The commission adopted a policy last year to ban video presentations during the speakers from the floor portion of its meeting and is considering an additional policy to created an agenda review committee headed by the board chair to preview and approve video presentations during agenda items.

“We’re going to be launching this campaign by talking about fixing problems,” Folwell said. “If I hear one more speech about what the problems are without a solution I think I’m going to throw up. People want their problems fixed. They don’t care how it’s done; they just want their problems fixed.

Motsinger will hold an official press conference to announce her candidacy on Jan. 17. The campaign will release the details of the press conference sometime this week. Motsinger has set up a placeholder campaign website and an account with Act Blue, a PAC that helps Democratic candidates raise money online.

The Darryl Hunt Project was launched in 2005 and has served more than 5,000 people. Students from Winston Salem State University and Wake Forest University, UNCG and NC A&T State University have collaborated with the nonprofit to work on actual...

Count Greensboro Mayor Robbie Perkins as an enthusiastic proponent of an initiative to develop sewer basins in eastern Guilford County to support future economic development.

All four houses will be available for sale in the coming year..

“It’s all really about economic development,” Cornelio said. “Greenways around the country have been successful in creating a $5 to $10 return on investment for every dollar spent. Our first obligation is to our shareholders, but corporations are creatures of the places they live in.

“The Womble and Carmichael families have been close over the years and this is an extremely trying time for both families,” Parmon stated. “We would also like to thank the paramedics who responded so swiftly as well as the doctors, nurses, emergency room and hospital staff who have cared for Rep.

The majority of Greensboro Urban Ministry’s winter emergency shelters will open Dec. 1, providing shelter at night for people experiencing homelessness. Over a dozen sites will open this winter, running through March 31, some specializing in services to veterans or people with mental health or substance abuse needs.

The original deadline was Nov. 14, and Knight said he approved a request by the Mercer Group to extend the deadline to Nov. 27.

Last week, the city of Winston-Salem filed a petition for discretionary review with the NC Supreme Court to appeal a decision by the NC Court of Appeals regarding the release of statements made by a number of current and former Winston-Salem police officers to a citizens review committee.

The Greensboro Farmers Market Inc. will begin managing the farmers curb market on Yanceyville Street on Jan. 1. The city council approved a lease to the nonprofit on Nov. 1 in a 5-4 vote, despite threats by some longtime farmers to leave the market.

Sboe clears no restaurant tax.

The city of Winston-Salem wants the courts to release statements made by several current and former Winston-Salem police officers involved in the criminal investigation of the 1995 Jill Marker-Silk Plant Forest assault case.

The lawsuit alleges negligence by the board of elections in its retention of Coffman as elec tions director considering the fact Coffman was a defendant in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed in Michigan before he joined the Forsyth County Board of Elections in 2006.

Staff also recommends eliminating a Property Owners Review Team established last year to review development plans for downtown projects. The Commission on the Status of Women would be eliminated and folded into the Human Relations Commission.

A request for economic develop incentive funds valued at $4.2 million to a company owned by Greensboro developer Roy Carroll that was originally placed on the agenda for Greensboro City Councils Tuesday meeting has been postponed. Andy Scott, assistant city manager for economic development, said the postponement was a mutual decision of the developer and city staff to get all of our facts in order.

Waughtown Station is one of 20 post offices in the state currently undergoing a feasibility study as part of cost-saving measures by the US Postal Service. Womble encouraged all residents to bring their signed petitions to the next meeting at Forest Park Elementary School on Oct.

The Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation is raising fares effective Oct. 1. Single-trip fares are going up from $2.40 to $3, 10-ride passes are increasing from $24 to $30 and 31-day passes will be hiked from $74.50 to $90.

The Guilford County Unity Effort and the Greensboro Voters Alliance host a forum for mayoral and district candidates at the Greensboro Historical Museum,.