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Mills River leaders set to quadruple town tax rate

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Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning (76)

You won't want to miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning.    Read Story »

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Blue Ridge Bookfest shuts down

Blue Ridge Bookfest, which for eight years celebrated local and nationally known authors and offered readers a chance to meet them and hear about their craft, has died. Bill Ramsey, a longtime organizer of the event, announced the decision today in "a letter I never wanted to write." As time went on, he said, attendance at the free event fell, the pool of volunteers dwindled, donor and sponsor funding declined and the cost of bringing in authors as keynote speakers went up. "The financial gap grew each year," he said. The general trend of readers getting their material from the Internet cut down the number interested in going out to hear from authors and buying a hardback. "A post-event assessment made it clear that the event cannot continue," Ramsey said. The organization will donate its remaining fund balance of $1,515 to the student creative writing program at BRCC, the host of the bookfest. "It was a great run of eight years," Ramsey said. "We made many friends had many mountaintop literary experiences along the way. As we move on, we would like to encourage all in the community to support literacy. Speaking for the leadership team, thanks for the memories."   Read Story »

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Pardee's new MRI suite aims to make scan more peaceful

Pardee Hospital has opened a new MRI Caring Suite designed to ease stress and anxiety and make patients more comfortable and relaxed during their scan. The new suite has wide-screen TVs, surround-sound speakers and other features to make the experience more peaceful, the hospital said in a news release.   Read Story »

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Film asks whether we learned lessons from flood of 1916

Jennie Jones Giles recalls family stories about her forebears fleeing for high ground as the flood 1916 threatened their cabin on Bright’s Creek in Polk County. Drew Brannon remembers his grandfather’s tales about chickens and livestock floating down the French Broad River near the family farm.   Read Story »

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America In Bloom judges visit next week

Professional volunteer judges from the America in Bloom national awards program will visit Henderson County next week to evaluate the community's strengths and opportunities for improvement in overall impression, environmental efforts, heritage, landscaped areas, urban forestry, floral displays, and community involvement.   Read Story »

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LIGHTNING REVIEW: Dance man energizes 'Music Man'

Dance was not the first thing that came to mind when I sat down to watch The Music Man.   Read Story »

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Couple charged with armed robbery

Henderson County sheriff’s deputies charged a 20-year-old Mills River man and a 34-year-old Hendersonville woman after an armed robbery at a home in the Flat Rock area.   Read Story »

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School Board OKs new principal assignments

The Henderson County School Board authorized the following changes to school principals and central office personnel for the 2016-2017 school year:   Read Story »

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Hendersonville has link to oldest person

When Susannah Mushatt Jones, the world’s oldest person, died in New York last month the title of world’s oldest person went to Emma Morano, giving Hendersonville a footnote connection. Morano lives in Verbania, Italy, one of Hendersonville’s sister cities.   Read Story »

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