The Joint Intergovernmental Committee is scheduled to meet on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 3:30 p.m. at City Hall to discuss joint funding. This committee is comprised of members from the Henderson City Council and the Vance County Board of Commissioners. Henderson City Hall is located at 134 Rose Avenue in Henderson, North Carolina.
Wednesday’s open line
You know, the northerners pick on us when we close down for a six-inch snowstorm, but clearly it doesn’t take all that much more snow in the grand scheme of things to send them scurrying for all of the bread, milk, eggs, and toilet paper they can carry out of their Acme Supermarkets. Until they smarten up and head for more congenial climates, we wish them well. Here’s your open line.
Rainey: Need to stop negative comments
During a discussion of jointly funded projects with Vance County at Monday’s meeting of the Henderson City Council, member Mike Rainey criticized what he termed “negative comments” in Henderson.
Elissa Yount: We know they know
There are things you know. There are things you know you don’t know. Then there are things you don’t know — so you don’t know you don’t know. If you think about it, you know these things.
HPD, ATF make arrests on federal indictments
On February 8, 2010 officers of the Henderson Police Department and agents with the federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) arrested three individuals on outstanding federal indictments.
Tuesday’s open line
The Henderson City Council approved the sale of Southerland Mill Pond to NC Rep. Bill Faison yesterday evening. Here’s your open line.
Etheridge statement on filing for re-election
“[Yesterday], I filed to seek re-election as Congressman for North Carolina’s Second District.
City council discusses joint funding contracts
In anticipation of a meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee on Thursday, February 11, 2010, the Henderson City Council held a discussion on programs funded jointly by the city and Vance County during its regular meeting yesterday evening.
Crime Stoppers crimes of the month
Breaking & Entering & Larceny On January 25, 2010 around 12:45 p.m. officers with the Henderson Police Department responded to a breaking and entering at the Church of the Holy Innocents on Chestnut Street.
To the editor: Our actions count
I can’t help but ponder the great question of why people are so mean to each other.
County to hear tax deposit bag update
Here is the agenda for the Vance County Board of Commissioners meeting rescheduled for February 8, 2010.
County general gov’t committee to meet
The Vance County Board of Commissioners’ General Government Committee meeting that was originally scheduled for this past Monday (that was cancelled due to the weather) has been rescheduled for today, Monday, February 8 at 12:00 p.m. in the office of County Manager Jerry Ayscue. Ayscue’s office is located in the County Administration Building at 122 Young Street in Henderson, North Carolina. No agenda for the meeting was provided.
Council to consider offer on Southerland Mill Pond
Here is the agenda for the Henderson City Council.
Southeast HSR coalition established
Key transportation leaders from Alabama, Florida, North and South Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee met in Atlanta, Georgia on January 25, 2010 and voted to form the Southeast High Speed Rail Coalition.
Financials, policy on school board agenda
Here is the agenda for the Vance County Board of Education.
Elissa Yount: The Southerland Mill saga
On November 14, 2005 Robert Southerland came before the Henderson City Council in an open meeting and offered to purchase the Southerland Mill property for $35,000.
Rep. Wray’s Raleigh Report
The work of the General Assembly is wide ranging and has great influence over spending priorities, economic policies, education, health care and other critical areas.
Monday’s open line
Once again we have the perfect storm of three overlapping meetings of elected bodies in Vance County. This means that your friendly neighborhood news providers will be hard-pressed to provide any kind of coverage, much less adequate coverage, of what your government is doing. We’ve been harping on this issue for years, and we presume that if anyone really cared about it, something would have been done to resolve the issue. Ignorance may be bliss, but not knowing what going …
Garnett St. closed to thru traffic Sunday morning
The City of Henderson Public Utilities Department will be completing the installation of a water service tap on Garnett Street at the intersection of Breckenridge Street starting at approximately 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, February 7, 2010.