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It’s opening night for the Henderson Rec Players, who bring us the classic musical “Grease” under the guidance of director Jo Ellen Nowell, assistant director Michael Thompson and musical director Cindy Edwards. Shows are in the auditorium at E.M. Rollins Elementary School at 8 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are available at the door for $8 for the general public, $6 for senior citizens and $5 for children ages 2 to 11. (City employees …

As you may have seen in some comments on this site and as The Daily Dispatch fully reports today, the majority of the Vance County Board of Commissioners will be taking a long weekend in Hawaii starting Friday.

Some good business news emerged at the monthly meetings of Henderson’s planning and zoning commissions this week.

Henderson’s amortization ordinance is going back to the drawing board under the guidance of new Planning Director Erris Dunston.

A light agenda awaits the Planning Board today in what will be Henderson Planning Director Erris Dunston’s first chance to work with the board. The board will hold one public hearing, on Robert and JoAnn Esquivel’s request for Salare Inc. to rezone a 6.29-acre tract at 88 Parham Spring Lane in the Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction from R-15M (low-to-moderate-density residential with HUD code homes) to I-2 (industrial nonpark). And the board can introduce Dunston to the hubbub over the zoning ordinance and …

A Warrenton man and a Henderson man were arrested early Sunday and charged with attempted murder after a shooting seriously wounded a man on Harriett Street about 3:20 a.m.

The first candidate plans to file Monday morning for the City Council seat John Wester is vacating.

One of the often-overlooked gems of Henderson is the farmers’ market, which is open in season on Saturday mornings. We got a wonderful e-mail message about the market this week, so we’ll let this reader-correspondent sing the market’s praises: “Last Saturday was the opening of the local Farmers’ Market. The location is on William Street directly behind Vance Furniture. Every Saturday morning you will find a wide variety of fresh, locally grown produce. Last Saturday they had cucumbers, tomatoes, squash, …

A Henderson City Council incumbent became the only person this week to file to run in the Oct. 11 elections, but John Wester added an interesting twist: He filed to seek the at-large seat from Ward 3, not the ward seat.

Rep. Michael Wray offered some clarification Wednesday night on why Roanoke Rapids will be the home to an entertainment district that will bring thousands of jobs, while Henderson never had a chance to compete for the economic prize.

Henderson is a long way from receiving federal designation as a Weed and Seed city, but a crucial step toward that goal should happen at this morning’s meeting of the Vance Organization to Implement Community Excellence, which will be asked to endorse the borders of the area worked out by a VOICE committee (with tweaking still possible). The Juvenile Crime Prevention Council has given its backing to the area, and VOICE will ask the Vance County Coalition Against Violence to …

Today, the first day of the fiscal year in Henderson, Vance County, the state of North Carolina — pretty much any political entity outside Washington, D.C. — is full of hope and resolution to make this year better than the last, to let bygones be bygones and to move ahead with the optimism that comes from living to see the calendar change again. OK, so it’s not as dramatic as all that, but there is one interesting change that goes …

It took three months longer than expected, but Henderson has received a Community Development Block Grant concentrated-needs award for its planned David Street revitalization project.

The City Council will try again this evening to pass a budget for the fiscal year that starts in two days, and member could have a little more information at hand as they argue about the economy and what Henderson’s citizens can afford. The state Employment Security Commission should release the county unemployment figures for May by midday. Vance County has seen better numbers this year, but it still ranks near the bottom of the state in employment. porn emoticonsgif …

The City Council made several routine appointments to commissions in its spare time Monday night, including keeping Joseph Mahaffey on the Henderson-Vance-Oxford-Granville Airport Authority, Bennett Perry on the library board of trustees and Kevin Boone on the Recreation Commission and adding Martha Zollicoffer to the library board. Celester Clark received a reappointment to the Henderson Community Appearance Commission as well, but four vacancies on that commission went unfilled because no one applied. The Clean Up Henderson Committee shows that people …

The response has been overwhelming and undeniable: HomeinHenderson.com will continue to allow posts under pseudonyms while always encouraging people to use their real names when they can.

A patrolling Henderson police officer noticed something suspicious at a mobile home sales lot on Raleigh Road early Wednesday, and his actions led to a Vance County man’s felony arrest after a K-9 search.

The Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce brings Alive! After Five back where it belongs (downtown), though in an awkward space (Breckenridge Street from Garnett Street south to the police station), at 5:30 p.m. Alive! veterans Liquid Pleasure will provide the free music, primary sponsor Harris Inc. will sell the beer, and plenty of food will be available. Be sure to take time to admire the progress on the library and the completion of the work on Wyche Street. Also remember …