Warren County News

Jayda Lynch, 12, right, of the Haliwa-Saponi tribe, chats with Falls Road Baptist Church School first-grader Trevor Paul, 7, Monday during the annual Native American taste feast at the school.

Restoration leaders closer to goal; three historic buildings on project list in Wise; officers to be elected WISE a ' The Wise Historic Restoration Project moved a dream one step closer to reality on Nov.

Detective McLloyd T. Bynum was selected Office of the Month for October by the Henderson Police Department.

" The work of Warrenton artist Teresa Gaul will be on exhibit in the Community Meeting Room of Warren County Memorial Library between 3 to 5 p.m on Sunday.

Mayor Pete Oa Geary at the start of Monday eveninga s City Council meeting read a prepared statement saying that he felt compelled to respond to remarks that the city is not working fairly with Vance County for the sale of water for the proposed countywide water system.

Warren County Board of Elections Director Debbie Formyduval says municipal elections are just as hectic as the general election was in 2008.

WARRENTON a ' As Veterans Day approaches, the thoughts of many in the community turn to the contributions the men and women of the armed forces have made to the freedoms enjoyed by Americans.

At their regular monthly meeting Monday, the Warren County Commissioners adopted an Energy Plan designed to "improve the efficient use and conservation of energy and water at all of its facilities," as stated in the Executive Summary of the plan.

The United Way of Vance County, which helps support agencies in Warren County, will kick off the Warren County campaign with food and street collections on Friday.

Al Woodlief has won re-election to his mayoral seat in Oxford while Danny Currin, Calvin "C.J." Harris Jr., Ron Bullock and Jackie Sergent have won the four seats up for election on the Oxford City Commission.

Dispatch Publisher James Edwards, who is this yeara s campaign chairman for the United Way of Vance County, made a fundraising pitch at City Hall.

The Department of Social Services in both Vance and Warren counties will be taking applications Nov.

WARRENTON a ' Jonathan Lester Reams, 20, of 117 Marshall St. in Warrenton, was arrested on Sept.

The stunning fall colors will be the perfect backdrop for the Warrenton Harvest Market Festival on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the courthouse square.

Section 8 housing has gotten a bad reputation. Those were the words of Sharon Sneed, of Franklin-Vance-Warren Opportunity, to the City Council in an informational talk about the Section 8 program at a council work session on Monday.

An education advocate is joining North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue's staff as her director of outreach to constituent and religious groups.

WARRENTON a ' Janet Kay Maynard, 66, of 714 Baltimore Road, died Tuesday in a tractor accident.

Warren County North Carolina has more students attending rural schools than all but one state in the country.

Tri-County schools last month received the results from the 2008-09 SAT tests, with scores declining in Warren County, rising in Granville, and improving in Vance albeit with a much smaller number of Vance County students taking the exam compared to the prior academic year.

Time was, people took their lives in their hands to walk across U.S. 1, the highway that served as Main Street for countless towns along the East Coast.