Anyone with lingering questions about the tobacco quota buyout can look for answers at an informational meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April 5.
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Seeing is believing for Burr aide
Clean Up Henderson Committee Chairwoman Lynn Harper shows how the abandoned houses, indicated by red dots, crowd around schools and the tourist route to Kerr Lake. Sen. Richard Burr has received some 390 appropriations requests, and from an office in Washington, one looks pretty much like another: Some town somewhere in North Carolina has a problem and wants the federal government to throw some money at it. Senatorial aide Drew Elliot said that’s pretty much how he saw Henderson’s request …
Three nights only: The big budget show
Looking for some free entertainment after the NCAA basketball tournament ends in early April? The city of Henderson has a deal for you. Three nights. Six hours. A dozen stars. And all the facts about the city budget you can consume.
Compromise to bar beer on city property
Back in the mid-1980s, when states raised their drinking age from 18 to 21, they typically grandfathered in people who turned 18 before the law changed. You had a brief period of 19-year-olds legally drinking in places where the drinking age was 21. The Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce would become the equivalent of those 19-year-olds under a policy the City Council’s Land Planning and Development Committee advanced Wednesday afternoon.
Butcher bandit robs Family Dollar
A man wielding a butcher knife robbed Family Dollar at 1450 E. Andrews Ave. of an undisclosed amount of cash and fled in a small green car just before 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Henderson police reported in a news release Wednesday night. The bandit was gone by the time police arrived at the store. No one was injured. A search of the area using a description of the getaway car failed to turn up a suspect. Police described the robber as …
Armory stays closed; land available
The top administrators for the city, county and school system met Tuesday afternoon to address the future of the former National Guard armory on Dabney Drive.
Will city’s policy be all wet?
City Council members can drink their fill of a far-from-dry topic at a committee meeting this afternoon. A possible policy on alcohol on city property is on the agenda for the Land Planning and Development Committee when it meets at the Municipal Building at 4:30.
Time-Out Tuesday’s take to serve 200+
Last week’s Time-Out Tuesday fund-raiser brought in more than $6,000 for the Franklin-Granville-Vance Partnership for Children in its effort to bring Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to this area.
2nd arrest in Dabney robbery
A second Creedmoor man has been charged in the armed robbery of a Dabney Drive convenience store Saturday.
Fun Embassy fact of the day
The big Embassy Square event next week won’t be a groundbreaking after all. The official term now is “construction celebration ceremony.” That’s the wording on the invitation, which City Manager Eric Williams said will be going out to about 600 people. Don’t worry if your invitation gets lost in the mail; the ceremony, at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 1, is open to the public. The star of the show, of course, is Sen. Elizabeth Dole, whose mere presence is …
Smith won’t settle for $300 credit
Samuel Smith doesn’t have to worry about having his water cut off anymore, but he’s still thousands of dollars short of satisfaction in his dispute with the city of Henderson over 18 years of improper billing.
2 asphalt speed humps OK’d for Granite Street
Granite Street will get two speed humps between Chestnut and Garnett streets on a trial basis, but only after the City Council nearly postponed action for further details about costs Monday night.
Etheridge schedules farm forums
Congress Bob Etheridge has scheduled four forums in the next two weeks to meet with farmers in his district, which includes southern Vance County.
Juvenile court expanding in Vance
The unnamed umbrella working group on crime and related issues has gained one success without even trying. Starting in April, Vance County will have an extra day each month for juvenile court.
Wildflower to bloom in spring
Exactly three months after it closed with little warning but much fanfare, the Wildflower Cafe will blossom again. Patricia Newhouse, the owner of Gray’s Gourmet, is buying everything that was the Wildflower — the name, the recipes, the décor — from Bill Coffey and has set April 4 as the date for the reopening of the downtown favorite at the intersection of Garnett and Breckenridge streets.
Council due to hear about Beacon Light overhaul
The Henderson City Council will hear several reports Monday night that could put the city on the path to improvement. The biggest might be a scheduled presentation from William Rogers, the chairman of the Beacon Light Masonic Lodge, on plans for an overhaul of the publicly subsidized Beacon Light Apartments, home to 108 families. The Masonic lodge owns the complex off Water Street, which has been plagued by sewage and plumbing problems and has long been one of the city’s …
Financial issues to face another forum
Henderson residents will get their second chance to ask questions stemming from the 2004 audit Monday night, although this time the public forum won’t be limited to budget issues.
Coalition attacks violence on many fronts
The Vance County Coalition Against Violence will take a week off from its meeting schedule out of respect for faith, but the move doesn’t show any lessening of faith in the coalition’s cause.
KVA falls in district Quiz Bowl
Kerr-Vance Academy’s Quiz Bowl season came to an end a couple of steps short of the state finals Saturday when the Spartan academic team lost in the district semifinals to Cary Academy 125-100.