February 12, 2012
RALEIGH — When Rep. Dale Folwell worked on controversial topics such as workers’ compensation reform and immigration policy last year, he aggravated more than a few constituents. “It was a very volatile year for me as an elected officia...
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HIGH POINT — Ellen “Lennie” Gerber, 76, and Pearl Berlin, 87, have a routine. At 8 a.m., Pearl brings Lennie her breakfast — a bowl of cereal — to the chair in the study overlooking the backyard forest and lake.
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Available today in the News & Record's electronic edition: News: Starting today and rolling forth until April, we in Greensboro can step into a world where rural landscapes move and language sounds as beaut
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The News & Record is running a map on Sundays that shows residential burglaries because of concerns about break-ins. Our goal is to show which neighborhoods are being targeted and what patterns have emerged regarding where the crimes are being committ...
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EDEN — Making Brunswick stew was a fall tradition when B.J. Barker was growing up in the Draper section of Eden.His grandfather was in charge of the recipe, and other family members would bring fresh vegetables from their gardens and farms to throw...
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I love to hang my clothes out when the weather is nice.No detergent or fabric softener can duplicate the fresh-air smell of clothes after they have hung in the sunshine. If at all possible, I always try to put my sheets, pillowcases and towels out for tha...
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America Legion Post 254 was honored as Eden’s Main Street Champion at the annual N.C. Main Street Conference on Jan. 26 in Clayton.
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Rochelle McCain of Gibsonville has been chosen to receive the 2012 Academic Excellence Award at Rockingham Community College.
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PROPERTY TRANSFERSHuntsville TownshipMichael Z. Topalian and Dorian G. Topalian to Clark B. Eckman and Gloria J. Eckman, lot Woodsong Drive, $190,000B&S Development Inc. to Rakestraw Builders Inc., lot Twin Creeks subdivision, phase III, $34,000
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Here's the Rockingham County calendar for the week of Feb. 12, 2012:FUN STUFFToday
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February 11, 2012
WENTWORTH — The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office seized firearms, computers and cellphones from the house of Douglas and LaDonna French, who were killed in an apparent home invasion last week.
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ASHEBORO — A Climax woman has been charged with fatally shooting her husband and placing his body in an outbuilding Thursday. On Friday, Randolph County sheriff's deputies responded to 3623 Old Red Cross Road in Climax in reference to a gunshot inj...
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REIDSVILLE — A fund has been set up for the children of Douglas Troy French and LaDonna French, the couple killed during a home invasion last weekend.
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GREENSBORO - The N.C. General Assembly has offered a solution in the legal battle over its controversial redrawing of Guilford County voting districts. The plan would put all Guilford County commissioners up for election this year and would cut some...
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Rameses, North Carolina's 18th ram mascot, died Thursday night of natural causes. He was 8 years old.
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RALEIGH -- Thousands of jobless people in North Carolina again face the prospect that their unemployment benefits will expire at the end of this month as Democrats and Republicans engage in political brinksmanship in Washington over the status of the soci...
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GREENSBORO — Greensboro police arrested a man early Saturday morning in connection with a shooting that occurred shortly after midnight. Police were called to 912 Park Ave. around12:30 this morning in reference to a shooting.
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GREENSBORO – Police arrested a Greensboro man today after a woman said he broke into her home early this morning. Officers responded at 1 a.m. to 2311 Acorn Drive to a home break-in in progress. When they arrived, a woman at the home said she was aw...
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RALEIGH -- For more than 35 years, the state Highway Patrol's emergency communications center was housed in a white cinderblock building with only two screens to monitor live traffic.
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The number of Forsyth County behavioral-health patients experiencing a long wait for a state psychiatric hospital bed remains stubbornly high, according to a study by a Raleigh advocacy group.
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WINSTON-SALEM -- Having recently moved to a smaller place, John and Bettie Lee were looking to get rid of some of the things they'd collected through the years -- not add to them. But they couldn't help themselves Friday.
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HIGH POINT -- High Point City Council members Foster Douglas and Mike Pugh are criticizing the selection process for naming High Point's new police chief, but were unsuccessful in pursuing action to alter the appointment.
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HIGH POINT -- High Point Regional Hospital has just hours to be cleared by the federal government to continue receiving Medicare funding. The hospital's Medicare funding was put in jeopardy following a December incident involving a patient.
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MORGANTON (AP) — A Burke County symposium is aiming to provide some answers on mysterious lights that have puzzled generations of observers around Brown Mountain.
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RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is offering patrons a chance to find out why oysterscatchers have long, sharp bills, or why a kind of African wild cat has such long legs.
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