The Henderson City Council’s Land Planning Committee will meet on Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. in the City Hall Conference Room to discuss on offer to purchase a vacant lot off of Andrews Avenue that is currently owned by the city. City Hall is located at 134 Rose Avenue in downtown Henderson, North Carolina.
Category: Quick hits
Monday’s open line
I, for one, thought that the Candidates’ Forum yesterday afternoon went very well. I’d solicit comments from readers asking for criticisms and comments but, frankly, you’re going to offer them whether I want them or not. Here’s your open line.
H-V Black Leadership Caucus endorsement list
The image above is a copy of the Henderson/Vance Black Leadership Caucus endorsement list for the 2009 Henderson and Kittrell municipal elections. This list was distributed today at the Henry A. Dennis Building in downtown Henderson to citizens participating in the first day of early voting. Due to problems of digital reproduction and transmission, the original blue color of the document was not retained. In all other respects, the image is a true and unadulterated copy of the original.
Board of ed. committee meets Monday
The Vance County Board of Education’s Community Relations Committee will meet on Monday, September 21, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. in the Administrative Services Center located at 1724 Graham Avenue in Henderson, North Carolina. No agenda for the meeting was provided.
Friday/weekend open line
One may presume that Henderson city elections are non-partisan for a reason, and most likely that reason is to avoid having the real decision on a candidate made in the primary rather than the general election. Should partisan elections be introduced (or reintroduced) into the Henderson political landscape? Let us know your thoughts on this weekend’s open line.
Tonight’s “Meet Me in the Street” called for rain
Tonight’s Meet Me in the Street has been canceled due to rain. It has been rescheduled for Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. along Breckenridge Street in downtown Henderson, North Carolina.
City council & county commission to hold joint session
There will be a joint session of the Henderson City Council and the Vance County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. at the Silo Restaurant in Henderson, North Carolina. No agenda has been developed for the meeting as of yet, according to County Clerk Kelly Grissom.
Planning Board to meet in special session
There will be a special meeting of the Planning Board on Monday, September 21, 2009 at 3:30 p.m. in the Henderson City Council chambers in City Hall located at 134 Rose Avenue in Henderson, North Carolina. No agenda for the meeting was provided.
Thursday’s open line
I’m looking at yet another Facebook friend request. People from my distant childhood have been crawling out of the cyber-woodwork lately, some of them long-forgotten, some whom I’ve idly wondered about over the years. That brings us to today’s question: How many Facebook friends should a regular person have? Let us know your thoughts on today’s open line.
Sept. nat’l addiction recovery month
by Gina DeMent, Public Information Officer Five County Mental Health Authority Together We Learn – Together We Heal Substance use disorders are treatable diseases, and when they are properly addressed, those affected can lead productive, healthy lives.
Wednesday’s open line
We rented a house long ago near a cat colony. Our cat (named “Pwahh” — don’t ask) got out of the house one day and ended up leaving us to live there. I suppose I should have done something about it, but I figured it was a lifestyle choice and it was her right. I regret that now. She’d come and visit once in a while, though, knowing we always kept kibble out for her. On one of her last …
Technical issues interrupt service
A recent upgrade to Home in Henderson caused a brief outage earlier this afternoon. We increased the bandwidth due to the increased popularity of HiH‘s video offerings, and we will probably have to do so again before the month is out. In any event, we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Blog on.
Tuesday’s open line
The quick arrests for Sunday’s fatal shooting on Water Street had us scrambling yesterday to keep up. However, before we offer kudos to the HPD’s guys and gals in midnight blue, we wonder what will happen in court, and whether or not it will garner the same headlines. Let us know your thoughts on todays’ open line.
Monday’s open line
We start another week off with yet another Henderson shooting death. Why? Let us know your thoughts on today’s open line.
Free kids’ car seat check September 16
The Safe Kids Henderson — Vance Coalition will be sponsoring a free child passenger safety car seat clinic on September 16, 2009 at Compare Foods on E. Andrews Avenue in Henderson, North Carolina from 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Patriot Day/weekend open line
I just had to explain to my nine year old what Patriot Day commemorates, and I realized while doing it that the emotions I felt at the time are still there, under the surface. I despise the events of that day, but I regret even more that the unity we Americans felt as a people in the days and months that followed did not endure. We give you a somewhat somber open line.
National suicide prevention week
Did you know that, in the United States, an average of 91.2 individuals per day, one per 15.8 minutes will die by suicide? Or that it’s estimated that more than 5 million people in the United States have been directly affected by suicide? Or that 52% of all persons who die by suicide use a firearm, kept in the home, to kill themselves?
School board meeting on color schemes Sept. 14
The Vance County Board of Education is holding a special called meeting on Monday, September 14, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. in the Administrative Services Center located at 1724 Graham Avenue in Henderson, North Carolina. The purpose of the meeting is to choose an interior color scheme for the new elementary school currently under construction on Garrett Road in Vance County.
Thursday’s open line
Does Henderson/Vance media (Home in Henderson included) sweep news under the rug for the sake of image, as was suggested on WIZS’s Town Talk program yesterday? Let us know your thoughts on today’s open line.
Wednesday’s open line
Our feeling here in the HiH press room is that voter apathy is at an all-time high (or low, depending on how you view these things). Is that just us, or have you indeed stopped caring? Let us know your thoughts on today’s open line.