, passed away suddenly Tuesday, May 2, 2023.

EPSOM -- Franklin County hired a familiar engineering firm to navigate its next steps to develop Epsom Park.
Alfred Benesch & Company developed the county's overall Parks and Recreation Master Plan, they developed the Epsom Park Master Plan and they're the firm that submitted and helped the county secure the $434,625 Parks and Recreation Trust Fund Grant that's making the Epsom Park development possible.

SPRING HOPE -- Two Hollywood filmmakers and a local contractor have joined forces to build in Spring Hope the largest movie studio in the state, according to a press release from Ascent Studios.
Award-winning filmmaker Robert Rippberger, filmmaker Devin Keaton, and business magnate Nathan Edwards recently announced the groundbreaking of the studio.

Franklin County Relay for Life event, held Friday, April 28, exceeded all expectations, especially being held inside this year due to predicted rain. The event, at Bunn High School, raised more than $73,000, exceeding their $65,000 goal. Pictured above, Brenda Williams sells raffle tickets for Bunn Middle School team.

BUNN --Town commissioners agreed to raise rates for water, sewer and garbage, as well as fees for zoning permits.
The May 1 decision to raise water and sewer rates, officials said, was to keep up with the increased cost of the service.
Garbage rates, officials said, were raised to keep up with rising cost and to keep the town from going in the hole on the enterprise service.

LOUISBURG -- Franklin County commissioners agreed to cement their deal with Brightspeed, providing more of the area with access to broadband Internet.
Last March, Lumen, now Brightspeed, announced that it was seeking $4 million in Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) Grant funds to roll out Phase II of its plans to expand Internet service in the county.

LOUISBURG -- County management updated commissioners on its plans to use Opioid settlement funds to combat the deadly issue.
Broadly, it appears that the county will take a 'help them where they are' approach.
In June 2018, Franklin County -- by a partisan, Democrat-majority vote -- agreed to join a class action lawsuit in an effort to hold pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors liable for the opioid epidemic across the country.

LITTER GETTERS. Town Manager Zachary Steffey, Rebekah McPhetridge, Melody and Mark Lemmon, Rhonda Carper, Nathan Chandler, Samuel Chandler, Rebekah Chandler, Town Clerk Lauren Chandler, Commissioner Judy McArn and Public Works employee Lance Alley get ready to work.

CENTERVILLE -- Franklin County sheriff's deputies continue to look for suspects in a Sunday night armed robbery.
According to authorities, three men, two of them armed with guns, entered the Dollar General in the 5900 block of N.C. 561 at about 9:40 p.m. on April 30.
Authorities allege they stole an unknown amount of cash and several packs of cigarettes before fleeing the area on foot.