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Duke to acquire Piedmont Natural Gas

Laurel Park News

LIGHTNING PHOTOS: Volunteers attack weeds in Laurel Park

LAUREL PARK — Good weeds and bad weeds was the theme of the day as volunteers and AmeriCorps workers deployed to two town parks and a sod field on Sunday.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Festival organizers push back on county regs

Efforts to tighten permitting of outdoor festivals drew opposition last week from landowners who objected to what they described as burdensome site plans, unreasonable restrictions on noise and police intrusion on private events.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Neurosurgeon not linked to fraud case, attorney says

Dr. Michael J. Rosner, who faces 31 medical malpractice lawsuits over surgeries he performed at Park Ridge Health, has no connection to the fraud that led the hospital’s corporate owner to settle a whistleblower lawsuit for $118 million, an attorney for Park Ridge said in court last week.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

FernLeaf Charter School to locate in Fletcher

FLETCHER — FernLeaf Community Charter School will locate its school on 26 acres of land on Cane Creek across the road from Fletcher Community Park, the school announced Thursday.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

City water system not like Asheville situation, McGrady says

FLETCHER — Although Hendersonville still owns its water system, the prospect that the city utility could be forced into a regional authority surfaced when the state Legislature acted to take Asheville’s water system without compensation.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

County improves score in outdoor beauty

Henderson County received a score of “4 Blooms” from the America in Bloom national program for 2015, an increase of  9 percent from last year’s score of “3 Blooms."   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Downtown hosts 'Trick or Treat Street'

Downtown Hendersonville hosts the annual Trick or Treat Street on Halloween featuring costume contests for ages 3 and up, DJ Sid the Surf and candy from merchants.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Duke charts a new play

Duke Energy surprised opponents of the 45-mile transmission line through Henderson County two weeks ago when it booted a promised decision to announce its preferred power line route.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Bicycle Club, city install bike fix-it station on greenway

The city of Hendersonville and Blue Ridge Bicycle Club teamed up to install a bicycle Fixit station at Patton Park on the Oklawaha Greenway Trail.   Read Story »

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