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The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance
The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for July 19th, 2021. The Chamber compiles the information, and it is presented here and on the radio. Contact the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce at 438-8414 or email christa@hendersonvance.org to be included. JOB OPENINGS IN VANCE COUNTY – Week of July...
Kittrell Community Watch Resumes In Person Meetings
The Kittrell Community Watch will hold its first in-person meeting since Covid 19, Thursday, July 29 at 6:00 pm in the fellowship hall of the Union Chapel United Methodist Church, 6535 Raleigh Road, (US#1 hwy S) Henderson, NC. Guest speaker will be David Cooper, Transportation Director of Vance County Schools. His duties include route planning...
School Board To Review, Discuss Survey Results July 22
The Granville County Board of Education will meet for a special called meeting Thursday afternoon at the Mary Potter Center of Education to receive and discuss results of a community survey in its continuing discussion about school consolidation. The July 22 meeting will begin at 1 p.m. and will be open to the public, but...
TownTalk: NCWorks NextGen Program Helps Young Workers On Career Path
The NextGen program that operates in the five-county area as part of NCWorks offers young adults support and help in the search for gainful employment, but they get much more than just the hope of a paycheck. Helen Bradby, NextGen’s director, shared information about the program on Monday’s Town Talk and told John C. Rose...
Chamber: New Teacher Gift Bags for 2021
Some 140 new teachers will arrive soon. The Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce’s annual tradition of new teacher gift bags continues. Vance County Public Schools, Henderson Collegiate, Crossroads Christian School, Kerr-Vance Academy and Vance Charter School will benefit from your help packing the new teacher gift bags. The Chamber is looking for donations from local business...
The Local Skinny! McClary To Speak At Living Stones Church Of God Worship Center in Oxford
WIZS has been asked to announce the appearance of a special guest speaker at Living Stones Church of God Worship Center. First Lieutenant Patrick Cleburne McClary, III, USMC, Retired is a Vietnam War hero, and he will speak at Living Stones COG in conjunction with National Purple Heart Day. National Purple Heart Day is August...
WIZS Local News Audio 7-19-21 Noon
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Incumbents Only Filers in Kittrell and Middleburg
All the filers for the upcoming November 2 elections in Kittrell and Middleburg are incumbents, and they all filed this week. When the filing period closed at noon today (Friday), the filing list included: Jerry Joyner – Mayor of Kittrell Susan Pulley – Town Commissioner of Kittrell Mary Jo Floyd – Town Commissioner of Kittrell...
New Tethering Ordinance Takes Effect Aug. 1 For Oxford Dog Owners
Beginning Aug. 1, Oxford residents who tether their dog could be in violation of a new city ordinance that carries a civil penalty of $100 for each day they are found to be out of compliance. The board adopted the ordinance at their July 13 meeting. City Commissioner John Tovey said he brought the issue...
Filing Period Ends For November Elections; Stovall’s Mayor Janet Parrott Retiring After 42 Years
The town of Stovall will choose a new mayor for the first time in more than four decades in the upcoming elections in November; incumbent Oxford Mayor Jackie Sergent will face challenger Sherry Shavon Hester and the three other incumbent mayors of Butner, Creedmoor and Stem are running unopposed. The filing period ended today (Friday)...
