“This privilege license stuff is ridiculous,” Mayor Clem Seifert said Monday night.
Council wavers in support of Beacon Light
The fate of the Beacon Light Apartments will take some time to settle, and the City Council hopes to use that time to decide what it wants to happen with the subsidized housing project off Boddie Street.
Yount, Rainey finally get responses
Each City Council member naturally has his or her own big issues, but in the past three months two council members have stood out for the persistence with which they have seized the role of lonely voice in the wild, with little hope for rescue.
4 elected officials on Vance tax lien list
Tuesday was one of our favorite issues of The Daily Dispatch of the year: the annual advertisement of tax liens on businesses and homeowners who didn’t pay the previous year’s property taxes.
At least the public session finished under 3 hours
For those of you keeping score on the City Council’s efforts to speed up its twice-monthly meetings, well, the home team took a beating Monday night.
Opinion: Police placed in no-win situation
Crime is not a Flint Hill problem. If vehicle break-ins in the Old West End, shootings on Johnson Street and shoplifting at Wal-Mart aren’t enough to convince you, the slaying of Betty Carey at her home in the Parham Road area over the weekend should be.
Auto repair sites, junkyards safe until at least July
The Henderson City Council received a revised amortization ordinance for auto repair facilities and junk yards Monday night and promptly pushed the matter aside until July.
Speaker: Hair policies hide bigger problems
The Vance County Board of Education couldn’t escape the hair issue after all Monday night.
Parents, school system practice art appreciation
Henderson doesn’t need a downtown gallery to produce a big crowd for an art show. It’s just a matter of picking the right artists.
Schools raised almost $7,000 for tsunami relief
Vance County Schools raised nearly $7,000 for Red Cross tsunami relief efforts, and Vance’s Red Cross coordinator, Rick Norwood, delivered the reward Monday night at the Board of Education meeting.
School system revising health policies
The Vance County Board of Education tonight will consider the first of what will be a series of health-related policy revisions.
County schools win federal QZAB funding
The state Department of Public Instruction has approved Vance County Schools’ application for $2 million in Qualified Zone Academy Bond money.
Routine night scheduled for school board
The Vance County Board of Education looks to have a fairly routine meeting tonight.
Beacon Light project in trouble
The rehabilitation of the Beacon Light Apartments is in jeopardy, and City Manager Eric Williams estimated Friday that it’s a 50-50 proposition whether the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will let the project move forward.
Junkyard discussion moves to council
Henderson’s proposed amortization ordinance for auto repair shops and junkyards will come before the City Council tonight, just long enough for council members to discuss their next step.
City woman found slain at home
Betty Overby Carey, 53, was found dead in her Wesley Drive home Sunday morning, and Henderson police are investigating the death as a homicide.
Opinion: Junkyards need to take first step
The auto repair shops in and around Henderson are predictably unhappy with the city’s proposed amortization ordinance, which would put a dozen of them out of business and and force at least 20 others to spend some money to comply with zoning rules. As The Daily Dispatch reported today, many plan to fight the proposal when it comes before the City Council.
Raider players seek sponsors
Southern Vance football coach Dave Jennings sent us the following request for community help for the Raiders: The Southern Vance Raiders will be attending football camp at N.C. State University from June 5 to 8. In addition, many athletes will be attending the UNC individual camp in mid-June. This is a great opportunity for the Wolfpack and Tar Heel alumni of Henderson and Vance County to support local athletes and their respective universities. Any local alumni or business that would …
Nearly half of city departments soon will lack heads
Henderson’s municipal government will be running without five department heads by the start of June after three fresh resignations go into effect.
City finance director resigns
Finance Director Traig Neal said there’s nothing significant about the timing of his resignation; this just happened to be the time when Oxford accounting firm Winston Williams & Creech needed a seventh certified public accountant on its staff.