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All five commissioners said they supported saving the VFW post, once said to be the largest in North Carolina, as a way to honor veterans who served abroad and came home and those who gave all. "I started to pull out some gory pictures my brother made while he was serving in Iraq to help remind all of us what these veterans of foreign wars have given to us in the community and to this country," said Commissioner Michael Edney, who has spearheaded the county's negotiations to buy the building. "They gave their all. I see this as an opportunity for us to give back to them while at the same time...

All five commissioners said they supported saving the VFW post, once said to be the largest in North Carolina, as a way to honor veterans who served abroad and came home and those who gave all. "I started to pull out some gory pictures my brother made while he was serving in Iraq to help remind all of us what these veterans of foreign wars have given to us in the community and to this country," said Commissioner Michael Edney, who has spearheaded the county's negotiations to buy the building. "They gave their all. I see this as an opportunity for us to give back to them while at the same time...

Human Services building renamed for Charlie Messer during ceremony Amy B. McCraw, Times-News correspondent The late Charlie Messer did his best to serve his community, whether on the job in his store or making decisions as a Henderson County commissioner, his friends, family and fellow commissioners said Friday during a ceremony to dedicate a county building in his honor. Henderson County officials decided to rename the human services building the Commissioner Charles D. Messer Human Services Building after the 66-year-old Messer passed away unexpectedly in July. The building’s entrance sig...

After the county released a request for proposals, seven firms responded: AECOM, Benchmark, Clarion, Design Workshop, Holland Consulting Planners, Houseal Lavigne and Stewart. A selection committee reviewed all the proposals, interviewed the top three consultant firms, checked references, and recommended Houseal Lavigne of Chicago for the job. The other two were Clarion, based in Chapel Hill and Denver, Colorado, and Stewart, which has offices in Raleigh, Charlotte and Wilmington. Asked last month why the selection committee chose Houseal Lavigne, Planning Director Autumn Radcliff cited the ...

The Henderson County Board of Commissioners voted to rename the public health and social services building the Commissioner Charles D. Messer Human Services Building after the veteran commissioner died unexpectedly in July at age 66. Commissioner Michael Edney described Messer as a smart man who made good, common sense decisions often informed by the grassroots opinions he heard from customers at Charlie's on the Creek, his convenience store in Hoopers Creek. “His heart was with the folks who came in the store,” Edney said during the ceremony to mark the renaming. “He understood the co...