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Relief Programs For Qualified Homeowners May Reduce Sting From Tax Bill
The deadline to appeal 2024 property tax valuations has passed, and technically, so has the deadline for qualified homeowners to try to get some relief from those tax bills, due before Jan. 6, 2025 to avoid a 2 percent interest penalty. June 1 was the deadline to appeal – and apparently to apply for the...
The Local Skinny! VGCC Foundation Receives $50,000 Grant To Help Small Business Owners
The Vance-Granville Community College Foundation has received a $50,000 grant award from Duke Energy Foundation to support small businesses in the four-county area it ser. And community college officials have come up with a creative way to make sure that the money is equitably distributed to do the most good. The VGCC Small Business Center...
Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Vance County Regional Farmers Market is still open on Saturdays 8am-1pm Soil samples are still free Now is a good time to harvest the herbs that you are growing It’s also a good time to renovate your tall fescue lawn You need to fertilize...
The Local Skinny! Council Approves Pay Increases For City Employees
In a unanimous vote Monday, the Henderson City Council approved a pay increase for all city employees, tacking on close to a 20 percent increase in payroll costs in the city’s budget. The increase will be retroactive to sync with the pay increase given to police and fire department employees. City Manager Terrell Blackmon said...
The Local Skinny! Brick Power Team Hosts Weight Lifting Event
The Brick Power Team is hosting a “Beast On The Bench” power lifting meet next month, and it’s power lifting with a purpose – raising money to help two local women who have helped so many in the community. Harry Orr, executive director of the Brick Power Team, said every penny raised at the...
Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Might get an early fall Sept. 5 – Training for Category B for Private Pesticide Vance & Warren Beekeepers will meet Monday September 9 @ 7pm at the Vance County Regional Farmers Market The time for planting tall fescue is now! Renovating or starting...
The Local Skinny! 100 Years Of Perry Memorial Library
One hundred years ago, the very first librarian at the brand-new library in Henderson probably couldn’t have imagined all the events and programs that take place under the roof of today’s library. That librarian would probably have been too busy shushing patrons and peering over reading glasses perched low on her nose. When Perry...
Three Arrested Following Report Of Gunshot Into Occupied Vehicle
-information courtesy of Henderson Police Chief Marcus W. Barrow Three men were arrested Wednesday following a report of gunfire involving two vehicles on a city street. No injuries were reported, according to a press release from Henderson Police Chief Marcus Barrow, and it is believed to have been an isolated incident. On Aug. 28, at...
Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Preparations for planting tall fescue Carolina Lawns Publications Buying your seeds for your fall garden Central Piedmont Planting Guide Publication Paying attention when selecting your turf fertilizers Trying to purchase non root-bound transplants How to be careful when using landscaping equipment The time for...
The Local Skinny! Kerr Lake Regional Water System
Funding improvements to the regional water system are being approved at a steady trickle, and city leaders are managing the various projects that could ultimately have a price tag twice the size as was originally quoted, pre-COVID. The Henderson City Council approved a couple of resolutions at its Aug. 19 meeting that will bring $16.5...
