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TownTalk: Around Old Granville – Major Events Since 1960 Part 1
Local historians Mark Pace and WIZS’s Bill Harris are “of an age” now that things they remember when they were youngsters are now being considered as parts of local history that, with the benefit of hindsight, are proving to be noteworthy and important to the area. The two history buffs usually discuss people, places and
TownTalk: JCPC Hosts Sept. 25 Symposium On Ways To Promote Youth Safety
The Vance County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council is hosting a one-day community driven symposium on Friday, Sept. 26 to talk about the safety of youth and to create a community action plan to support efforts to curb gun violence. The Youth Violence & Emerging Gangs Symposium will be held in the fellowship hall of the First
TownTalk: The Manhattans Taking the Stage at McGregor Hall Sept. 13th
The Manhattans are coming to McGregor Hall on Sept. 13, and it’ll be another homecoming for Henderson’s Gerald Alston. It’s not the first time he’s performed in Henderson – not even the first time he’s performed at McGregor Hall. This concert, however, is coming at the end of a Henderson Institute reunion weekend.
TownTalk: ‘An Evening Beneath the Stars’ Sept. 11
“An Evening Beneath the Stars,” the upcoming outdoor celebration in downtown Henderson, started out as an event to mark the nation’s 250th birthday and it’s truly living up to its theme: “Honor the past. Celebrate the present. Build the future.” The event includes dinner, patriotic music played by DJ Jay Rogers and a special video
TownTalk: KTCOG Summit Coming October 8
Early-bird registration continues through Aug. 31 for the Kerr-Tar Council of Governments annual economic summit that will be held in Vance County on Thursday, Oct. 8. KTCOG’s Desiree Brooks is among the planners for this event, which will take place at McGregor Hall – and outside on Breckenridge Street – from 10 a.m. to 5
TownTalk: Commissioners Consider Creating VAD Program For Owners Of Farmland
Vance is one of only seven counties in the state that doesn’t have a voluntary agricultural district, or VAD, a program that provides landowners a way to support rural communities and protect working farmland from nuisance complaints and encroaching development. At their Aug. 17 work session, the Vance County Board of Commissioners heard from Evan
TownTalk: Vance County Commissioners Discuss Ways To Recover $1.4M In Delinquent Property Tax
Vance County Tax Administrator Jennifer Williams recommended to county commissioners the use of what is known as “sheriff’s execution” as a last-resort option to collect more than $1.4 million in delinquent personal property taxes. There are a total of 1,481 delinquent accounts, Williams told commissioners during an Aug. 17 work session, although there probably are
TownTalk: Way to Grow! Festival All Week Long
The weeklong “Way to Grow” festivities kick off this afternoon with a community block party at the new Skateboard and Splash Park at William and Montgomery streets. With afternoon temps hovering in the low 90’s, organizers Heather Joi Kenney, president and CEO of Gateway CDC and Tracy Mosley, CEO of Helping All People Excel chose
TownTalk: 20 Years of Rebuilding Hope
It was 20 years ago when Randolph Wilson was struggling to understand just where he was being led. “God had been dealing with me for a while,” Wilson recalled Thursday. He felt called to do something, but he didn’t have a clear picture of what that “something” was. That’s when a friend casually mentioned whether
TownTalk: Judge Arrowood Ready for Re-Election Campaign
N.C. Court of Appeals Judge John S. Arrowood is seeking to retain his Seat 1 spot on the 15-judge court. Arrowood, a Yancey County native, has been appointed twice to the court, once in 2007 by then-Gov. Mike Easley and again in 2017 by former Gov. Roy Cooper. He ran for the seat in 2018