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Granville Vance Health Announces Opening of Dental Clinic in Oxford
Sandra Micou and Wendy Smith, representatives of the Granville Vance District Health Department, were on Wednesday’s edition of WIZS’ Town Talk program to discuss the recent opening of the health department’s Carolina Fellows Family Dentistry Clinic along with February’s designation as “National Children’s Dental Health Month.” Located at 115 Hilltop Village in Oxford, the non-profit...
Maria Parham Health Invites Community to Youth Art Showcase & Silent Auction
-Information courtesy Maria Parham Health’s Facebook page Maria Parham Health invites the community to the first Annual Youth Art Showcase and Silent Auction, Thurs., February 7, 2019, from 2 to 8 p.m. in Maria Parham Health’s Main Lobby in Henderson. Refreshments will be served from 6 to 8 p.m. Join us in viewing artwork created...
Dr. Brenda Williamson Named Principal of Merged Granville Co. Middle Schools
-Press Release, Granville County Public Schools At their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, January 7, the Granville County Board of Education voted to close Mary Potter Middle School and convert the campus to an educational support facility effective with the 2019-2020 school year. Next academic year, students currently attending Mary Potter Middle School will merge...
Free Rabies Vaccinations at Granville County Animal Shelter
-Press Release, Granville County Government Granville County Animal Control will provide free one and three-year rabies vaccines from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 16, 2019, at the Animal Shelter in Oxford. Pet owners must have proof of prior rabies vaccine, in the form of the paper certificate, to receive the three-year vaccine...
Public Invited to West End Community Watch Meeting – Feb. 19
-Information courtesy Claire Catherwood, West End Community Watch West End Community Watch will meet on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of West End Baptist Church in Henderson. The speaker will be Cara Gill of the Child Advocacy Council. Police officers will be present to hear your concerns and to...
Successful Small Farms Conference to Feature Seed Exchange, Informational Sessions
-Information courtesy NC Cooperative Extension The popular regional Successful Small Farms Opportunities conference will be held at the Louisburg College campus in Louisburg on Saturday, February 16, 2019, from 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Topics include the new farm bill and how it affects small farmers; blueberry production and marketing; high-tunnel greenhouses; Industrial Hemp: regulations and...
Superintendent Dr. Anthony Jackson Talks School System, First Year of Consolidation
Dr. Anthony Jackson, superintendent of Vance County Schools, was on Tuesday’s edition of WIZS’ Town Talk program to discuss what is currently happening in the local school system, including an update on the middle and high school consolidation process. According to Jackson, the school system is now in the beginning stages of rewriting the district’s...
HPD: Pedestrian Struck & Killed on I-85; Case Deemed a Suicide
-Information courtesy the Henderson Police Department’s Facebook page On Saturday, February 2, 2019, around 5 a.m., Henderson Police Department officers responded to a call at I-85, mile marker 213 (Dabney Dr) in reference to a pedestrian being struck. When they arrived, Carl Maurice Matthews III, age 25 of Oxford, NC, was found unresponsive. Matthews had...
GCPS’s Abby Dooley Named WRAL’s ‘Teacher of the Week’
-Information courtesy Granville County Public Schools Granville County Public Schools congratulates Ms. Abby Dooley, a 3rd-grade teacher at Butner Stem Elementary School for being named the WRAL Teacher of the Week! After graduating from ECU with her teaching degree, Dooley returned to her native Granville County and is now in her 5th year of teaching. Be...
