Page 11 - Daniel Andreotta News Today

Henderson County (Jan 6, 2022) -

The Henderson County Board of Commissioners made clear their support for “heartbeat bill,” which bans abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy.

Henderson County (Dec 4, 2021) - 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.

Henderson County (Nov 1, 2021) - As far as the Henderson County commissioners are concerned, "mandate" has become a loaded word, and they decided Monday night to unload the word from their mission statement.

Henderson County (Oct 22, 2021) - Henderson County commissioners voted to appropriate $205,460 to help pay for city police officers who serve as school resource officers at four public schools in the city limits but not before two commissioners expressed misgivings and voted no.

Henderson County (Oct 4, 2021) - Henderson County commissioners voted on Monday to form a Stakeholder Advisory Committee to monitor the design, construction and operation of the Ecusta Trail but not before ensuring the county would control a majority of the appointments and appoint the chair.

Henderson County (Sep 15, 2021) - 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.

Brevard (Aug 16, 2021) - A small group hatched the idea quietly 13 years ago of transforming the idle Hendersonville-to-Brevard rail line into a paved greenway that would be called the Ecusta Trail.

Social media helps bring government to the people. And then takes it away. Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have censored local government meetings and officials at least 15 times over roughly the last four months.

  Commissioner Daniel Andreotta announced at the tail end of 6½-hour Board of Commissioners meeting Wednesday afternoon that he had drafted a letter to N.C. Cemetery Commission urging the regulatory board to bring about a "swift resolution" to the problem of overgrown grass. The cemetery owners locked the gates to the large graveyard over the weekend because of what they described as threats to employees and security concerns. "Theres not a whole lot we can do at the county level but I did pr...