Author: John Hammer

The Greensboro History Museum is presenting “Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta in North Carolina” at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 130 Summit Ave.

For the City of Greensboro, awarding routine contracts used to be routine, but not anymore.

The Greensboro Sports Council announced that Clemson University Football Coach Dabo Swinney will be the speaker for the 2020 Fred Barakat Sports Dinner on May 13 at the Greensboro Coliseum.

The Wyndham Championship on Wednesday, Oct. 16 announced Kontoor Brands President and CEO Scott Baxter will be the honorary chairman for the 2020 and 2021 tournaments.

Downtown Greensboro Inc. announced this week it has hired four new employees.

Another unregulated contaminant is causing problems for the Greensboro Water Resources Department.

A rezoning request for a residential development on McConnell Road across the road from Innisbrook Village Apartments hit an unexpected roadblock at the Greensboro City Council meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 15 in the Council Chambers.

Greensboro City Manager David Parrish received a 6 percent raise on Tuesday night, Oct. 15, from the Greensboro City Council.

On Thursday, Oct. 17, the City of High Point will host a public information session to discuss the city’s $50-million bond referendum on the ballot in November. That meeting will last from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the High Point Public Library in the Jim Morgan Room on the first floor.

At the Tuesday afternoon work session the City Council heard once again from the Greensboro Transit Agency (GTA) staff that bus fare increases are needed. 

The City Council by an 8-0 vote passed two motions to spend $500,000 to start a Cure Violence program in Greensboro at the meeting Tuesday, Oct. 15 in the Council Chamber.

The Greensboro City Council plans to approve a $500,000 contract to implement a Cure Violence program in two neighborhoods at the Tuesday, Oct. 15 meeting.

Some projects take longer than others. The grand opening of the dog park at Griffin Community Park at 5301 Hilltop Road is Sunday, Oct. 27 from 2 to 4 p.m.

The Guilford County Republican Party held its first monthly meeting in its new headquarters at 5500 Friendly Ave. on Monday, Oct. 14 and unanimously passed a resolution that left no doubt about where the Guilford County GOP stands on President Donald Trump.

It’s not unusual to hear someone say they live in the best neighborhood in Greensboro, but now it’s official: Sunset Hills has been named by Reader’s Digest as the nicest neighborhood in the entire state of North Carolina.

They say two heads are better than one, so it stands to reason that three would be even better. And if the three are wearing “Cat in the Hat” hats, well, how could you beat that?

McConnell Road is the hot spot for development in Greensboro right now – if you use controversial rezoning requests as the measuring stick.

City Council town hall meetings lately have begun with a number of speakers talking about problems with the SCAT paratransit bus service provided by the Greensboro Transit Agency.

The Cure Violence program has been on the Greensboro City Council’s radar screen for over a year and it appears that, at the meeting Tuesday, Oct. 15, the council will agree to spend $500,000 to fund a Cure Violence program in Greensboro.

Halloween will be here before you know it, and Trunk or Treat is a way for children to celebrate the holiday in a safe, supervised environment.

The Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department is playing its part in Greatest Homecoming on Earth – the North Carolina A&T State University homecoming – by hosting Aggie FanFest, Oct. 25 through Oct. 27 at World War Memorial Stadium at 501 Yanceyville St.

Guilford County has been hit with a $425,000 legal bill that the commissioners have reluctantly agreed to pay.

The Greensboro Police Foundation is holding the inaugural fundraising event, The Blue Salute, Saturday, Oct. 12 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Proximity Hotel.

It was hard to believe that it was really October when the high was 90 degrees. But even though the temperature has dropped to more fall like weather it doesn’t look anything like past Octobers in Greensboro.

Two Greensboro city councilmembers have announced up coming meetings with constituents this month.

The North Carolina State Legislature is still in session, and judging from the rhetoric this week between Gov. Roy Cooper and President Pro Tem of the state Senate Phil Berger, there isn’t much love between the two.

The Greensboro Planning Department is bringing Henry Cisneros to Greensboro to speak Tuesday, Oct. 29 and Wednesday, Oct. 30.

Franklin Graham will be bringing his “Decision America Tar Heel State Tour” to the White Oak Amphitheatre at the Greensboro Coliseum on Wednesday, Oct. 9 beginning at 7 p.m.

The final forum held on hiring a new Greensboro Police Chief was also the longest, loudest and largest.

Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan read new rules for speakers before the public comment period at the City Council town hall meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 2 at the Greensboro Regional Realtors Association building at 23 Oak Branch Dr.

The City of Greensboro wants to know what you think about the electric scooters that are primarily seen in the downtown area and around college campuses.

Monday, Oct. 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Shiloh Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 1210 S. Eugene St., the city will hold the final community meeting on hiring a new police chief.

It’s a rare City Council meeting where City Councilmember Sharon Hightower doesn’t get in an argument, often heated, and the town hall meeting Wednesday, Oct. 2 at the Greensboro Regional Realtors Association building was not one of those rare meetings.

Some neighborhoods have parades, some have block parties, some have unique Christmas decorations and winter runs. Westerwood, aka Lake Daniel, has a walking art tour.

As expected the City Council District 2 town hall meeting on Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Greensboro History Museum, covered a lot of territory, moved at a good pace and included good discussions of issues important to the constituents of the district.

The Greensboro City Council tried out some new rules at its monthly town hall meeting, aka “yellfest,” on Wednesday, Oct. 2 at the Greensboro Regional Realtors Association office at 23 Oak Branch Dr.

The Tuesday, Oct. 2, town hall meeting of the Greensboro City Council at the Greensboro Regional Realtors Association building at 23 Oak Branch Dr. began with a presentation on Carolina Core.

The 2019 session of the North Carolina General Assembly hasn’t lacked surprises, and President Pro Tem of the state Senate Phil Berger made it clear in his press conference on Tuesday, Oct. 2, that he wasn’t looking for any more.

Guilford County District Court Judge Angela Foster has been censured by the North Carolina Supreme Court after having a woman in her court handcuffed and put in a holding cell without a hearing on Jan. 2, 2018.

The community meeting on hiring a new police chief held at the Benjamin Branch Library at 222 Benjamin Pkwy on Tuesday, Oct. 1 at noon was very different from the one held about 18 hours earlier at the Barber Park Event Center.

District 2 City Councilmember Goldie Wells is holding a town hall meeting on Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Avenue, next door to LeBauer Park.

It appears the battle over redistricting in North Carolina won’t end until after the 2020 census, when new districts are drawn, and then it is likely to start all over again.

The Greensboro City Council rarely misses an opportunity to recognize special months, weeks and days, but it did miss National Coffee Day, which most jurisdictions in the US celebrated on Sunday, Sept. 29. Traditionally it is celebrated on Oct. 1 and is being celebrated by the Greensboro Police Department on Wed. Oct. 2.

“The most important thing is for him to know the Lord.”It was the last comment made at a community meeting on hiring a new Greensboro police chief and received unqualified approval from the 14 people at the meeting.

The city has added more opportunities for people to weigh in on what they think the city should be looking for in a new police chief.

The new city parking deck on North Eugene Street across from the First National Bank Stadium, the home of the Greensboro Grasshoppers, is under construction.

When people think of beer and music, it’s not usually classical music that comes to mind, which is what makes the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra (GSO) HOPS series stand out.

On Sept. 3, Greensboro City Council Mayor Nancy Vaughan said that the City Council would discuss watching the police body worn camera videos of an incident downtown on Sept. 10, 2016 at the Sept. 17 City Council meeting.

Downtown Greensboro Inc. president Zack Matheny pleased a lot of attendees at the annual Downtown Greensboro Inc. Annual Celebration at the Cadillac Service Garage at 304 E. Market St Thursday night, with his speech.