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Henderson Mayor Eddie Ellington will not seek another term in the upcoming municipal elections. On Friday, Ellington called his decision “bittersweet” but said after two terms as mayor, he looks to a new chapter in life. “Holding on for too long leads to entrenched leaders, which diminishes new ideas and creative thinking,” Ellington said. He […]
The Vance County Democratic Party is sponsoring an informational event next week designed to increase awareness throughout the community about a variety of issues including voter registration, as well as the state’s new voter ID law. Joseph Brodie is first vice chair of the group and he said although the event, scheduled for Saturday, July […]
Jameel Williams has been an influence in the lives of young people as an educator in Vance County Schools for more than three decades. Now, as president of the local chapter of the NAACP, Williams has the opportunity to provide a different type of education. “Together, we can move forward,” Williams said – more than […]
Henderson Fire Chief Tim Twisdale said he learned at an early age the importance of service to others and being responsible for nurturing growth. Those childhood lessons are paying dividends as Twisdale takes the helm as the city’s new chief. As a youngster, growing up on the family farm, he was exposed to things that […]
If everyone who was born and raised in the Henderson area took a deep dive into their ancestry, how far back would they have to go to find out that they were related to the Hawkins family? Even if your last name isn’t Hawkins, local historian Mark Pace said he predicts that up to 20 […]
Interim Vance County Manager Scott Elliott said he fell in love with North Carolina during an internship at the Forsyth County Planning Department during the summer when he was in college at the University of Wisconsin. In the decades since that internship, Elliott has worked in various counties across the state. He retired after more […]
Animal rescue organizations – especially those that focus on felines – are feeling the ripple effects of COVID-19 restrictions that shuttered spay and neuter clinics. Lawanna Johnson, president of Franklin County-based Purr Partners, said the number of kittens being born this year is mainly due to the fact that those clinics couldn’t perform spay and […]
Vance County Tourism invites the community to come view the annual fireworks display at Kerr Lake Saturday evening. That being said, Norman Dickerson, program coordinator for the county tourism agency reminds motorists that traffic patterns will be altered for just more than an hour to reduce traffic congestion in the area as folks depart the […]
Friends, family, co-workers and community leaders gathered at Central Fire Station Tuesday afternoon to honor and celebrate Interim Fire Chief Curtis Tyndall, who is retiring at the end of June. Tyndall, who was serving as deputy chief, stepped in as interim chief after Chief Steve Cordell died in January. In the past year and a […]
There are still some open seats on the bus to Washington, DC that Turning Point CDC has chartered for later this summer, and Chalis Henderson invites anyone in the community to consider joining the adventure. Henderson, Turning Point’s executive director, was a guest on TownTalk and said the bus departs bright and early on Friday, […]
