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Edneyville News

County hires engineer to guide sewer plant permit application

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Citing a tight timeline to win a state permit for a wastewater treatment plant, the Henderson County Board of Commissioners moved quickly on Wednesday to select a local engineering firm to guide a permit application through numerous regulatory hoops.   Read Story »

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Edneyville News

Retirement benefit would help volunteer firefighter recruiting

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Robert Griffin, chief of Edneyville Fire & Rescue, knows it’s tough to recruit and keep volunteer firefighters and knows one big reason why.   Read Story »

Tags: Edneyville | volunteer fire departments | Robert Griffin

Edneyville News

Edney: Don't change name of Edneyville school

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It was only logical that Commissioner Michael Edney was the one to ask the question.   Read Story »

Tags: Edneyville | Edneyville Elementary School

Edneyville News

Senate budget funds Edneyville crime lab

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The budget approved by the Senate includes $15.4 million to build a new crime lab at the Justice Academy in Edneyville.   Read Story »

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Edneyville News

Yellow Jackets come home to honor EHS

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EDNEYVILLE — When the county school system closed Edneyville High School in 1993, Jamie Hill McMurray realized that a lot of important history was headed for the ash heap of history.   Read Story »

Tags: Henderson County History | History | Edneyville | Henderson County Education History Initiative

Edneyville News

Edneyville researchers feast on 'yummy' research

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Mary Henry, a member of a committee studying the history of Edneyville schools, piqued the panel's interest when she pulled a thick stack of papers from a manila envelope.   Read Story »

Tags: Henderson County Public Schools | Edneyville | Henderson County Education History Initiative

Edneyville News

Habitat celebrates completion of 150 homes

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EDNEYVILLE — Twenty-four years ago a group of volunteers at First Presbyterian Church gathered to start a new chapter of Habitat for Humanity in Henderson County.   Read Story »

Tags: Edneyville | Habitat for Humanity | Shuey Knolls | Dodd Meadows

Edneyville News

Edneyville leader Margaret Davidson dies

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Margaret Ann Hunsinger Davidson, a longtime home-ec teacher who taught a generation of local children how to cook, sew and stand up straight, and who spent countless hours working on behalf of her beloved Edneyville community, died Sunday at Elizabeth House after suffering for a brief time from cancer.   Read Story »

Tags: Edneyville | Edneyville Troop 605 | Edneyville Grange | Margaret Davidson

Henderson County News

Chat Jones, devoted friend of youth, dies at age 63

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Chester Allen "Chat" Jones, an eighth-generation Henderson County native who worked behind the scenes to boost the community, poured his heart into efforts to help children and spent countless hours researching the history of the county he loved, died unexpectedly Friday night while working at his car dealership on Asheville Highway. He was 63.   Read Story »

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Edneyville Life

4-H program teaches cooking, manners and more

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EDNEYVILLE — Katherine Ayala said she'd know what to do next time a friend meets her mom.   Read Story »

Tags: Edneyville | 4-H of Henderson County | Denise Sherrill

Edneyville Life

Mount Moriah dedicates new sanctuary

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EDNEYVILLE — The Rev. Bryan Melton walked onto the brand new stage of the brand new church and was for a moment at a loss for words.   Read Story »

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Edneyville News

Commissioners approve solar farm application

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After a month-long study that resulted in a 47-page Planning Department report, the Henderson County Board of Commissioners wound up back where it started and authorized a new solar farm that a property owner requested.   Read Story »

Tags: Henderson County | Edneyville | Energy | Solar power | Henderson County Commissioners