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Rockingham County receives food-drive update, hears records request and insurance defense
Summary
At a county commissioners meeting, volunteers reported declining food-drive totals and set a 2025 goal of 60,000 pounds; a resident pressed for production of commissioners' texts under N.C. public-record law; the safety and risk manager explained that Travelers is defending commissioners in a 2023 suit and said the Department of Insurance closed a related complaint with no criminal finding.
Community volunteers and residents used the public-comment period to press three distinct topics: the county food drive, a public-records request for commissioners’ electronic communications, and defense of elected officials named in a lawsuit.
Anne Fish opened public comment by describing the countywide food drive’s origins and volunteer base; she introduced Nadia Jones, the food-drive chair. Jones provided a detailed report of collections by participating schools, businesses and county offices, noting totals declined from about 55,600 pounds in 2023 and 48,900 pounds in 2024 to the “thirty-thousands” range last year without accounting for donated water. Jones said the coalition serves seven pantries and set a 2025 goal of 60,000 pounds while asking for…
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