A reminder to all if your business would like to offer a special product or service to advertise for this upcoming shopping season, be sure you send us your article on it and we’ll publish it for free before November 30th. Hit those black Friday shoppers with discounted specials, or offer a discounted rate on your services and offer it as a gift certificate type deal. Email your deals to submit@homeinhenderson.com North Carolina State Representative Kelly Alexander has introduced House …
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Henderson Gives Dabney Study the “Go-Ahead.”
The City Council voted Monday night to approve asking the state DOT to conduct a feasibility study which would examine the possibility of expanding Dabney Drive into two one-way streets, with Corbitt Road and parts of the former railway line forming semi-parallel alternate avenues. The plan would likely create busy thoroughfares on either side of many properties for several blocks north for Parham Street. The alternate plan suggested by transportation planners at the October City Council meeting would entail expansion …
Safe Kids Henderson – Vance Coalition will be Sponsoring a Free Child Passenger Safety Car Seat Clinic Thursday
Safe Kids Henderson – Vance Coalition will be Sponsoring a Free Child Passenger Safety Car Seat Clinic. This event will be at Roses North Garnett Street. Thursday November 17, 2011 from 1:00 pmto 5:00 pm. Please Come out and support us. Seats will be available for those parents who are in need of a child safety seat today. We are asking a donation of $20.00 for seats. The donations will help buy more seats so we can have more car …
VGCC Ambassadors announced
Vance-Granville Community College has selected 13 outstanding students to serve as ambassadors during the 2011-2012 school year. Ambassadors represent the college at special campus and community functions, among other duties. This year’s ambassadors include Caroline Gautier of Durham (an Associate Degree Nursing student); Jennifer C. Apple of Franklinton (Associate Degree Nursing); Ligaya Carissa S. Aguas of Henderson (Associate Degree Nursing); Jon M. Baumgardner (Associate Degree Nursing), Johnnie Hawkins, Sr. (Associate in General Education-General Science), Helen Samuel (Associate Degree Nursing) and …
Butterfield Introduces Bill to Fight Global Hunger and Continue the Work of Former Congresswoman Eva Clayton
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) today introduced the Eva Clayton Fellows Program Act of 2011 to create a fellowship program that would use the expertise of faculty and students from land-grant institutions and minority serving institutions in developing approaches to provide relief to global hunger. Butterfield’s bill seeks to continue the work of former Congresswoman Eva Clayton who spent much of her career eradicating hunger in rural communities in eastern North Carolina, and improving access to the …
Mock trial gives VGCC Criminal Justice students courtroom experience
Students in the Criminal Justice Technology program at Vance-Granville Community College recently took what they have been learning in the classroom into a simulated real-world setting through a “mock trial” exercise. VGCC students in a Court Procedure and Evidence (CJC 132) class tested their knowledge in a trial setting, with class members playing the parts of prosecutors, defense attorneys, defendants, witnesses, bailiffs, court reporters and jurors. “The class as a whole had the opportunity to showcase their overall knowledge of …
Senator Kay Hagan Message
Last Friday, in Veterans Day ceremonies across the country, Americans paused to reflect on the sacrifices made by our brave veterans. As Thanksgiving approaches, we continue to be grateful for their service and tireless commitment to protecting our nation. We owe these men and women a debt of gratitude, and I am pleased that last week, Democrats and Republicans came together to pass two meaningful pieces of legislation for our veterans. The first is a bill to help get veterans …
Wednesday Open Line
Next week is of course Thanksgiving. And the day after… ‘black friday’. The day some retail stores last year opened at 4am to sell discounted merchandise in the hopes of turning the company books from in the red to in the black. However, retailers this year are deciding to open even earlier, with Target and Best Buy opening at midnight Thanksgiving evening. Walmart will open at 10pm Thanksgiving, and Toys R Us at 9pm Thanksgiving. Some consumers love these deals, …
Operation Soldiers Christmas Followup
Dear Home in Henderson Readers: I would like to take this opportunity to thank the community of Henderson for the donations that were provided for the distribution to the soldiers in this year’s “Operation Soldiers Christmas”. Though the initial donations were lacking, in the last days of the promotion we did receive enough items to mail to the soldiers and provide them with a taste of home during this time away from their families. Many businesses offered us a place …
VGCC Seminar Focuses on Marketing Small Businesses
Vance-Granville Community College’s Small Business Center will present a free seminar, entitled “Marketing for the Small Business,” on Tuesday, Dec. 13. The seminar will be held from 9 a.m. until noon in room 7107 of Building 7 on the college’s main campus in Vance County. Instructor Mike Collins of Raleigh, president of The Perfect Workday Company, leads this seminar, which will cover strategies of planning a low-cost marketing program. Collins also will identify the best types of media to use …
Notary Public training available at VGCC South Campus
A two-night course for people who want to obtain a North Carolina commission as a Notary Public will be held at Vance-Granville Community College’s South Campus, located on N.C. 56 between Creedmoor and Butner, later this month. The class will be conducted from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Tuesday, November 22 and Wednesday, November 23, 2011. Charlene Spence will serve as the instructor. The purpose of a notary is to prevent fraud and forgery. Students will learn what they …
Tuesday Open Lines
Monday, Medicago, Inc. celebrated the opening of its U.S.-based, state-of-the-art vaccine facility in Research Triangle Park in a ribbon-cutting ceremony, according to a company press release. Medicago USA officials were joined by guests Governor Bev Perdue, Secretary Keith Crisco, U.S. Senator Richard Burr and Congressman David Price at the event, which included a tour. According to the release, the 97,000-square-foot, Virus-Like Particle (VLP), plant-based vaccine facility includes a fully-automated greenhouse and state-of-the-art extraction and purification unit. The Medicago USA operation …
Job Fair held at VGCC seeks to help Veterans
The Civic Center on Vance-Granville Community College’s main campus in Vance County was the site for the “Employ-A-Vet” Job Fair on Nov. 9, two days before the Veterans Day holiday. The fifth annual event, organized by the Vance, Granville and Warren County offices of the N.C. Division of Employment Security (formerly known as the Employment Security Commission) with the help of VGCC and other JobLink partners, was designed to help veterans of the U.S. armed services find jobs and resources. …
Monday Open Line
Tonight, the City of Henderson City Council will hold a meeting Monday, 14 November 2011 at 7:00 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers, 134 Rose Ave., Henderson, NC. For the agenda please visit our Friday post about the meeting here. President Obama and the First Lady ended Veterans Day aboard the USS Carl Vinson where they watched the University of North Carolina men’s basketball team defeat Michigan State University in the first-ever Carrier Classic. This was also the ship that …
City of Henderson City Council Meeting for November 14th 2011
The City of Henderson City Council will hold a Regular Meeting on Monday, 14 November 2011 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Municipal Building on 134 Rose Avenue, Henderson, NC. The agenda is as follows: I.CALL TO ORDER II.ROLL CALL III.INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IV.OPENING REMARKS In order to provide for the highest standards of ethical behavior and Transparency in Governance as well as provide for good and open government, the City Council has approved Core Values regarding Ethical …
Firearm Found at Vance Charter School
On Thursday November 10, 2011 around 1:30 PM officers with the Henderson Police Department responded to Vance Charter School on Dabney Drive, Henderson in reference to a firearm being located on the campus. Officers had been contacted by school personnel who located the firearm. Upon further investigation, officers determine that a male juvenile student had brought the firearm from home to the school campus. During the investigation it was learned that the male juvenile had left the campus prior to …
The Embers Return to Henderson for Special Holiday Concert
Henderson, NC (November 10, 2011) – North Carolina band, The Embers, will play a return engagement in Henderson on Friday, December 2. The family sit-down concert, featuring “Christmas with The Embers,” will take place at the Vance-Granville Community College Civic Center at 7 p.m. The Embers are a North Carolina tradition renowned for their special brand of rhythm and blues and beach music. Since their inception in 1958, the group has been touring and turning out hit songs. A limited …
Gov. Perdue Announces Career & College Promise
Program will provide focused, affordable pathways to success for students. RALEIGH—Gov. Bev Perdue today launched Career & College Promise, her program that will guarantee eligible high school age students a clear, focused and affordable path to a successful future. “Career & College Promise will prepare eligible high school students for life after high school – that means college credit for some, job training for others,” Gov. Bev Perdue said. “Regardless of whether a student plans to go to college or …
Representative Michael H. Wray’s Raleigh Report
The General Assembly returned to Raleigh this week for a one-day session to reconsider the redistricting plans written earlier this year. A computing problem resulting from the splitting of hundreds of voting precincts into two and sometimes three districts left as many as 480,000 voters unassigned to districts for the state House of Representatives, the state Senate and Congress. Plans for Wake County judicial districts and Greene County were also affected. While the legislators in charge of redistricting attempted to …
Friday / Weekend Open Lines
Friday is Veterans Day. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the First World War, then known as “the Great War.” Commemorated as Armistice Day beginning the following year, November 11th became a legal federal holiday in the United States in 1938. In the aftermath of World War II and the Korean War, Armistice Day became Veterans …