July 2010

Board adopts budget
• Commissioners call for a special referendum in November
  • Resolution calling for a special election
• Children need school uniforms and school supplies
• DSS programs to be featured monthly on UCTV 16
• Union 4-Her's meet legislators at Citizenship Focus event
• Breast Cancer Awareness Group Quilt Project
• July 6 Planning Board meeting on UCTV 16

June 2010

• Union County July 4th Closings
• Board Adopts Interim Budget
• Board of Education Filing
• Election Night Reporting
• David Cannon Named New CFO
• June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
• "Union County Spotlight" Features Library Summer Reading Programs
• Filing Notice for Soil and Water Supervisor
• Water and Sewer Rate Schedule to Continue
• Union-EMS Contract Extended
• Fawn Cared for at Animal Shelter
• Petoskey Elected Treasurer of Tax Collectors' Association

May 2010

• Notice of Security Breach at Cane Creek Park
• Joint News Release - Union County, NC and the Town of Weddington, NC - Regarding Wesley Chapel Weddington Athletic Association and Optimist Park
• Memorial Day Closings
• Notice of Second Primary Election - Union County, NC
• Commissioners temporarily suspend hospital negotiations
• Commissioners want Bypass named Union Parkway
• Budget calendar adopted
• Police Week Ceremony on UCTV 16
• County remains under Stage II water restrictions
• Health Department receives grant to help uninsured women
• Surplus food available for those in need

April 2010

• Commissioners support transportation plan 
• Legislative positions resolution adopted
• Commissioners oppose transfer of secondary road responsibility to county government
• Board proclaims April 28 as Elsie Chambers Day
• Commissioners approve economic development incentive grant
• Court of Appeals candidates appear on UCTV 16
• Turning Point featured on "Union County Spotlight"
• Early voting begins April 15
• Rabies clinics set for May

March 2010

• County offices and facilities will be closed this weekend
• New Programs Airing on UCTV 16
• Voter Registration Coming to an End
• Vietnam Veterans to Receive Welcome Home
• Pretrial Services Program Eases Jail Overcrowding
• County Wants Your Input on Name for Bypass
• DSS is Seeking Your Help
• Rain Barrels for Sale
• Planning Board Meeting to Resume on March 22
• March Proclaimed American Red Cross Month
• Logo Designers Recognized by Commissioners
• 5K Race to be Held at Earth Day 2010
  • Register for 5K
• Volunteers Needed for Earth Day 2010
• Input Needed on County Fire Study
  • Public Notice of Fire Study Public Hearing - March 16
• Students Helping to Plan for UCTV 16 Programming
  • UCTV 16 Survey
• "This is Your Court" returns to UCTV 16
• Veterans Owed Stop-Loss Special Payments
• Farm Bureau to Host Food Safety Meeting
• County Agencies Participate in Nuclear Plant Exercise
• Funding Approved for Project at Monroe High
• Bridge to Link Ag Center and Jesse Helms Park
• Private Company to Handle County's Child Support Enforcement

February 2010

• DSS to Accept Applications for USDA Surplus Commodities
• Emergency Communications Featured on "Union County Spotlight"
• Librarians to be Published in Manual
• Renowned Herb Specialist to Speak at 2010 Piedmont Herb Festival
• Drinking Water Now Treated with Chloramines
• Foster Care Youth Learn Valuable Skills Through LINKS Program
• Union County Receives Emergency Fire Dispatch Accreditation
• Cane Creek Park Lake Closes
• Grant Will Help Provide Clean Water to Dodge City
• H1N1 Flu SHot Clinic to be Held Friday

January 2010

• County Closes Libraries, Landfill, Collection Sites and Parks
• Tax Preparation Assistance Available at DSS
• Beginning Beekeepers Class Rescheduled
• Christmas Bureau Assisted Thousands of Families
• County Clerk to the Board Receives Honor
• Union County Public Library Receives $1,000 Grant
• Union County Public Library Selected to Host "Great Stories CLUB"
• Cane Creek Park Lake Reopens
• Rain Causes Sanitary Sewers to Overflow
• Candidate Filing Set to Begin
• Heavy Rain Affects Cane Creek Park
• Thousands Saved on Prescription Drugs in 2009
• 2009 Union County Annual Report is Now Available
• Master Gardeners Association is Selling Rain Barrels
• Union County Beekeepers to Conduct Classes at the Ag Center
• Health Department Providing On-site H1N1 Clinics
• Union County Receives Emergency Medical Dispatch Accreditation
• Deadlines in the Union County Tax Administrator's Office
• County Board Meetings on UCTV 16
• Board Asks NCDOT to Construct Bridge Over U.S. 601 South
• Winner of Breast Cancer Quilt Announced
• 4-Hers Help Seniors Save on Power Bills

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