State Sen. Doug Berger will hold his second Vance County town meeting Thursday, July 21, at 7 p.m. in the county commissioners’ meeting room on the second floor of the old courthouse on Young Street.
Pick of the day: Coalition Against Violence
For good or bad, we’ve focused more attention of late on the work of the Vance Organization to Implement Community Excellence than on the group that spawned VOICE, the Vance County Coalition Against Violence. But the coalition continues to work on a range of projects that could have long-term benefits. The group holds its weekly meeting at 6 p.m. at the Gateway Center, when final arrangements for Saturday’s motorcade will be among the topics.
Water system hits some rough waves
Even as it was raising water rates by 10 percent for the fiscal year that started Friday, the city of Henderson was receiving news that could lead to nearly as big of an increase next year.
Anti-violence motorcade set for Saturday
The Vance County Coalition Against Violence is organizing a citywide awareness-raising motorcade Saturday afternoon.
Municipal filing off to a slow start
Day 2 of the filing period for Henderson’s Oct. 11 municipal elections couldn’t have been any quieter for the Vance County Board of Elections. No one filed for the City Council or mayor Tuesday, Vance Elections Director Faye Gill reported. Council incumbents Mary Emma Evans, Bernard Alston and Mike Rainey filed for re-election Friday, and Glean Henderson Jr. signed up to challenge Evans. The deadline to file for any of the eight council seats or mayor is Friday, Aug. 5, …
Pick of the day: Weed and Seed progress
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 …
To our readers: Technical difficulties
We apologize for the lack of posts, comments or any other communication from the HomeinHenderson staff for more than a day. We ran into some serious technical difficulties in Myrtle Beach, but we’ll be home today to get going again. Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Opinion: Still not sold on the partnership
The proposed (certain-to-be-created) Henderson-Vance Economic Partnership has won the endorsement of the Henderson City Council, and the Vance County Board of Commissioners is sure to follow suit one week from today. So why are we still skeptical?
County set to endorse partnership next week
The Vance County Board of Commissioners will receive a recommendation at its meeting July 11 to endorse the Henderson-Vance Economic Partnership and appoint three members, but the board is not expected to vote on the partnership’s bylaws.
To our readers: A reason for us to celebrate
While we’re on the subject of celebration, we at HomeinHenderson.com have our own cause for joy: our readers.
Pick of the day: Celebrating independence
You had your chance to watch fireworks and celebrate the United States’ 229th birthday Saturday at Kerr Lake (or Friday if you felt like driving up to South Hill). Now you can spend the whole day celebrating the Fourth of July. There are plenty of events in the Triangle area (check WRAL’s list), or you can stay closer to home and have a picnic or a cookout or just watch some baseball on television with your family. That’s what’s great …
No buyer yet for Henderson Winn-Dixie
Henderson’s Winn-Dixie store on Dabney Drive is not among 79 stores for which the company has found buyers, and the store could be out of business by mid-September.
Pick of the day: Early fireworks and fun at the lake
The Fourth of July comes early to Vance County with the Tourism Department’s Independence Day celebration at Kerr Lake, which is always held on the Saturday closest to July 4, weather permitting. The free festivities kick off at 6:30 p.m. at Satterwhite Point and include a lighted boat parade, music by The Foundations and fireworks. Food, T-shirts and glow sticks will be sold. A free shuttle will run from the Rose’s parking lot on North Garnett Street from 4 to …
Evans faces re-election challenge
Henderson’s first contest for a City Council seat developed within the first five hours of the five-week filing period for this fall’s municipal elections.
Opinion: Roanoke Rapids entertains exciting future
In case you missed it, the Henderson of Interstate 95 — Roanoke Rapids — has been rewarded for its economic development efforts with an entertainment complex that organizers hope will produce 2,600 jobs in its first phase.
Pick of the day: Happy fiscal new year
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 …
Improving Barracudas end regular season 0-5
The Vance Aquatics Club suffered a 252-118 loss at Treyburn on Wednesday evening, closing the regular Durham Summer Swim League season with an 0-5 record but a much stronger team than a year or two ago.
5-3 vote enacts Henderson budget
With questions answered and a contingency fund added, the Henderson City Council passed the 2005-06 budget on a 5-3 vote with about 30 hours to spare Wednesday evening.
David Street project wins $653,000 grant
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.
Little change as Vance jobless rate moves up to No. 3
Vance County’s jobless rate improved slightly in May but moved one step closer to the worst in the state, according to preliminary numbers released Wednesday by the state Employment Security Commission.