Entries by Laura Gabel

TownTalk: Keeping Teen Drivers Safe

Teens are four times as likely to be in a car crash and three times as likely to die in a crash, according to information from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a nonprofit organization that conducts research on crash testing and safety tests on vehicles, and rates them according to those results. The IIHS […]

TownTalk: Commissioners Expected To Adopt $66M Budget Monday, June 23

The Vance County Board of Commissioners is expected to adopt the FY 2025-26 budget at a meeting to be held at 4 p.m. on June 23. At a budget work session on Monday, June 16, commissioners discussed increasing teacher supplements, skyrocketing insurance costs and cost-of-living adjustments – all of which contributed to $3.1 million in […]

Granville Vance Public Health Community Health Assessment Participants Needed

  Residents of Vance and Granville counties have until around mid-July to help Granville Vance Public Health gather information for the 2025 Community Health Assessment. GVPH Director Lisa Harrison said the survey takes 15 or 20 minutes to complete, and the data will be used to guide the health department in developing programs that address […]

The Local Skinny! Oxford Armory Farmers Market Off To A Strong Start

The Oxford Armory Farmers Market has gotten off to a good start. In just a few Saturdays, organizers say the open-air market has had about 2,400 visitors. That number makes Wendy Tatum very happy, and hopeful for future sustainability. Tatum is the Food and Built Environment associate with Granville County Cooperative Extension, a new position […]

TownTalk: Around Old Granville – Natural Disasters

If you’re a Baby Boomer, chances are you grew up hearing stories from parents or grandparents about Hazel. That’d be Hurricane Hazel, the October 1954 storm that tore through this part of North Carolina on a path that went all the way to Canada. It’s just one example of a natural disaster that people use […]

TownTalk: Remembering Talmadge R. “Pete” Burgess

Talmadge R. “Pete” Burgess passed away at his home in Durham on Sunday, June 1. He was 92. Burgess was a native of Vance County and proudly gave back to his community for decades, farming in the Epsom community and making the Vance County Regional Farmers Market a reality. In a 2020 interview with WIZS, […]