School board discusses budget, approves funds for Gateway
May 2, 2019The Guilford County Board of Education approved funds in the proposed budget to pay for repairs at Gateway Education Center. The board voted 7 to 2 at it’s meeting on April 30 to request that Guilford County Commissioners reallocate $1.9 million of $7 million in bond money to fund CTE programs for repairs to Gateway […]
College Commencement Speakers
May 1, 2019Guilford Technical Community College Thursday, May 9 at 7 p.m. Greensboro Coliseum Michelle Gethers-Clark, president and CEO of the United Way of Greater Greensboro, will speak at Guilford Technical Community College’s 53rd commencement. The graduation ceremony will be held at the Greensboro Coliseum on May 9 at 7 p.m. Gethers-Clark, who has led the United […]
GC Commissioners halt vote on school funds amid Gateway controversy
April 25, 2019The Guilford County Commissioners voted to postpone a vote on granting $7.1 million to Guilford County Schools at its April 18 meeting. The board was expected to vote on an ordinance to use money from a 2008 general obligation bond, transfers from the general fund and other miscellaneous revenues remaining in existing project ordinances to […]
Gov. Cooper to speak at Temple Emanuel
April 24, 2019N.C. Governor Roy Cooper will be the guest speaker during Shabbat services at Temple Emanuel of Greensboro this Friday, April 26 at 6:30 p.m. He will share his thoughts on issues for the state. At this time of the year, Jews are celebrating their liberation from Egypt some 3,300 years ago. It would take them […]
GCS Superintendent recommends two schools for possible closure
April 19, 2019“Gateway Education Center will remain open,” said GCS Superintendent Sharon Contreras at a Guilford County Schools Board of Education work session on April 17. More than 50 parents and supporters of the special needs school attended the meeting in search of answers after learning the school was recommended for closure next school year. Parents were […]
GSO Business League stresses minority economic development
April 12, 2019The Greensboro Business League met with members of the Guilford County State delegation and Sec. Anthony Copeland, N.C. Secretary of Commerce to discuss future economic development opportunities for local underserved communities. The two-hour meeting was held at New Light Missionary Baptist Church on April 8. “African Americans are investing into a government that does not […]
Justice for Marcus Smith rally leads to possible city investigation
April 5, 2019The Greensboro City Council has agreed to discuss launching an independent investigation into the death of Marcus Smith, a man who died last year while in police custody. The North Carolina NAACP, Beloved Community Center, Greensboro Pulpit Forum, the #JusticeforMarcusSmith Coalition, and community members joined the Smith family for a rally demanding justice for his […]
Guilford County Sheriff discusses first 100 days
March 22, 2019During a March 14 press conference, Guilford County Sheriff Danny Rogers discussed his first 100 days at the helm of the sheriff’s department. Rogers touched on several points in the sheriff’s office mission to restore agency accountability and accreditation; create safer outcomes with community policing; rebuild law enforcement and citizen relationships; save tax dollars through […]
Chief Justice Beasley heads the N.C. Supreme Court
March 15, 2019It was as if all of North Carolina state government had stopped on March 7th at 2 p.m. to recognize that a true moment in history was about to take place. More than a thousand well-wishers, including Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, and Chief Justice of the N.C. Supreme Court Emeritus Henry Frye, the first African […]
Fmr. Attorney General discusses civil rights and the lessons of Greensboro
March 8, 2019It was a homecoming fit for the nation’s former top law enforcement official as Greensboro community members; faculty and students at Elon School of Law welcomed Loretta Lynch, the 83rd U.S. Attorney General and the first African American woman to hold the position. Lynch recently spoke at Elon as part of the law school’s Distinguished […]
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