November 22, 2009
Two years ago, Grimsley High School senior Curtis Moore-Tate tried out for the school’s Madrigal Singers at the urging of his friends. “They all said, 'You know you’ve got a really good voice, you should try out,’” he s...
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November 20, 2009
The election of a Sedalia planning board member will take the town in a direction it hasn’t been. Shinita Wrenwick vows to serve on both the planning board and the town council unless it becomes “too much.” “If I get overwhelmed, I...
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November 16, 2009
HIGH POINT — Unseasonably warm weather and clear skies provided near perfect conditions for the bicycle ride in memory of hit-and-run victim David Sherman.“We couldn’t have asked for a better day,” event co-organizer Rodney Simpson...
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November 15, 2009
A local meal-assembly company will do its part to help breast cancer survivors later this month. Last month, Let’s Dish! owners Matt and Leigh Yates participated in the Pink Dish! Campaign to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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November 3, 2009
STOKESDALE — Stokesdale bar owner Angie Lawson and her customers cheered when they heard that two alcohol referendums passed in the town.“I’m just tickled to death,” Lawson said Tuesday night. “I don’t want to see a ba...
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November 1, 2009
After hearing about a family friend’s medical mission trip to Nicaragua, a Greensboro fourth-grader has taken up a mission of her own. “They told me about how a couple kids down there didn’t have any clothes,” 9-year-old Cheyanne H...
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October 30, 2009
STOKESDALE — The Rev. Jerry Walker wants to keep liquor sales out of Stokesdale because they go against conservative Christian values in the community. Stokesdale bar owner Angie Lawson believes allowing liquor sales could mean more revenue for th...
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October 27, 2009
Four candidates from Sedalia are vying for three at-large Town Council seats Tuesday. A fifth candidate, Veronica Lewis, withdrew from the race in October. Incumbent Councilwomen Ophelia Jones and Valerie Mack along with planning board member Shinita Wr...
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October 25, 2009
In what started out as an uneventful Stokesdale Town Council meeting, Summerfield resident Gail Dunham addressed her neighboring town’s council about alleged illegal closed session meetings in her town.
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October 23, 2009
In Summerfield, Don Wendelken is challenging incumbent Mayor Mark Brown, who’s been mayor twice and served on the council three times. Wendelken said one of his priorities as mayor would be to improve professionalism on the council. “I will ..
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Stokesdale will vote on a liquor-by-the-drink and ABC-store referendum Nov. 3. Their mayor, Randle L. Jones, is running unopposed and they have one fewer candidate to choose from than they did a week ago. Grimsley High School media specialist and part-ti...
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October 16, 2009
The final Summerfield Town Council meeting before the November election ended with fireworks. After a half-hour closed session, the council returned and voted to unseal the minutes of 12 closed-session meetings between March 2002 and September 2004.
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October 11, 2009
Oak Ridge Elementary first grader Will Gilbert is a strong boy. “When he was just a baby, he was on four shots a day,” his father Chuck said. “For both of us, that is one of the most difficult things we’ve ever had to do.”
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October 9, 2009
Just hours before she was to deliver a speech to Sedalia residents, Veronica Lewis called the town hall to withdraw her bid for Town Council. “She just said that she had a lot on her plate right now,” Town Clerk Cam Dungee said. Lewis, a teach...
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October 4, 2009
Chuck Bynum attended the Adult Center for Enrichment’s senior prom this year, and he’s looking forward to more. “I love it,” he said. “I’m able to meet a lot of people and enjoy myself.” This year’s prom ma...
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Bessemer Elementary School staff and students can bank on their partners in education this school year. The retail and commercial lending departments of the Greensboro offices of BB&T and its subsidiary Stanley, Hunt, Dupree & Rhine Inc., donated...
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September 27, 2009
One Summerfield family is looking to raise money and awareness about a rare disease that has affected their family. Emily and Brent Smith are organizing the area’s first Butterfly Walk to benefit the Share & Care Network. The network provides s...
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September 16, 2009
This weekend is the final chance for local residents to view and shop the Triad’s first consignment-and-salvage-designed show house. Chic Chateau is located just off New Garden Road in a brand new home. “Almost everything in here is consignmen...
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September 13, 2009
Newly appointed Stokesdale Town Councilman Bobby Richardson is ready to work. “I think we need to make some peace,” he said. The council voted unanimously to appoint Richardson in a special meeting Aug. 27, one week after Norman Cook resigned.
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September 9, 2009
Summerfield's Town Council found out Tuesday night it won’t get a $500,000 grant it was counting on to build an athletics park. However, the council voted to continue building the park. “It’s going to be cheaper to build it now tha...
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September 8, 2009
This year seems unprecedented in the number of deaths, and no one is unaffected. In 2009, the world has lost celebrities and heroes Kay Yow, Michael Jackson, Ted Kennedy and so many others. People have buried parents, siblings, other relatives and close f...
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September 6, 2009
BURLINGTON — Under a cluster of Virginia Black Pine trees at Alamance Battleground, a team of volunteers gathered on Friday and Saturday to search for pieces of history. It’s the first step in an archaeological dig to gather information and po...
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Next weekend, the Triad will host the Carolina region tetrathlon rally for the U.S. Pony Club. “We’ve not hosted any regional rally here that I remember,” event organizer Cynthia Parks said. The tetrathlon is a take on the Olympic event...
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August 30, 2009
Stokesdale Mayor Randle L. Jones says the uproar about the town hall is being spearheaded by a group of citizens who don’t want to pay taxes. “Any time there is a capital project, people worry that a tax will have to be levied to pay for it......
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August 28, 2009
The Stokesdale Town Council has opted to go with experience in its appointment to the Town Council. Lifetime Stokesdale resident Bobby Richardson was appointed Thursday night to serve the remaining two years of a council term vacated by Norman Cook, who r...
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