August 8, 2008
Police and residents came together Thursday night in the wake of two homicides and a brutal robbery. In a town where violence is rare, they hit the streets and knocked on doors to try to turn up leads and to send a message. Speaking to a crowd of about 50...
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August 7, 2008
HIGH POINT - After two homicides and a brutal robbery in the past month, High Point police are organizing a violent-crime response meeting to ask residents for help and to help them organize. The meeting will take place at 6 tonight at the High Point Poli...
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August 5, 2008
HIGH POINT — Not much is known yet, but neighbors are still talking about the body of a 16-year-old boy found face down in a ditch Saturday morning. Police are calling the death suspicious but weren’t releasing details Monday. His name has not been re...
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August 4, 2008
HIGH POINT - Not much is known yet, but neighbors are still talking about the body of a teenage boy found face down in a ditch Saturday morning. Police are calling the death suspicious, but weren't releasing details Monday. The 16-year-old male's name has...
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August 2, 2008
ASHEBORO — When Asheboro residents pushed to eliminate the city’s long-standing alcohol ban, their argument was largely economic. Legal alcohol would draw upscale restaurants and hotels, they argued, and help bring jobs to a town built on the fading f...
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HIGH POINT - This year's City Council election will see more candidates than the last - but most of the incumbents will run unopposed as newcomers scramble for vacant seats and at-large positions. When filing ended Friday, 17 candidates had thrown their h...
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July 31, 2008
ASHEBORO — Tuesday’s referendum ended Asheboro’s days as the state’s largest dry city. But while plenty of champagne corks were popped in victory, it could be a while before the town gets an ABC store or anyone bellies up to a local bar. First, th...
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July 30, 2008
ASHEBORO - Voters said yes to the sale of alcohol Tuesday in what has long been the state's largest dry municipality. As the results of the referendum came in over the Internet, a cheering crowd overflowed from the Sunset Avenue office of the pro-alcohol...
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July 27, 2008
ASHEBORO — When Tom Carella moved to Asheboro five years ago, he liked the small-town-on-the-way-up vibe the city had. Small enough to feel friendly, big enough to feel connected to the larger world. Then he tried to buy a beer. “I wanted to get a si...
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July 23, 2008
HIGH POINT — The Washington Drive District was once a vital, historically important place — the boyhood home of John Coltrane, a breeding ground for jazz and blues and the center of the city’s black community. But as the city fell on hard times, thi...
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July 20, 2008
North Carolina’s 124 private license-tag contractors handled more than 10.3 million transactions worth hundreds of millions of dollars in the past year, but not one contractor was subject to a criminal background check.
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July 18, 2008
LEXINGTON — Drive down Main Street on a sunny summer day and brightly colored pig statues smile at you from every corner — fat pink pigs in wild costumes, standing tall and waving welcome. Roll down your window and you’ll know why Lexington is, for...
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July 12, 2008
The N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles closed its license plate offices in High Point and Thomasville on Friday as part of an ongoing fraud investigation. The offices at 1175 E. Lexington Ave. in High Point and 1033 Randolph St., Suite 15, in Thomasville w...
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July 9, 2008
HIGH POINT — When the City Council voted to buy a vacant Piedmont Natural Gas building last month, it was the end of a long negotiation. The city wanted the 3.66-acre property on Northpoint Avenue for its parks and recreation department, whose office le...
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July 7, 2008
Ten pounds in 10 weeks. That was the goal of the Get Healthy Guilford Challenge. When it ended in April, staff writers Joe Killian (who made the goal) and Amanda Lehmert (who barely missed it) decided to take on another challenge, something much harder.
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July 6, 2008
As director of Guilford County's 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness, Jehan Benton is looking to overhaul the way we tackle homelessness in Greensboro and High Point. The program looks to help the chronically homeless - people with substance abuse and mental...
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July 1, 2008
HIGH POINT - The core city office has its first executive director. Wendy Fuscoe, an engineer and former watershed protection consultant for the city, will oversee the Core City Development Plan, the city announced Monday. The plan, a multiyear and multia...
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June 26, 2008
HIGH POINT - The International Home Furnishings Center announced its new president and CEO on Wednesday. Tom Mitchell, general manager of Merchandise Mart Properties in High Point, will replace Tom Lindh, who surprised the furniture industry with his sudd...
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June 19, 2008
MADISON - Rockingham County deputies are looking for a teenage boy kidnapped at knifepoint early Wednesday after a home invasion robbery in Madison. An Amber Alert was issued for William Alexander Benitez , 17 . Benitez is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs...
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HIGH POINT - When a cop pulls over a car, it's important to know if it's been stolen. That knowledge can mean everything in a situation that could turn dangerous. In the past, High Point police might have called in the license plate to a dispatcher - a me...
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June 18, 2008
HIGH POINT - City Councilwoman Lisa Stahlmann won't seek another term representing the city's 6th Ward. "It's been a terrific and rewarding experience," Stahlmann said of her time on the council. "But it was also a much greater time commitment than I anti...
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June 12, 2008
GREENSBORO - Everyone gets behind at work now and then. But this week a Guilford County Superior Court judge was reprimanded by the state's Judicial Standards Commission for being late with a written judgment. Four years late. Judge Henry E. Frye Jr. hear...
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June 11, 2008
HIGH POINT - Like any proud father, Neal Clinard is obsessed with his newborn son. What's his eye color? Who does he look like? What will he and his wife hang above the crib? Unlike most fathers, he's having these conversations from half a world away - on...
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June 10, 2008
HIGH POINT - It was a bloody Sunday in High Point - two shooting deaths and a stabbing. Suspects have been arrested in one of the shootings and the stabbing. The stabbing happened early Sunday when two women fought just before 4 a.m. at 1008 Asheboro St.
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June 7, 2008
HIGH POINT — Janet Coutu remembers the feeling she had when she first got her license. Driving meant freedom and adventure. But that was nearly a decade ago, when a gallon of gas cost a dollar and some change. With gas now topping $4 at a number of...
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