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May 6, 2009

Alamance Children’s Museum nears halfway mark

GRAHAM — A group focused on building a new place in the Piedmont Triad for children to play and learn is well on its way to seeing that dream realized. Almost half of the $3.9 million needed to build the nonprofit Children’s Museum of Alamanc... Read More

Campus garden grows food, friends

On a sunny April afternoon, a few volunteers gather to thin rows of radish plants and pull up weeds. Two or three times a week, university students and local residents gather to tend the Elon Community Garden. “It’s kind of therapeutic,&rdquo... Read More

Linda Vestal: A mother’s loss can be a bridge to strong faith

When I was pregnant with my daughter on Mother’s Day 1990, my sister, Dorothy, sent me a Mother’s Day card that read, “To the Mother to Be.” It was a sweet reminder of what was to come in just a few short months, though I knew I w... Read More

May 3, 2009

Tribute to moms

Wow. When we decided to invite readers to share Mother’s Day tributes, we had no idea what to expect. We were deluged with e-mails, letters and drawings — including 63 from one school and a dozen or so from others. They ranged from brief notes... Read More

Students pledge sober prom

Page High senior Kelsey Riggs was one of the first in line to sign the Safe Sober Prom Promise on a recent lunch break. A project of Safe Sober Prom Night, a nonprofit founded in 1991 by attorneys Michael Lewis and David Daggett , the pledge says that si... Read More

Brooks Global students share tributes to mom

Our biggest submission — 63 hand-written tributes — came from third graders at Brooks Global Studies. The students’ tributes ranged from a few sentences to full-page front and back. Most included common themes — gratitude for moms... Read More

Imprisoned mom wishes she'd listened to her mother

My name is Mia Compton, and I’m incarcerated at Southern Correctional Institution. My mother, Barbara Summers, is a very strong and beautiful woman. I’m blessed to have her as my mother. During this period in my life, she has been there throug... Read More

One-of-a-kind mom

This a special thanks to Sheila Clark from her daughters and husband. Sheila is a one-of-a-kind mom who puts nothing ahead of family. She will do without, just to make sure we don’t have to. Carrie Anne, who is 18 and developmetally delayed, has had... Read More

My biggest supporter

My mother is the most special and caring person in the world. Ellen Marie Pack Howell was born on August 18, 1941, in a small town in Patrick County, Va. She grew up very poor with just her mother to raise her. Her Mother worked in a peach canning facto... Read More

First formal school teacher for your children

Thank you, Mom (Victoria Andrews), for rising every morning at 4 a.m. to make a full breakfast for eight children of your own, plus whomever was staying with us at the time. Then you walked almost two miles to school loaded down with lunch and supplies fo... Read More

Grandma says thank-you on behalf of teen who can't speak or write

My name is Kayla. I am 13 years old. My mom is Kathy Connell. Her friends call her K.C. My Grandma Betty is writing this letter for me. I cannot write, read, walk or talk. I was born with a physical impairment. My mommy has to do everything for me. She fe... Read More

New Garden Friends class says thanks

New Garden Friends School Rainbow Peach and Plums class, first and second graders, shared a stack of tributes to their moms. Most were two or three short sentences, with one-inch lettering. Here’s a sampling of the students’ sentiments: ...... Read More

You -- and your mail carrier -- can help stamp out hunger Saturday

You can “Help Stamp Out Hunger” Saturday by placing some cans of food near your mailbox. Residents and businesses can place nonperishable food items near their mail receptacle by 9 a.m. Saturday for pickup by mail carriers. “This is a g... Read More

April 29, 2009

Gibsonville mayor requests tighter budget

The mayor has asked the town manager to pare down the proposed budget for 2009-10. The first draft of the budget is $7.6 million, up 9 percent from last year’s approved budget. It includes no tax increase but would raise residents’ water and s... Read More

Mother’s Day tea party to help fight cancer

Replacements Ltd. has the perfect Mother’s Day gift for the woman who has everything — take her to a tea party. The McLeansville collectibles dealer will host the fourth annual Mother’s Day Charity Tea to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breas... Read More

Mustangs auto show to honor late organizer

The organizers of an annual auto show will donate all proceeds from this year’s May 16 event to Loaves & Fishes Christian Food Ministry and other Alamance County charities. For about six years, the Mustangs of Burlington group has organized an a... Read More

McLeansville re-enactors attend deployment event

On April 14 at the deployment ceremony for the N.C. National Guard’s 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, members of the Old Hickory Re-enacting Association were there to display the uniforms and equipment of the 30th from the World War II era. “Th... Read More

Linda Vestal: So it’s your birthday, try to have a good time

April showers bring May flowers, so the saying goes. In our family, April also brings a couple of birthdays. My husband, Jay, celebrated his 46th birthday April 7. It was a good reminder that while all birthdays have the potential to be memorable, not all... Read More

April 27, 2009

Penny Casto: Learn about youths’ mental health

May 7 is National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day, set aside to bring attention to the issue and the community’s role in helping youngsters thrive. It is also a day to publicize treatment and support programs. “Thriving in the Com... Read More

April 26, 2009

Guilford County School's third-quarter high school honor roll

The following students in the Guilford County Schools have achieved academic distinction for the third quarter and are included on the school system’s “A Team.” Students in Grades 9-12 who received a 4.0 or better Grade point average dur... Read More

Guilford County School's third-quarter middle school honor roll

The following students in the Guilford County Schools have achieved academic distinction for the third quarter and are included on the school system’s “A Team.” Students in Grades 6-8 who made all A’s during the third nine-week gra... Read More

St. Pius X Catholic School middle school honor roll third quarter

St. Pius X Catholic School middle school honor roll quarter 2008-2009 school year. The following students received a 4.0 GPA for the third quarter of this school year: 8th grade: John Abram, Brandon Conrad, Adrienne Hooper; Stephen Jones, Lindsay Klopp...... Read More

April 22, 2009

Whitsett police to help form more watch groups

Police want to help citizens form community watch groups in the greater Whitsett area. “We believe it’s one of the most effective ways to reduce crime in the area,” Corporal J.C. Fuller said at the Town Council meeting April 14. Fuller i... Read More

Sanctus Real to perform at FaithWalk church

Grammy award nominee and Modern Rock Album of the Year Dove Award winner Sanctus Real will perform at FaithWalk’s second annual Fusion event Saturday at 485 Brightwood Church Road, Gibsonville. Fusion, presented by Cox Toyota/Scion of Burlington, wi... Read More

Linda Vestal: 'Animal Crossing’ feels like home

A few weeks ago, I took a bus to a brand new town and bought a house. I learned to shake money and apples out of trees while running from occasional swarms of bees. I spent my days catching butterflies and fishing from ponds, rivers and lakes that fed int... Read More