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Granville Co. Urges Residents to Complete Tax Listing Forms Early to Avoid Penalty

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-Information courtesy the County of Granville website 

Residents of Granville County should be on the lookout for the 2019 tax listing forms. The listing period is during the month of January.

The following items should be listed if owned as of January 1, 2019:

  • All new construction and improvements made to real property during 2018;
  • Unregistered vehicle (registered or licensed vehicles should NOT be listed);
  • Business personal property, including IRP, multi-year or permanently-tagged vehicles/trailers;
  • Non-household personal property such as boats and motors, jet skis, planes, etc..

Failing to list before Jan. 31, 2019 will result in a 10 percent late listing penalty of the tax levied. All listings, including those submitted by mail, should be received in the Granville County Tax Department or postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service within the listing period.

Application deadlines for exemptions include:

  • Elderly, disabled or circuit breaker – Jan. 1 through June 1, 2019;
  • Present use value deferments and all other exemptions, Jan. 1 through Jan. 31, 2019;

Applications may be obtained from the Tax Department.

The Granville County Tax Department staff will be available for assistance during the listing period, Monday through Wednesday and Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. and on Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. at 141 Williamsboro Street in Oxford.

For more information, contact the Granville County Tax Department at 919-693-4181.

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Granville Co. Animal Shelter Reminds Public of Adoption Policy, Hours of Operation

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Information courtesy the Granville County Government Facebook Page

With a new year quickly approaching, the Granville County Animal Shelter is taking the opportunity to remind the public of its adoption policy and shelter hours.

If you have lost a pet, please contact the Granville County Animal Shelter immediately. The shelter has LIMITED SPACE and will only hold an animal for 72 hours before it is available for adoption. Allowing your pet to sit in a shelter may be stressful for your pet, and it may jeopardize the chance for another animal to be adopted out because of space limitations.

If you have found an animal or lost an animal, please contact Granville County Animal Management or fill out a form:
https://www.granvillecounty.org/residents/animal-management/.

Animal Shelter Hours Of Operation:

Sunday: Closed
Monday: 12 – 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 12 – 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday: 12 – 4:30 p.m.
Thursday: 12 – 4:30 p.m.
Friday: 12 – 4:30 p.m
Saturday: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Location:
5650 Cornwall Road
Oxford, NC 27565

Phone: (919) 693-6749

Email: shelter@granvillecounty.org

Granville County Library System

Join Thornton Library for ‘Game Night’ Every Other Thursday

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-Information courtesy the Granville County Government Facebook Page

Come participate in “Game Night” every other Thursday night at the Thornton Library in Oxford. Beginning Thursday, December 27, enjoy board games, cards and fellowship from 6 until 8 p.m.

The Richard H. Thornton Library is located at 210 Main Street in Oxford and is one of four branches of the Granville County Library System. Call 919-693-1121 for more details or visit the library system’s new website at https://granville.lib.nc.us/.

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Granville Co. Sheriff’s Office Warns of Recent Phone Scam

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-Information courtesy the Granville County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page

Please be aware…
There is a scam where someone calls you and says he’s a Deputy from the Granville County Sheriff’s Office. He has told some people that they missed jury duty or court. He wants you to purchase pre-paid cards and meet him. Do not talk to him and do not send any money.

Thank you, 
Sheriff Brindell B. Wilkins Jr.

Harris Exhibit Hall Presents ‘Granville Greats: Footprints in History’

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-Information courtesy the Granville County Historical Society Museums website 

Harris Exhibit Hall’s newest exhibit, Granville Greats: Footprints in History, is now open for viewing! Learn about 75 individuals from Granville County that have impacted history locally, statewide, nationally, and internationally. Enjoy interactive exhibits as well as a train display!

These individuals have left behind a legacy: what legacy will you leave?

Harris Exhibit Hall is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The hall is part of the Granville County Historical Society Museum and is located at 1 Museum Lane in Oxford. Admission is free; donations are welcome!

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City of Oxford Announces Holiday Closings

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-Information courtesy the City of Oxford website

The City of Oxford offices will be closed for business December 24 – 26, 2018, in observance of the Christmas holiday.

Garbage pick up will be one day later this week due to the holidays – with the exception of Monday, which will run as regularly scheduled. Ex: Tuesday will be on Wednesday.

Water bills can be paid by placing them in the drop box outside of City Hall, 300 Williamsboro Street or online with a credit card.

Emergency numbers are as follows:

Water & Sewer emergencies – 919-691-2003
Street emergencies – 919-691-0765
All other emergencies – 911

 

GCPS to Encourage Winter Reading with ‘Books for Break’ Initiative

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-Press Release, Granville County Public Schools

Granville County Public Schools is celebrating reading and readers during this winter break with Books for Break, a literacy initiative of GCPS. GCPS is committed to growing strong readers and, therefore, allocated funds to purchase a book for every student in grades Pre-Kindergarten through 3rd grade.

Students will receive a book on the last day before break (Monday, December 17 for students on the year-round calendar, and Thursday, December 20 for students on the traditional calendar) to keep and enjoy at home. At GCPS, we want our students to continue to read and practice the reading skills and strategies they are learning in class. Providing our youngest readers a book is one small way to encourage them to continue reading during winter break.

WHO: Students in Pre-K through 3rd grade

WHAT: Books for Break, a literacy initiative of Granville County Public Schools

WHEN: Monday, December 17 (year round)

              Thursday, December 20 (traditional)

WHERE: All Granville County elementary schools

WHY: To encourage students to continue reading during winter break

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Public Hearing on Possible Middle School Consolidation Slated for Dec. 18

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-Press Release, Granville County Public Schools

NOTICE TO PUBLIC AND PRESS

The Board will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, December 18, 2018, at 5:30 p.m., at Mary Potter Middle School. The purpose of the meeting is for the Board to address calendar adjustments due to recent inclement weather, review highlights of the study of potential consolidation of Mary Potter Middle School and Northern Granville Middle School, and address Board member questions regarding the potential consolidation.

The Board will also meet in a Closed Session for Attorney-Client Privilege in accordance with N.C. General Statute 143.318.11 (a)(6), 143-318.11 (a)(3), 143.318.11 (a)(5) and Section 115C-321 on this evening.

At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, December 18, 2018, at Mary Potter Middle School, the Board will hold a public hearing on the possible consolidation of Mary Potter Middle School and Northern Granville Middle School. Members of the public wishing to speak on this topic may sign up beginning at 6:30 p.m. Each speaker who has signed up prior to 7 p.m. will be given the opportunity to address the Board on this topic for up to four minutes.

Dywanda Pettaway

Clerk to Board of Education

Granville County Chamber of Commerce

Nominations Requested for Granville’s 2019 John Penn Citizen Award

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— Information courtesy Granville County Chamber of Commerce | Ginnie Currin, Executive Director ~ 919-693-6125 ~ ginnie@granville-chamber.com

The Granville County Chamber of Commerce’s Recognition Committee announces that the committee is accepting nominations for the 2019 John Penn Citizen of the Year Award.  This prestigious award, named for Granville County’s signer of the Declaration of Independence, is presented at the Chamber’s Annual Membership Banquet.  The 2019 event will be held Monday, January 28, 2019, in the Civic Center at Vance-Granville Community College.

Nomination forms may be obtained at a Chamber office or may be downloaded from the Chamber’s website, www.granville-chamber.com.

This award was designed to recognize a person(s) for outstanding service to the community. Past recipients include Dr. Joseph Colson, Mrs. Robinette Husketh, Hubert Gooch, Rev. G. C. Hawley, Mrs. Gladys Satterwhite, Hugh Currin, Sr., Rev. Harrison Simons, Tom Speed, John Mackie, Dr. Roy Noblin, Dr. David Noel, John K. Nelms, J. J. Medford, Mrs. Mildred A. Jenkins, Tom Johnson, Mrs. Virginia Tuck, L. Clement Yancey, Mrs. Nancy W. Darden, Leonard M. Dunn, Mrs. Carlene Fletcher, Hubert L. Cox, Leonard Peace, Sr., Marshall Tanner, Harold Sherman, Boyce Harvey, Paul Kiesow, Ms. Johnsie Cunningham, Stan Fox, Doan and Bette Laursen, Dr. John B. Hardy, Jr., L. C. Adcock, Jim Crawford, Xavier Wortham, Dr. Richard and Julia Ann Taylor, Gary Bowman, James “Lump” and Mary Ann Lumpkins and Laura Gable.

Nominations are due Wednesday, January 2, 2019. 

Formal invitations will be mailed to Chamber members.  Persons interested in attending may contact one of the Chamber’s offices – wanda@granville-chamber.com, 919.693.6125; tawheeler@granaville-chamber.com, 919.528.4994.

U.S. Department of Justice

Fisher Sentenced on Firearms Charge

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-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, Chief United States District Judge Terrence J. Boyle sentenced KYLE VICTOR FISHER, 29, of Henderson to 42 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release. FISHER pled guilty to the Indictment, charging one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, on August 22, 2018.

On November 30, 2017, law enforcement received a report that FISHER had violated a protective order by going to the Henderson, North Carolina, apartment of his former girlfriend. The woman reported that FISHER pointed a silver revolver at her while verbally threatening to shoot her.

Later the same day, officers of the Oxford Police Department were able to locate and arrest FISHER at a hotel in Oxford where his current girlfriend was employed. FISHER had been driving his girlfriend’s car, and she gave officers permission to search the vehicle. In it, officers found a small amount of marijuana and a .38 caliber revolver matching that described in the earlier assault. The firearm was loaded and had an obliterated serial number.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. Since 2017, the United States Department of Justice has reinvigorated the PSN program and has targeted violent criminals, directing all U.S. Attorney’s Offices to work in partnership with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and the local community to develop effective, locally-based strategies to reduce violent crime.

That effort has been implemented through the Take Back North Carolina Initiative of The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina. This initiative emphasizes the regional assignment of federal prosecutors to work with law enforcement and District Attorney’s Offices on a sustained basis in those communities to reduce the violent crime rate, drug trafficking, and crimes against law enforcement.

The investigation of this case was conducted by the Oxford Police Department and the Henderson Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney Jacob Pugh prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.

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