Nash board OKs gift to Boys & Girls Clubs And Edgecombe County Votes To Table The Request – The Rocky Mount Telegram

Response: The Nash County Commissioners understand the need while Edgecombe County Commissioners don’t get it. What in the hell more do they need? The 2 sites that are scheduled to shut down June 1 are in Edgecombe County. What the what? C. Dancy II – DCN Publisher

NASHVILLE – Nash County commissioners were divided Monday over a $20,000 funding request to help the Boys & Girls Clubs of Nash/Edgecombe Counties offset a $127,000 budget deficit. (More)

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County boards split over region’s rebranding effort – Source: The Rocky Mount Telegram

NASHVILLE — Commissioners in the Twin Counties are divided over a proposal for a community visioning project, which is geared to refurbish the area into a mass job creator again. (Paid Content)

 

Kinston businesses say chicken plant boosts economy – Source: The Rocky Mount Telegram

Businesses in Kinston are reporting a spike in sales six months after a Sanderson Farms chicken processing facility opened in the city.

For many businesses, employees of the new plant have become regular customers. (Read more)

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Sanderson Farms: ‘We don’t negotiate’–Source: The Wilson Times

Sanderson Farms has expectations and they don’t negotiate when company leaders narrow down possible locations for a new poultry processing plant. (Read more)

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GOP cries foul on Nash redistricting – Source: The Rocky Mount Telegram

An independent committee derived by the Nash County Board of Commissioners to handle this year’s redistricting has drawn criticism from local GOP members, who said they are concerned the process could be flawed because of uneven delegation. (Paid Content)

Judge weighs Wilson’s lawsuit against plant site rezoning – Source: The Rocky Mount Telegram

An N.C. Superior Court judge said Thursday he would not hear a motion filed by attorneys representing Wilson until he decides whether the city has standing to sue Nash County. (Read more)

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Nash to cut 15 positions to prevent tax hike in 2011–Source: The Rocky Mount Telegram

NASHVILLE — A proposed spending plan for Nash County’s upcoming fiscal year doesn’t increase property taxes. As balancing measures, the plan eliminates vacant staff positions, implements a hiring freeze and cuts pay increases for county employees out of the budget. (Paid Content)

Impact study addresses Sanderson Farms issues

NASHVILLE — The Nash County Board of Commissioners sought opinions from a panel of state environmental and economic officials Tuesday to counter claims made by critics that a Sanderson Farms poultry processing plant could pose environmental threats. (Paid Content)

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Sanderson Farms Rep: Propsoed Nash Co. Plant Won’t Hurt Environment–Source: WITN

A representative from Sanderson Farms spoke about the proposed chicken processing plant in Nash County for the first time in a public meeting Tuesday. The Sanderson representative, Bob Billingsley, and a panel of environmental and economic experts addressed Nash County commissioners about controversial aspects of the proposed poultry plant. (Read more)

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Plant opponents file new lawsuit against Nash County – Source: Rocky Mount Telegram

NASHVILLE — Opponents of a proposed Sanderson Farms poultry processing plant have filed a second lawsuit against Nash County, challenging a general industrial rezoning decision approved by the Nash County Board of Commissioners earlier this month. (Read more)

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Chicken plant site rezoning on Monday’s agenda – Source: The Rocky Mount Telegram

A large crowd is expected at the Nash County Board of Commissioners’ meeting Monday as the board tries to put to bed a rezoning issue that has dragged on for more than five months. (Read more)

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Planning board explains new vote on proposed chicken plant site – Source: The Rocky Mount Telegram

A proposed poultry processing plant by Sanderson Farms might have been the driving force behind the Nash County Planning Board’s abrupt decision to deny an industrial rezoning recommendation for land that might house the facility. (Read more)

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State bills on county commissoners’ radar – Source: The Rocky Mount Telegram

State legislative goals and a downtown Tarboro construction project are among items that will be discussed by Nash and Edgecombe counties’ Board of Commissioners, respectively, at their monthly meetings Monday. (Read more)

Judge denies plant opponents’ request to join lawsuit – Source: The Rocky Mount Telegram

NASHVILLE — Opponents fighting the construction of a proposed Sanderson Farms poultry processing plant were denied a request Monday to be added to an ongoing lawsuit against Nash County by an N.C. Superior Court judge in Nash County. (Read more)

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1990s fight over hogs similar to chicken plant debate–Source: The Rocky Mount Telegram

Some of the same arguments surfacing in a contentious debate over a proposed chicken processing plant in Southern Nash County were aired in the mid-1990s over a proposed hog slaughterhouse in Edgecombe County.

Back then, hundreds of protesters in Edgecombe County complained about a proposal to develop an Iowa Beef Processors plant on land off U.S. 64 near Kingsboro. They argued the project would hurt property values, cause environmental problems and potentially bring an influx of illegal workers into the area. (Paid Content)