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Dear editor:
In a 4-2 vote Monday night, the Louisburg Town Council declined to participate in a joint project with Louisburg College to improve College Street to the school's athletic fields. The project as proposed to straighten the street is a relatively modest one in cost, but substantial in benefits to both the town and the college.

LOUISBURG -- A long-term care facility company and a pharmaceutical company to provide a traveling health and wellness resource fair.
One of those stops includes Franklin Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
The Brain Health & Community Resource Fairs, will run from Oct. 17 through Oct. 21 from 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Franklinton, NC--Funeral services for Brandon "Lil B" Harris, age 32, who died on Monday, October 17, 2022, will be held on Friday, October 21, 2022 at 3 p.m. from the Greater Ransom Way of the Cross Temple in Henderson with Bishop Michael Alston officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

LOUISBURG, NC--Funeral services for Kemo Antwon "Big Moe" Strickland, age 41, who died on Tuesday, October 10, 2022, will be 2 p.m., Tuesday, October 25, 2022 from the Ambassadors For Christ Ministry in Louisburg, NC, with Rev. Jamaal Brodie officiating. Burial will follow in the Bryant-Strickland Family Cemetery.

LOUISBURG, NC--Mr. Robert Julion Loyd, 81, of Louisburg died Tuesday, October 11, 2022. He was born to Mr. Hubert Loyd and Mrs. Macie Pleasant Loyd on September 13, 1941.

HENDERSON, NC--Linda Elizabeth Faucette, 68, of Henderson, NC died Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at her home. She was born on July 23, 1954 in Vance County to Mr. Owen Nathaniel Ayscue and Mrs. Mylae Poythress Ayscue.

LOUISBURG, NC--Lester Ray Ellis, 74, of Louisburg died October 14, 2022 at his home. He was born on December 5, 1947 to the late James A. and Lila Parham Ellis. In addition to his parents, Lester was predeceased by his brothers, Charles, James "Putt", Gene, and Danny.

LOUISBURG, NC--Dynekia Joanna Brodie, 38, of Louisburg, NC died October 4, 2022, at her home. Dynekia was born February 28, 1984, in Durham, NC.

WARRENTON, NC-Donna Jane Holzschuh, 89, of Warrenton, NC died peacefully at her home on Friday, October 14, 2022. She was born on November 25, 1932 to Mr. Donald Burcham and Mrs. Roma Stover Burcham in Gallia County, Ohio.

LOUISBURG, NC--Peggy Ann Renn Pinnell, 89, of Louisburg and formerly of the Cedar Rock Community, passed away on October 15, 2022. She was born on May 8, 1933 to the late Clarence and Fannie Powell Renn. In addition to her parents, Peggy was predeceased by her husband, Clarence Elliott "Red" Pinnell; and siblings, Macon Renn, Wilson Renn, Alvin Renn, Lewis Renn, Syble Woodard, and Mary Bailey.

Queens, NY--Funeral services for Silas Ray Wilkins, age 47, who died on Friday, October 7, 2022, will be held 11 a.m., Saturday, October 22, 2022 from the New Hope Freedom & Deliverance Cathedral of Louisburg, NC. Burial will follow in the Mary Helen Jones Cemetery.

LOUISBURG, NC - Clara Lou Chamblee, 86, of Louisburg, died Friday morning, October 14, 2022.

LOUISBURG -- Early voting for an election that will determine the county's new sheriff, critical seats on the county commission and a county legislative seat starts next week.
However, even at the conclusion of the fall general election, the clerk of courts post could still be in debate.
Early voting starts on Oct. 20 and runs through Nov. 5. Election day is Nov. 8.

LOUISBURG -- Franklin County commissioners are expected to consider providing a Missouri business with $6.3 million to locate here.
SRV Acquisitions LLC is an affiliate of Summit Real Estate Group in St. Louis, Missouri.
SRV Acquisitions LLC, said Franklin County Economic Development Director Richie Duncan, is a real estate development company that creates industrial sites.

LOUISBURG -- Even with something as slow as molasses, things can come at you pretty quick.
"I had been doing it with my dad for about 15 to 20 years when, one day, he said, 'I'm finished. It's yours. Get to it," Lewis Evans recalled of the day his father, Everette, put him in charge of the family's more than 200-year-old tradition -- making molasses.

LOUISBURG -- Louisburg High School has a new name -- or will, effective Nov. 1.
The Franklin County Board of Education agreed to change the name of the school to Louisburg Magnet High School during its meeting Monday night and made the effective date Nov. 1.

LOUISBURG -- In the summer of 2019, Franklin County entered into an agreement with Open Broadband to provide Internet service to Franklin County customers -- with a particular focus on the unserved and underserved.
This week, Franklin County management said the Waxhaw-based company had 99 customers.

Louisburg's Jeremiah Mann

It's no secret that newspapers, even community newspapers like this one, have been struggling for years, often against forces they cannot influence, let alone control.
First, of course, is the Internet's huge effect on retail shopping, the ways we communicate and the sense of almost complete isolation that it has fostered, especially during the pandemic.

In what feels like forever ago, I remember a former colleague and I had devised a plan to pretty much get out of working at the newspaper during the holidays -- or, all together, for that matter.
As the years pass, my memory of the specifics get a bit foggy, but I'm pretty sure our delusions of financial grandeur began with a feature story.
I seem to recall someone doing a feature story about a guy who was selling Christmas trees. And, said person was doing quite a bit of business, too.

Dear editor: My eyes grew wide and my breathing shallowed faint as my chest tightened when I saw that a trash dump landsite was purchased for $800,000.
$170,000 an acre? This just blew my mind and I wondered on what planet this could occur. Perhaps Pluto? Never mind as that is not a planet anymore, or is it in this strange world?

Dr. Andrew Willis, Covington Distinguished Professor in Music at UNC Greensboro, will present four of his most outstanding students in recital at Cherry Hill on Sunday, Oct. 16.
The program, which will begin at 3 p.m., will feature music by Bach, Schumann, Chopin, Beethoven, Severac, Brahms, and Mendelssohn. Both solo and duo works will be performed by Dr. Willis, Jessica Wai Yan, Robin Morace, Stephanie Schmidt, and Tahmoures Tabatabaei.