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The Local Skinny! Duck Derby Is Just Around The Corner
The 13th annual Ducky Derby is set for Garnett Street in mid-September and Garry Daeke said that after a couple of years of making adjustments because of COVID, the Derby is returning with a full complement of associated festivities. “This year, we are back to doing a full street fair and festival,” Daeke told John...
The Local Skinny! Around Old Granville: Place Names In Warren And Franklin Counties
In a continuing discussion of local communities with odd names or curious origins, Bill Harris and Mark Pace Thursday again shone the spotlight on Franklin and Warren counties in the Around Old Granville segment of The Local Skinny! Harris had been studying a 1911 map that Rand McNally had published and tested Pace’s knowledge about...
Home And Garden Show
— On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Keep your garden journal up to date If you plan to renovate your lawn, start making preparations for this now! Ex Soil test, seed. Keep hydrated when working in the garden. Drink water and take rest breaks! Check your garden twice a week...
The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 07-18-22
The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance forJuly 19, 2022. The Chamber compiles the information, and it is presented here and on the radio. Contact the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce at 438-8414 or email Michele@hendersonvance.org to be included. Jobs Openings for Tuesday, July 19, 2022 Business Name –...
The Local Skinny! Upcoming Blood Drives
There are several blood drives scheduled for the area, and the American Red Cross could use your help. June’s donations were down by 12 percent, and donations are desperately needed to prevent a blood shortage this summer, according to information from Cally Edwards, regional communications director for the American Red Cross Eastern North Carolina. Following...
VCS Cheerleaders Almost Halfway To Goal Of Marching In Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Vance Charter Cheerleading team is almost halfway to its goal of raising the roughly $70,000 needed to be able to make the trip to New York City to participate in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Head Coach Stacey Long said Thursday that the group has raised about $30,000, which is a great start. There’s...
Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext. Make your fall garden plan on paper, start purchasing seed, fertilizer etc. Prune water sprouts and trunk sprouts off of fruit trees and ornamental trees. This is more efficient than waiting until Feb. With summer storms your garden can flood open ends of rows...
The Local Skinny! Jobs In Vance 07-12-22
The H-V Chamber of Commerce and WIZS, Your Community Voice, present Jobs in Vance for July 12, 2022. The Chamber compiles the information, and it is presented here and on the radio. Contact the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce at 438-8414 or email michele@hendersonvance.org to be included. Company – Sam’s Furniture and Mattress Center Job Title...
The Local Skinny! Community Watch In Kittrell
The Kittrell Community Watch will meet on Thursday evening, July 21 at Union Chapel United Methodist Church and President Edward Woodlief invites anyone interested to attend. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the fellowship hall of the church, located in Kittrell at 6535 Raleigh Rd. Guest speaker is Detective Andrew Bishop with...
The Local Skinny! Around Old Granville: Place Names
What’s in a name? So many places within the four-county area got their names as a way to honor prominent families of the day; landowners who donated land for the railroad to come through back in the late 1880s, for example, resulted in town names like Stovall, Townsville and Stem. An area hit the “big...
