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Clams vs. Oysters in Winston-Salem
Pound for pound, Winston-Salem is the best food city in the Triad. That’s just an opinion, of course, but one informed by a decade of discriminatory eating in the area.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
02-16-2012 |
Food+Drink
Remembering the Ship of Fools
I’m talking about column writing, a game I’ve been playing for more years than I care to count — though if I actually sit down and tally it up, the number comes to about 20.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
02-16-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Writing
Cost of Greensboro Police Lawsuits Escalates
The city of Greensboro has spent about $1 million to date in payments to outside legal counsel to defend lawsuits against the police department stemming from allegations of racial discrimination under the administration of Chief David Wray, who resigned in early 2006.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
02-16-2012 |
Race & Class
Not a tent citynew
1961 was a long time ago in Greensboro. The city was still reeling from the 1960 Woolworth’s sit-in that would eventually change history. There was no airport, no mall and lots of unused land.
Things have changed on almost every front. But last week the city of Greensboro issued a letter to business owners citing a forgotten piece of municipal code that dates back to 1961 concerning something that has become commonplace in the ensuing years: tents.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
01-18-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: greensboro tent cities
Forsyth County DA Challenged on Racial Justice Stancenew
The Ministers Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity have increased pressure on Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill to disavow a Nov. 14 letter which urges N.C. state legislators to support Senate Bill 9, which critics say amounts to a repeal of the Racial Justice Act.
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
01-18-2012 |
Race & Class
Creditor Seeks to Seize Assets of Convicted Staffing Executive in N.C.new
A New York creditor has asked the NC Business Court to appoint a receiver to take control of staffing companies believed to be controlled by Greg Harrison for the purpose of collecting on a $7.5 million debt.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
01-05-2012 |
Business & Labor
Tags: greg harrison
Seven Years Gone Bynew
Hard as it is to believe, the issue of YES! Weekly you hold in your hands — or the one you’re browsing online — marks seven years of publication for our little newspaper.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
01-04-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: yes weekly anniversary
Occupy Winston-Salem rejects open-air public meetings proposalnew
Winston-Salem City Councilman Dan Besse met with about 40 members of Occupy Winston- Salem on the front steps of City Hall on Monday afternoon to discuss his proposed amendments to city ordinances dealing with open-air public meetings.
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
01-04-2012 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, occupy 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
A Big Boy at Christmasnew
He’s practically vibrating in the seat next to me, this kid. Just 9 years old, recently made privy to the Big Christmas Secret, and he’s beside himself on this, his first Christmas mission on the other side.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
12-23-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: christmas, santa claus
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
My Morning Jacket Buck Rock Traditionnew
Twenty years from now, when classic-rock radio is still on an endless rotation of Steppenwolf and Deep Purple and My Morning Jacket is a nostalgia-fueled arena headliner without a nationwide FM presence, the cold reality of obsolescence might finally dawn upon the rockists of yore. Since their earliest years, the Louisville band have possessed all the makings of what made the Allmans, CCR and Led Zep so great: tunes that latch on immediately and don’t let go, audacious ideas about the conventions of American music, massive guitar solos and, of course, lots and lots of hair.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
12-22-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: My Morning Jacket
N.C. Businessman Convicted on 63 Counts of Tax Evasionnew
A jury returned a verdict of guilty on all counts against Greensboro businessman Greg Harrison in a tax evasion case that wrapped up Tuesday evening in federal court in Winston-Salem.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
12-22-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Greg Harrison, Winston-Salem
Late-season Reflections in the ’Domenew
I had the pleasure of sitting behind the river-side end zone in the Louisiana Superdome — excuse me, the Mercedes-Benz Superdome — a couple weeks ago as my beloved New Orleans Saints leveraged a convincing 31-17 victory over the Detroit Lions, paving their way to a division championship and playoff berth.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
12-15-2011 |
Commentary
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
