September 26, 2007
GREENSBORO — Habitual parking offenders may soon get the boot. The City Council gave informal approval Tuesday to a plan that would allow enforcement officers to begin booting and towing vehicles of violators who already have three unpaid citations...
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September 17, 2007
GREENSBORO — Here's the latest poop on what's happening in the center city. Downtown Greensboro Inc. has installed five DOGIPOT stations throughout the area to encourage dog owners to do right by doo. The hard-plastic dispensers — erected from...
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September 14, 2007
The green-building movement in the Triad has gained another disciple. Developer Roy Carroll said Thursday he has nearly finished his first environmentally friendly project. Carroll, one of the largest apartment builders in Guilford County, believes his ne...
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September 6, 2007
GREENSBORO - Plans for a $2 million Greensboro-specific downtown carousel have taken another turn. "We think we've found a home," said Ed Kitchen, a member of the Rotary Club of Greensboro, which plans to raise money for the project. "It is...
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August 27, 2007
GREENSBORO — In the face of new audit disclosures, an N.C. A&T spokesman said Sunday the university wants to get on with its business rather than point fingers. "The audit kind of speaks for itself," said Mark Kiel, vice chancellor for...
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August 25, 2007
GREENSBORO — The high life may soon be available downtown. A 26-year-old real estate broker from Charlotte says he wants to build a $30 million high-rise downtown that would include a restaurant, day spa, a boutique hotel with 60-80 suites and 28 co...
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August 24, 2007
GREENSBORO — The fountain at Center City Park has become something of a symbol for the season. Since late June, as temperatures have soared, park officials have had a difficult time keeping kids out of the pools. Now, as drought conditions worsen...
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August 23, 2007
GREENSBORO — The next time you're downtown, check out the sidewalks. They're littered with cigarette butts, especially in the cracks. One day recently, downtown cleaning crews collected more than 800 butts in a three-block area. "People don't t...
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August 22, 2007
Archaeologists will return today to the site of what they believe is the Queen Anne's Revenge, the flagship of Blackbeard the pirate. The dive will last 12 weeks, making it the longest and most extensive since divers discovered the shipwreck off the North...
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August 21, 2007
GREENSBORO — Martha Reeves and The Vandellas don't have anything on Piedmont residents. Like the Motown group from the 1960s, folks around here know plenty about heat waves. But this latest weather composition has residents singing the blues. "......
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August 12, 2007
GREENSBORO — A hundred years ago, the city put on a whiz-bang whingding to mark its 100th birthday. For a week, thousands gathered downtown to hear speeches by presidential candidates, watch parades and gawk at illuminated decorations. But when th...
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GREENSBORO — A hundred years ago, the city put on a whiz-bang whingding to mark its 100th birthday. For a week, thousands gathered downtown to hear speeches by presidential candidates, watch parades and gawk at illuminated decorations. But when th...
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August 10, 2007
GREENSBORO — The downtown mystery project now has a name — Greensboro Triumph Center — a larger footprint encompassing three blocks and a higher price, according to details obtained Thursday. The development's price, once about $200 mill...
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GREENSBORO — The downtown mystery project now has a name — Greensboro Triumph Center — a larger footprint encompassing three blocks and a higher price, according to details obtained Thursday. The development's price, once about $200 mill...
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GREENSBORO — The downtown mystery project now has a name — Greensboro Triumph Center — a larger footprint encompassing three blocks and a higher price, according to details obtained Thursday. The development's price, once about $200 mill...
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August 9, 2007
GREENSBORO — The downtown mystery project now has a name — The Greensboro Triumph Center — a larger footprint and a higher price tag of $300 million, according to details obtained by the News & Record. Ray Gibbs, the former president...
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The beginning has been set -- March 25. So has the conclusion -- May 17. But that's just the official time frame during 2008 for celebrating Greensboro's 200th birthday. The dates coincide with the sale of the 42 acres on which Greensboro was founded (Mar...
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"Who would want to live downtown?" Ray Gibbs, the former president of Downtown Greensboro Inc., used to hear that question a lot when he spoke to civic clubs and community groups. Gibbs always had a ready answer: "Not everybody." He wo...
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August 6, 2007
GREENSBORO — Unifi Inc. said Monday that it would pay former chairman, president and chief executive officer Brian R. Parke, who was fired last Wednesday, $2.3 million. The money, equal to three years salary, will be paid in 37 equal monthly payment...
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GREENSBORO — Unifi Inc. said Monday that it would pay former chairman, president and chief executive officer Brian R. Parke, who was fired last Wednesday, $2.3 million. The money, equal to three years salary, will be paid in 37 equal monthly payment...
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GREENSBORO — Unifi Inc. said Monday that it would pay former chairman, president and chief executive officer Brian R. Parke, who was fired last Wednesday, $2.3 million. The money, equal to three years salary, will be paid in 37 equal monthly payment...
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GREENSBORO — Unifi Inc. said Monday that it would pay former chairman, president and chief executive officer Brian R. Parke, who was fired last Wednesday, $2.3 million. The money, equal to three years salary, will be paid in 37 equal monthly payment...
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August 5, 2007
A place where time stood still has offered two pharmacists the chance to turn back the clock. Thanks to Jeff Biggs and Eddie Tuck, the marble soda fountain that stood for a century in the old Fordham's Drug Store downtown will again be dispensing soft dri...
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A place where time stood still has offered two pharmacists the chance to turn back the clock. Thanks to Jeff Biggs and Eddie Tuck, the marble soda fountain that stood for a century in the old Fordham's Drug Store downtown will again be dispensing soft dri...
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August 3, 2007
GREENSBORO — The news out of Unifi this week leaves a conflicted impression of whether the financially troubled textile maker has begun to unravel or is headed in a new direction. On the surface, much of the news since Wednesday doesn't look good fo...
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