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Tuesday, July 15,2008

extended PLAY

By Jordan Green
Josephine Collective, After Midnight Project, En Serenade, Love and Reverie, 100 Yorktown.
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Wednesday, July 23,2008

BUSTED

Choice samplings from the Triad’s police blotters

By Amy Kingsley
John K. Gallaher III, 24, called Winston-Salem police on July 15 to report a shooting at 27 Graylyn Place. When officers arrived, they found two victims — Lori Fioravanti, 24, and Sean Bert Gallagher, 23 — both of whom had sustained gunshot wounds to the head.
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Wednesday, July 23,2008

Extended Play

By Jordan Green
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Michael Cleveland Flamekeeper, Jamie McLean, Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, Laura Reed Deep Pocket, Blueground Undergrass, New Monsoon, Tony Trischka Double Banjo Bluegrass, Golem, DJ Williams Projekt, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Sound, Nation Beat, Gokh-Bi System, Cadillac Sky,.
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Wednesday, July 30,2008

Riders rally around increased bus service

By Amy Kingsley
Bobby Wilson looked both ways before he tucked his clipboard under his arm and stepped off the curb last week in front of the Clark Campbell Transportation Center in downtown Winston-Salem. He crossed the driveway to the notched concrete strip where dozens of bus riders waited beneath numbered flags, delivered his pitch and offered a petition.
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Wednesday, July 30,2008

Forsyth Democrats hope to flip commission

By Jordan Green
Democrats in Forsyth County look to the general election in November hopeful that they’ll be able to overturn the Republicans’ bare majority on the county’s seven-member governing board, this following strong fundraising in the second quarter and...
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Wednesday, July 30,2008

Busted

By Amy Kingsley
A suspect entered the Kentucky Fried Chicken on East Bessemer Avenue in Greensboro on July 22 and demanded money by threatening to blow up the business if the clerk did not comply. The clerk said she could not open the register and the suspect left without discharging any kind of explosive device.
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Wednesday, July 30,2008

Trash Talk: W-S, Forsyth scrap over waste

By Amy Kingsley
The commission was designed to include five members appointed by the county, five from Winston-Salem and a chair acceptable to both. Together they would determine water and sewer rates and plan improvements to the system. In 1988, the utility commission assumed control of solid waste services like trash pickup, landfills and recycling.
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Wednesday, August 6,2008

Be There!

every day, something cool

By Jesse Kiser
Well for the past 15 years Dawoud Bey has been photographing high school in a different light. His exhibit features 40 photographs of high school students from a wide economic, social and ethnic spectrum, telling a story that breaks stereotypes with every photo.
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Wednesday, August 13,2008

Forsyth commission puts schools, taxes on ballot

By Amy Kingsley
Forsyth County is a lot like your average American: It has the best financial intentions, but sometimes its spending habits get the better of it.
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