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TownTalk: Soul City: Race, Equality And The Lost Dream Of An American Utopia
Thomas Healy was born in 1969, the same year that Floyd McKissick launched Soul City, his dream to build a new town in Warren County that would boast 50,000 residents and pump life into a historically poor area of North Carolina. Healy, although born and raised in North Carolina, only learned about Soul City when
TownTalk: Repair Cafe Event Coming To Granville County
Don Fick of Repair Cafe NC discusses how his organization repairs many daily household items keeping them out of local landfills. For complete details and audio click play. Just because the button on your household gizmo is broken doesn’t mean it needs to go straight to the landfill – it may just need a quick
TownTalk: Elmwood Area Eyed for Redevelopment
For complete details and audio click play. The city’s re-established Redevelopment Commission is holding a listening session Thursday, July 22 at 6 p.m. to hear from the community about plans for making upgrades to an area known to city officials as the Elmwood Urban Redevelopment Area (URA). This listening session, which will be held in
TownTalk: NCWorks NextGen Program Helps Young Workers On Career Path
The NextGen program that operates in the five-county area as part of NCWorks offers young adults support and help in the search for gainful employment, but they get much more than just the hope of a paycheck. Helen Bradby, NextGen’s director, shared information about the program on Monday’s Town Talk and told John C. Rose
TownTalk: Granville County Celebrates 275 Years
Question: What was the largest town in Granville County in 1880? Answer: Henderson. It’s not a trick question, but unless you’re a local history buff, you may not know that for about 135 years, a good part of Vance County was, well, in Granville County, as were Warren and Franklin counties. Present-day Granville County residents
Town Talk: Local Furniture Store Celebrates 20 Years In Business
Downtown Henderson has been home to a number of furniture companies over the years, and Britt Sams, owner of Sams Furniture & Mattress Center, has been counted among that number now for the past two decades. The furniture and mattress store at 515 S. Garnett St. is celebrating 20 years of business this year, and
Rehab Can be a Key to Better Health
Just a half hour of exercise five days a week – that’s 150 minutes total – can be just what we need to reduce the risk of an adverse health “event” and Chris Cole said we owe it to ourselves to get those heart rates up to become the best version of ourselves possible. “We
Town Talk: Carolina Weight Loss Centers Support Clients As They Make Healthy Lifestyle Changes, Lose Pounds
There is no secret to weight loss – it’s a simple matter of consuming fewer calories than your body burns. But if the answer is as simple as that, why is it so darned difficult to do? Diane Varnadore, a nurse practitioner and director of Carolina Weight Loss in Henderson, said her medically assisted weight
Sons Of American Revolution: Descendants Often Play Detective To Find Lost Graves Of Patriot Heroes
The Sons of the American Revolution is, first and foremost, a fraternal and civic organization. But its members also are part detective who spend time tracking down clues and uncovering details about individuals who fought for this country’s independence from England. Bill Riggan, a member of the Halifax Resolves chapter of the SAR, spoke with
TownTalk: Rob Montague and the NC Forest Service, Storm Ready
N.C. Forest Service Gives Advice To Keep Trees Healthy, Withstand Storm’s Wind, Water There are lots of good reasons to have trees in the landscape – they provide shade in the summer, homes and food for many animals as well as income for many landowners who manage larger tracts of woodland or tree farms. And
