NC Central Football team to hold Scrimmage in Rocky Mount NC

This Date is a make up date,

NC Central Scrimmage will be held on the 5th of April at the Rocky Mount High School, in Rocky Mount NC, time 12:30 p.m. Admission is free..

Community Meeting, public safely

Ward Two residents and other Rocky Mount citizens are invited to attend a public meeting on Mon., March 17, 2014 at 6 p.m. in the Bread of Life Christian Church and Community Center.

According to Reuben Blackwell, Rocky Mount City Council member and representative for Ward Two, the event will include a focus on three areas important for all Rocky Mount citizens: Public safety, Downtown development and current negotiations between Duke Energy and the North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency. “Charles Penny will speak on Downtown development and how it would impact the entire economy, but especially neighborhoods within the City Center. He will also discuss plans for a Downtown Events Center,” says Blackwell. “Chief Moore will discuss crime in Rocky Mount, along with crime prevention and strategies, including how we can all participate in having safe neighborhoods.”

They want to put in a Dog park,

Yes the City Parks Dept. wants a dog park in Rocky Mount, NC.

Parks and Recreation Director Kelvin Yarrell said he is hoping a large crowd will attend the meeting that will start at 6 p.m. in the council chambers on the third floor of City Hall. The first meeting in February gave a crash course in the development of the park and tonight’s meeting will be a step forward.

Yarrell said people will be selected for the development committee board, members will determine dates for site visits and discuss fundraising options.

As one expects, this decision is drawing a lot of criticism.  

We have senior citizens who cannot buy food and cannot even pay their electric bills. We have kids who are going hungry. We have gangs who are committing crimes and dealing drugs.

We have so many things wrong that we need to work on to make this city better.

Do we really need to spend $50,000 for dogs to have a walkway when we have so many other things wrong in this city?

This person has a very valid point.

The city had parks, where benches and shelters that are falling apart, over ran with trash, walking hazards. In some cases, you can find evidence of people having sex in them. I.e. used condoms everywhere.  Especially Battle Park and the Park on River Side Dr. 

Then again it’s not only the citizens of RMT have sexing in those parks, even the RMPD personal do it too, in the city vehicles.

I can only guess someone connected to someone in the Parks dept., need some extra income.

They just need some fencing, and they can place this park at Battle Park or Sunset Park, just enclose a section of it. No need for a new park. Sunset Park has some fencing already in place just need to add a bit more. Sunset has shelters and benches already. Savings.

I guess the city will also have to flip the bill on a drinking water system too. if this happens will the citizens have to paid for the water usage at the park? Will there be enforcement poop picks up. I guess the fines for failing to scoot your pooch’s poop could help cover the cost of the park. f

However what about the legal issues that comes alone with this type of park. Who is really responsible if a dog at the park attacks someone or another dog?

Staged Reading of “Out in Left Field”

The Nash County Art Council will host a Staged reading of Out in the left field, by Marilynn Anselmi on Saturday March 29, at 7 pm. A suggested donations of $5 dollars goes to fund scholarships for the area youth. The public is invited to this event. So come on out and bring the family..

The Nash County Art Council is located at 100 E Washington St, Nashville, NC ‎

Rocky Mount P-Flag to Meet this Tuesday the 18th.

The Local Chapter of P-Flag will hold it monthly meeting this Tuesday the 18 at 6 pm. The Meeting will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship building located at 516 N Church St.

The meeting will have a guest speaker from Equality NC, yes their communications Director Jen Jones. So if  you have nothing to do this Tuesday come on down to hear her speak.

Yes this is a bit of short notice.. but it will be a great meeting..

Does Rocky Mount need to do something about the Crime in the City?

In Yesterday column of Speak up of the Rocky Mount Telegram so posted that it was so embarrassing to see the crime in certain area of the city. While the others are spending so much time talking about het propose Event Center.  

In the comment section race was attacked and that Knight and his people are to busy trying to establish a strong hold on the city affairs.

Early this week the City of Rocky Mount PD held “coffee with a cop.” Where citizens can have a frank decision about crime and other issues while drinking coffee at a local Hardee’s restaurant.

One reason why the crime is high in the city is that most of the officers turn a blind eye to crime. O, I know many will claim they don’t but I know this for a fact, I have seen myself.

The PD will profile and harass the young black men on the local street corner, but they won’t stop and question a man walking down the middle of Cokey road with a shopping cart with a 1 ton heating and cooling unit, a fireplace mantle, or a stainless steel kitchen sink. I call these men the home un-improvement crew.

These folks break into empty homes and clean them out, of any and everything they can, including copper pipes and wiring. Why doesn’t the RMPD stop and question these folks??

Greater Joy Baptist Church to host G.A.N.G (guiding a non-violent generation awareness summit)

Greater Joy Baptist Church, in conjunction with Word Tabernacle Church, the City of Rocky Mount Police Department, God in My City and the NAACP will host a G.A.N.G. (Guiding a Non-Violent Generation) Awareness Summit.

According to Bishop Shelton C. Daniel, senior pastor for Greater Joy Baptist Church, the summit will provide an opportunity for the Rocky Mount Police Department to give citizens information relative to gangs.

“We are trying to take systematic approaches to combat some of the violence going on in our city. The Rocky Mount Police Department will do a complete seminar as to what to look for in relation to gangs, and will provide some solutions to the problem,” says Daniel. “We are specifically targeting ages 6 to 10 because according to the statistical data, that’s the age group gang members are also targeting.”

Greater Joy Baptist Church is located at 322 Anderson Street in Rocky Mount, N.C. For more information on the summit, call 252-442-0958.

FB event notice page here.

RMT State of the City Address

Rocky Mount Mayor David Combs will deliver the third annual State of the City Address, Mon., Feb.. 10, 2014 at 7 p.m. in the third floor George P. Dudley City Council Chamber of the Frederick E. Turnage Municipal Building (City Hall). The public is invited to attend.

Do we really need this, anyone who lives in Rocky Mount, NC knows how the city is doing,, it was once on the Rise, not it has flat lined..

Community Council–Organizational Meeting

Braswell Memorial Library – Warner Meeting Room
727 N Grace St
Rocky Mount, NC 27804

February 5, 2013 at 5:30pm

Please join us for an informational meeting regarding the Community Council.  Learn more about our purpose and mission.  Opportunity to suggest future research and opportunity to volunteer.

Click here for a calendar link.

Facebook RSVP or Email RSVP to  info@TheCommunityCouncil

Please Like us on Facebook  -  http://www.facebook.com/TheCommunityCouncil.org

Please note the room cannot exceed 85 people and no press allowed.

They’re having a Celebration..

yes they are celebrating their new sidewalks, lamp posts, and streets in downtown Rocky Mount NC.

This is from Face book

The City of Rocky Mount will host a Downtown Streetscape Celebration May 30, 2013 at 4 pm. Congressman G.K. Butterfield, who also attended the kick-off for Streetscape, will serve as the event’s keynote speaker. The public is invited to the event, scheduled to be held at 119 Southeast Main Street in Downtown Rocky Mount, located next to the former Peoples Bank at the intersection of Main and Tarboro Streets.
Streetscape is the name for visual elements of a street, including the road, street furniture, open spaces and more. The City of Rocky Mount will be joined by Butterfield, as well as Rocky Mount High School’s Marching Band; Rocky Mount residents; the entertainment group, the Voltage Brothers, and others to recognize and celebrate the completion of Phase 1 of the Downtown Streetscape Project.
For more information on this FREE event, call 972-1332 or visit www.rockymountnc.gov.

Yes come on down and check out the new stuff they spent to much money on, Below is a side show from 2009, many Building have been redone, those Douglas block and very few (many one 4or so) from Main St..

check out the slide show and on the 30 how many of these Eye Sore Building are still there.

Rocky Mount Street Celebration

The friendly folks of the City of Rocky Mount would like to invite you the public to come downtown to see the new Streetscape,  (from Facebook)

Join us for Downtown Rocky Mount's Streetscape Celebration, Thursday, May 30 at 4 p.m., 119 Southeast Main Street. The keynote speaker will be Congressman G.K. Butterfield. There will be a performance by the Voltage Brothers and Rocky Mount High School's Drum Line. Come out to celebrate the new look of Downtown Rocky Mount!!!!

yes come checkout the new sidewalk and other items while you have to look at all the run down, eyesore building that still need work.. Cause you know these new roads and side walks will just bring the businesses..

Here are the local Teabaggers at their bigotry and racist meeting

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/content/tar-river-tea-party-rally-1205701

The Tar River Tea Party sponsored a 'Wake Up the Town' rally on Sept. 6 at the Gateway Convention Center.

These folks don’t like the fact the America Voted for a Black man to be president..

Mayor David W.Combs to issue State of the City Address.

For Immediate Release

February 8, 2012

Media contact: Kim Weaver,interim Public Affairs Manager

252/972-1274 kim.weaver@rockymountnc.gov

 

Mayor David W. Combs will address the community and City Council regarding the State of the City prior to the City Council Meeting on Monday, February 12, 2012. Mayor Combs will assess the challenges and opportunities of 2011, and how the City responded to them.

Hurricane Irene, the local economy, and public safety issues top the challenges of the year 2011. However, the city excelled in the vast improvements downtown including the Douglas Block Revitalization, the Downtown Streetscape, and WI-FI in downtown City venues. The City began an EnergyShare opportunity for the citizens of Rocky Mount. This program will continue into 2012 to provide rebates for attic insulation and/or HVAC replacement.

The mayor will also discuss the exciting Twin Counties Visioning and Strategic Plan Project and how it will open up new opportunities for the City.

The Mayor anticipates making the State of the City an annual event. The community is encouraged to attend. All are welcome to the George W.Dudley City Council Chamber at 7 pm to hear the Mayor’s comments.

PFlag Presents

Braswell Memorial Library, Rocky Mount, NC

Warner Room

Free Admission

June 25 1:30 Prayers for Bobby

3:30 For The Bible Tells Me So

July 23 1:30 For The Bible Tells Me So

3:30 Prayers for Bobby

August 27 1:30 Prayers for Bobby

3:30 For The Bible Tells Me So

Please join us for one or both

Sponsored by PFLAG Rocky Mount Chapter

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

For more information e-mail:pflagrm@aol.com

STOP THE BILL!

Saturday, June 18th, 2011

STOP THE BILL!

Stop by the HRC & Equality North Carolina Booth at the Juneteenth Festival, Elizabeth City, NC
click to view flyer

On April 7, 2011 House Bill 777 was introduced to amend the constitution in the "Defense of Marriage." NC State law already limits marriage to opposite-sex couples. If the constitution is amended in this regard it will deny gay and lesbian couples access to marriage or any same-sex unions or forms of recognition such as civil union or domestic partnership.

Let us call this for what it is: "the anti-LGBT amendment or "the anti-gay amendment and an attack North Carolina’s LGBTQ Community.
This movement has been used in other states to take away private benefits such as health insurance and survival rights for LGBT couples.  The amendment would not only write the current discriminatory marriage law into the constitution, it would actually take away rights and responsibilities that are currently available to some couples.
         
This anti-gay amendment is a distraction from the voters' priorities. The legislature was sent to Raleigh to tackle jobs, the economy, and the state budget, not to advance a divisive social agenda.

What are the key arguments against the amendment?

• Marriage is already denied same-sex couples by state law. The amendment doesn't change marriage in any way. It simply attacks LGBT North Carolinians and puts their basic rights up for a vote

• Amending the constitution is an extreme act, not a conservative one. Constitutions are designed to protect rights and not to take them away. The rights of a minority should never be put to a majority vote.

• The anti-gay amendment causes real harm. It harms couples who will be denied even the most basic protections and it harms vulnerable LGBT young people by sending a terrible message that their state and their neighbors consider them second-class citizens unworthy of basic dignity and fair treatment, a message which exacerbates the epidemic of LGBT young people committing suicide.

What can YOU do?
Help us send a message to the people in your community to complete postcards and write letters to their legislators in opposition to the anti-gay amendment. These post cards will be available at the ENC booth, it only takes 5 minutes to complete one or 10 minutes to write a letter – templates will be provided to assist you.

NC LGBTQ Community and Allies, can you assist in hosting letter writing parties in Bertie, Gates, Hertford, Perquimans, Northampton, Vance or Warren County? Let us know.
 

IF YOU WISH TO VOLUNTEER WITH ENC/HRC FOR THIS EVENT PLEASE EMAIL Akil@EqualityNC.org

Town Hall Meeting - Crime, Courts, Juvenile Justice

Time

Thursday, June 9 · 6:00pm - 8:00pm

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Location

Rocky Mount Judicial Center

305 Cokey Road

Rocky Mount, North Carolina

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Created By

City of Rocky Mount

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Mayor David W. Combs and the Rocky Mount City Council invite you to attend this Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, June 9 at 6:00 pm at the Rocky Mount Judicial Center. This meeting is the fourth of a series of Town Hall Meetings being held throughout Rocky Mount; Councilman Lamont Wiggins is coordinating this particular meeting.

GUEST SPEAKERS:

The Honorable Robert Evans
DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SEVENTH PROSECUTORIAL DISTRICT

Dick Jenkins
NASH COUNTY SHERIFF

James L. Knight
EDGECOMBE COUNTY SHERIFF

John Manley, Chief
ROCKY MOUNT POLICE DEPARTMENT

Capt. Keith Stone
NC HIGHWAY PATROL

Mike Walston
CHIEF JUVENILE COURT COUNSELOR

Rally in Raleigh date change

After reviewing the date and time of the rally we decided to change it to Thursday, June 2nd from 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm. The legislature is out on Fridays and we felt it important to hold the rally when our representatives are present.

Please pass the information along and help get the word out.

Several anti-equality, "pro-marriage" groups gathered in Raleigh this week for a rally of their own. They had several thousand people show up to demand passage of SB106. It is our time to gather in unison for equality.

You've heard the saying "If you are not outraged you're not paying attention". Outrage is easy, action is hard. Are you willing to take action? You've sent in postcards, signed petitions, sent emails to your representatives, now it is time to join together, united, and make a stand. Will you stand with us to let our North Carolina lawmakers know that we refuse to be even further alienated from and discriminated by our government? We are all equal, and it is time our government started treating us as such.

Our message to NC legislators: we are your neighbors, your doctors, your lawyers, your teachers, your child care providers, your mothers, your fathers, your sons, your daughters, your brothers, your sisters. We are your constituents. We are your fellow human beings. We deserve more and will no longer settle for less.

Stay up to date at www.getequalnc.org/rally-in-raleigh/

Contacts us:

Jonathan Green, SAGA

jsg47235@yahoo.com

Angel Chandler, GetEQUAL NC

angel@getequalnc.org
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Douglas Block Festival

 

Photo copyrighted to James Smith (2011 (c) jamestsmith72@gmail.com)

Today I decide to attend and photography the Douglas Block and Haramabee Festival in Rocky Mount, NC. Well the work on the Douglas is almost complete, The Block looks great.

As I walk around taking photographs of the folks whom attended this event, I was saddened to see that racial lines in Rocky Mount still exists today. Douglas Block back in its early days was the hub for local African-Americans Businesses and Social life. Over time as Rocky Mount grew, many changes happen to the Douglas black and the rest of Downtown Rocky Mount.

During its golden age, the Douglas Block was brimming with economic activities and entrepreneurial spirit. It was the heart of the community. On Saturday afternoon you could find everything from clothes to doctors, food to entertainment, dancing and plenty of jazz, and see all your friends along the way. It was a community full of spirit, diversity, and an incredible hub of commerce, culture and entertainment. (to learn more click here)

Most of Downtown Rocky Mount is wore down and falling apart. The City Council decided to revive Down Town in hopes that new life would be brought back to downtown.

It was sad to see that Many of Rocky Mount white citizens didn't show up to support their city efforts to put Rocky Mount back on the map and to proudly say once again, Rocky Mount, The City on the Rise. Yes they are trying to Rise from their ashes of the past into a better future.

Hate Crimes Conference with the F.B.I

Time Wednesday, April 6 · 4:00pm - 7:00pm

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Location Lumina Theater-Univeristy of North Carolina Wilmington

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Created By OutReach, Amy Schlag

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Enjoy us for a fascinating and timely discussion of Hate Crimes and Hate Crimes Legislation. This event is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

INTRODUCTION: Keith H. Bethke Jr., FBI Resident Agencies Supervisor, Wilmington and Raleigh

PRESENTATION ON HATE CRIMES: The FBI's Civil Rights Program from Washington HQ will be conducting an unclassified presentation on Hate Crimes. It will include definitions of Federal Hate Crimes statutes (Ma......tthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009), nationwide statistics on Federal Hate Crimes cases, and examples of Federal Hate Crimes Cases previously worked by the FBI and other agencies.

SERVICES: Victim Specialist Kory Williford, FBI Charlotte Division, Office for Victim Assistance Rapid Deployment Team. Kory Williford will discuss services provided by the FBI’s Raleigh Resident Agency program to victims of Hate Crimes.

HATE CRIMES INTELLIGENCE: Tom Kuhl will conduct a brief presentation on Southeastern North Carolina Hate Crimes statistics and how Hate Crimes affect our local community.

HATE CRIMES PANEL DISCUSSION: Moderator Buffy Ruffin, Coordinator of Multicultural Student Affairs.

SHOWING OF S.P.I.C. The Storyboard of My Life (27mins)

CLOSING REMARKS: Quynh Rcom

Town Hall Meeting host by Equality NC

Please join Equality NC Executive Director Ian Palmquist for a discussion on LGBT rights in our state.

What	Advocacy Event Community Meeting Educational Program
When	Apr 06, 2011 from 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM
Where	Greenville

There's so much going on with the NC Legislature these days that Equality NC is hitting the road to tell you all about it, and to enlist your help in what may be the largest campaign for LGBT rights in our state's history! We'll talk about the anti-LGBT constitutional amendment, as well as other policy that will potentially impact all of us who care about equal rights, and what you can do about it.


It's all happening on Wednesday, April 6th at 7pm at the Tipsy Teapot (409 South Evans Street, Greenville, 27858).



Please join us for this informative and empowering evening.