The Vance Aquatics Club had 20 scoring swims and set 29 personal-best times during the season-ending championship meet of the Durham Summer Swim League at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Koury Natatorium on Friday and Saturday.
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35 vehicles participate in motorcade
The Motorcade for Nonviolence makes its way down Oxford Road shortly after departing the armory parking lot Saturday afternoon. The Motorcade for Nonviolence snaked through and beyond Henderson’s four wards Saturday afternoon with 29 cars and six motorcycles.
Weed and Seed area wins coalition’s support
The proposed borders for the Henderson-Vance Weed and Seed area won the endorsement of the Vance County Coalition Against Violence on Thursday night.
Still no candidates this week
For those anxiously awaiting the field of candidates for Henderson’s fall elections, this week has brought no additions. No one has filed for mayor, although Clem Seifert has indicated his intention to run for re-election. And the only City Council candidates are the four who filed Friday: incumbents Mary Emma Evans, Bernard Alston and Mike Rainey and Evans challenger Glean Henderson Jr. Vance Elections Director Faye Gill says no one has filed in Middleburg or Kittrell, each of which has …
Berger to meet with Vance residents July 21
State Sen. Doug Berger will hold his second Vance County town meeting Thursday, July 21, at 7 p.m. in the county commissioners’ meeting room on the second floor of the old courthouse on Young Street.
Water system hits some rough waves
Even as it was raising water rates by 10 percent for the fiscal year that started Friday, the city of Henderson was receiving news that could lead to nearly as big of an increase next year.
Anti-violence motorcade set for Saturday
The Vance County Coalition Against Violence is organizing a citywide awareness-raising motorcade Saturday afternoon.
County set to endorse partnership next week
The Vance County Board of Commissioners will receive a recommendation at its meeting July 11 to endorse the Henderson-Vance Economic Partnership and appoint three members, but the board is not expected to vote on the partnership’s bylaws.
No buyer yet for Henderson Winn-Dixie
Henderson’s Winn-Dixie store on Dabney Drive is not among 79 stores for which the company has found buyers, and the store could be out of business by mid-September.
Evans faces re-election challenge
Henderson’s first contest for a City Council seat developed within the first five hours of the five-week filing period for this fall’s municipal elections.
Improving Barracudas end regular season 0-5
The Vance Aquatics Club suffered a 252-118 loss at Treyburn on Wednesday evening, closing the regular Durham Summer Swim League season with an 0-5 record but a much stronger team than a year or two ago.
5-3 vote enacts Henderson budget
With questions answered and a contingency fund added, the Henderson City Council passed the 2005-06 budget on a 5-3 vote with about 30 hours to spare Wednesday evening.
Little change as Vance jobless rate moves up to No. 3
Vance County’s jobless rate improved slightly in May but moved one step closer to the worst in the state, according to preliminary numbers released Wednesday by the state Employment Security Commission.
Burglary suspect dies after arrest
A burglary suspect died shortly after Henderson police took him into custody Tuesday night, and Police Chief Glen Allen has asked the State Bureau of Investigation to handle the inquiry.
City, county still split on library
Henderson and Vance County have some issues to work out, as seems to be the case every year around budget time.
Henderson budget fails on 5-4 vote
The Henderson City Council rejected the budget ordinance presented Monday night by City Manager Eric Williams on a 5-4 vote, with Mayor Clem Seifert casting the decisive vote.
A few final budget notes before tonight
As the City Council prepares for some budget housekeeping tonight, we need to do some ourselves.
On the agenda: More than the budget
The Henderson City Council faces a crowded agenda Monday night for its last scheduled meeting of the fiscal year — and that’s before it gets to the ordinances related to the 2005-06 budget.
Late Embassy streetscape runs over budget
The Embassy Square streetscape project already was behind schedule. Now it appears likely to end up over budget.
Tractor Supply eyes Dabney Drive site
One of the nation’s largest farm supply retail chains plans to open a store in Henderson and will go before the Zoning Board of Adjustment this afternoon to seek a special-use permit.