With Commissioners Eddie Wright and Tim Pegram opposed, the Vance County Board of Commissioners voted 5-2 to terminate its relationship with the City of Henderson as of October 1, 2009.
Commisioners to award jail renovation bid
Click image to view Part I of III of the agenda for the Vance County Board of Commissioners. The Vance County Board of Commissioners meets on the first Monday of every month at 6:00 p.m. in the County Administration Building on Young Street.
Rep. Wray’s Raleigh report
The House had a particularly busy week, considering legislation to protect health, boost our state health insurance plan and improve our education system.
NC OpenBook.gov goes live
Last week North Carolina Governor Bev Purdue launched the first wave of www.NCOpenBook.gov, a government transparency website for searching state contracts and grants.
Monday’s open line
Carolina alums: give us some of your memories or experiences with Tar Heel basketball.
Weed & Seed documents
Click on image to view Weed & Seed documents, including Department of Justice audits
Arrest made in Nicholas Street robbery
On April 3, 2009, Darryl Lee Bumpass, Jr., 19, of 217 Turner Avenue, was arrested and charged after an investigation was conducted by members of the Henderson Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division concerning three common law robberies which occurred within the past several months.
Friday’s open line
** UPDATED ** When we get our hands on the CD we requested from the City of Henderson regarding Department of Justice audits of the Weed & Seed budgets, we will make the files available to our readers so they can do their own audits. Editor’s Note: What we meant to say above is that we would make the CD available when we got a chance to get to City Hall to pick up the CD. We did not mean …
Two county meetings scheduled for Monday
The Vance County Board of Commisioners’ Planning and Environmental Committee is scheduled to meet Monday, April 6, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. in the office of County Manager Jerry Ayscue. A Human Resources Committee meeting has been scheduled for Monday, April 6, 2009 at 5:15 p.m. The location of the meeting was not provided. No agenda was provided for either of the two Monday meetings.
NC public schools complete NC WISE project
NC WISE is Largest Technology Project in Public Schools’ History Public school leaders are celebrating a major technology and data collection milestone with the completion of NC WISE deployment in 113 of the state’s school districts — which includes 1,391 schools, and all 98 charter schools.
Arrests made in Wal-Mart parking lot robbery
On April 1, 2009, at 11:40 p.m., a common law robbery occurred at the Wal-Mart parking lot located at 200 N. Cooper Drive.
Graduation project requirement delayed
The State Board of Education approved a one-year delay yesterday to the North Carolina Graduation Project requirement for high school students, moving the effective date to students who first entered ninth grade in 2007-08 (Class of 2010-11).
The Cross to premier at Marketplace Cinema
Click image to view full-size document by Nancy Jo Smith Marketplace Cinema THE CROSS (PG) is a documentary about the life story of Arthur Blessit, a man who has carried a twelve-foot wooden cross on a pilgrimage around the world.
Crime Stoppers crimes of the month
Homicide On January 9, 2009, at about 1:30 a.m. police responded to a call to 687 Adams Street in reference to a shooting.
North Carolina principal of the year named
South Brunswick High School Principal Vann Pennell was named he 2009 Wachovia North Carolina Principal of the Year today at a ceremony in Raleigh. To read more, please go to www.ncpublicschools.org and look under “News”.
Thursday’s open line
This link to the Pitt County Development Commission web site was sent to us as an example of what Vance County needs to do to market itself. What do you think? Let us know your opinion on today’s open line.
Henderson man pleads guilty to federal drug charges
Pleads guilty to heroin conspiracy and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking Raleigh — United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today William Clement Carroll, Jr., 40, of Henderson, North Carolina, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle to a criminal indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a quantity of heroin in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841 and 846, …
Opinion: Breathing new life into a dead horse
by Elissa Yount Editor’s Note: These articles have been contributed to Home in Henderson to generate ideas and bring to light topics that should be of interest to the taxpayers of Henderson in the upcoming municipal elections. The hope of HiH is that these articles may, if you choose, enable you to begin a dialog both on the blog and with your representatives about where they stand on these important Henderson issues. Home ownership is what builds wealth in a …
Wednesday’s open line
Isn’t today a great day to be alive? Enjoy it on today’s open line. Oh, yeah, and its April Fool’s Day. Have mercy.