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Members of the Henderson City Council and city staff held a brief “meet and greet” for the city’s new auditing firm.

Vance County Sheriff Peter White appeared before the Vance County Board of Commissioners at their regular meeting on Monday evening to report on mandated repairs to the detention facility.

View the Vance County Board of Commissioners meeting on October 1, 2007 here.

The following is a list of candidates being endorsed by the Henderson Municipal Black Caucus.

Editor’s Note: This is a reprint of an article composed by HiH founder Michael Jacobs and originally published on May 27, 2005. It is reprinted here in the hopes it can clear up some of the confusion regarding the City’s budget and fund balance. Henderson’s auditor didn’t have to explain any budget overruns or $400,000 mistakes when he appeared before City Council members Thursday night because, according to the state’s Local Government Commission, no such problems exist.

The following letter was sent by former Henderson Mayor Robert G. (Chick) Young, Jr. to an unknown number of Henderson residents recently. This letter is dated September 17, 2007, and was postmarked from Kittrell, North Carolina.

Henderson City Council member Bobby Gupton, chair of the Land Planning Committee, set a meeting for Monday, October 1 at 9:00 a.m. in the City Hall Conference Room.

Editor’s Note: Home in Henderson offered Downtown Development Director Phil LaKernick the opportunity to clarify the ins and outs of the $1 million grant the City received from HUD for the renovation of downtown apartments. Here is what he sent us in his own words: 1. $1,000,000 grant to the City of Henderson for renovating 8 Downtown 2nd & 3rd floor spaces above storefronts, while preserving the Historic values of these buildings.

Our country has become increasingly concerned in recent years with protecting our citizens.

The Henderson City Council unanimously passed the Water Shortage Response Ordinance at Monday’s regular meeting.

Washington, D.C. -— U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington) today asked President Bush to request funding for agricultural drought assistance in North Carolina and 11 other states in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.

HUD grant to be used to revitalize downtown In what City Manager Jerry Moss characterized as “good news for Henderson”, The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that Henderson was awarded a Hope IV Main Street Grant in the amount of $1 million.

Council member Elissa Yount replies At 11:49 a.m. today, Home in Henderson received the following email directed towards members of the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce:

The staff of H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library is encouraging local residents to join them in their observance of “Freedom to Read Week”, which will begin Saturday Sept. 29 th and last through Oct. 6.

You can view the September 24, 2007 meeting of the Henderson City Council here.

Debate on the Permit to Rent a Dwelling in the City of Henderson (CO) ordinance began with the public comments of Don Green, a Henderson resident and member of the Clean Up Henderson Committee.

Council will also vote on demolition of twelve houses The Chair inquires as to whether any member knows of any conflict of interest or appearance of conflict with respect to matters before the Council.

House Democrats spearheaded an effort this session to pass strong ethics, lobbying, and campaign finance reforms that build on laws already recognized as among the most far-reaching in the nation.