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Blue Ridge Humane in running to win cash

Henderson County News

Playhouse announces new board members

The Flat Rock Playhouse announced the appointment of five new members to its Board of Trustees on Monday.   Read Story »

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Bryant's new role is 'how to succeed in business'

Lisa K. Bryant, actress, dancer, schoolteacher and director, has plunged into the role of a lifetime — making sure that the Flat Rock Playhouse survives.   Read Story »

Mills River News

Mills River retreats on affordable housing

MILLS RIVER — Taking a tentative step toward higher density housing, the Mills River Town Board last week looked at a “middle ground” land-use proposal that would allow developments of quarter-acre lots for the first time.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Wingate eyes four-year degree options

Rhett Brown transferred to Wingate College in the mid-1980s with the idea of staying until he “decided what to do with my life.” Except for a hiatus from the North Carolina campus to the University of Alabama to pursue a doctorate, he never left.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Bob Sherman, banker and civic leader, dies at age 85

Bob G. Sherman, who started his business career in the family grocery store and went on to a banking career that helped propel Hendersonville's growth in the 1960s and ‘70s, died Monday in Paducah, Ky. He was 85.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Co-op celebrates grand opening with new brew

The Hendersonville Community Co-op will celebrate the opening of its new store on Wednesday with a ribbon cutting ceremony, the announcement of a craft beer created for the grand opening and the unveiling of the Sunflower Project Tables painted by local artists for the deli seating area. The event starts at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, which is also Earth Day.   Read Story »

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Ingles revives Asheville Highway Gas Express request

Ingles is taking another crack at winning permission for a Gas Express at its Asheville Highway supermarket.   Read Story »

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Birge joins Hendersonville Lightning

Ruth Birge, a former publisher of the Times-News and recently retired executive director of the Henderson County United Way, is joining the Hendersonville Lightning in a sales, marketing and circulation role.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Educators honor 2015 Hall of Fame

A librarian who ignited students’ interest in computers, an English teacher who inspired the renowned poet and author Robert Morgan, a longtime teacher and principal whose classroom sparkled with her high energy level, an elementary school teacher who taught students to “wear their thinking caps” and a middle school science teacher who “had the rare and unique ability to personally relate to each student” were honored Thursday night as this year’s inductees in the Henderson County Education Hall of Fame.   Read Story »

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