We normally would wait until Saturday to post Saturday’s pick, but, to badly paraphrase Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett, it’s Saturday somewhere. More to the point, it’s July 16 somewhere, and that means the magic day has arrived: “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” is on store shelves. Because Henderson has no real bookstore, many people ordered the book in the Triangle or online, and, like a midsummer Christmas, packages with the sixth book in J.K. Rowling’s series should arrive …
DA ready to address your concerns
District Attorney Sam Currin III has taken a lot of criticism from commentators on this site recently, and to his credit, he has responded to specific complaints (see his comments under this post). He included this statement: “I welcome any responses and still reiterate my offer to meet with those persons dissatisfied with the outcome of our cases. Please contact me at (919) 693-5773 to schedule an appointment to see me.” Some of you critics can’t afford to expose yourselves …
Opinion: Holding the line on crime
Crime and jobs are always the biggest stories around here, so Thursday’s release of Henderson’s preliminary crime numbers for the first half of 2005 is important.
Crime steady in first half of year
The preliminary crimes stats are in for the first half of 2005 in Henderson, and they show little change overall from the first half of 2004.
Pick of the day: Farewell to the Bear
For sports fans, there’s a lot going on today. Lance Armstrong is in the lead in his final Tour de France. Tiger Woods is in the lead at the British Open. Teenager Michelle Wie is rolling through the men’s U.S. Amateur Public Links championship, with a Masters invitation on the line. The World Series of Poker is down to the final table, nine men guaranteed to win at $1 million each. The Yankees are playing the Red Sox. But nothing …
Maybe Friday will bring out the candidates
Another day has passed with no new candidates for municipal office anywhere in Vance County, which leads us to this bit of trivia: Every one of the eight official candidates for the City Council in the first two weeks of the filing period submitted his or her paperwork on a Monday or a Friday. So maybe there will be a flood of candidates Friday. Anyone for mayor or the ward seats in Ward 2 and Ward 4? Or any of …
City starts spending drug money
The drug-seizure cash keeps rolling into Henderson, and now the police are preparing to roll some of it out.
Farm committee also needs candidates
We received the following notice from the Vance County office of the Farm Service Agency this morning. Farmer-candidates are needed in the northern part of the county.
Pick of the day:
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 …
Feeling envy for Ward 3
People like to disparage Flint Hill, but the neighborhood has something those of us who live along Dabney Drive can’t help but be jealous of: candidates for City Council. As part of Ward 3, Flint Hill has a contest for the ward seat between Garry Daeke and Marty Gister and the likelihood of the powerhouse matchup of the Oct. 11 elections, John Wester (who has filed) against Elissa Yount (who hasn’t yet). Ward 2 has at-large incumbent Mike Rainey and …
Opinion: At least Hawaii trip wastes only $7,900
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.
Pickle plant sours Dabney Exchange plan
A Planning Board decision Monday helped Dabney Exchange out of a bit of a pickle.
Thriving businesses allowed room to grow
Some good business news emerged at the monthly meetings of Henderson’s planning and zoning commissions this week.
Pick of the day: Some fresh clicks
Maybe this whole World Wide Web thing is starting to catch on. The H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library is using a state Library Services and Technology Act grant to revitalize an online face that was eight years out of date. Along with its under-construction but ever-useful new site at www.perrylibrary.org, the Perry Library has a clean, simple new logo: The city of Henderson, which launched its own new site a few months ago, now has a slogan to promote it, …
Murder victim’s housemate accused of stifling police
Henderson police have made an arrest in the case of a Maple Street man slain at home in early March — the housemate who police say has obstructed their investigation into the death of Lajuan Wilkins.
No news from Board of Elections
No new candidates filed for the fall municipal elections in Henderson, Kittrell or Middleburg today, the Vance County Board of Elections reported. That means we still have no candidates for mayor or the ward seats from Wards 2 and 4 in Henderson and no candidates of any kind in the other two towns. Only 18 more filing days until the deadline of noon Aug. 5. If you’re looking for a little divine guidance on whether to run, you could stop …
Opinion: Patience is a virtue with the partnership
We think we got a glimpse Monday night at how the Henderson-Vance Economic Partnership will operate in the future. And it may have been a good thing.
Weed and Seed gains county, city backing
The designated Weed and Seed zone in Henderson. The Henderson-Vance Weed and Seed proposal kept picking up steam Monday night, gaining unanimous support from the Vance County Board of Commissioners and the Henderson City Council.
Partnership wins county endorsement 5-2
The Henderson-Vance Economic Partnership cleared the last major hurdle to its creation Monday night, but the Vance County Board of Commissioners sent a couple of pointed messages to the economic development group while providing an endorsement on a 5-2 vote.