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Commissioners OK $13M emergency services complex

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No, the bears aren't stolen

The news that Renzo Maietto's bear was stolen last night was greatly exaggerated.   Read Story »

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Board taps Clarke over Warwick as TDA chair

The Henderson County Board of Commissioners appointed Shannon Clarke as chair of the Tourism Development Authority in a 3-2 vote.   Read Story »

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Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning

Don’t this miss this week’s Hendersonville Lightning. You'll read about the circuitous path to a permit for the new Fairfield Inn on Upward Road, the story of the Flat Rock Village Council sinking $5,000 into a study that measured noise at the park playground and all the features, business briefs and local news briefs. Here’s where you can pick up a Lightning Hendersonville• Hendersonville Lightning Office, 1111 Asheville Hwy• Pop's Diner, 5 Points, North Main Street• Triangle Stop, 701 North Main Street• The 500 block of North Main Street(First Citizens Bank / Mast Gen. Store)• Black Bear Coffee Co., Main Street• The 300 block of North Main Street(McFarland's Bakery / Mike's on Main). Pardee Hospital in the lobby. Flat Rock Playhouse, downtown(100 block of South Main Street) Southside Hendersonville(Spartanburg Highway)• Hairstyles by Charlene, Joel Wright Drive• McDonald's, Spartanburg Highway• Norm's Minit Mart, Spartanburg Highway• Hendersonville Co-op• Burger King/BP, Spartanburg HighwayIngles Supermarket Southside Hendersonville(Greenville Highway)Carolina Ace HardwareWhitley Drug Store Flat Rock/East Flat Rock• Flat Rock Post Office• Flat Rock Bakery• Zirconia Post Office• East Flat Rock Post Office• Orr's Family Restaurant, Spartanburg Hwy• Energy Mart Exxon, Upward Road & I-26• Triangle Stop, 754 Upward Road & I-26Village Café and PubPage 2 Hendersonville(Kanuga Road)• Hot Dog World, Kanuga Road• Mr. Pete's Market, Kanuga Road• Norm's Minit Mart, Kanuga Road Hendersonville(Fifth Avenue)Hendersonville Post officeFifth Aenue Shell Laurel Park• YMCA H'ville, Sixth Ave & Oak Str• Laurel Park Village, Rite-Aid.• Energy Mart Exxon, Brevard Road at Daniel DriveDixie Diner, Brevard Road Highway 64(Brevard Road)• Horse Shoe Post Office• Mr. Pete's Market, Etowah, Hwy 64-W• Blue Ridge Pizza, Etowah, Hwy 64-W• Etowah Shopping Center, Etowah Highway 191(Haywood Road)• Joey's New York Bagels, Hwy 191• One-Stop Store #8, Haywood Road (Hwy 191)• Dollar General, Hwy 191 & Mountain Road Mills River• Triangle Stop, 4197 Haywood Road, Mills River• Mills River Family Restaurant. Food LionIngles Page 3 Eastside Hendersonville and Four Seasons Boulevard• Norm's Minit Mart, Dana Road• Fatz Cafe, Dana Road & Four Seasons Blvd• Grocery Outlet, off Four Seasons Boulevard• McDonald's, Four Seasons Boulevard• Energy Mart Exxon, Four Seasons BoulevardMustang Cafe Highway 64 East(Chimney Rock Highway)• Triangle Stop, 2545 Chimney Rock Road, Hwy 64-E• Mr. Pete's Market, East, Hwy 64-E • Griffin's Store, Edneyville, Hwy 64-E• Edneyville Post Office. Griffins Store, EdneyvilleShell station, 64 East and Sugarloaf RoadIngles, Howard Gap RoadMoose Cafe Highway 25 North(Asheville Highway)• The Ugly Mug Coffee Shop, Hwy 25-N• Triangle Stop, Hwy 25-N, Balfour• Mountain Home Post Office• Fletcher Post OfficeInglesNaples Post OfficeTravel Plaza, US 25 and I-26 Southern & Eastern Henderson County, Polk County• Dana Post Office• Rosco's Grocery, Green River• Saluda Post Office• Triangle Stop, 1487 Ozone Road, SaludaAll Henderson County Ingles StoresAll Henderson County Post Offices   Read Story »

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LIBATION NATION: Sanctuary committed to beer, people and animals

Some businesses run a charity on the side.   Read Story »

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Extension service hosts pesticide collection day

The Henderson County Extension Office, in cooperation with the N.C. Department of Agriculture’s pesticide disposal program, is hosting a Pesticide Collection Day on Wednesday, July 20, for residents in Henderson County and surrounding counties.   Read Story »

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Park Ridge forms ACO in region

Park Ridge Health has formed a strategic partnership with CHESS, a population health management company based in High Point that will guide Park Ridge's new Accountable Care Organization in the western part of the state.   Read Story »

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LIBATION NATION: Tour blends education and fun

Gary Glancy, a certified beer expert in a locale teeming with amateurs, took the plunge with a new business that he hopes will catch craft beer’s wave of popularity.   Read Story »

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Broadcast, Carburetors ready to rock tonight

The Broadcast, the Asheville band that amped up the crowd at the inaugural Rhythm & Brews concert in May 2013, returns to the downtown Hendersonville outdoor event on Thursday, July 21, at 7 p.m.   Read Story »

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LIBATION NATION: Stags Head would be fourth downtown brewery

Making it fourth entrant in the growing market of downtown breweries, Stags Head Brewing Co. plans to open by the end of the year at the western edge of the Historic Seventh Avenue District. Owner/brewer Jonathan Ayers hopes to celebrate a grand opening on New Year’s Eve at 340 Seventh Avenue East a couple of doors up from Underground Bakery and around the corner from local brewing pioneer Southern Appalachian Brewery. Construction on the building has not been started yet, but as far as the plans go Ayers says, “The building is pretty well finalized.” He hopes to break ground in the next 90 days. The building will be around 7,500 square feet, half devoted to brewing and half to a taproom. He also plans an 8,000-square-foot outdoor beer garden that will back up to Martin Luther King Boulevard (U.S. 64). Ayers likes being close to Southern Appalachian Brewery.“I think it’s going to help both of us out, and if we could get a third or fourth brewery there it would help both of us as well,” he says.“I think there’s still enough room to grow because different breweries do different things,” he says. “Some breweries are going to want to keep it small and keep it local. My goal for Stags Head Brewing is I want to be a production brewery that does retail. So I want to be bottling and/or canning within the first year of operation.”Ayers already plans to launch a small canning line as soon as he opens.“I’m approaching it differently from day one,” he said. 18 beers on tap Ayers plans to have 18 unique beers on tap at all times. He projects that he’ll have six flagship beers year-round and 12 rotating taps.“We’re always going to have new unique and creative stuff,” he says. Some of the unique brews will include gluten free beer, which Ayers already brews, as well as a setup for nitrogenated beer. Ayers said he will be able to do true nitro stouts and could also experiment with creations such as a nitro IPA.He has six different certificates and is in his last semester at Blue Ridge Community College, where he’s earning his brewing certificate.“I spent the last 13 years in construction,” he says. “Construction is very cyclical. Some days are really good and some days are really bad. I discovered that over the course of time when days are really good people drink beer and when days are really bad people drink beer. Drinking beer is a lot more fun to do, so let’s make beer.” Stags Head Brewing already has a social media presence on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.“We do daily postings,” he says. “Even if it has nothing to do with us we’re talking about beer and we’re passing information that we have around.”Ayers also spreads the news and critiques beer when he appears as a recurring guest host of an Asheville-based podcast called “Drink Local Now.”“That’s a fun program because we literally sit around and drink beer and talk about beer and talk about local events and things,” he says.Soon, he hopes to be talking about his own beer and his own brewery events on Seventh Avenue.   Read Story »

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