Here is the agenda for the Henderson City Council.
Author: Jason Feingold
Southeast HSR coalition established
Key transportation leaders from Alabama, Florida, North and South Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee met in Atlanta, Georgia on January 25, 2010 and voted to form the Southeast High Speed Rail Coalition.
Financials, policy on school board agenda
Here is the agenda for the Vance County Board of Education.
Rep. Wray’s Raleigh Report
The work of the General Assembly is wide ranging and has great influence over spending priorities, economic policies, education, health care and other critical areas.
Monday’s open line
Once again we have the perfect storm of three overlapping meetings of elected bodies in Vance County. This means that your friendly neighborhood news providers will be hard-pressed to provide any kind of coverage, much less adequate coverage, of what your government is doing. We’ve been harping on this issue for years, and we presume that if anyone really cared about it, something would have been done to resolve the issue. Ignorance may be bliss, but not knowing what going …
Garnett St. closed to thru traffic Sunday morning
The City of Henderson Public Utilities Department will be completing the installation of a water service tap on Garnett Street at the intersection of Breckenridge Street starting at approximately 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, February 7, 2010.
School board personnel committee meets Monday
The Vance County Board of Education’s Personnel Committee is set to meet on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. at the Administrative Services Center on 1724 Graham Avenue in Henderson, North Carolina. No agenda for the meeting was provided.
County HR committee meets Monday
The Vance County Board of Commissioners’ Human Resources Committee is scheduled to meet on Monday, February 8 at 4:45 p.m. in the office of County Manager Jerry Ayscue. Ayscue’s office is located at 122 Young Street in Henderson, North Carolina. No agenda for the meeting was provided.
Nash County Lt. Sheriff appointed to US Marshals
Washington, D.C. – Congressman G. K. Butterfield applauded President Obama’s nomination of a Nash County Lieutenant Sheriff as a U.S. Marshal this past Thursday.
Etheridge statement on PAYGO Act
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge, a member of the House Budget Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement today on final House passage H.J. Res. 45 the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act (PAYGO):
Stew sale at Bearpond VFD
The Bearpond Volunteer Fire Department will be having a stew sale this Saturday, February 6, 2010. Stew will be ready for pick up at 9:00 a.m. at a cost of $7 per quart. The Bearpond VFD is located at 325 Bearpond Road in Henderson. Questions may be directed to Chief Raymond Finch at 252.226.6734.
Friday/weekend open line
This visual open line is a picture from a Valentine’s Day party at the Central School, circa 1939-1940. Click image to enlarge Can you identify any of the party-goers? Please use the convenient numbering system.
Friday’s delays, closings, & cancellations
Crossroads Christian School – 2 hour delay Kerr-Vance Academy – 2 hour delay Vance Charter School – Delayed until 10:00 a.m.
Thursday’s open line
And back to school we go! The emergency has passed! Here’s your open line.
HPD makes arrest for concealed weapon
On February 3, 2010 around 1:30 a.m. a patrol officer with the Henderson Police Department conducted a traffic stop in the 200 Block of Lincoln Street in Henderson, North Carolina.
OMB chief backs tax hiring credit
Washington, D.C. —- U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge, member of the House Budget Committee, questioned Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Peter Orszag, Ph.D., yesterday afternoon during the committee’s consideration of the President’s Fiscal Year 2011 budget proposal.
Thursday’s delays, closings, & cancellations
Kerr-Vance Academy – 2 hour delay Vance County Schools – 2 hour delay
Wednesday’s open line
Observation: Daytime TV stinks. How does anyone stand it? I’m more than ready to go back to school. Here’s your open line.
FCMHA staff honored for years of service
by Gina DeMent, Public Information Officer Five County Mental Health Authority From left to right: Robin Wheatley, Sue Jackson, Eddie Newsome, Carolyn Nutt, Tommy Britton, Barbara Epanchin, Angel Gray, and Robert Rhoden Each year, the Five County Mental Health Authority recognizes staff who have achieved anniversary dates of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 or 30 years of service.
Council schedules two special workshops
The Henderson City Council will hold two special workshop sessions as follows: