Don’t expect an early night for the Henderson City Council on Monday.
Another chance to speak up
If you care about backyard garbage pickup, curbside recycling, library funding or any other budgetary matter, Monday night’s as good a time as any to let your feelings be known.
Budget award good; late audit bad
Finance Director Traig Neal and accounting supervisor Peggy McFarland are getting plenty of praise to help carry them through the trauma of the budget season.
Opinion:
The Henderson City Council went into its budget meetings this past week asking department heads to present their needs and looking between the lines for ways to save money and boost the anemic fund balance. Out of the dozen presentations, exactly one department head offered suggestions to save real money. And council members responded with nothing but criticism.
Schools seek $1 million more from county
The Vance County school system is looking for almost $1 million more in county funding in the fiscal year starting July 1 than it received this year.
Dreaded issue back before school board
The Vance County Board of Education must confront a hairy issue again Monday night.
Partnership puts imagination into reading project
Some key decisions are coming soon for the launch of a free-books program for preschoolers in Vance County.
Rising gas prices blow hole in budget
Every 10-cent increase in the price of gasoline and diesel fuel costs Henderson more than $14,000 over the course of a year, and rising fuel costs are wreaking havoc on the budget process.
Council resists changes to recycling, garbage pickup
City Council members showed no interest Thursday night in a proposal to change everything about Henderson’s handling of home garbage.
Anti-crime group gives VOICE to united effort
The countywide working group on crime and related issues is nameless no more.
Local legislators help House pass lottery 61-59
The state House took a dramatic step Wednesday toward launching a North Carolina lottery when lawmakers voted 61-59 in favor of legislation that also could solve Vance County’s school construction problems.
Council hears pleas for higher salaries
Henderson needs to pay all of its employees more money, City Council members were told Tuesday night during the first of three nights of budget presentations from department heads.
New chief animal control officer in Vance
Vance County has a new chief animal control officer, County Manager Jerry Ayscue announced Monday night during the meeting of the Board of Commissioners.
Close lottery vote expected today
The special House committee on the lottery is meeting this morning to take up a bill co-sponsored by one of Vance County’s two legislators, with the expectation that the committee will send the bill forward for the first House floor vote on a lottery as early as this afternoon.
Board bends zoning rule for good intentions
The Henderson Zoning Board of Adjustment sliced through the red tape Tuesday and granted a variance to a property owner who ran into trouble after getting a building permit.
Gunfire wounds man, endangers infanct
Bullets were flying in Henderson over the weekend, leaving one man seriously wounded and threatening, among others, a 7-week-old boy.
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Henderson fire officials estimate that this vacant house at 717 Highland Ave. suffered $30,000 in damage to the structure and the contents in a suspicious fire Monday. The estimated pre-fire value was $57,000. A thirst for free beer early Saturday may prove costly for three Vance County men, according to Henderson police reports.
Vance board backs multiple-choice sales tax increase
A possible education-dedicated 1-cent increase in the local sales tax survived a lengthy Vance County Board of Commissioners discussion Monday night. But the commissioners tossed around enough options and preferences and alternatives before and after passing a resolution on the sales tax that school board members were left uncertain whether they’d won.
Opinion:
I’m a Tar Heel born, I’m a Tar Heel bred, and when I die, I’ll be Tar Heel dead. To be honest, we’ve always wondered at the wisdom of bringing death into a fight song, but today we share the sentiment of many folks in Vance County: We could die happy after the University of North Carolina’s championship victory in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament Monday night.
Our apologies
Our Internet host is in the middle of a server switch, and we at HomeinHenderson.com are suffering the moving pains. Since late last week, we have experienced vanishing stories, e-mail interruptions and complete outages (we couldn’t get to the site most of Monday). We apologize for the inconvenience and for the resulting backlog in getting the news to you. It will take us a few days to catch up on some of the stories we’re working on. We appreciate your …