After a period of 13 eventful years, Prohibition ended this week in 1933, and Americans were able to legally have a drink once again. While alcohol is legal, its use involves personal responsibility. With the holiday season under way, it’s time for more parties and more driving than usual — as well as increased hours of darkness and bad weather. That combination is why this is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month. About a third of the nearly 34,000 …
Month: December 2012
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers: Energy and Commerce
This is a busy time in Washington as negotiations continue to avoid the “fiscal cliff” – a problem we will face if nothing is done to exend the Bush tax cuts that expire at the end of the year. There is also a great deal of activity and excitement leading up to the 113th Congress. This week, I was very happy to learn that I have been named to the House Energy and Commerce Committee for the upcoming term. In …
Butterfield Congratulates Kinston Community Health Center on Grant Award
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) Friday announced the Kinston Community Health Center’s receipt of a $756,983 grant by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). The grant will assist the health center in providing primary, preventative, and dental care to target populations, which include uninsured, underinsured, low-income adults, children and families, migrant and seasonal agricultural workers, minority populations, and people who are geographically or socially isolated. Congressman Butterfield expressed joy at the news. “The Kinston …
North Carolina Ski Season Off to Record-Breaking Start
After the unusually warm 2011-12 winter in the Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina skiing got off to a record-breaking season this year when two of the state’s six ski areas opened on an unprecedented early date: Halloween. Thanks to Hurricane Sandy, several inches of natural snow fell in the North Carolina High Country and Smoky Mountains in late October, allowing both Sugar Mountain Resort in Sugar Mountain and Cataloochee Ski Area in Maggie Valley to open Oct. 31 with both …
Vance County Human Resources Committe Meets Monday, December 3rd
The December HR Committee meeting will be held Monday at 5:00 p.m. This is to accommodate you all time to get to the Commissioners’ Room for those that will be taking the Oaths of Office.
Senator Burr: Fiscal Cliff Update
With only a few weeks left in the 112th Congress the Senate has a lot on its plate, but very little progress was made this week on the most pressing issue facing our nation – the impending fiscal cliff. As you know, unless Congress acts quickly, every American will experience a perfect storm of unprecedented tax increases and automatic cuts to spending on everything from defense to Medicare on January 1, 2013. Unfortunately, despite the severity of this …
White House Weekly Address: Urging Congress to Extend the Middle Class Tax Cuts
President Obama speaks to the American people from a busy factory floor in Pennsylvania about the urgent need to pass the middle class tax cuts, which will give families and businesses preparing for the holidays the certainty they need going into the New Year. Democrats and Republicans must come together to pass one thing that everyone agrees on—extending income tax cuts for 98 percent of American families and 97 percent of small businesses, and there is no reason to wait. …
Monday Open Line
Sixty-five years ago today, one of Broadway’s most memorable plays opened — Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire.” The play, which ran for two years, featured Jessica Tandy as Blanche du Bois and newcomer Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski. Williams won a Pulitzer Prize for drama, and Tandy was awarded a Tony for best actress in a play. The movie version of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” again starring Brando, was also a smash hit. There are just over 3,000 theater …
Henderson Christmas Parade 2012 Pictures
Check our photo gallery for the December 2nd, 2012 Henderson, NC Christmas Parade! [nggallery id=16]