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Vance Co. Technology Committee to Discuss Broadband at Jan. 28 Meeting
-Information courtesy Kelly H. Grissom, Executive Assistant/Clerk to Board, Vance County Board of Commissioners Vance County’s Technology Committee (Brummitt, Feimster, Taylor) is scheduled to meet Monday, January 28, 2019, at 4 p.m. in the Administrative Conference Room of the Vance County Administration Building located at 122 Young Street in Henderson. The purpose of the meeting is...
Granville Co. Sheriff’s Office to Hold Relay For Life Stew Sale
-Information courtesy the Granville County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page The Granville County Sheriff’s Office will hold a Stew Sale to raise funds for Relay For Life on Friday, February 8, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $7 per quart. Pick up locations include: Granville County Sheriff’s Office – Parking lot on Watkins...
Terry Garrison, NC House Rep. & Local Business Owner, Talks MLK Legacy
District 32 NC House representative and local businessman Terry Garrison was on Monday’s edition of WIZS’ Town Talk program to discuss the day’s remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Observed the third Monday of January each year since 1986, the federal holiday honors King near his actual birthday of January 15. Many churches and...
Dabney Dr. Surveying Project to Last Several Months, Help Solve Traffic Woes
-Information and photo courtesy the Citizens Aligned to Take Back Henderson, NC’s Facebook page We are all too familiar with the traffic problems on Dabney Drive in Henderson. Thankfully, the North Carolina Department of Transportation has started the process of addressing this problem. Have you noticed the surveying that has taken place in recent weeks?...
Warren County High School Students Visit DOT Project Site
-Press Release, NCDOT A group of seniors in Warren County High School’s Engineering and Construction Technology Academy visited an N.C. Department of Transportation bridge replacement project today to get a closer look at the work underway. As part of NCDOT’s Engineering Technician I Trainee Program for private engineering firms, the students are receiving instruction and...
Vance Co. Schools: ‘We Promise to Do What is Necessary’ to Provide Lunch/Breakfast
Per Terri Hedrick, Public Information Officer for Vance County Schools: Right now, Vance County Schools has one-and-a-half months of funding reserves to support our School Nutrition Program if there is no funding available through the USDA. At least 75 to 80 percent of our students throughout the Vance County school district eat lunch each day...
Young St. in Henderson to Become One-Way; Court St. Traffic Flow to Reverse
-Information courtesy Esther J. McCrackin, City Clerk, City of Henderson CITY OF HENDERSON – TRAFFIC FLOW CHANGES On Tuesday, January 22, 2019, Young Street will become a ONE-WAY street. Traffic will flow from Garnett Street to Chestnut Street. DO NOT enter Young Street from Chestnut Street. Court Street will continue to be a ONE-WAY Street but the traffic flow will...
Applications Now Being Accepted for 2019 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
-Press Release, NC Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is accepting grant applications for the 2019 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. Applicants have until 5 p.m. on March 1, 2019, to apply. “Specialty crops make up a significant portion of the state’s $87 billion agriculture industry and...
