Sometimes it seems like our No. 1 commodity in Henderson is fast food.
Month: March 2005
$30,000 closer to 8%
It’s not a solution to the fund balance problem, but City Manager Eric Williams did have some good financial news for the City Council’s Finance and Intergovernmental Relations Committee on Wednesday.
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.
Man arrested at coin-op laundry
A Henderson man was arrested inside a coin-operated laundry Thursday morning on several theft-related charges. Police found Clarence Venable, 46, of 204 Harrison Ave. breaking into vending machines at TNT Laundromat at 1101 E. Andrews Ave. about 6 a.m., according to a news release issued by Lt. M.L. Perry. Venable was charged with breaking and entering a coin-operated machine, possession of burglary tools and damage to a coin-operated machine. He was jailed in lieu of $10,000 bond and is due …
Opinion: Take a stand on the ops center
We applaud the City Council’s push to produce policies that provide consistent responses to recurring situations, such as requests for lower speed limits on residential streets and efforts to hold events with alcohol on city property. But one obvious policy has slipped through the cracks amid talk of beer and music and fried fish.
Armory rental policy takes shape
Nonprofit groups would pay less than others to use the parking lot at the Dabney Drive armory under guidelines discussed by the City Council’s Land Planning and Development Committee on Wednesday.
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.
Assistant fire chief to be hired
Fire Chief Danny Wilkerson won authorization Wednesday night to hire an assistant chief, a joint city-county position that has been vacant since Ronnie Lassiter retired June 1 last year.
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 …
Fun Embassy fact of the day
What’s in a name? For some people lately, anything with “Embassy” will smell equally foul. No, that’s not fair. Few people are against Embassy Square. It’s a bold project, and most of us would love to see it thrive. But the Embassy project is the whipping boy for anyone who thinks the city’s priorities are out of whack. If you listen to enough people with a cause around here, you’ll hear a lot of “I’m all for the Embassy project, …
Beacon Light draws support for rehab
The Henderson city government must do its part to give the residents of a subsidized housing complex a chance at a better life, a City Council member said Monday night.
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.