City fire truck runs under review for cost efficiency
Interim City Manager Lee Galloway urged Hendersonville officials to seek an end to duplicative firefighting and EMS dispatches to medical calls. Council members planned further study with county EMS input, weighing costs against potential life-saving benefits as a broader budget question looms.
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Hendersonville
Lee Galloway
Galloway
Dorian Flowers
American Heart Association
Calendar chaos as Memorial Day shifts early this year
A personal essay laments Memorial Day arriving earlier than expected and the resulting clash with upcoming elective surgery. The writer vents about holiday calendars, routine, and the burden of medical paperwork, while humorously noting hospital rituals and cloaked frustrations with modern healthcare.
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Memorial Bay
Princess II
Biomass debate slow to gain firm support from officials
Lemel, a Duke engineering graduate and fourth generation summer camp owner, criticized renewable developers for missing plans and solid financial models as she weighed the biomass project. Commissioners Chapman and Lemel signaled caution, promising time for residents to voice concerns while regulators and state officials in Raleigh were consulted.
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Lemel
Duke University
Chapman
Little River, Penrose
Pisgah Forest
Board of Commis
Raleigh
State Department
Biomass
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