Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on May 21, 2011
An N.C. Superior Court judge ruled Friday that the city of Wilson be removed as a plaintiff from two ongoing lawsuits against Nash County.
Wilson has sued Nash County over rezoning close to 150 acres of land at the intersection of Interstate 95 and N.C. 97 that Sanderson Farms wants to use to build a new poultry processing plant. (Read more)
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on May 19, 2011
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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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on April 27, 2011
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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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on April 26, 2011
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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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on April 3, 2011
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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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on March 24, 2011
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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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on December 7, 2010
New sheriff pledges to rid community of crime, drugs
Temperatures in the 30s didn’t deter hundreds of people from coming out to the Wilson County Courthouse to witness Calvin Woodard being sworn in as Wilson’s new sheriff. (Note you must subscribe online to Read more)
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on December 7, 2010
NASHVILLE — Nash County officials will move forward with purchasing rural property that could become the site for a proposed Sanderson Farms poultry processing plant.
The Nash County Board of Commissioners discussed whether to acquire 145 acres belonging to Cecil T. Williams and his wife, Bertine, during a closed session during their meeting Monday. After coming out of the closed session, the board voted 5-2 to purchase the couple’s property along N.C. 97 — in close proximity to the Interstate 95 and N.C. 97 interchange — for $1.2 million. (Read more)
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on November 25, 2010
The Bailey Town Board of Commissioners has unanimously voted to oppose a poultry processing plant in Southern Nash County.
Nash County officials are trying to convince the Mississippi-based Sanderson Farms to build a processing plant on 150 acres of land at the southeast quadrant of N.C. 97 and Interstate 95. (Read more)
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on November 25, 2010
At any given time over the past two years, some 5,000 people in Wilson County have been without jobs. A stretch of record-setting economic misery has snatched people’s livelihoods, savings and even their homes in painful numbers.
Yet while so many suffered, Wilson’s sheriff and its county manager enjoyed a big payday. A Wilson Times special report found that during 2009 and 2010 Sheriff Wayne Gay and Wilson County Manager Ellis Williford received excessive, five-figure raises. Democratic county commissioners and Williford shepherded those raises in a manner that kept them out of sight, meaning the decisions were made without the transparency common sense and good government demand. (Read more)
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