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GRAHAM -- Margaret Broadway Carter, 73, passed away Thursday, August 14, 2008. Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, August 17, at First Reformed United Church of Christ. Arrangements by Rich & Thompson Funeral Home. (c) 2008 Greensboro News Record. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All rights Reserved.
By DAWN DECWIKIEL-KANE GREENSBORO -- Community Theatre of Greensboro has been around for nearly 60 years but never had its own performing space. It presented its musicals, comedies and dramas in other venues in town: the Carolina Theatre, the Guilford County courthouse, the Broach Theatre -- even the Masonic Temple. Now, it has its sights set on that Masonic Temple as a potential home. The nonprofit theater company wants to buy the downtown property and turn it into a performing arts...
By Staff and Wire Reports GIBSONVILLE -- Parents, alumni and other school supporters are invited to a meeting Monday at Eastern Guilford High School that will cover the construction of the new school. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. in the media center, 415 Peeden Drive. Principal Travis Reeves will seek input on the redesign of the school seal and the future dedication ceremony. Guilford County Schools had to rebuild Eastern after the original school was destroyed by fire in...
By LORRAINE AHEARN Randolph County, it goes without saying, is more than just a visit to the North Carolina Zoo, a tour of Seagrove's 100-plus potteries, a pit stop at the Richard Petty Museum or a day of fishing in the cool coves of Randleman Lake. Then again, that's a start. A 15-minute, traffic-free ride from downtown Greensboro, the green, laid-back expanse of Randolph awaits with farm stands, river valleys, forests and hills big enough to qualify as mountains. Randolph's 790 square...
By JOHN NEWSOM SAXAPAHAW -- Fridays in Saxapahaw are pretty much like the other four days of the week. Residents of an old-cotton-mill-turned- apartments make the daily round trek to Durham or Greensboro. The Citgo station at the top of the hill sells gas. And the Haw River burbles over the rocks below the bridge that connects the town. On Saturdays in Saxapahaw, the joint is jumpin'. Farmers roll into town with their crops, a band cranks up some seriously old- school music, and kids slip...
By Staff and Wire Reports WASHINGTON -- Retail sales fell in July, the weakest performance in five months, as shoppers shunned autos and other big ticket items. The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that retail sales dipped 0.1 percent last month when a variety of economic ills combined to blunt the impact of billions of dollars in government stimulus payments to U.S. households. It was the first decline since sales had fallen by 0.5 percent in February and it was a worse showing than...
By JENNIFER ATKINS BROWN In an effort to be a good neighbor to the Kirkwood neighborhood and surrounding communities, Guilford Park Presbyterian Church is holding its first neighborhood lawn party from 4 to 6 p.m. Aug. 17 . The free event includes live music, food and games. "We want to be more than the people who park in front of their houses on Sunday," said project coordinator Ginny Inscore . "We want to be a part of the neighborhood." Inscore said the church has joined with the...
The Guilford County Department of Public Health is holding back- to-school immunization clinics for children and college students. The first clinic was Tuesday. Additional clinics will be from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 12, 19 and 26 at two locations: 1100 E. Wendover Ave. in Greensboro and 501 E. Green Drive in High Point. Call 641-5563 in Greensboro or 845-7699 in High Point to schedule an appointment. The health department requires a birth certificate, social security card and current shot...
By TAFT WIREBACK GREENSBORO -- Guilford County school leaders gave a vocal group of parents some of what they sought Tuesday evening, but not enough to completely reassure the parents about the school system's sincere interest in working together. About 20 parents wanted the district to send about 40 people whose kids attend the county's poorest schools to a conference this fall to learn about increasing parental involvement at such schools. The Board of Education voted in a split decision...
By Staff Reports BURLINGTON -- Three men from Charlotte have been charged with a string of vehicle break-ins that happened Thursday and Sunday in and near the Alamance Crossing shopping center. Burlington police said the three men are being held in the Davidson County jail after deputies there made arrests Sunday. Police said nine vehicles were broken into between 8 and 9:30 p.m. Thursday outside a movie theater and a pair of restaurants. Police discovered another six vehicles Sunday that...
