December 24, 2008
Financial burdens brought on by a weakened economy can be emotionally taxing on struggling families. A Greensboro nonprofit wants to help. Presbyterian Counseling Center hopes to help people address the personal pain of the financial downturn stressing lo...
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December 21, 2008
Greensboro Mayor Yvonne Johnson spoke to African American leaders Wednesday about the significance of their contributions to United Way of Greater Greensboro. Johnson is also the executive director of One Step Further, a nonprofit United Way agency that...
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Jesse Briggs, a special education teacher at Western Guilford High, is known for teaching outside the books. In his classroom, learning is achieved through music. "Research has shown that music is helpful when trying to teach facts. You take a song, chang...
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Financial burdens brought on by a weakened economy can be emotionally taxing on struggling families. A Greensboro nonprofit wants to help. Presbyterian Counseling Center hopes to help people address the personal pain of the financial downturn stressing lo...
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The Greensboro Parks & Recreation Department's Watershed Parks and Youth & Community Services programs will receive grants from the 2009 National Recreation and Park Association's After School Archery program. The archery program, which started a...
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December 14, 2008
In a 4-1 vote Monday, the Pleasant Garden Town Council re-elected Nancy Jo Smith mayor pro tem. Councilman Bob Wyrick cast the opposing vote, for himself. Smith was first named mayor pro tem after the November 2007 town election. The council also voted to...
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Several Guilford County schools have teamed up with Four Seasons Town Centre to spread the spirit of giving this holiday season. Four Seasons and the school system announced a formal partnership to help raise awareness and involvement in the schools' char...
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Are you ready to go to bat to help end hunger in your community this winter? Hits 4 Hunger organizer Jeff Webster hopes so. Hits 4 Hunger is a canned-food drive starting Monday and running through Jan. 31 at Greensboro Batting Center, 3917 High P...
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November 25, 2008
When you hear R&B singer Anthony Hamilton, it's hard not to acknowledge the talent and raw emotion that makes his music so personal for his fans. After sitting down with the soulful Charlotte native before his Nov. 21 concert at Music City in Greensbo...
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November 23, 2008
For the third year in a row, Ragsdale High School's competition cheerleading squad has taken top honors in its division at the sixth annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association state invitational cheerleading championships. But at the Nov. 8 c...
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Alamance, Sedgefield and Madison elementary schools took top honors recently for collecting the most aluminum cans in the Kids, Cans & Ca$h recycling challenge. The schools were divided into three categories, based on their number of students, and jud...
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November 19, 2008
Madison Elementary in McLeansville is among three Guilford County elementary schools honored Friday for collecting the most aluminum cans in the Kids, Cans & Ca$h recycling challenge. Madison collected 303.2 pounds, winning in the category for schools...
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November 16, 2008
Next time Oak Ridge residents want to know about the weather, they can find the answer at Oak Ridge Military Academy. Oak Ridge Military Academy recently installed "WeatherBug," which allows cadets, parents, faculty and staff to track conditions from the...
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November 9, 2008
Two Guilford County Schools employees were recently recognized for being exemplary educators and advocates of art in their schools. The Board of the North Carolina Art Education Association presented Samantha Parcells, who teaches at Western Guilford High...
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After 20 years of working for Domino's through Arc of Greensboro's Supported Employment program, Denny Ingold, 65, said it was time to "give it on up." Ingold was among the first participants in Arc of Greensboro's Supported Employment program, which help...
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November 2, 2008
Fairview Primitive Baptist Church, also known as Ai Church, has been at Alcorn Road and N.C. 68 in Oak Ridge for at least a century. Preservation Oak Ridge Foundation, a nonprofit organization launched last November, is working to make sure the historica...
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Students, faculty and friends of St. Pius X Catholic School hit the pavement Oct. 24 in their annual Mini Crop Walk to raise money for Greensboro Urban Ministry. There was nothing "mini" about the funds the walkers raised in their half-mile trek around th...
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Faculty and staff at Sumner Elementary know the effect positive male influences can have on their students' lives. "Many of our young male students are at risk to succumb to pressures, such as gangs and violence," said Yvetta Grier, social worker at Sumne...
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October 26, 2008
Leslie and John Buckner have gone to great heights to show their support for Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama. After their ground-level Obama sign disappeared, John Buckner decided to put the new one 30 feet off the ground. John Buck...
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I am a huge fan of all things spooky. Drop me off in a creepy forest with chain saw-wielding maniacs, zombies and witches, and I'll have a blast. That's why I was excited when I got invited to get dressed up for some haunted house-hopping fun this Hallow...
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Archer Elementary's wishes were granted recently when Levolor Kirsch Window Fashions donated a truckload of supplies Oct. 17. Among the items were televisions, digital cameras and DVD players. "The students were just overjoyed," Patrice Brown, Archer prin...
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Jamestown adopted a donation policy Oct. 21 that will allow residents to purchase landscape materials for the town in honor of loved ones. "We have always accepted donations and followed certain guidelines, but now we have the policy in writing," said Coo...
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October 20, 2008
GREENSBORO — Participants in One City, One Book met at the Greensboro Public Library on Sunday to celebrate the fourth book they would read and discuss together. One City, One Book, an event that unites readers once every other year, selected "The Plea...
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October 12, 2008
Several organizations at GTCC have joined forces to establish the GTCC Food Pantry to provide food for students and their families. The food pantry service will be available to students at the Greensboro, High Point and aviation campuses. Students at the...
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High Point Miracle League is urging residents to walk, run and cycle for a good cause Oct. 18 during its Tour for a Miracle fundraiser. The funds are for Miracle League Field of the Triad, a field for special-needs children slated for construction across...
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