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Is the New Jail in Guilford County, N.C. Worth the Cost?new
It's no accident that visitors and residents alike confuse the new Guilford County Detention Center for a benign commercial development — the local sheriff says it was specifically designed to look more like a hospital.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
03-26-2012 |
Politics
Obama Campaign Pours Resources Into North Carolina Triad Regionnew
A capacity crowd packed the Obama campaign's Winston-Salem headquarters during a grand opening on Feb. 29 in which organizers urged volunteers to sign up for phone banking with neighborhood team leaders.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
03-08-2012 |
Elections
Style and experience set apart conservative candidates in N.C. District 74 GOP primarynew
Forsyth County Republican voters will get the opportunity to choose among three conservatives, including two experienced politicos and one newcomer, in the primary contest to determine who succeeds Rep. Dale Folwell in NC House District 74.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
03-08-2012 |
Politics
Greensboro Residents make noise about proposed ordinancenew
Greensboro City Council won’t vote on proposed changes to the city’s noise ordinance until March 6, but residents are already fired up.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
03-05-2012 |
Politics
Muslim parents and Guilford schools join forces against bullyingnew
Karen Mujali sat at a table apart from her three children, who crowded into a booth at Nazareth Bread Co. Bakery and Restaurant with the children of the restaurant and bakery's owner on a recent Friday night.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
03-04-2012 |
Politics
Tree cuts anger Fisher Park residentsnew
Kay Lovelace stood under a small tree, only a few feet over her head, on Olive Street in Greensboro’s Fisher Park neighborhood. Looking up at it and pointing to where it had been cut back from the power line, she said, "I planted this pear tree."
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
02-27-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Fisher Park
Greensboro Civil Rights Museum Celebrates Second Anniversary
The legacy of the Greensboro sit-ins and the first years of the museum have given the community much to commemorate and celebrate, including steady attendance, increased programming and possible new funding sources and exhibits.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
02-16-2012 |
Politics
Redistricting and Retirement Opens Forsyth Legislative Races
When Gov. Bev Perdue issued a statement on Jan. 26 that she would not seek re-election, Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines was inundated with e-mails, text messages and phone calls from friends, colleagues and supporters.
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
02-16-2012 |
Elections
Elisabeth Motsinger Looks to Unseat U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx
On Jan. 12, inside the well appointed home of Stephanie Pellet and her husband Rajesh, Elisabeth Motsinger quietly launched her campaign for US Congress.
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
02-16-2012 |
Elections
Forsyth revaluation expected to cut into county budget
The Forsyth County budget is expected to take a $11.4 million revenue hit in two years following the scheduled 2014 tax revaluation, which is anticipated to show a 12-percent depreciation in aggregate property values.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
02-16-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Forsyth county budget
Greensboro Exploring Options for a Performing Arts Center
Everyone seems to agree the War Memorial Auditorium at the coliseum complex has seen better days, a fact that has become increasingly clear over the past few years as the number of events dropped dramatically and necessary repairs went untouched.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
02-16-2012 |
Politics
Downtown Winston-Salem contends with growing pains
City leaders hope to avert a collision between the interests of residents and business owners in downtown Winston-Salem by revising the city’s sidewalk café ordinance as the district’s vitality reaches a new level.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
02-16-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Downtown Winston-Salem
Greensboro Weighs Options for Solid Waste Managementnew
Greensboro's outgoing city council extended the city’s municipal solid waste management contract with Republic Services until June 30.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
01-04-2012 |
Politics
Thom Tillis on education cuts, statewide redistricting during town hallnew
Thom Tillis, the NC Speaker of the House, said the new Republican majority in the NC General Assembly had to make some tough decisions during the 2011 legislative sessions, but he felt certain "most of those decisions were the right ones."
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
12-23-2011 |
Politics
Tags: Thom tillis
Winston-Salem Residents Voice Concerns About Police Checkpointsnew
During a Dec. 10 town hall meeting at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, the ACLU of North Carolina unveiled maps of Winston-Salem reflecting 244 driver’s license checkpoints by the Winston-Salem Police Department over an 11-month period. The ACLU is concerned that checkpoints are concentrated primarily in minority neighborhoods.
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
12-15-2011 |
Politics
