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Henderson County News
Speakers demand county defund Playhouse over vaccination 'passport'
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Speakers who compare vaccine mandates to Nazi Germany in the 1930s trained their sights on the Flat Rock Playhouse last week, urging the Board of Commissioners to defund the theater because it requires patrons to show proof of a vaccination or negative Covid test. Read Story »
Tags: Flat Rock Playhouse | COVID-19 facemasks | anti-vaxxers | vaccination incentives | Covid misinformation | Covid-19 masks
Henderson County News
As cases spike, health department recommends precautions for safe holidays
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The Henderson County Department of Public Health on Monday issued recommendations for practical precautions people can take to ensure a safe, healthy and happy holiday. Read Story »
Tags: COVID-19 | COVID-19 facemasks | coronavirus church | Covid-19 masks
Henderson County Four Seasons Politics
GOP-backed School Board candidate 'a hundred percent' for parental choice
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A young mom who is a registered nurse announced her candidacy for Henderson County School Board on Friday, declaring that masks and vaccines in schools should be a matter of parental choice and not board-imposed mandates. Read Story »
Tags: COVID-19 facemasks | 2022 School Board election | Covid-19 masks | Alyssa Norman
Henderson County Four Seasons Politics
Despite threat of 'civil and criminal' action, School Board keeps mask mandate
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School Board members received expressions of gratitude and a threat of "civil and criminal" litigation on Tuesday before voting 5-2 to continue the mask mandate in Henderson County's public schools. Read Story »
Tags: COVID-19 facemasks | Covid misinformation | Covid-19 masks
Henderson County Four Seasons Politics
Facemasks like football helmets, School Board is told
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Tags: COVID-19 facemasks | Covid misinformation | Covid-19 masks
Henderson County News
Sheriff's office won't charge Cawthorn for having knife at School Board meeting
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The Henderson County Sheriff's Office issued a statement Thursday afternoon saying it was made aware of allegations that U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn had taken a knife into a Henderson County School Board meeting and that at its discretion had declined to bring a criminal misdemeanor charge. Read Story »
Tags: Madison Cawthorn | CawthWatch | 2022 11th Congressional District election | Covid-19 masks
Henderson County Four Seasons Politics
CAWTHWATCH: Cawthorn takes anti-mask road show across the state
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U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn tonight is expanding his tour of school boards to oppose masks, quarantine and critical race theory, traveling to the Piedmont to appear at the Johnston County School Board meeting. More on the trip across the state in a minute. Read Story »
Tags: 2022 11th Congressional District election | Covid misinformation | Covid-19 masks
Henderson County Four Seasons Politics
LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Commissioners abdicate leadership on Covid
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The immense gulf between conventional public health guidance to combat the spread of the coronavirus and the view of a vocal minority opposing masks and vaccinations has been displayed in dramatic fashion at meetings of the Henderson County Board of Commissioners and the School Board these past three months. Read Story »
Tags: COVID-19 facemasks | Covid misinformation | Covid-19 masks
Henderson County News
COVID CARE BURNOUT: 'I can't do it anymore. I'm leaving.'
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Henderson County Commissioner Daniel Andreotta wants people to appreciate and thank the nurses, CNAs and other caregivers who are suffering burnout from the physical and emotional hardship of the Covid-19 response that has now endured for 18 months. Read Story »
Tags: Daniel Andreotta | Covid misinformation | Covid-19 masks | Covid burnout
Henderson County Four Seasons Politics
School Board continues mask mandate
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Fifty people, including U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, showed up to speak in person to the Henderson County School Board Monday on two emotional topics: the school mask mandate and the campaign to name the renovated Hendersonville High School for Thomas E. "Tom" Orr, the longtime theater teacher, senior play director and promoter of the community and its history. Read Story »
Tags: Covid-19 masks
Henderson County Life
Playhouse to stage two shows this fall with strict precautions in place
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The Flat Rock Playhouse will stage two productions this fall with conditions that require patrons wear masks and show proof of coronavirus vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test, the theater's producing artistic director, Lisa K. Bryant, and its president, Joseph Ippolito, announced to patrons on Monday. Read Story »
Tags: Covid-19 arts cancellations | COVID-19 facemasks | Covid-19 masks
Henderson County News
LOCAL BRIEFS: School mask order, charity golf, Mud Creek cleanup
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Tags: Oklawaha Greenway | Mud Creek | Covid-19 masks
Henderson County News
Nice weather, 75th anniversary can’t mask challenges for festival
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With good weather in the forecast and a 75th birthday to celebrate, the North Carolina Apple Festival would ordinarily be riding high when the event opens on Friday morning. Read Story »
Tags: 2021 apple crop | 2021 Apple Festival | Covid-19 masks
Henderson County News
School Board tightens mask requirement
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Henderson County public school students, staff and visitors will be required to wear face coverings in all indoor settings, including indoor extracurricular activities on school grounds, effective Wednesday. Read Story »
Tags: coronavirus schools | Covid-19 masks
Henderson County News
Here's how schools will operate in-person and virtually this year
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The big news Monday was that the Henderson County School Board voted to make masks optional in schools for students and staff. Behind that is a lot of detail about how the school year will work, including virtual school options. Here's the information from the school system. Read Story »
Tags: pandemic | coronavirus schools | coronavirus masks | Covid-19 masks
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