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E.M. Rollins Student Council Raises $3,000 for Rise Against Hunger
Vance County Schools For Immediate Release June 1, 2017 The Student Council of E. M. Rollins Elementary, under the direction of Antoinette Ball, a teacher and Student Council adviser, spearheaded a year-long service project which raised over $3,000. The proceeds were donated to Rise Against Hunger, a non-profit humanitarian relief organization headquartered in Raleigh. The...
ETC fire ruled accidental by officials
On May 30, 2017, personnel from the Henderson Fire Department, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, and ATF conducted an origin and cause examination of the fire scene located at 601 Wakefield Ave Henderson NC. Based upon the scene examination and witness interviews, it was determined that the fire originated in the Roll Goods Warehouse...
VGCC graduates 11 cadets in school’s 104th BLET Class
Eleven cadets graduated on May 16 from the Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) program at Vance-Granville Community College, in a ceremony held in the Civic Center on Main Campus. After passing the state certification exam, all are authorized to work in any law enforcement agency in North Carolina. Graduates of VGCC’s 104th BLET class included...
VGCC pins Associate Degree Nursing graduates
Vance-Granville Community College recognized 41 students who graduated this spring from the Associate Degree Nursing program with a pinning ceremony in the college’s Civic Center on May 10. Among those honored with distinctive nursing pins at the ceremonies were seven who graduated through the LPN to ADN Transition Program, which helps Licensed Practical Nurses to...
Forty Eight Graduate from Vance County Early College High School
Vance County Schools For Immediate Release May 31, 2017 A total of 48 students in the Class of 2017 graduated on May 26 from the Vance County Early College High School. Their commencement ceremony was held before a packed crowd in the Civic Center at Vance-Granville Community College near Henderson. Kristen Oakes, shown in the...
SCAM JAM Planned In Person County on June 14
Henderson – A recent survey shows that nearly all North Carolinians 50 years and older worry about being a victim of fraud. On June 14, the Kerr Tar Area Agency on Aging with the Person County Senior Center has scheduled a Scam Jam to help educate seniors to protect themselves from frauds and scams. The...
Granville Chamber Releases June Calendar of Events
JUNE CALENDAR OF EVENTS June 1; 6:30 pm Safety Awards Banquet NC DEPT. OF LABOR ~ Recognition of business and industry safety award winners ~ VGCC’s South Campus June 2; lunch & dinner New Horizons’ Baptist Church’s BBQ chicken plate sale $8/plate; FMI: Rev. Cam Ford @ 919.603.5146 June 2; 7 –...
Multiple Burglaries Reported in Oxford
TO: News Media FROM: Granville County Crime Stoppers DATE: May 26th, 2017 SUBJECT: BURGLARY/LARCENY Sometime between Wednesday, May 17th, late evening and Friday, May 20th, 2017 early morning hours an unknown person or persons unlawfully went upon private property off Highway 15 South, Oxford, NC and criminally removed 85 CertainTeed landmark algae resistant shingles, which...
