We’re giving away 2 tickets to the Christmas With The Embers show at VGCC this Friday night. Simply make a comment to any article on the site between now and Wednesday at noon and we’ll pick one random winner to receive the 2 tickets. You can pick them up at the Henderson Vance Chamber of Commerce once we notify the winner in their email.
North Carolina Ranked Most Favorable Regulatory Environment for Business
RALEIGH – Gov. Bev Perdue has been focused on reducing the regulatory burden and other costs on businesses to help create jobs. Forbes magazine this week reflected North Carolina’s continued success by ranking North Carolina as the most favorable regulatory environment in the nation and as the No. 3 “Best State for Business.” “My top priority is creating jobs, and a critical element in doing that is creating a business environment that attracts new companies and helps existing businesses grow …
Christmas With The Embers December 2nd, 2011
North Carolina band, The Embers, will play a return engagement in Henderson on Friday, December 2. The family sit-down concert, featuring “Christmas with The Embers,” will take place at the Vance-Granville Community College Civic Center at 7 p.m. The Embers are a North Carolina tradition renowned for their special brand of rhythm and blues and beach music. Since their inception in 1958, the group has been touring and turning out hit songs. A limited number of tickets are on sale …
Sentator Richard Burr Message
On Tuesday, I returned from a short trip to Afghanistan where I was fulfilling my role as a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to meet with officials on the ground and learn first hand about the progress being made there. I had the opportunity to meet with senior Afghan and U.S. officials who provided us with updates on the security situation in the region. While I was in Afghanistan, I received word about the inability of the …
Monday Open Lines
We welcome back everyone from vacation, friends and family, shopping, relaxing, driving, flying, whatever you did this entrance to the holiday season. I know it’s a bit late for this, but I wanted to share this video of the president pardoning this years turkey: This weeks Weekly Address: And finally, this weekend, the White House also recieved it’s Christmas Tree. First Lady Michelle Obama received the official White House Christmas tree on Friday. The tree, a 19-foot balsam fir, …
Butterfield Says Republican’s Sunday Night Legislative Session Is Surreptitious
WILSON, N.C. – After learning state lawmakers will return to Raleigh Sunday night for another legislative session, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) urged North Carolinians to contact their local representatives and senators to voice their opposition to a number of controversial proposals that the state legislature may consider tomorrow. According to media reports, state lawmakers plan to take up proposals to: cap the state’s gas tax; change North Carolina’s gambling laws to allow live-dealer games in state casinos; amend the …
City of Henderson City Council Meeting November 28th
The Henderson City Council will hold a Regular Short Meeting Monday, 28 November 2011, 6:00 p.m. R. G. (Chick) Young, Jr. Council Chambers, Municipal Building 134 Rose Avenue Henderson, North Carolina. A work session will immediately follow the meeting. I. PUBLIC HEARING a) Consideration of Approval of Ordinance 11—63, Amending Section 670B.5 of the Henderson City Zoning Code Increasing the Number of Permitted Electronic Gaming Operations Per Establishment from Thirty-five (35) to One Hundred (100). (CAF 11—137) * Public Hearing …
DWI Charge for Porsche Wreck on Parker Lane
On Thursday, November 25 at 3:14 a.m. officers of the Henderson Police Department responded to a reported vehicle crash in the 900 block of Parker Lane. The vehicle, a 2007 Porsche Cayman was found wrecked in a wooded area off the roadway of Parker Lane. A driver was not present at the scene at the time officers arrived. Following the officer’s investigation the owner of the vehicle, David Allen Ruggles was charged with Driving While Impaired and Carless and Reckless …
VGCC announces new options for High School students to take college courses
Vance-Granville Community College is preparing to offer new options for area high school students to get college credits, tuition-free, as part of a new statewide program. The “Career & College Promise” program comes into effect Jan. 1, 2012. This new umbrella program consolidates and replaces the various high school-college partnership programs that previously existed. CCP offers three pathways for eligible high school-age students. Two are open to eligible high school juniors and seniors: the College Transfer pathway, in which students …
Friday / Weekend Open Line
Yesterday many people said thanks at their dinner table, and I’d like to share a thank you letter sent to us by a reader thanking Lindsey Davidson, Administrative Secretary for the City’s Public Works Department. As a volunteer for the Find a Grave web site I was looking for information on a few people who are (supposedly) buried in Elmwood Cemetery and was lucky to come across Lindsey Davidson Administrative Secretary for the City of Henderson Public Works Department. I explained …
Local Holiday Shopping Guide
View local deals here! Home in Henderson is compiling a list of local business deals to encourage shoppers to support your Henderson stores first as you think about your holiday shopping. If your business would like to be added to our list please email us your offering to submit@homeinhenderson.com. There is no cost for this ad. Shoppers, please do us a huge favor and mention to the business you saw their ad on Home in Henderson! Angela’s Grill is offering …
Vance-Granville Community Band presents free Holiday Concert
The Vance-Granville Community Band will perform its fourth annual Holiday Concert on Monday, Dec. 12. The program will begin at 7 p.m. in the Civic Center on the college’s main campus in Vance County. Admission is free. Children are encouraged to attend and there will a special time devoted to them. Michael Stephenson, the Vance-Granville Community College music instructor and director of the band, said that the evening’s music will include several of the holiday season’s favorite melodies, including “Sleigh …
Butterfield Disappointed in Craven County Commissioners Request for Voter ID Bill
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) expressed deep disappointment with Craven County Board of Commissioners for approving a resolution today in support of requiring a government-issued photo ID to vote. The measure, which passed five to two, asks the local delegation to the North Carolina General Assembly to introduce a local bill requiring Craven County residents to obtain an approved photo ID to vote, and to pattern the bill after state House Bill 351, which was vetoed in …
VGCC students recognized at state Phi Beta Lambda conference
Members of the Vance-Granville Community College “Chi Beta Chi” chapter of the Phi Beta Lambda business student organization attended the state PBL Fall Leadership Development Conference in Greensboro, on November 11-12. The VGCC chapter brought home several recognitions and awards. VGCC Business Administration instructor and chapter advisor LaTonya Steele accompanied the student members in attendance: chapter president Ruthie Davis of Warrenton, vice president Christopher Todd of Oxford, treasurer Diane Power of Oxford, reporter Kiwon Harding of Henderson, historian William Leman …
Wednesday / Thanksgiving Open Lines
We’d love to hear from all interested today regarding your business specials this shopping weekend. It’s important for our economy to encourage residents to spend money in town, and not out of town this year. I’m disappointed to hear many local business not offering any specials this weekend. We’ll be calling again during the day today to get deal info, but yesterday we only netted 4 businesses interested in sharing any specials this weekend. Please support your local businesses this …
Katherine C. Brafford Appointed to City Finance Director
I am pleased to announce that Ms. Katherine (Kathy) C. Brafford has been appointed to serve as the City’s new Finance Director. She will report to work on Thursday, 29 December 2011. Ms. Brafford is a seasoned, well respected local government finance professional and will help bring the City’s financial operations and management systems into the 21st Century. I am confident in her abilities to lead the City’s Finance Department forward and look forward to working with her. Ms. Brafford …
Butterfield’s Chief of Staff Accepts Position at White House
WASHINGTON, DC – The Office of Congressman G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) today confirmed that Tonya N. Williams, Chief of Staff to Congressman Butterfield, has accepted a position in the Office of Vice President Joe Biden as Director of Legislative Affairs. “For more than three years, Tonya Williams has been my valued adviser and trusted friend,” said Butterfield. “As Chief of Staff, Tonya has been exemplary in her leadership of our team and tireless in her commitment to the needs of …
Tuesday Open Lines
Governor Perdue’s Statement Monday: “The Republican budget is full of extreme, short-sighted and unnecessary cuts to education. It’s hard to understand in North Carolina why the General Assembly pitted deaf children against blind children in a fight to keep their school open. North Carolina must find ways to reduce spending, but our future demands that we also make investments in our people. Our constitution guarantees a quality education for all, and that includes deaf and blind children.” That statement is …
Butterfield Says Internet Gaming Hearings Are Not Comprehensive Enough, Need Testimony of Federal Entities
WASHINGTON, DC — During a House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade hearing today, Congressman G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) released a letter to Chairman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) criticizing convening a second hearing on Internet gaming that failed to include testimony from representatives of federal agencies that would potentially implement and govern online gambling. Butterfield said that while he appreciates the Chairman’s consideration of this issue, “If the Subcommittee is to proceed with the federal legalization and regulation of online …
Senator Richard Burr Message
Our national debt hit $15 trillion for the first time in American history this week. This alarming number reinforces the pressing need to pass legislation that will rein in government spending and create an environment that allows our country’s economy to grow. As the November 23 deadline of the deficit-cutting Congressional supercommittee approaches, I am hopeful that Democrats will work with Republicans to find common sense solutions to reduce our nation’s deficits. There are items that both parties can agree …