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The Local Skinny! Assessing Your Shade Trees
Shade trees are valuable additions to many yards and landscapes, but just because they’re big and strong, there are several maintenance tips that homeowners can perform – especially in the winter months – to ensure those trees remain healthy. The roots of shade trees such as oak, poplar and maple extend out laterally well beyond...
Cooperative Extension: Recycle Christmas Trees To Provide Refuge For Birds, More
That live Christmas tree that has sheltered gifts under its needled boughs can have a second life once it’s served its purpose for the holidays. N.C. Cooperative Extension Agent Paul McKenzie said those live trees – many of them probably Fraser Firs raised right here in North Carolina – can create useful habitats for birds...
The Local Skinny! Fire Safety During The Holidays
It’s easy to get distracted during the holiday season when we’re off our regular routines – children are out of school and family or friends are visiting. We’re in and out of the house, juggling errands, cooking meals and still hoping to get a couple more days’ enjoyment out of the Christmas decorations. This time...
Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Clean your greenhouse! Ex seedling trays Begin bed prep for cool season vegetables. Extend your holiday plants by keeping them watered. Consider creating a snag for woodpeckers and other birds. Order new varieties of seed released for 2024 When purchasing vegetable seed, look for...
The Local Skinny! “Shop With A Cop And Friends” A Success This Holiday Season
Early-morning shoppers in the vicinity of Walmart Tuesday morning may have noticed a large presence of law enforcement officers, but there was nothing amiss – in fact, Police Chief Marcus Barrow said it was a great day for Shop With A Cop And Friends. There were plenty of uniformed officers on hand from Henderson Police...
The Local Skinny! Families Living Violence Free Seeks New Executive Director
Families Living Violence Free is in a search process to identify a new executive director to succeed Executive Director Peggy Roark, who is retiring. Like many directors at many agencies, the FLVF director will report to the board of directors and will oversee planning and directing the operations of the agency. This role, however, also...
The Local Skinny! Pop The Hood: What That Battery Light Could Indicate
For our sponsor, Advance Auto Parts, as part of a paid radio sponsorship on WIZS. You’re driving along, getting yourself from Point A to Point B, and you see it: That red light that just suddenly pops on. It’s the battery icon. Now what? Although it’s a picture of a battery that has suddenly...
Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. • Check your garden storage areas and greenhouse for mice. • If applying mulch, be sure not to overdo it. • Check stored dormant bulbs, fruits and vegetables for decay. • If you have large trees that may need pruning, start contacting tree care...
The Local Skinny! Events At Perry Library
Programs at Perry Memorial Library will be slowing down next week as Christmas approaches, and things were going to be “up in the air” – literally – today at 4 p.m., when the StoryUp! Aerial Theater of Durham comes to town for a performance. It’s something new for 2023, said Youth Services Director Melody...
The Local Skinny! S Line Rail Corridor Receives Over $1 Billion
Apparently, $1 billion doesn’t go as far as it used to. At least as far as the S-Line passenger rail line goes, that number – a 1 followed by NINE zeroes – will get the train from Raleigh to as far north as Wake Forest. That’s still 28 miles or so from Henderson. President Joe...
