RICHMOND, VA — The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) today announced the inaugural meeting of the Virginia-North Carolina High Speed Rail Compact will be held on July 12, 2010 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Month: June 2010
Friday/weekend open line
I live in a household where firearms are handled on a near-daily basis.
School board to hold called meeting June 30
Click on image to view complete, full-size document. Above is the agenda for the Vance County Board of Education’s called meeting scheduled for June 30, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. The board meets at 1724 Graham Avenue in Henderson, North Carolina.
County water committee to meet July 13
The Vance County Board of Commissioners’ Planning Committee is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. in the County Manager’s Office to discuss the water project. The County Manager’s office is located in the County Administration Building, 122 Young Street in Henderson, North Carolina.
Thursday’s open line
Was President Barack Obama right to fire Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal over remarks he made in a Rolling Stone interview? Let us know what you think on today’s open line.
Wednesday’s open line
I can’t tell you how disappointed I am to discover that I’m not eligible to bid on a Vance County Schools mobile classroom. My first teaching assignment was in one of those mobile classrooms. I loved it. It had air conditioning when the regular building didn’t. It wasn’t great when it rained, though. Here’s your open line.
Sanitation dept. summer hours begin July 1
Beginning July 1, 2010, the City of Henderson Public Works Department’s Sanitation Division will change to its summer schedule.
Elissa Yount: Seeing ourselves as others see us
It was a long and winding road that brought many of the graduates who finished high school 45 years ago at Henderson High School back together again last weekend for a reunion that takes place every five years.
VCS mobile units offered to public through sealed bid
Due to the construction of Clarke Elementary School, Vance County Schools will offer mobile classrooms for sale at Pinkston Street, E.M. Rollins, L.B. Yancey, Clark Street, and E.O. Young Elementary Schools, as well as Henderson Middle School.
HPD recovers stolen car
On June 17, 2010 around 1:00 p.m. officers with the Henderson Police Department Patrol Division answered a call for service related to a stolen vehicle from 1817 N. Garnett Street in Henderson, North Carolina.
Toddler dies of accidental gunshot injury
WRAL is reporting that a two year-old child has died of a self-inflicted accidental gunshot. The incident occurred at 491 Daniel Harris Road in Vance County.
Tuesday’s open line
One of the things about summer vacation is that it gives me an opportunity to catch up with the news that happens outside of Henderson — which can be pretty depressing. One uplifting feature is that compared to about five-sixths of the rest of the world, we still have it pretty good. Here’s your open line.
Search warrant yields drugs, gun, stolen property
Chief K.L. Sidwell reports that members of the Henderson Police Department Narcotics Unit served a search warrant on the address of 108 Holly Court in Henderson, North Carolina.
Kittrell to exercise ETJ rights
Click image to view complete, full-size document. According to the above notice received yesterday by Home in Henderson, the town of Kittrell plays to exercise its extraterritorial jurisdiction within a one mile radius around the town limits.
Vance County technology study
Click image to view complete, full-size document. Above is a copy of the Vance County Technology Study Initiative commissioned by the Vance County Board of Commissioners in April of 2010.
Vance Aquatics swims against Homestead Hights
The Vance Aquatics Club Barracudas held their third meet of the season this past Saturday morning against Homestead Heights.
Intergovernmental meeting cancelled
Henderson Mayor James D. “Pete” O’Geary, chair of the city’s Intergovernmental Relations Committee, in consultation with Vance County Board of Commissioners Chair Danny Wright, has canceled the Intergovernmental Relations Committee Meeting Scheduled for Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers.
Monday’s open line
On the advice of my doctors, and with the hope that I will live long enough to see the Littlest Editor grow up, I’ve been making Wii Fit a part of my daily routine. Being old enough to have played “Pong” on a black-and-white TV, I’m slightly amazed that my video game console is giving me orders — and more amazed that I’m following them. Here’s your open line.
Rep. Wray’s Raleigh Report
Work continued this week on our state budget as I and other negotiators met to work out our differences.