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By Gerald Witt, News & Record, Greensboro, N.C. Aug. 1--If Guilford County is going to work together to protect the environment, then it must gather its greenies. That means developers, environmentalists, politicians and regular people must trade ideas, according to Green Guilford, a plan that would help unite those groups to improve the air, water and land. On Thursday, environmentalists, a Deep Roots Market manager, a High Point city administrator, economic developers, a professor,...

By News & Record, Greensboro, N.C. Jul. 31--WINSTON-SALEM -- A Winston-Salem woman fought off a man who attempted to sexually assault her in her driveway, police said. Just after midnight, police responded to the 2400 block of Waughtown St. on an assault call. The victim said that after she parked her vehicle in her driveway, she was attacked by an unknown man, according to a news release. The suspect approached her from behind, grabbed her and attempted to sexually assault her. The...

Through Aug. 2, the Eastern Music Festival offers a variety of concerts featuring classical music, bluegrass and more. Here's a look at some of this week's events (July 31-Aug. 2). All events are in Greensboro and on the campus of Guilford College, 5800 W. Friendly Ave., unless otherwise noted. Senior and group discounts only available with advance ticket purchases. Service fees may apply. For more information, call (877) 833-6753 or visit www.easternmusicfestival.org. TODAY Eastern Music...

The North Carolina State Ports Authority has deployed the Mi5 Webgate platform from Mi5 Networks, a web security gateway company, to defend its network and prevent access to unauthorized websites. Webgate performs continuous inspection of web traffic between internal computers and the internet to neutralize malicious URLs, active content, spyware, botnet Trojans, and viruses. North Carolina's Ports in Wilmington and Morehead City, plus inland terminals in Charlotte and the Piedmont Triad in...

Talk about going out in style. A year ahead of schedule, and two days before Chancellor Pat Sullivan officially retires, UNCG announced Tuesday that it already had reached the $100 million goal of its Students First Campaign. Among other key initiatives, the campaign will create new endowments for graduate and undergraduate scholarships. This will, in turn, empower UNCG to attract top students and ensure that needy students who show promise will be able to afford to enroll at the growing...

By J. Brian Ewing, News & Record, Greensboro, N.C. Jul. 29--UNCG announced this morning it hit the $100 million mark in fundraising. The school launched the Student's First Campaign in July 2004 with a goal of $78 million and raised it to $100 million two years later. To date the money has been used to create 14 new professorships, 168 new undergraduate scholarships, 38 new graduate scholarships and 145 program endowments and student awards programs. Alumni giving represents more than half...

GREENSBORO -- Baby Girl Ralana Jolie' Jordan, six months, went home to be with her heavenly Father on Thursday, July 24, 2008, at Moses Cone Hospital. A memorial service will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, July 27, at George Brothers Funeral Service. Offer condolences at www. news-record.com/nr/obits/ (c) 2008 Greensboro News Record. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.

Maurice "Mo" Green speaks with deliberation, choosing his words carefully and repeating key phrases for emphasis. Maybe he could have been a teacher. Instead, the Duke-educated lawyer will become Guilford County Schools' first superintendent without classroom experience -- a sore point to some but not a liability that effective leadership can't overcome. Green will make a good start if he's as good as his word in three key ways: l He listens and learns. During his visit to Guilford County...

By E.A. Seagraves, News & Record, Greensboro, N.C. Jul. 27--High Point will allow Vann York Auto Mall to expand its property and build a parking lot to store vehicles. The business at 422 Eastchester Drive asked last month that 2.6 acres along the north side of Blain Street be rezoned from low density residential to community/regional commercial. A decision was postponed after residents living behind the business -- on Blain Street and Futrelle Drive -- protested the possibility of a...

By Winston-Salem Journal, N.C. Jul. 27--Tuesday Foster-care meeting: The Children's Home Society of North Carolina will have a free informational meeting at 6:30 p.m. at its center, 604 Meadow St., Greensboro, for people interested in learning about the foster-care process. For more information, call (800) 632-1400, ext. 353. Wednesday Holocaust lecture: Hank Brodt, who survived five different Nazi concentration camps during World War II, will speak from 1 to 2 p.m. at Forsyth Tech's...