Entries by Laura Gabel

TownTalk: The Future Of Clean Energy And Electric Vehicles

  Carbon footprints, fossil fuels and emissions reductions all are buzz phrases that are grabbing headlines these days and it can be dizzying to try to make sense of it all. “Clean” transportation has nothing to do washing, waxing and detailing vehicles, as it turns out, and everything to do with types of fuels cars […]

TownTalk: Oxford Is The Setting For Katherine Burnette’s First Book

Katherine Burnette has some tried-and-true advice for aspiring novelists: Treat it like another job and set aside some time to write every day, to help you stay in practice. That advice has served her well as she recently published her first book while keeping her “day job.” Burnette lives in Oxford and is a district […]

Granville Ed Foundation Awards More Than $50,000 In Grants To Local Teachers

The Granville Education Foundation (GEF) has distributed awards totaling more than $50,000 to schools across the county during its recent “Prize Patrol” celebration. The foundation funded 40 grants in 16 different schools, according to GEF Executive Director Jennifer Cufalo Carpenter. A total of 82 applications were reviewed and scored by GEF grant committee members. Names […]

OTC Medicine Giveaway Set For Dec. 17 At VGCC Franklin Campus

N.C. MedAssist will be in Franklin County on Friday, Dec. 17 for a free medicine giveaway. Vaya Health is sponsoring the event, which will take place at the Franklin campus of Vance-Granville Community College, 8100 NC Hwy. 56 in Louisburg. No appointment is required, according to information from Lisa Szabo, Mobile Free Pharmacy Events & […]

New Program Can Help Eligible Households That Face Water Disconnection

A new emergency program launched today (Dec. 1) to help low-income households afford water and wastewater services. The program, called Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program is scheduled to run through September 2023 or until the funds are all used up. It is a federally funded program administered through the North Carolina Department of Health and […]

Passenger Rail Plan Seeks Input As S-Line Project Continues

The community is invited to participate in a couple of activities this weekend that are part of the NC DOT study of the proposed S-Line rail project. Henderson and Norlina are both being considered for stops along the line. There will be a pop-up community meeting in Norlina on Friday, Dec. 3 as the plan […]

TownTalk: Iozzio Helps Veterans Through Outreach

Derrick Iozzio’s phone is always on, he says. Always. And that’s one of the things that sets him and his organization apart from other groups that provide services to military veterans and others in crisis. Iozzio, a trained peer support mental health specialist and facilitator, founded Catch-22 Peer Support in response to what he saw […]

TownTalk: Tom Hannon Remembered

Daniel Thomas “Tom” Hannon III, 83, died Thursday at his home. Hannon, a Henderson native, worked for Burlington Industries in several locations across the state before returning to his hometown to work for Rose’s Stores, Inc. He retired after almost 20 years of service with Rose’s, and then indulged his love of storytelling by working […]

The Local Skinny! Covid 19 And The Omicron Variant

Granville-Vance Public Health is open each weekday to provide COVID-19 vaccines from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at both the Henderson and Oxford locations. First doses, second doses, booster doses, and even pediatric doses all are available. Only Pfizer is authorized for children, but all three vaccine types are available – Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson […]