Vance County Schools will operate on a two-hour delay for Monday, January 28, for all students and school system staff members.
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Vehicle Runs off Roadway, Pedestrians Hit, Toddler Killed
On January 27, 2013 around 1:15 PM officers with the Henderson Police Department responded to the 600 Block of East Montgomery Street, Henderson in reference to a motor vehicle collision involving two pedestrians. Upon arrival, officers found a five year-old male and the child’s father, Richard Thomas Stokes, 22, of Henderson with extensive injuries from where the vehicle collided with them. From the investigation, it appears that the child and his father were walking west on East Montgomery Street when …
Called Meeting of Vance County Board of Commissioners and Vance County Water District Board
Chairman Tommy Hester has called a special meeting of the Vance County Board of Commissioners and the Vance County Water District Board for Monday, January 28, at 12:00 noon, in the Commissioners Meeting Room, County Administrative Building, 122 Young Street, Henderson, NC, 27536. The purpose of the meeting is as follows: Vance County Board of Commissioners – Items as needed Vance County Water District Board – Adoption of Resolution for Water Bond Anticipation Notes (this allows for extension …
Intruder, Solomon Williams, Shot During Breaking and Entering
On January 25, 2013 around 2:28 PM officers with the Henderson Police Department responded to 801 Wakefield Ave Ext. Henderson, NC in reference to a breaking and entering in progress in which the suspect was shot. Upon arrival, officers located Solomon Williams, 26, of 602 E. Winder Street, Henderson with a gunshot wound. The person, who confronted and shot the suspect, Solomon Williams, was a 73 year-old male. Another suspect fled on foot into a wooded area and was unable …
Henderson City Council Short Regular Meeting and Work Session Monday, January 28th, 2013 6:00pm
The Henderson City Council will hold its Short Regular Meeting, and a work session afterwards on Monday January 28th, 2013 at 6:00pm in the city hall building on 134 Rose Avenue. The full agenda packet is here: 20130128_coh_agenda_packet Below are the agenda notes for the meeting and work session: ADJUSTMENTS TO AND/OR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 14 January 2013 Regular Meeting [See Notebook Tab 1] VI. PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS Citizens may only speak …
Vance County Schools Athletic Events Canceled
There will be no athletic events for Vance County Schools’ teams today, tonight or any time Saturday due to the inclement weather expected in the area. Rescheduling of events will be announced later.
VGCC Computer classes scheduled at Main Campus in February
Vance-Granville Community College is currently registering students for two popular computer continuing education courses starting in February on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. An evening course on the Microsoft Word and Excel 2010 software is scheduled for Tuesdays from 6 until 10 p.m., Feb. 19 through March 26. Students will familiarize themselves with the popular word processing and spreadsheet programs, which were significantly updated in their most recent versions. Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel are two of the …
NCDA&CS to host workshops for farmers market managers
RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will host three workshops focusing on growing local farmers markets across North Carolina. The one-day trainings are scheduled for Wilmington, Smithfield and Fletcher. The workshops, geared toward market managers and their board members, will cover a range of topics such as food safety, effective promotional techniques and an overview of past and future marketing opportunities. “With more than 200 local and regional farmers markets across the state, it’s never been …
VGCC names three New Deans to lead instructional programs
A new year and a new semester recently brought new leadership to three divisions at Vance-Granville Community College. In January, Angela L. Gardner-Ragland of Henderson was named VGCC’s Dean of Business and Applied Technologies, Angela M. Thomas of Hillsborough was named Dean of Health Sciences, and Dale L. Fey of Greensboro was named Dean of Continuing Education. Both Gardner-Ragland and Thomas are familiar faces at VGCC as experienced educators, while Fey is a newcomer to the institution with experience in …
VGCC Small Business Center hosts free seminar on taxes, workers’ compensation
The Small Business Center at Vance-Granville Community College is inviting local business owners to use their lunch break to learn more about complying with taxes and workers’ compensation laws. A free seminar, entitled “What every Business Owner needs to know about Taxes and Workers’ Compensation Insurance,” is scheduled to be held Tuesday, Feb. 19, from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. in Room 7107 (Building 7) on VGCC’s Main Campus in Vance County. Presenters are set to include representatives of the …
VGCC schedules Photography class at Main Campus
Vance-Granville Community College is currently registering students for a one-night class that will help local amateur photographers hone their skills. The “Photography: Shooting in Manual” class is scheduled to be held on VGCC’s Main Campus in Vance County on Thursday, Feb. 21 from 5:30 until 9:30 p.m. Participants will enjoy a fun, informative session with Nancy Jo Smith of Nancy Jo Photography. Smith is a Kittrell-based professional photographer who specializes in children and family portraiture. “This course will teach you …
Friday / Weekend Open Line
On this date in 1915, east and west were linked by voice in the first transcontinental phone call. This event was a conference call involving Alexander Graham Bell in New York, his assistant Thomas Watson in San Francisco, President Woodrow Wilson in Washington, and the president of American Telephone and Telegraph in Georgia. Using the new, commercial service was a major financial commitment. The charge for a three-minute call from New York to San Francisco started at $20.70. That’s over …
Vance County Schools To Dismiss Early Friday
Vance County Schools will dismiss elementary and high school students at 11:30 a.m. and middle school students at 11:45 a.m. tomorrow, Friday, January 25, due to the forecast for inclement weather.
Vance County Annual Retreat Topics, Including HiH Reader Comments
Attached is the full packet from the Vance County Annual Retreat on January 23rd, 2013. Download here: Vance County Board of Commmissioners Annual Planning Retreat-1 (50 pages) The packet outlines goals that were set last year, the status of those goals, and goals for the upcoming year. We asked for your comments, and several of you responded with comments for the commissioners. We were able to actually get your comments in the full packet that was given to each commissioner. …
Franklin County Sherriff Makes Statement Regarding Gun Control
Citizens of Franklin County North Carolina, As most of you are aware I attended a meeting at Fargo’s Restaurant in Zebulon some weeks back. The purpose of the meeting was simple, to provide clarification to the citizenry as to where your Sheriffs stand with regards to your 2nd Amendment Rights to Keep and Bear Arms. Particular interest was given to the possibility of any new Federal Laws and/or restrictions and how each Sheriff would react should such measures be taken. …
Vance County Schools Committee Upcoming Dates
Vance County Board of Education Committee Meeting Dates: * Building & Grounds, Thursday, January 24th, 8:30 am * Community Relations, Tuesday, January 29th, 5:30 pm * Finance Committee, Wednesday, January 30th, 5:30 pm * Policy Committee, Wednesday, January 30th, 6:00 pm * Personnel Committee, Tuesday, February 5th, 8:30 am Note: All meetings are held in the Superintendent’s Conference Room.
Voluntary Ag District workshops to be held around the state
RALEIGH – The N.C. Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund will assist in hosting five workshops across the state for local governments interested in protecting their communities’ agricultural lands. The Voluntary Agricultural District workshops are for agricultural advisory board members, county representatives, program staff, farmers and anyone responsible for, or interested in, developing and administering voluntary and enhanced voluntary agricultural plans. Workshops will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the following dates and locations: Feb. 4 …
Carolinas Aviation Museum getting NASA artifacts from shuttle program
Pieces of NASA’s space shuttle program soon will be landing in Charlotte. In a key acquisition of space history, an emergency escape basket – designed to whisk astronauts away from the launch pad in event of trouble – will become part of the permanent collection at the Carolinas Aviation Museum, Shawn Dorsch, the museum’s president, said Monday. It is part of a cache of items from the shuttle program that the space agency is assigning to prominent museums across the …
AAA announces 2013 Five and Four Diamond Award Hotels and Restaurants in North Carolina
AAA has announced its 2013 Five and Four Diamond Award winners for Hotels and Restaurants. In North Carolina, Five Diamond Lodging includes The Umstead Hotel and Spa in Cary, The Ritz-Carlton in Charlotte and the Fearrington House Country Inn in Pittsboro. Five Diamond Restaurants are Heron’s in Cary and the Fearrington House Restaurant in Pittsboro. Five Diamond Restaurants are Heron’s in Cary and the Fearrington House Restaurant in Pittsboro. Four Diamond Hotels include Asheville’s 1889 White Gate Inn & Cottage,1900 …
New York Times: ’36 Hours in Durham’
In last Friday’s travel section, The New York Times featured “36 Hours in Durham, N.C.” The tobacco and textile industries left their imprint on Durham long ago, but now the historic brick mills and repurposed factories form the backdrop of North Carolina’s re-energized Bull City. Recently, artist studios and upstart galleries have multiplied in the flourishing downtown area, where new bakeries, pizzerias, tapas bars and food trucks – and trailers and buses and even the odd tricycle – seem to …