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From long line of educators, Caldwell takes the top job

Joking beforehand that he’d rather he sworn in than sworn at, Bo Caldwell took an oath to become Henderson County schools superintendent on Wednesday morning. Getting serious afterwards, Caldwell thanked everyone from his family to his first mentor and declared he was ready to go to work for a school system he loves.   Read Story »

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No charges in accidental shooting, police decide

Hendersonville police investigators decided that no charges would be filed after they determined that a shooting at 113 S. Oak St. on June 7 was accidental.   Read Story »

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Jones honored with Long Leaf Pine award

Retiring Superintendent David L. Jones was honored for his 38 years of service to Henderson County public schools with the North Carolina governor’s Order of the Long Leaf Pine, and a Congressional Record citation read by U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows in the House of Representatives.   Read Story »

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Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning (90)

Don’t this miss this week’s Hendersonville Lightning.   Read Story »

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Budget funds DuPont, crime lab, med school in WNC

A budget agreement that state legislative leaders announced on Monday gives teachers a 4.7 percent pay raise and funds a variety of projects in Henderson, Buncombe and Transylvania counties guided by state Sen. Tom Apodaca and Rep. Chuck McGrady, both Hendersonville Republicans.     Read Story »

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Sierra Nevada impresses bloom judges

Karin Rindal has seen plenty of green-oriented businesses in her role as a judge for the America in Bloom program, which measures among other things a community’s efforts to sustain the planet. She’s never seen a business as environmentally conscious as the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., one of nearly a dozen stops the judges and the local America in Bloom team will make this week.   Read Story »

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Flat Rock to dedicate playground on July 16

The Bryan Playground for children at The Park at Flat Rock will be dedicated Saturday, July 16, at 11 a.m., The Flat Rock Park and Recreation Foundation announced.   Read Story »

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LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Houston, we've got a problem

We eagerly await the list of budget cuts Henderson County School Board members Josh Houston and Colby Coren will be recommending in support of their public condemnation of the 5-cent tax increase the Board of Commissioners approved on June 6.   Read Story »

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Ask Matt ... about new buildings, vacant lots

Q. What’s up with the lot next to the Opportunity House they just cleared? Commercial real estate broker Jeff Justus is marketing the one-acre tract. There is interest but no deals yet. The lot is next to a former bank that has been closed for years. Justus bought the property in August 2015 for $300,000 from Fred Niehoff before his death. The former mayor and his wife, Caroline, operated the old Mountain Aire Motel on the property before they retired and moved to Bluffton, S.C. Q. What’s that going up on the corner of Kanuga Road and Erkwood Drive? I’m told that Kirby Johnson will open a produce market for locally grown vegetables on low-lying land he filled. Johnson, owner of Flavor 1st in Mills River, is one of the largest commercial vegetables growers in the region. Q. What’s the status on the land Park Ridge Hospital bought on Seventh Avenue? Park Ridge bought five acres across from Lowes in 2014 and promptly bulldozed the old movie theater. Park Ridge officials tell me they still want to build a doctors office complex there when the timing is right. Q. What happened to Blue Ridge Bedding on White Street where they are building Publix? Larry Holbert bought the metal building for $20,000. It was actually on Market Street across from TD Bank near the Fresh Market. The structural steel is good but Holbert said he will need a new metal roof. Plans are to re-erect the 14,000 sq. ft. building in Mountain Home for some future business. The Pro Source plumbing supply building is still on the Publix site but it too will eventually come down. Pro Source plans to move the operation to Locust Street near Southern Appalachian Brewery. Hey, if you like the street name Market Street, it just may be available for reuse since the old street will now be covered by the Publix store. Q. Where will they put the new Post Office that will replace the one on Fifth Avenue West? U.S. Postal Service officials say that a “project determination letter” will be made public in the next few weeks with subsequent details on a location. There are no plans to close any of the other post offices in the county. The new post office will be a leased facility, as are the other 10 local post offices. * * * * * Send questions to askmattm@gmail.com.     Read Story »

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