Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. G. K. Butterfield believes that Congress must move forward quickly to enact legislation protects consumers from gasoline price gouging.
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Berger receives FOP award
Senator Berger receiving FOP award On Saturday, April 8, 2006, Senator Doug Berger of District 7 (Franklin, Granville, Vance, and Warren counties) received the Legislator of the Year Award from the North Carolina State Lodge Fraternal Order of Police.
Cops will keep take-home cars
In a five-four vote, the Henderson City Council last night chose to allow Henderson police officers who reside in Vance County to continue to take vehicles home.
PBA will present on HPD take home fleet
What follows is the agenda for tonight’s City Council meeting:
Medicare drug benefit sign-up slow
Washington, D.C. – Congressman G. K. Butterfield said that slow enrollment figures for the new Medicare prescription drug program show the need to give people more time to enroll.
Fund balance, city salaries, grow
City Manager Jerry Moss annouced at Wednesday’s FAIR Committee meeting that he anticipated the city’s unrestricted fund balance growing to $443,110.
City SRO positions may be axed
In a memorandum from City Manager Jerry Moss circulated to members of the FAIR Committee at their meeting on Wednesday, the city manager recommended that the two positions of School Resource Officer be eliminated.
ATV awareness day
ATV training poster The Henderson-Vance Chapter of Safe Kids North Carolina will be making youths and adults aware of the ATV RiderCourse at Wal-Mart on North Cooper Drive in Henderson today from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Clean Up Henderson Committee meets
The Clean Up Henderson Committee had its regular committee meeting today in the conference room of the City of Henderson Operations Center.
Rep. Wray reports from Raleigh
The start of the 2006 session of the North Carolina General Assembly is less than a month away, which means the numerous study committees that have been meeting since the Legislature adjourned last September are wrapping up their work and making recommendations for possible legislation.
Arrests and charges in Operation Gateway
What follows are pictures, names, ages, addresses, charges, and bail amounts set for suspects rounded up in today’s Operation Gateway.
Operation Gateway nets 23 arrests
Sheriff R. Thomas Breedlove and Henderson Police Chief Glen B. Allen reported that the Interagency Drug Enforcement Unit, with the assistance of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, conducted a seven-month undercover drug campaign.
“Operation Gateway” underway in Vance
The following press release was received from Police Chief Glen Allen of the Henderson Police Department:
City sets state priorities
Henderson Mayor Clem Seifert organizes the city’s state priorities. Five city council members and Henderson Mayor Clem Seifert met in the City Hall Conference Room yesterday to discuss legislative and funding priorities to bring to the state delegation.
“Appalling” conditions at Beacon Light
Henderson City Council member Garry Daeke reported on behalf of the council’s Community Development Committee on a tour of Beacon Light Apartments that several members of the council and City Manager Jerry Moss participated in last week.
Memo from Moss on Beacon Light
What follows is a memo from City Manager Jerry Moss to the Mayor and the city council regarding conditions at Beacon Light Apartments.
Moss made permanent city manager
In a 6-2 vote, Interim City Manager Jerry Moss was offered the job of permanent city manager by the Henderson City Council at Monday evening’s meeting.
Search and Transition Committee report
What follows is the report of the Search and Transition Committee which was distributed by Henderson City Council member Ranger Wilkerson at last night’s city council meeting. Presumably, this is the final report of the committee:
Public hearing to enforce some codes in ETJ
A highlight of tonight’s city council meeting is a hearing on an ordinance that will allow the city to enforce its minimum housing code, abandoned structures ordinance, summary abatement of nuisances ordinance, and its junked, abandoned, and nuisance vehicle ordinance in the ETJ. Although the city has the authority to enforce its codes in the ETJ, it has never passed an ordinance giving itself the power to do so. The full agenda is below:
Two arrested in shooting, other wanted
Arrested shooting suspect Jonathan Jordan. At 1:21 PM on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 Henderson Police were called to the 900 Block of Winder Street to investigate a report of a person having been shot.