July 21, 2008
GREENSBORO - The words community and family spilled off the lips of Dudley High School alumni Sunday afternoon as they gathered to remember the place during the combined alumni association's 33rd annual reunion. Former students from nearly 70 years of the...
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Guilford County Schools will suspend rising sixth-grade students who do not update their immunizations against three viruses by Aug. 28. The state Division of Public Health requires some students to receive a booster shot for the tetanus, diptheria and pe...
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July 18, 2008
GREENSBORO -- The Guilford County Board of Education has narrowed its list of eligible applicants to two finalists and will release their names on Monday. Members of the public and employees with Guilford County Schools will get to meet the finalists on W...
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GREENSBORO — The new state budget approved by Gov. Mike Easley will mean more classrooms, research and a horse barn for the city’s public universities. The General Assembly approved more than $2.68 billion for the 16 schools in the UNC system, includi...
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July 17, 2008
GREENVILLE (AP) — Talk show host Stephen Colbert has a big decision to make: Which spider species should bear his name? The Daily Reflector of Greenville reported Thursday that East Carolina University associate professor Jason Bond has agreed to name a...
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GREENSBORO — Monday is the deadline for Guilford County parents to request school bus transportation to and from traditional public schools for the upcoming school year. Students who enrolled in traditional schools and received transportation last year...
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GREENSBORO - Rising food costs and a lack of assistance from state lawmakers have put Cynthia Sevier of Guilford County Schools in the soup: She fears raising meal prices again will cause some students to stop buying cafeteria lunches. "We're looking at e...
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July 16, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) - North Carolina must start planning immediately to spend money on a dozen new sound stages from the coast to the mountains or risk losing its entertainment industry, a Hollywood film producer said Wednesday. "We need a competitive and well-t...
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TOOLIK LAKE, Alaska -- Scientist Anne Hershey paddled a small inflatable raft across an arctic lake, pausing in her stroke to consider how the melting permafrost caused a landslide of mud and sediment spilling down the bank into the water. Since the bank...
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REIDSVILLE - Qualified teachers plus at-risk students adds up to academic gains. That's an equation Rockingham County school administrators have long known. Until recently, they lacked the resources to make it work. But school officials have found a way t...
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EDEN - One down, one to go. With a unanimous vote on Monday night to demolish the old Draper Elementary School and build a new one, the Rockingham County Board of Education laid to rest half of a debate that has been going on for months. But it still hasn...
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July 15, 2008
GREENSBORO — Elon University School of Law announced Monday the founding dean is stepping down. Dean Leary Davis cited ongoing health problems for leaving the post. He intends to remain on staff as a professor. Davis recently has had vascular problems.
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July 14, 2008
GREENSBORO — Three more recent graduates of Guilford County's public high schools have won College-Sponsored Merit Scholarships. That brings the county's 2008 total to nine. The first six local winners were announced in May. These scholarships are worth...
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GREENSBORO - Beads of sweat drip from the kids' faces, which are tight with concentration. The bass of a rap song thumps as they throw their knees up to their chests. Their hands clap and their feet stomp in rhythm with each other and the song. It shakes...
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GREENSBORO - GTCC will add two new programs this fall to meet the rising demand for law enforcement and health care professionals. The school has received approval from the N.C. Community College System to add cyber crime technology and health care manage...
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July 12, 2008
GREENSBORO — Guilford County Schools has begun an internal investigation into two former educators who resigned this week after being charged with using a computer to solicit children for sex. A third teacher from Hendersonville also was charged in the...
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GREENSBORO — The wish list is long — and the price tag is substantial. Residents on Wednesday will get a chance to tell City Council exactly what they think about the $205 million proposed bond package put forward by city leaders. If the bond refe...
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GREENSBORO - Forget the fancy martinis or Cosmos, Alex Mossa prefers the taste of energy drinks mixed with alcohol. “The energy drink dulls the taste of the vodka drastically; because (it) isn’t over-flavored, it makes for an easy-to-down combination......
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July 11, 2008
Two Guilford County Schools educators were arrested this week on charges they used a computer to solicit a child for sex. A third educator from North Carolina also was arrested, the Guilford County Sheriff's Office said today. Deputies allege that the thr...
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N.C. State must re-examine more than 800 employment contracts after misinterpreting a UNC system policy intended to add a layer of scrutiny to unusually large raises. The most notable salary increase will still likely be the one given to first lady Mary E...
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Note: Sheriff BJ Barnes will hold a news conference at 11:30 a.m. Friday to release information on the arrest of three school teachers charged with solicitation of a minor by computer for sex. Check back for updates. A former Western Guilford High School...
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GREENSBORO - Communication is getting an overhaul at UNCG this fall. The school confirmed this week it will outsource e-mail services to Internet giant Google. The school announced earlier this summer it is doing away with telephone service to students be...
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Like many people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, Lisa Allen of High Point injects herself every other day with drugs to treat the incurable disease. But a new drug now entering a trial with 2,200 patients could let patients such as Allen with...
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Guilford County Schools aims to cut operating costs by building schools that use about half the energy of the national average. District officials plan to require design firms and contractors to install more efficient heating and cooling systems in new sc...
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July 9, 2008
A nearly $80,000 pay raise for the governor's wife and other large pay raises at N.C. State University will have to be reviewed, state university officials decided Wednesday. Mary Easley, the wife of Gov. Mike Easley, is an executive in residence and seni...
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