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H-V Rec. & Parks Director, Henderson Police Chief Stand Behind Proposed Park
Kendrick Vann, director of Henderson-Vance Recreation & Parks, along with Tara Goolsby, facilities manager, and Victor Hunt, program specialist, were on Wednesday’s edition of WIZS’ Town Talk program to discuss department updates. According to Vann, the Recreation Department is currently working with City of Henderson and Vance County officials to obtain a park and recreation...
Vance Co. Schools: May 1 Declared Student Holiday, Optional Teacher Workday
-Press Release, Vance County Schools After consultation with school system leadership and the Vance County Board of Education, Superintendent Anthony Jackson has recommended, and the Board of Education has approved, a change in our school calendar to accommodate the N.C. Association of Educators’ Rally for Public Education planned for Wednesday, May 1, 2019, in Raleigh...
West End Community Watch Hears From Daeke; Positive Changes Ahead for Henderson!
-Notes courtesy Claire Catherwood Notes from the West End Community Watch meeting held on April 16, 2019: West End Community Watch met on Tuesday, April 16. The speaker was Garry Daeke. Daeke discussed the City Council’s progress and plans since his joining the council 12 years ago. In 2006, the City Council was very short...
Parham Road Bridge Closure Starts Monday
-Press Release, North Carolina Department of Transportation The Parham Road bridge over Interstate 85 in Henderson will be closed for three weeks starting Monday, April 29, 2019. The closure is needed so a contractor can safely put a concrete latex overlay in place on the bridge’s road surface, extending its life and making it a...
Granville Co. Board of Education to Hold Financial Work Session – Thurs., April 25
-Press Release, Granville County Public Schools NOTICE TO PUBLIC AND PRESS The Granville County Board of Education will meet for a Financial Work Session on Thursday, April 25, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. at the Granville County Public Schools Central Office, 101 Delacroix Street, Oxford, North Carolina for the purpose of receiving a financial presentation and...
New Location for Tri-County Shrine Club’s Annual Fish Fry
The Tri-County Shrine Club, formerly Henderson Shrine Club, will hold its 56th annual Shriners Fish Fry on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. Changing the name to more accurately reflect the members’ residing counties, the Tri-County Shrine Club looks forward to the spring fish fry each year. Treasurer Donald Seifert, who...
Education Veteran to Address VGCC Basic Skills Grads
-Press Release, Vance-Granville Community College Vance-Granville Community College will hold commencement exercises dedicated exclusively to new graduates of Adult Basic Skills programs on Thursday, May 2, 2019. The ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. in the Civic Center on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. Those being honored will include students who have completed...
Let’s End School Bullying! ‘Stop Bullying for Jacob’ Forum – May 6
-Information courtesy the Vance County Tourism Authority’s Facebook Page BoHo’s Party Place & Restaurant, 214 Raleigh Rd in Henderson, will hold an anti-bullying forum titled “Stop Bullying for Jacob” on Monday, May 6, 2019, at 6 p.m. Parents, teachers, government officials and the media are invited to attend this event to discuss ways to prevent...
