Category: Open Lines

This evening, Henderson hosts two official meetings, one for the Vance County Board of Commissioners, and another for the Vance County Board of Education.  As a note, the City of Henderson will hold it’s next meeting next Monday, November 14th. But the City does have a special called meeting on Monday for a closed session regarding an economic matter.  The full agenda packet is already up for the BoC meeting, and the BoE packet I will attempt to publish on …

This weekend, visit downtown Henderson once again for another event free for all.  Oktoberfest 2011, it’s the third year of this festival in Henderson, come visit Breckenridge Street from 11am to 3pm featuring live music from Little German Band and Dancers.  There will be  food vendors, featuring a wide variety of different foods, arts and crafts vendors, area organizations and businesses will be participating in the festival.  Children’s games, including a moonwalk, an obstacle course and a slide, will be …

Wednesday, Governor Perdue attended the N.C. Governor’s Conference for Women, and an interesting soundbite she through out there was a possible overhaul or elimination of the yearly North Carolina Car Inspection system.  Perdue said she has told the Department of Motor Vehicles to “give us a detailed assessment of the program.” She said there needs to be a “whole examination” because we “need to know if we need this kind of system.”  Perdue was responding to stories by The News …

Tuesday, President Obama signed an Executive Order that will help prevent prescription drug shortages that lead that can lead to price gouging.  The order directs the Food and Drug Administration to expand reporting about situations that might lead to drug shortages, and also to work with the Department of Justice to investigate illegal price gouging The number of prescription drug shortages tripled between 2005 and 2010.  Besides having serious consequences for people’s health and well-being, drug shortages drive vendors to …

If you missed the Trick or Treating event last night, we’ve got some pictures for you.  At the Dataforge headquarters, we had hundreds of kids, I’d guess between 1 to 2 thousand kids, I don’t even know how many people came through but we gave away about 2000 pieces of candy.  It was a steady stream of people for an hour and a half.  We tried to give only one piece per kid, because we knew, and they did, that …

This evening, bring your kids to Downtown Henderson, NC for a stroll along Garnett Street.  But be careful, you’ll encounter hundreds, maybe a thousand, spooky little ones, dragging larger slaves along with them.  Fun starts at 4:00 until 5:30 where many downtown merchants will be participating in Trick or Treat.  Those merchants will have an orange flyer in their window. Afterwards, the City of Henderson will have official trick or treat hours from 6pm to 9pm, so go visit your …

This weekend we hope you enjoy your Fall Festival, Halloween, and Saturday and Sunday.  There doesn’t seem to be as much events in the area this year as last.  Last year the YMCA hosted a nice event, where this year they decided to tone it down and offer the events for members only.  Last year the Aycock Recreation Center hosted a great event, but this year I can’t find a mention of it so far.  (edit – well apparently I …

This week, President Obama has been taking initiatives to go around the passage of the American Jobs Act and introduce specific actions to help spur the economy.  It will allow borrowers to cap their student loan payments at 10% of discretionary income.  In the 2010 State of the Union, the President proposed – and Congress quickly enacted – an improved income-based repayment (IBR) plan, which allows student loan borrowers to cap their monthly payments at 15% of their discretionary income. …

This evening (October 26th) at 5:30pm two commissioners will be meeting with Bearpond VFD representatives at 5:30 p.m. at the Bearpond station. As stated earlier, this will be to discuss Bearpond’s request for rent from the County. Today, the Henderson City Council has a special called meeting at noon in the City Council Chambers.  See our post here for the full agenda and to download the agenda packet. Franklin County’s Novozymes has earned Entrepreneur Magazines the #25 spot in the …

Today we release a story regarding two smug looking illegal drug manufactures in Henderson last week that turned up 164 doses of heroin to be sold, in addition to 1.6 grams of crack cocaine.  Also during the last week, at the North Carolina State Fair, 12 people were arrested, not just 12 people but those 12 people were actually employees at the fair, mostly running midway games and sold concessions. Deputies seized about $10,000 in drugs in the investigation, including …

This weeks President’s message discusses how the death of Moammar Qadhafi in Libya and the announcement that troops from Iraq will return home by the end of the year are strong reminders that the United States has renewed its leadership in the world. Last week, he made a press conference speech regarding this as well, if you missed it, here ya go:   The President also sent out a letter regarding the troops. On the first day of my Administration, …

Starting Friday, October 21st through midnight Sunday October 23rd HiH will be having a weekend contest.  Simply comment on our open lines (in this thread) during this time frame and Monday morning we will draw a random commenter’s name.  That lucky person will win a brand new, custom made stylus courtesy of Sachs Woodcrafts.  Louis Sachs of Sachs Woodcrafts lives right here in Henderson, and makes custom wooden bowls, cutting boards, magnifying glasses, duck calls, ice cream scoopers, stylus, and …

Tonight, Vance County Schools will hold a public hearing regarding what to do with the old Eaton Johnson Middle School.  The meeting will be at the Administrative Center on Graham Avenue at 6:30pm and is open to the public.  We highly encourage you to attend and voice your opinion, as one of the things being considered is for a company The Landmark Group, which currently own the Maria Parham Apartments and the Vance Senior Housing Apartments as well as many …

This week, President Obama visited North Carolina yet again touting the American Jobs Act.  The same jobs act that has been recently denied.  Obama visited West Wilkes High School is in Millers Creek, North Carolina — a small town located about 60 miles west of Winston-Salem. On Sunday, more than 1,000 residents lined up for tickets, which were distributed by local volunteers. All over the country and right here in North Carolina folks are losing their jobs. Nearly 2,000 classroom …

Monday, The Wake County Board of Commissioners approved new restrictions for begging in public places Tuesday, requiring that panhandlers present a photo ID and obtain a permit.  The permits would be free and renewable each year. Chairman Paul Coble said the idea is to protect motorists and beggars at intersections. Raleigh and other municipalities already have similar rules.  You can read more about it here  Should Henderson have such restrictions of beggars?  Are you bothered by them in Vance County, …

President’s Weekly Address: Made in America.  From a GM plant in Detroit, President Obama highlights the landmark trade agreements passed this week which will support tens of thousands of American jobs, level the playing field for American workers, and help us meet our goal of doubling our exports. The President will be in North Carolina today with Obama starting his bus tour with a speech in Asheville, N.C., Monday morning and he will speak again later today  at a high …

This weekend is a fun filled event in Henderson.  Let’s recap: East Coast Drag Times invades Henderson downtown with a huge car show Corbitt Preservation Association hosts their classic trucks show in downtown The Southern High Schools Swing for the Arts golf outing Vance County SPCA Animal Awarness Day The N.C. State Fair has some big competition from Henderson this weekend.  Also would like to mention a Motown concert at the Louisburg College in Louisburg. My big dummy self went …

This afternoon, downtown Henderson will host a Fire Prevention Open House on Garnett Street.  Activities include City of Henderson Fire Department –Display and Demonstrate Burn Cell on Residential Sprinklers Fire Trucks and Other Vehicles on Display Sparky, McGruff the Crime Dog, Firefighter Cow from Chick-Fil-A Buster the Robot Bus from Vance County School Transportation Miss Betty Karate Kidz Academy Slide & Bounce provided by Character Antics Free Funnel Cakes provided by Vance County Fire/EMS Free Hotdogs, Chips, Snacks and Drinks …

Tuesday evening the US Senate defeated President Obama’s American Jobs Act.  The Senate defeated President Barack Obama’s job-creation package on Tuesday in a sign that Washington is likely too paralyzed to take major steps to spur hiring before the 2012 elections. I saw a news item posted Tuesday regarding a zoning issue that I think explains a bit why some people did not want the county to enact a zoning ordinance.  This gentleman built a treehouse in his yard for …

Last night the Henderson City Hall hosted a City Council meeting.  As soon as we get our reports in we’ll update. Also, we’ve updated one of the previously posted 2003 Market Street Services documents for Vance County with the original PDF version and not a scanned in paper version.  You can see the better quality version at the 20031202 Vance County Economic Development Strategy on our page here that contains 3 other reports done that year. Welcome to our Open …