Category: News

Henderson City Council member Elissa Yount reported at Monday’s Henderson City Council meeting that she had been contacted regarding “large groups” on Coble Boulevard this past weekend that had been “moved off”.

Community Development Committee Chair Garry Daeke reported at Monday evening’s Henderson City Council meeting that a request had been sent to HUD that single-family housing be constructed on the Beacon Light site.

The Mayor’s Task Force on Housing met yesterday in the Samuel S. Pearson Conference Room of the Henderson Police Department after tracing the steps of a tour through Henderson recently taken by Senators Basnight and Berger.

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington) has sent a letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert, and Majority Leader John Boehner asking them to schedule a vote on emergency agriculture disaster assistance for 2005 and 2006 before the House leaves for October recess.

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington), the Co-Chair of the Rural Working Group, has introduced legislation to designate September as “National Rural Month.”

The Henderson City Council voted unanimously to waive certain sanitation pick-up fees for Clean Up Henderson Week.

The North Carolina Community Watch Association will be meeting in Henderson on Saturday, September 16 at the Kenneth K. Robinson Police Training Center on Oxford Road.

Brown but potable city water from a home on Spring Valley Road outside of Henderson The City of Henderson will repair a water line on Spring Valley Road based on a citizen complaint received during the public comments portion of the Henderson City Council meeting on August 28.

Dr. Shearin began the Board meeting with a moment of silence for the 9/11 victims.

Public Safety Committee Chair Lonnie Davis reported at last night’s Henderson City Council meeting that his committee had requested that Acting City Manager Mark Warren begin the process of contracting someone to remove graffiti from public and private property in Henderson.

The Vance County Board of Commissioners approved a request from Vance County Schools for $425,000 in capital outlay at last Tuesday’s meeting.

The Vance County Board of Education will meet tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the Administrative Services Center on Graham Avenue. Some items of discussion will include:

Here are some highlights from tonight’s upcoming Henderson City Council meeting:

ABC news is reporting that Air Force Major Jill Metzger has been located four days after she disappeared from a shopping mall in Kyrgyzstan.

Before Senior Planner Ken Krulik could introduce the sixth version of the proposed Vance County zoning ordinance to the Board of Commissioners, County Manager Jerry Ayscue gave the commissioners a brief history of zoning in the county.

USDA Awards $1 Million Grant to the NC Department of Public Instruction; Special Program will Promote Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

Law extends federal survivor benefits for first responders Raleigh — U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington) announced today that after three years of foot dragging by the administration, the Hometown Heroes Survivor Benefits Act, first introduced by Etheridge in 2002, will go into effect.

Sam Jones, the tax collector for Vance County, made his monthly report to the Vance County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night.

During County Manager Jerry Ayscue’s report to the Vance County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night, he reminded members about their approved proposal to the City of Henderson regarding the disposition of the old H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library on Rose Avenue and the Henderson-Vance Armory.