Friday / Weekend Open Line
Democratic North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue, the first woman elected governor in the state, said Thursday she would not seek re-election this year because she believes a bid would make it more difficult to fund education. "We live in highly partisan times, where some people seem more worried about scoring political points than working together to address the real challenges our state faces," Perdue said in an email to supporters. A re-election bid, she added, "will only further politicize … (Read More...)
2011 Main Street Awards Winners Announced
CLAYTON – Commerce Secretary J. Keith Crisco presented 21 awards to participants in the N.C. Main Street Program. Award winners were recognized for excellence in downtown revitalization efforts in categories such as promotion, organization, design and economic restructuring. “Our successful Main Street programs have proven that revitalizing our downtown areas can help grow local small businesses, attract new investments and create jobs,” said Sec. Crisco. “Congratulations to this … (Read More...)
VGCC schedules Portrait Painting art class
Vance-Granville Community College will offer an Art class focused on Portrait Painting on Tuesdays from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m., Feb. 7 through April 10. Classes will be held in room 5230 (Building 5) on the college’s main campus in Vance County. Instructor Leslie Johnson of Oxford said that new students are sometimes reluctant to try portrait painting. “But when they work at it and find they can do it, they find it rewarding and don’t want to stop,” she said. Johnson paints portraits … (Read More...)
Warren County Memorial Library to Present Southern Cooking, High and Low
The Warren County Memorial Library and the North Carolina Humanities Council present “Southern Cooking, High and Low: A Short History of the Cuisine of the South” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, January 22, 2012 in the community room at Warren County Memorial Library. The program, presented by “Road Scholar” John J. Beck, will explore the past and present history of Southern food traditions, including how the culinary traditions of various cultures have blended to create what is now considered … (Read More...)
Richard Brand: Free Market Myth
A few days ago Senator John McCain was on the CBS show "This Morning" with Charlie Rose asking about the campaign between Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and Newt Gingrich. Senator McCain was begging the Republicans not to attack Romney about his business experiences which had some very questionable results. Senator McCain kept saying the Romney's was the basic bed rock of the Republican Party. Free Market. Adam Smith. Capitalism and there are always businesses that have to lose and others will … (Read More...)
Moving / Downsizing Yard Sale
Laurie Kelley and family are hosting a Moving/Downsizing Sale on Saturday Sept.3rd and Sunday Sept.4th. Items include adult & teen clothing & shoes. Furniture, household, farm related, incubators, portable chicken tractors, books, and much much more. Yard sale is open from 8am to 2pm and is cash only. Location is 1265 Faulkner Town Rd Henderson NC 27537. There is a very long driveway. Please drive slowly. … (Read More...)
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2011 Main Street Awards Winners Announced
CLAYTON – Commerce Secretary J. Keith Crisco presented 21 awards to participants in the N.C. Main Street Program. Award winners were recognized for excellence in downtown revitalization efforts in categories such as promotion, organization, design and economic restructuring. “Our successful Main Street programs have proven that revitalizing our downtown areas can help grow local small [...]
Henderson Man Pleads Guilty to Firearm Charges
WILMINGTON – United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court on January 17, 2012, SHAWN D. STAMPER, 25, pled guilty before Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox to possession of a stolen firearm and ammunition and unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a person convicted of a misdemeanor [...]
Butterfield Announces $2.8 Million in Grants to Upgrade District Airports
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) awarding of $2.8 million in grants to seven airports throughout eastern North Carolina. The grants were awarded to make several critical upgrades to Martin County Airport, Northeastern Regional Airport, Tarboro-Edgecombe Airport, Tri-County [...]
CED Report Shows Entrepreneurship Creates Jobs, Capital and Economic Stability in North Carolina
DURHAM, NC, January 25, 2012—CED, the Southeast’s largest entrepreneurial support organization, today released a 20-year retrospective report, “Starting Something: The State of the Entrepreneurial Economy of North Carolina, 1992-2011.” The report aggregates data from 1,823 high-growth companies founded in North Carolina since 1992 and shows these companies created 40,560 jobs. Of these firms, 397 have [...]
North Carolina Clear Choice for New Shipyard Location
RALEIGH—Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that Gunboat Company, a maker of high-end sailboats, will locate a new shipyard in Dare County. The company plans to create 71 jobs and invest more than $1.8 million over the next three years in Wanchese. The project was made possible in part by a $213,000 grant from the One [...]
Friday / Weekend Open Line
Democratic North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue, the first woman elected governor in the state, said Thursday she would not seek re-election this year because she believes a bid would make it more difficult to fund education. “We live in highly partisan times, where some people seem more worried about scoring political points than working together [...]
Thursday Open Line
By the time you read this I’ll already be out of town on a small trip. If you’re seeing this message, it’s because I wasn’t able to put up a open line last night. Same goes for tomorrow, as we won’t return until the weekend. Feel free to tear up the open lines!
New VGCC Scholarships honor memory of Granville County couple
The generous spirit of a Granville County businessman and his wife will live on thanks to two new scholarships recently established at Vance-Granville Community College. The scholarships, one endowed at the Presidential Scholar Award level and one at the Academic Achievement Scholarship level, will both be awarded to full-time VGCC students in the names of [...]
State Unemployment Rate Drops to 9.9 Percent in December
The number of people unemployed in North Carolina decreased in December as the unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of a percent, from 10 to 9.9 percent. “Gov. Perdue’s mission on jobs for North Carolina continues to be our focus,” said N.C. Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary Dale Carroll. “Looking at the private sector over-the-year, we are [...]
Wednesday Open Line
Nancy Pelosi made an odd comment yesterday on CNN, regarding the possibility of Newt Gingrich becoming president “He’s not going to be President of the United States. That’s not going to happen. Let me just make my prediction and stand by it, it isn’t going to happen.” (read more) The Daily Beast sought to determine [...]
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