July 30, 2008
The Greensboro Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization released its draft transportation improvement program for 2009-15, and it includes details on several road projects for northwest Guilford County. Right of way acquisition for the widening of U.
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A group of N.C. children with muscular dystrophy will stay for a week this month at Camp Carefree in Stokesdale as part of the Muscular Dystrophy Association's annual summer camp. The event, which was expanded last year to two week-long camps to accommoda...
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July 27, 2008
The Mental Health Association in Greensboro honored six members of the community recently for contributions to the mental health field. The nonprofit association, an affiliate of Mental Health America and a partner with United Way, gave out the awards d...
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July 23, 2008
The Stokesdale Town Council approved a water line extension and heard from a resident concerned about parking on state-owned streets during a meeting that lasted less than an hour. The water line extension is an agreement between the town and Haw River Ho...
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July 20, 2008
A Summerfield resident's arrest July 15 on five counts of embezzling funds from the Summerfield Recreation Association has the town reviewing its books and the non-profit tightening its fiscal procedures. Thomas R. Valent, 50, a former member of the SRA's...
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Bikers and others from across the state will descend on Greensboro Aug. 2 for the fourth annual charity bike ride to benefit Camp Carefree, a joint effort of the N.C. Elks Association and Plum Krazy's sports bar. Camp Carefree is an organization that prov...
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July 16, 2008
Summerfield's new athletic advisory committee can't get rolling until it gets its members in place. The town is seeking applicants for the committee, which is charged with helping develop property purchased last year for athletic fields. Town Manager Mich...
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Northwest and Western high schools were honored last week as High Schools That Work Pacesetter Schools, an award given to 25 schools nationwide by the Southern Regional Education Board. The award recognizes schools that have implemented the "High Schools...
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The Summerfield Town Council last week reviewed results of the town's senior survey. Of the 955 surveys sent out, about 22 percent had been returned as of July 1. Inaccurate records of residents over the age of 60 and their addresses led to some surveys b...
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The Mental Health Association in Greensboro was honored recently for its work with Latino mental health issues. The organization received the Betty Humphrey Cultural Competence Award, one of four national awards given by Mental Health America. "I think it...
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July 13, 2008
Two UNCG professors received the highest civilian honor bestowed by the N.C. governor: the Order of the Long Leaf Pine award. Robert Calhoon and Bert Goldman both retired this year after more than four decades of teaching at the university - Calhoon as a...
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July 6, 2008
For members of the Lawndale Lizards swim team, the laps they swam Monday morning were tougher than usual. The team members and coaches, practicing at the Lawndale Swim & Tennis Club, towed tennis balls, each representing someone who has had cancer, to...
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July 4, 2008
Renovations to the Greensboro Historical Museum are under way, and museum officials and visitors hope the changes will show a wider and deeper history of the city - in a more modern environment. Workers have started replacing the roof on the historic Firs...
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July 2, 2008
For many rising high school seniors and their parents, summer is the last respite before the college application process consumes their lives. With essays to write, resumes to detail and grades to keep up, it can seem overwhelming. Teri LaRocque, however......
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June 29, 2008
About 70 elementary and middle school students learned last week how working together can solve problems from how to design a roller coaster to how to toss a water balloon 30 feet without breaking it. The students were at Camp Invention, a weeklong nation...
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About 70 elementary and middle school students learned last week how working together can solve problems from how to design a roller coaster to how to toss a water balloon 30 feet without breaking it. The students were at Camp Invention, a weeklong nation...
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June 25, 2008
The Stokesdale Town Council passed the town budget for fiscal year 2008-09 after a short and somewhat disorganized public hearing Thursday. The budget passed 3-1, with Councilman Norman Cook opposing it. Mayor Randy Jones was absent from the meeting, whic...
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The Summerfield Town Council approved contracts and debated committee ethics Thursday during a meeting continued from the town's regular council meeting earlier in the month. Town Manager Michael Brandt said that after a complicated back-and-forth discuss...
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June 14, 2008
GREENSBORO — Pleasant Garden resident Tammy Smith said she tries not to go outside very much during this time of year. But Smith, who works in downtown Greensboro and has asthma, was especially concerned Friday as a smoky haze drifted through the re...
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June 13, 2008
SUMMERFIELD — Virginia Kassay never stops. She never stops working on a new piece of what she calls "Artizzm," to help her daughter, Emily, who has autism. And she never stops trying to find a way to bring her art therapy to other parents...
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June 11, 2008
The Summerfield Town Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to approve the 2008-09 budget as originally presented by Town Manager Michael Brandt. The main point of contention prior to the vote was the 3.5 percent property tax, a decrease from the previous level of 3.9...
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Nine-year-old Camden Speight can add "published author" to his list of accomplishments, the highlight of which is his campaign to bring water to victims of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. That project is the subject of the self-published book: "......
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June 8, 2008
STOKESDALE — A grassroots campaign is sprouting in Stokesdale to support the revitalization of the town's downtown. The group, known as Revitalizing Our Ancestors Dreams in Stokesdale, formed to help the town win help in its efforts from the N.C. Sm...
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Residents of Summerfield will have a chance Tuesday to weigh in on the proposed town budget, including what the property tax rate will be and a move by some council members to relinquish their stipends in favor of a lower rate. The public hearing follows...
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June 4, 2008
The proposed budget for Summerfield, presented Wednesday to town officials, includes a 10 percent reduction in the property tax rate, but some council members said the cut doesn't go far enough. Town Manager Michael Brandt emphasized that the figures he c...
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