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The Guilford County Board of Commissioners is preparing to give the site of the former Guilford County Animal Shelter on West Wendover Avenue to the City of Greensboro so that it can be used as a location for affordable housing.

Chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners Skip Alston told the Rhino Times that Greensboro leaders had made the request of the county to use the property in that way.

The old shelter was demolished several years ago and the site has been in limbo since then. The commissioners have considered selling the land, which likely could have brought in a nice price since it’s near the highly commercialized high trafficked area near Bridford Road and I-40…

The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office is now providing information regarding an incident that occurred at the county’s Greensboro Detention Center on Thursday, August 14, involving 27-year-old Kurtis Darko Asante.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, Asante had been arrested by the Greensboro Police Department around 3:50 p.m. that day on a second-degree trespassing charge and he was transported to the Guilford County Detention Center in Greensboro….

“Surprise!”

At a top-secret ceremony in downtown Greensboro just after 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28, the assembled group, a Who’s Who of area leaders, didn’t actually shout out that word. However, a very confused Kay Cashion – who’s been a Guilford County commissioner for over two decades – was clearly both surprised and confused.

Everyone had kept this secret from the birthday girl: that the Guilford County Board of Commissioners had decided to dedicate the county-owned building at 201 South Greene St. in Greensboro to Cashion and name it after her thanks to her long-time public service…