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It took the Mount Olive Town Board just under an hour Monday night, March 3, to handle its brief agenda that included honoring Mike Davis, Tri-County EMC general manager/CEO, and former town commissioner Harley Carmichael and his wife Della.

The discord, disorder and at times acrimony that have marred Mount Olive Town Board meetings for the past several months were all but missing during Monday night’s session.

N.C. Pickle Festival organizers say they knew they would get beaten up over their decision not to hold a classic car show during this year’s festival.

No festival-favorite car show, a new location for the Friday night free concert, an earlier set-in-stone vendor application deadline, requiring that all food vendors offer at least one picklely food, and new town impact fees are just a few of the significant changes planned for the 39th annual N.C. Pickle…

N.C. Pickle Festival Co-chairman Lynn Williams suspected something was afoot when instead of finding the bottle of water she was searching for she discovered her mother, husband and grandson hiding out in a break room.

The Mount Olive Area of Chamber of Commerce, founded in 1930, is celebrating its 95th birthday this year.

Mount Olive town commissioners Monday night kicked a decision on how to proceed in the search for a new town manager down the road for a few days.

Watia “Tia” Best, 37, and Rashonte Pettit, 31, have been identified as the two Mount Olive town employees under investigation by the State Bureau of Investigation for possible misconduct.

Two Mount Olive town employees are being investigated by the State Bureau of Investigation for possible misconduct. Both employees were suspended without pay effective Thursday afternoon, Jan. 30.

Applications for entries and vendors are being accepted for the 17th annual Mount Olive Black History Month Parade. The entry deadline is Feb. 15.