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Author: Scott D. Yost

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The Taxmen Cometh To Value Your Home in 2022

On Thursday, Dec. 17, the Guilford County Board of Commissioners is expected to approve a new contract with Vincent Valuation, LLC – a contract that will hire the company to assist county tax staff with the coming countywide property revaluation for the tax year of 2022.

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State Grant Helps The Hungry And Struggling Farmers

The Guilford Urban Farming Initiative – a Greensboro-based nonprofit focused on feeding the hungry, has been asked to partner with other groups in an effort to distribute over 1.3 million pounds of fresh produce to about 300,000 people across North Carolina in December this year.

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Former Chairman Calls Board’s Fines Un-American

Between Monday morning, Dec. 7 and Monday afternoon, Guilford County government underwent a seismic shift. That dramatic change in governance philosophy became crystal clear with the new Board of Commissioners’ very first non-procedural vote on Wednesday, Dec. 9 – and with the immediate reaction of former Chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners Jeff Phillips, who had some very harsh criticism for the new board.

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Guilford County Imposes Fines For COVID-19 Violators

On Wednesday, Dec. 9, the Guilford County Board of Commissioners adopted a broad new order that will impose fines and other penalties for violations of public health orders regarding mask wearing, business capacity limitations and other state and county public health directives meant to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

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Sheriff’s Department Gets The Christmas Spirit

It’s that time of year again and – pandemic or no pandemic – the Guilford County Sheriff’s Department is doing its part to create a Christmas atmosphere in the county – and, as is in keeping with the main theme of the season, providing help to those in need.

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Mary Beth Murphy Has To Wait For Her Day In The Sun

The Monday, Dec. 7 Guilford County Board of Commissioners meeting held to swear in new commissioners was just about as notable for the woman who wasn’t there as it was for the people who were.

Mary Beth Murphy, a school teacher who would most likely have been sworn in as Guilford County’s District 4 commissioner were it not for the election protest filed by District 4 Commissioner Alan Branson, wasn’t at the meeting where two of her fellow Democrats were sworn in to their seats as commissioners.

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New Commissioners Cooke And Upchurch Take A Seat

In a span of about five minutes time on Monday morning, Dec. 7, two new Guilford County commissioners were sworn in and Guilford County government underwent a seismic change. Democratic Commissioners Carly Cooke and James Upchurch took their recently won seats on the Guilford County Board of Commissioners, giving the board a Democratic majority for the first time since December 2012.

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Branson Files Second Election Protest To Keep Commissioners Seat

“I don’t care whose feet it steps on and I don’t care if they call me a Trumpster.” Those were the defiant words of Republican District 4 Guilford County Commissioner Alan Branson, who, with his attorney Chuck Winfree, has now filed a second protest over the District 4 commissioners’ race that had Branson’s Democratic opponent Mary Beth Murphy ahead by 70 votes after the general election votes were tallied.

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Citgo Cigarette Thief Shoots Man in Abdomen

The Guilford County Sheriff’s Department got a lot more excitement than it wished for on Monday, Nov. 30, when a 34-year-old, white female from Winston-Salem, identified as Jennifer Nicole Brown, allegedly went on an alarming robbery and shooting spree that left two Citgo stations disturbed and left one man shot.

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High Point Seeks Input on Jamestown Bypass Development

In fact, this week the High Point Planning and Development Department is asking citizens for input, suggestions and questions regarding the department’s land use assessment of a 1.4-square-mile area along the Greensboro Road and Jamestown Bypass corridors from Montlieu Avenue in High Point to the Jamestown town limits at the Deep River.

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County’s Economic Development Alliance Sees Three New Arrivals

December pre-Christmastime get-togethers are supposed to be filled with cheer, but a Thursday, Dec. 3 meeting of the Guilford County Economic Development Alliance will no doubt be bittersweet for the group: a little bitter because the Leadership Group of the Alliance will be losing three key members, but also sweet because those empty slots will be filled with new talent.

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COVID-19 An Unwelcome Thanksgiving Guest in 2020

On Wednesday, Nov. 25, while many were doing their last bit of work and packing before traveling, state of North Carolina health officials did their part to dampen any holiday cheer. At 4:12 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25 the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) put out its new hospitalization and death numbers for the coronavirus.

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Holiday Hiatus For Commissioner Branson’s District 4 Election Protest

Not much happens businesswise over the Thanksgiving holidays – and even less happens on the Thanksgiving holidays during a pandemic. That rule apparently applies to elections disputes as well, and, heading into the four-day weekend, it was not clear when, or if, the NC State Board of Elections would hear the challenge to the results of the Tuesday, Nov. 3 election brought by District 4 Guilford County Commissioner Alan Branson.

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High Point Seeks Citizen Input For Greenway

If you’re someone who likes to go on long walks or bike rides to enjoy nature, the City of High Point wants to talk to you. On Tuesday, Nov. 24, the city announced that High Point will be hosting two interactive virtual public workshops to collect feedback for the proposed greenway network.

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