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City hires deputy fire chief

A fire captain from Rocky Mount has been named deputy fire chief for the Hendersonville Fire Department. He is filling a vacancy created by the retirement of Fire Marshal Robbie Henderson.   Read Story »

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Companies seek tax incentives for adding 27 jobs

Two Henderson County plants could receive tax incentives totaling $98,470 for expansions that would 27 new jobs. The Henderson County Board of Commissioners will hold public hearings and take up the requests during a regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 17.   Read Story »

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Courthouse renovation bids come in 25% over budget

Henderson County officials sent an architect and contractor back to the drawing board after bids for work on the Grove Street courthouse came in 25-30 percent higher than projections.   Read Story »

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Education Hall of Fame announces 2014 inductees

The Henderson County Education Foundation on March 20 will enshrine nine more people into its Education Hall of Fame for exemplary contribution to local public schools.   Read Story »

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One nabbed, another flees in robbery filmed on tape

Henderson County sheriff's deputies have obtained warrants for two men thought to have committed the armed robbery that was caught on tape on Feb. 21 at the El Chapulin store at 1726 Old Spartanburg Road. One is in jail under a $200,000 bond in Greenville, S.C., and the other fled.   Read Story »

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Council could resurrect apartment proposal for mill

The city of Hendersonville is inching closer to redevelopment of the historic Grey Hosiery Mill for rental apartments.   Read Story »

Flat Rock News

Sandburg home generates $5 million, report says

FLAT ROCK — The Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site attracted 93,429 visitors who spent $5,027,500 in communities near the park in 2012, helping to support 74 jobs in the area, a National Park Service report said.   Read Story »

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Speak Out event picks $10,000 Promise winner

A community garden that will help train, socialize and mainstream children and adults with autism won the top prize in the Promise Competition during the wrapup Saturday of the 2014 Speak Out for Kids campaign.The working garden, proposed by the St. Gerard House and its Grotto School for the treatment and support of children with autism and their families, won a $10,000 grant that the school plans to use to buy supplies and other materials to plant the garden this spring.The campaign was designed to draw attention to gaps in Henderson County in a set of "5 Promises" that research shows will help young people become successful adults — Be a Caring Adult, Provide Safe Places, Provide A Healthy Start, Deliver an Effective Education, and Provide Opportunities to Serve.The effort involved recorded programs that identify gaps and successful strategies, "listening sessions" during which people listened to and responded to the sessions and Saturday's wrap-up.After the presentation of five proposals for the Promise grant, judges selected three finalists. Then the people who attended the Saturday morning event voted by text for the winner.In a surprise, the runner-ups also won money.An anonymous donor approached Children and Family Resource Center Director Elisha Freeman during the event and offered a $5,000 grant each to the second and third place finishers.The five finalists were "Feed the Need," the community garden for children and adults with autism, by the St. Gerard House, a business enterprise program run by the Boys and Girls Club, "Balanced Weigh," an educational program for parents of children at risk of obesity; a sensory motor room, also by the St. Gerard House; and a Partners in Reading program by Smart Start. Winners of the $5,000 grants were the Boys and Girls Club business training for kids and Smart Start's early reading initiative."When we launched these little businesses, it was with the real intent that they could spin off into the world and become their own entity," said Boys and Girls Club Director Kevin Lauritsen. "These entrepreneurs will become spenders and savers and taxpayers in our community."The community garden fits well with the strong emphasis that the Gerard House puts on nutrition."There's an immense resource of organic growers here," Long said. "Nutrition is a big part of what we teach at Grotto. The garden really is an agent to get these kids socially engaged and teach them the soft skills they're not taught in schools."   Read Story »

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United Way celebrates 2013 campaign

United Way of Henderson County (UWHC) celebrated the 2013 Campaign at its LIVE UNITED Celebration and Annual Meeting today. The event, held at and sponsored by Lake Pointe Landing, was attended by 120 volunteers, business representatives and community members.   Read Story »

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