The questions were submitted anonymously on note cards and read aloud to Rashad Young during an address by the Greensboro city manager at the Odeon Theater in early April that was attended by upwards of 200 employees and streamed over the internet to others.

Winston_Salem/Forsyth County Schools Superintendent Donald L. Martin requested an additional $3.2 million in funding for the school system for the coming fiscal year during a briefing session of the Forsyth County Commission on April 28. The request for a total of $115.

And1, the once wildly popular streetball tour, stopped at Dudley High School in Greensboro for Part 1 of a three-game exhibition at local high schools this past weekend. Much like the flashy ballhandling and alley-oop dunks that helped bring the tour national fame, the event seemed to come out of nowhere.

Wrestlers are used to not getting respect, said Keith Ritter as he nursed a Budweiser at the bar at Brewski's Pub. Despite the perception of flamboyance projected by the Hulk Hogan variety promoted by WWE, collegiate and high school wrestlers work hard for minimal glory.

The Greensboro City Council could vote as early as May 3 on a new redistricting plan following reactions of outrage from citizens in response to a plan submitted by District 4 Councilwoman Mary Rakestraw that passed by a narrow 4-3 majority. Led by Mayor Pro Tem Nancy Vaughan, the council agreed to reconsider the plan within 48 hours of the vote.

The West End Trolley is a rubber-tire trolley service operated by the Winston-Salem Transit Authority. A California-based transportation consulting firm is currently studying the feasibility of adding a rubber-tire trolley to the the Greensboro Transit Authoritys rolling stock.

The Rev. William Barber (center), president of the North Carolina NAACP, and the Rev. Carlton Eversley (right) spoke outside the Forsyth County Education Building during an NAACP protest of a budget workshop co-sponsored by the John W. Pope Civitas Institute and the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools on April 14.

Police estimated the racially diverse crowds size at between 250 and 300, a significant falloff from last years reported estimate of about 2,000. As with the previous year, the group Conservatives for Guilford County organized the event.

The employer of a Greensboro City Council member is involved in an investing partnership with a local demolition company whose CEO and president are part of venture seeking to reopen the White Street Landfill to municipal solid waste. The council will vote on an option for disposing of the citys solid waste this spring.

Huffman shared the results of a survey conducted by the Coalition a statewide group of 40 organizations that advocate on behalf of North Carolinians living with mental illness, developmental disabilities or the disease of addiction that indicated more than 314,000 state residents receive mental health services.

Addressing city employees at the Odeon Theater in a presentation meant to assuage anxiety over $18 million in planned budget cuts, City Manager Rashad Young said last week that a hiring freeze in place for more than two years should be considered modified.

Over 30 community members and around 10 police officers gathered at United Metropolitan Baptist Church on April 4 to launch Winston- Salems second annual gang awareness week.

It was a Friday night nearing 11 p.m., and bar manager Brian Hernandez could see groups of employees huddled and discussing what to do. That night, March 25, almost every bouncer and a number of other employees walked off the job in the middle of the shift.

In front of the backdrop of an enormous wood-framed organ, four of the civil rights movements lesser-known heroes took the stage in the Shirley Recital Hall at Salem College to share their stories.

As Galyn Shivers walked down the hallway of the Goodwill Industries of Northwest NC facility on April 1, she pointed out that Fridays are typically slow days at the nonprofits Forsyth County workforce development headquarters, but the place was bustling with activity.

The Greensboro City Council was scheduled to discuss the possibility of paring down the amount of bond debt to be issued next spring during a briefing on Tuesday, at the suggestion of City Manager Rashad Young

A lawsuit filed by two black Greensboro police officers against writer Jerry Bledsoe and against the editor and publisher of The Rhinoceros Times newspaper has been dismissed by a superior court judge.

Council met for four hours on March 22 to interview five private companies proposing to handle the citys solid waste. Before council members heard the presentations, staff handed out a memo indicating the city could save $3.5 million to $5.3 million a year by reopening the landfill and operating it as a public utility.

Betty West, coordinator of family support services for Imprints, said the nonprofit is anticipating a 30 to 50 percent cut in state funding through the More At Four and Smart Start early childhood education programs, which would mean the loss of parent education services to hundreds of Forsyth County families.

After three or four years of donating perishables and other goods to the Greensboro chapter of Food Not Bombs, Earth Fare has decided to cut off the small organization.