Friday, March 29th, 2024

Author: Scott D. Yost

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Guilford County Gives Schools $600K To Up Security

At 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3 the Guilford County Board of Commissioners went into a closed session with officials from the Guilford County Schools to discuss the best way to spend $10 million that’s been set aside for enhancing security at a time when school shooters and other threats abound.

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Be Healthy And Wise: Walk To School Wednesday

On Wednesday, Oct. 2, the North Carolina PTA is promoting National Walk to School Day across the state – and Sternberger Elementary at 518 N. Holden Road in Greensboro is one of six schools in North Carolina that will be a focal point for promoting the practice of walking to school.

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County Planners Consider Jamestown Land For Industrial Use

The Guilford County Planning Board is conducting a public hearing early next month to determine if it should allow land near the intersection of Harvey Road and Riverdale Road – on the north side of Business Loop I-85 – to be used for office and light industrial uses such as equipment rental, warehousing and a variety of other potential purposes.

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Area Starving Artists Might Not Have To Go Hungry

The extremely talented Vincent Van Gogh died a poor man, but ArtsGreensboro, the arts council that supports artistic endeavors in Greensboro and the surrounding area, is trying to see that some artists In central North Carolina have the funds they need to advance their art.

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Health Dept. Joins Vaping Health Risk Investigation

The Guilford County Health Department has joined a multistate investigation of the health risks now associated with e-cigarette use – better known as vaping. The department is helping support the collection of data pertaining to a rash of vaping-associated illnesses across the country and is also doing whatever it can to dissuade the practice.

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Airport Authority Fights Hunger With A Run

On Thursday, Sept. 26, the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority showed that it’s interested in more than just planes and aviation megasites. The group showed that it also has a strong interest in ending local hunger, and presented a check for $122,617 to a collective of area hunger charities.

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The State Super Bowl Of EMS Comes To Greensboro

If you’ve gotten your fill of watching football in recent weeks, you now have a radically different way to be entertained: On Sunday, Sept. 29, from noon to 4 p.m., the 29th annual NC Paramedic Competition will take place Sunday at the Joseph S. Koury Convention Center in Greensboro.

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NCDHHS Investigating Cases Of Legionnaire’s Disease

The disease that shot into the national spotlight in 1976 when it mysteriously infected 182 people at an American Legion Convention in Philadelphia – resulting in 29 deaths – is now being investigated by the NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) after an outbreak in Fletcher, NC, in people who attended the NC Mountain State Fair in early September.

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Ladies Lock Arms For A Good Cause

The Greensboro Arm Wrestling League – also known as GRAWL – announced this week that, on Saturday, Oct. 12, it will hold the event “GRAWL Brawl XII: Country Queens” Gibbs Hundred Brewing at 504 State Street in Greensboro in order to raise money for She ROCKS the Triad – a local nonprofit that works to fight ovarian cancer.

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PTIA Gets $500K In Fed Funds For Strategic Plan

On Monday, Sept. 23, US Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants – an amount that includes a half-million dollars for Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTIA) to help the airport pay for an updated PTIA Master Plan Study.

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Stokesdale Still Squabbling Over Attorney Access

Despite spending a lot of time on the issue at a Stokesdale Town Council meeting earlier this month, and running through proposed drafts of a possible new agreement, the Stokesdale Town Council has still not come up with a policy on town attorney access that’s acceptable to Stokesdale Town Councilmember Tim Jones – who, this week, continued to insist that the new policy is an attempt to restrict his right to consult with the town attorney on matters regarding town business.

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Fido, Fluffy And Tiger Big Winners At County Meeting

A lot of dogs at the Guilford County Animal Shelter will no doubt be wagging their tales after a vote by the Guilford County Board of Commissioners at the board’s Thursday, Sept. 19 meeting, and cats at the shelter will probably be doing whatever cats do when they’re happy as well.

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Airport Gets Indoor Putt-Putt – Sort Of

In recent years, Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTIA) has been trying to upgrade its offerings and attractions for passengers who fly and in out of the airport. To that end, it’s now offering free Putt-Putt-style golf and an art exhibit all rolled up into one inside the terminal.

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Downtown Greensboro Inc. Gets $50K In County Money

The second time asking proved to be a charm for Downtown Greensboro Inc. (DGI) President Zack Matheny, who left the commissioners Thursday, Sept. 19 meeting with what he’s been asking for for weeks: $50,000 in Guilford County taxpayer money to help fund a new strategic plan for downtown Greensboro.

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High Point University To Unveil 10-Year Growth Plan

At the rate at which High Point University (HPU) has been expanding and adding programs and services, it’s not surprising that more enhancements are on the way.  And at 4:45 p.m on Tuesday, Sept. 17, the university is planning to announce its “10-Year Growth Plan,” which is expected to contain a lot of exciting information regarding the university.

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