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TownTalk: Fire Association Advocates For Keeping 8.9-Cent Fire Tax Level
Watkins Assistant Fire Chief Brandon Link, speaking to Vance County Commissioners during the Monday budget work session in his capacity as president of the county firefighters association, asked for the county’s fire tax to stay at its current level of 8.9 cents. Commissioners are considering a $57 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which
TownTalk: Fentanyl Awareness Event This Saturday
Forgotten Victims of North Carolina and New Beginnings Recovery of Grace Ministries are joining forces to host an event on Saturday in Henderson to promote fentanyl awareness. Forgotten Victims founder Patricia Drewes invites the community to participate in the event, which will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the parking lot outside
TownTalk: S.A.F.E. Highlights Secure Firearm Storage
Gov. Roy Cooper’s recent proclamation to shine a light on gun safety awareness only lasted a week, but this weeklong public awareness observance serves to remind owners of firearms of the responsibilities they have to keep their guns out of the hands of children and criminals. The N.C. Department of Public Safety hosted the second
TownTalk: Crawford Focuses On ADHD For Children’s Book
It’s a short book – only 35 pages – but author Fay Crawford said thinks it could have a lasting impact on those who read it or have it read to them. “My Special Friend” is about a boy named Mikey who is diagnosed with ADHD – attention deficit hyperactivity disorder – and what he
Council Members Split On Funding For McGregor Hall
As members of the Henderson City Council continued budget deliberations at a work session Monday, they found themselves in lockstep to help displaced families find more permanent housing, but far apart on providing financial support for McGregor Hall. The Council approved giving $2,000 to 22 families who had to move out of the Motel 121
TownTalk: Community Partners of Hope Men’s Shelter 365 Dream Team
Darryl Jones is walking, talking proof about getting – and giving – second chances in life. And just in case anybody wonders about the good things that go on at the emergency men’s shelter and Hope House here in Henderson, Jones is a living testimony. He’s been shelter program manager for just over a month
TownTalk: Hawkins Named Vice Dean of UNC School of Social Work
Robert Hawkins graduated high school in 1981 and he’s pretty much stayed in the field of academia since he left Henderson to attend Appalachian State University as a new undergraduate. His experiences growing up in Vance County, along with his extensive research in the field of social work and especially the effects of living in
TownTalk: Proposed County and City Tax Rates
Now that city and county elected officials have gotten recommended budgets from the city and county managers, it’s time for budget work sessions and public hearings to hear citizens’ comments before the final budgets are adopted. State law requires that local governments must adopt their budgets before July 1, when the new fiscal year begins.
TownTalk: Author Rosetta Canada-Hargrove Publishes Two Books
It was when she first moved to the Henderson area, some 40 years ago, that Rosetta Canada-Hargrove started writing her first book. But, as with so many people, “life” intervened and papers and notes got put away in boxes for later. As it turns out, “later” was during the COVID-19 pandemic, and her husband and
TownTalk: Around Old Granville: A Day At The Lake
Kerr Lake will be the destination for many boaters and campers over the long holiday weekend, but the area surrounding – and under – the man-made lake has been attracting people for literally hundreds of years. Stately homes sitting on impressive tracts of land belonging to families with names like Hargrove and Henderson, made way
