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Jim Marshall, a stockbroker, Rotarian, charitable donor, dies at age 87

Henderson County News

Land of Sky seeks Friend of River nominations

Land-of-Sky Regional Council is currently seeking nominations for the 36th Annual Friends of the River awards.   Read Story »

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Rebranded Green Room adds music, dinner

Ben and Sue Green decided they could not wait until the work on the 500 and 600 block of North Main Street is done. They have announced the renaming — and rebranding — of the former Living Room Coffee House and Café.   Read Story »

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Litter Sweep offers prize for 'unusual trash'

Litter Sweep, the North Carolina Department of Transportation's (NCDOT) annual statewide roadside litter cleanup event, is an opportunity for local government agencies, community leaders, civic and community organizations, businesses, churches, schools, families and individual citizens to demonstrate support for a clean Henderson County and a cleaner North Carolina.   Read Story »

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LIGHTNING REVIEW: Loyal patrons appreciate predictable 'Odd Couple'

Given the quality of the stars that played the role before them on stage, film and television — Walter Matthau and Jack Klugman as Oscar, Jack Lemmon and Tony Randall as Felix — Scott Treadway and Charlie Flynn-McIver face a high standard to match in "The Odd Couple," which opened Saturday night at the Flat Rock Playhouse.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Board uses codebook it wants to weaken

A landowner asked the Henderson County Board of Commissioners on April 1 to change the zoning of his 1.7-acre vacant tract on U.S. 64 in Horse Shoe to allow a Dollar General store.   Read Story »

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HSO tops list of things to do this weekend

Classical music, classic theater and good old rock 'n' roll top the list of things to do this weekend in Hendersonville.   Read Story »

Flat Rock News

Parkway chief to keynote annual Sandburg meeting

Phil Francis, the Superintendent of the National Park Service's Blue Ridge Parkway, will be guest speaker when the Friends of Carl Sandburg at Connemara holds its annual meeting on Friday, April 12, at 2 p.m. at the Flat Rock Village Hall in Flat Rock. The public is welcome to attend.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Farm labor solution has 'genesis' in Henderson County, Meadows says

MILLS RIVER — A carpet of red, yellow, purple, blue, pink and green spread in every direction as far as Mark Meadows could see. A cold rain pelted the roof but in a few weeks' time, the plants and flowers under 37 acres of greenhouse roof  will be in big stores and smaller nurseries up to 350 miles from their Mills River birthplace.   Read Story »

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Waste-to-energy plant proposed in Penrose

PENROSE — A New York company plans a waste-to-energy plant next to the Transylvania County Airport in Penrose on a tree farm beside the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks.   Read Story »

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