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FRANKLINTON -- Town officials have scheduled a work session so they can better determine how to un-muddy Mixed Use Districts in town.
As the name implies, Mixed Use Districts, commonly referred to as MUD, are intended to allow for a 'planned' blend of residential, institutional, and neighborhood-serving commercial uses.

LOUISBURG -- In order for the county's airport to continue to takeoff, a road situation needs straightening out.
More specifically, Airport Road needs to be straightened.
The southeastern quadrant of the airport is defined by the curve of Airport Road, which cuts into the real estate available to the airport and limits the ability to develop more T-hangars on that end of Triangle North Executive Airport.

LOUISBURG -- Vance-Granville Community College recently named Cherrelle Lawrence as its new Dean of Corporate Learning & Professional Development.
She replaces long-time Dean Bobbie Jo May, VGCC staff said.
In this role, Dean Lawrence will identify and develop corporate training and external professional development offerings for companies, local government agencies and civic organizations.

Rick & Nancy Davis on a recent trip to New Bern

Local businesses and the community got together to raise $7,000 for Youngsville's Rescue & EMS squad. COVID-19 changed plans for a golf tourney, but entities got together for a fundraiser for the squad.

LOUISBURG -- Police arrested the second suspect in an armed robbery.
Louisburg police charged Delton Ryshaun Davis, 21, with armed robbery and second degree kidnapping for his role in a Nov. 13 stickup of employees and customers at the Skills Factory sweepstakes cafe in Louisburg.

Hopefully no one had a coronary after reading our story last week estimating that the cost of getting a new water supply for Franklin County will start at $100 million -- and likely go up, way up, from there.
First a word of warning, I'm no expert on water or utilities -- but I've been writing about these issues for nearly 50 years, 30 of those years in Franklin County.

Growing up, my grandfather played golf, so, I always assumed it was an older person's game.
At that age, I figured I'd play street football, pickup basketball and backyard baseball forever.
Funny thing is, as I got older, "watching" football, basketball and baseball became a WHOLE lot easier than playing those sports.

Dear editor:
Mr. Cunard wonders about the new Republican county commissioners adequately funding education.
The Republican commissioners can adequately fund education by following the Democratic leadership in Raleigh--and save money.

Dear editor:
"Love thy neighbor as thyself"
Were all of us taught this -- some of us, none of us? Or maybe "we just don't care."

LOUISBURG -- By the end of the month, Franklin County figures to have a roster of applicants from which to choose to round out government leadership.
Franklin County Commissioners tabbed former assistant county manager Kim Denton as their new manager when Angela Harris retired from the post at the end of October.

Kerr-Vance Academy's honor roll for the first quarter has been announced and includes the following students:

BOUNTIFUL. County Commissioner Elect Kelli London, Tiffany McKnight and County Commissioner Cedric Jones pitched in to help.

Aaron Herndon, center, totes a box of food for one of the hundreds of families that came out.

Goshen Medical staff go over supplies as they provided free COVID-19 testing. Not pictured, Franklin County Partners in Health also provided vitamins and other medicines.

LOUISBURG -- It was an evening of rather routine business for the Louisburg Town Council on Nov. 16, although the council did get some very good news on the long-awaited Depot Hill project.
Council members learned that the North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission has awarded the town $125,000 to help with the Depot Hill project.

District 7/Group 2 of the Woman's Baptist Home & Foreign Missionary Convention of North Carolina, comprised of Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance and Warren counties, did not convene for their annual "one day district conference" this year. Prior to the virus pandemic, Granville County was the designated host.

A delegation of Franklin County 4-H members attended 4-H Citizenship North Carolina Focus, which was held virtually this year. The Franklin County delegation attended with more than 200 youth and adults representing 56 4-H programs across the state. Delegates participated in facilitated discussions and activities related to the importance of advocacy, local government, state government, and action planning.

TEPPING TOGETHER TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. A fundraiser was held at the end of October at Franklinton Park to benefit Safe Space, a local domestic violence and sexual assault program. The Walk/Run for Funds, sponsored by Walking in Heels, LLC, raised almost $3,000. If you would like to contribute to Safe Space, visit www.ncsafespace.org, click on the donate button. Pictured: All smiles at booth, (l to r): Dr. Walthea Yarbrough and Monica Kearney.

The 2020 holiday season figures to be vastly different than seasons past. The novel coronavirus COVID-19 has transformed daily life in many ways. The public has become accustomed to wearing masks while shopping, limiting the number of people in public venues and keeping their distance from friends and loved ones. Many events have been reimagined as virtual celebrations because of social distancing protocols.

Many holiday traditions begin with family and friends gathered in the kitchen or around the dinner table. Food is an integral part of celebrating Thanksgiving, Christmas and Chanukah, and key components of each holiday are tied exclusively to food.
Come the holiday season, many people gather to make delicious desserts for holiday dinners or even as gifts.

Many fruit-growing hobbyists neglect the annual maintenance of their fruit trees due to lack of time or they are not exactly sure how to take care of them.
Without training or pruning, fruit trees will not develop proper shape and form. Properly trained and pruned trees will yield high-quality fruit much earlier in their lives and live significantly longer.