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Davis-Royster Funeral Service Endows VGCC Scholarship
-Press Release, Vance-Granville Community College Davis-Royster Funeral Service, Inc., of Henderson has endowed a new Vance-Granville Community College Endowment Fund scholarship to help area students pursue an education. The Davis-Royster Funeral Service Academic Achievement Scholarship is named for the family-owned and operated funeral service that has been operating in Vance County since 1991. The company...
Rebuilding Hope Kids’ Construction Camp Concludes Another Successful Year
-Information and photos courtesy Rebuilding Hope, Inc. A total of 27 youth in third through sixth grades registered for this year’s Rebuilding Hope Kids’ Construction Camp held August 6-8. Activities included electrical and plumbing, roofing, hanging and painting drywall and a take-home project. One block of time in Bible study helped students understand how to...
Vance Co. Water Committee to Discuss Phase 3 Bids, Phase 1B – Thurs., Aug. 16
-Information courtesy Kelly H. Grissom, Executive Assistant/Clerk to the Board, Vance County Board of Commissioners Please be informed that Vance County’s water committee (Wilder, Brummitt, Taylor) is scheduled to meet Thursday, August 16, 2018, at 3:30 p.m. in the administrative conference room. Topics to be discussed include: Phase 3 Bids Phase 1B Base rate for...
Granville Co. Human Relations Commission to Meet Mon., Aug. 13
-Information courtesy Patrice Wilkerson, Administrative Support Assistant/Deputy Clerk, County of Granville The Granville County Human Relations Commission will meet on Monday, August 13, 2018, at 7 p.m. at the Stovall Library at 300 Main Street, Stovall...
City of Henderson Finance Department Receives Highest Recognition
-Press Release, Government Finance Officers Association The Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting has been awarded to City of Henderson by Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for its comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR). The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of...
Granville Co. New Teachers’ Breakfast Canceled After 25+ Years Welcoming Educators
— courtesy Granville County Chamber of Commerce | Ginnie Currin, Executive Director ~ 919-693-6125 ~ ginnie@granville-chamber.com The following is a message from the Granville County Chamber of Commerce to Chamber members and media representatives: Notice of Cancellation of the Annual New Teachers’ Breakfast It is with deep regret that the 2018 Annual New Teachers’ Breakfast, which has been hosted by...
Untreated Wastewater Enters Richland Creek in Franklin Co.
-Press Release, Franklin County Public Utilities Notification of Discharge of Untreated Wastewater General Statute 143-215.1C requires that the owner or operator of any wastewater collection or treatment works to issue a press release when an untreated wastewater discharge of 1,000 gallons or more reaches surface waters. In accordance with that regulation, the following news release...
The Wall of Hits & The Big 89
-Article written by, and reprinted with permission from, Gill Clopton – Photo courtesy The Daily Dispatch I was eleven years old and clutching onto the three dollars Mom had given me. It was probably the most money I’d ever had at one time and I can’t recall what I did to earn it. But I...
Henderson Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Felon in Possession Charge
-Press Release, U.S. Department of Justice The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today ODELL LAMECHE OVERBY, 46, of Henderson, North Carolina, was sentenced by United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan to 120 months imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release. OVERBY was...
Dunlow Honored by Guardian ad Litem Program for 9th Judicial District
-Information courtesy Melanie Griggs, program supervisor for Guardian ad Litem Attorney John Dunlow was honored by the Guardian ad Litem program for the 9th Judicial District which includes Granville, Franklin, Person, Vance and Warren Counties on August 7, 2018. At the lunch event attended by his peers, District 9 Guardians and GAL staff, Mr. Dunlow...