Greensboro, NC (May 29, 2020) – United Way of Greater Greensboro creates partnerships that are working together to END local poverty and is pleased to announce 62 local nonprofit programs and initiatives received$5,033,358 in its annual, 2020-2021 strategic partner grant investment.
$6 million grant will help Department of Commerce set up job trainings and temporary employment opportunities
On May 29, grab some lunch and sign into Facebook for Triad Health Project's Lunch For Friends! From noon until 1 p.m., watch THP's Facebook livestream, and listen to THP talk with various folks from the community, including local author/mom, Claire Massagee Lanier! "It's all about social di…
HIGH POINT, N.C., May 28, 2020 – alumni from the Congdon School of Health Sciences are working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic as physician assistants. Here are a few individuals that are using the skills gained at HPU to keep individuals healthy and to care for the ill.
Winston-Salem, N.C. – The coronavirus pandemic has brought into focus the importance of state governments and the wide-ranging authority of state officials, especially governors, in responding to emergencies. John Dinan, a Wake Forest University professor of politics and a leading national e…
Project: Proceed, COVID-19 T-shirt Fundraiser Initiative, Goes Nation-Wide
Families will receive tips and tools on how to reduce anxiety, depression, and trauma exposure
Dr. Iulia Vann, Health Director, Guilford County Division of Public Health, announced two additional COVID-19 testing opportunities at Windsor Recreation Center in Greensboro for Thursday, May 28, 2020 and Friday, May 29, 2020.
On Tuesday night, the City of Greensboro released new signage for city buildings. It contained the following directive:
From the Northside neighborhood in Cincinnati to the City of Winston-Salem and beyond, ScareCoronas are coming.
Some local restaurants are starting to open back up, and I’m looking forward to returning. In the meantime, I would be remiss if I failed to devote some attention to home cooking in this series, since we’re all doing more of that these days.
GREENSBORO, NC (May 19, 2020) – The City of Greensboro has canceled its annual July 4th fireworks show due to considerations related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ray Mascali was 22 in 1978, the year he opened a pizza parlor on Greensboro’s Tate Street with his partners Charlie and Sammy Sciabbarrasi. Now 64, he’s again co-owner, this time with Leo Gramisci. “We’re going to make the food like it used to be,” he told me, “and we’ve worked really hard a…
While venues and nightlife remain in a COVID clampdown, operators are organizing, spaces are getting creative, as the “hows and whens” of reopening looms. The future remains unwritten as stages stay dark, with bills coming due as the entire industry reels from a grinding halt.
Two of the mini-grant awards will be specifically aiding COVID-19 relief efforts in the Triad
Bar and tavern owners across North Carolina were dismayed to learn at the eleventh hour that their small businesses must remain shut under Governor Roy Cooper’s newly announced Executive Order 141, which issued rules for Phase 2 openings during the coronavirus pandemic. Until Cooper’s announ…
“Join us as we honor all the Americans heros [sic] who paid the ultimate sacrifice for OUR FREEDOM,” states a pinned post at the top of the public Facebook page for Reopen NC, the activist group formed in opposition to Gov. Roy Cooper’s stay-at-home order.
Dr. Ray Workman won’t be celebrating Memorial Day this year at a local remembrance or firing up the backyard grill.
1. On May 22 at 3 p.m., support the Triad's bearded beauty, Kay Kay LaVelle by watching “Keeping Up With KayKay," as apart of Digital Drag Fest 2020 presented by PEG Entertainment. “'Keeping Up With KayKay' is a variety show including performances, comedy, camp, and of course a few snacks! L…
Intentionally exposing yourself to the coronavirus to build immunity could be deadly
“I do want to make sure masks or face coverings are required for city employees,” said representative at-large Michelle Kennedy during Thursday morning’s special meeting of the Greensboro City Council. “I’d just like to hear from the city manager where we stand on that.”
The May 19 meeting of the Greensboro City County ended with recess rather than adjournment. As previously reported, this was so the council could return at 11 a.m. on May 21 and discuss allowing restaurants to extend their premises into sidewalks and parking lots, increasing capacity during …
To-Date, Over $2 Million Granted to 97 Local Nonprofits, GSO Virus Relief Taskforce Wants to Raise an Additional $1 Million to Support Relief Efforts
Phase 2, Safer At Home, begins
When an 11 and 9-year-old think about donating to a good cause, they think of Cone Health.
GREENSBORO, NC – Downtown Greensboro Inc. (DGI), with support from the Guilford Merchants Association (GMA) and the Greensboro Virus Relief Fund, has initiated the DGI Retail Revitalization Grant Program, to award small business grants to retailers in downtown Greensboro impacted by COVID-19…
“We can’t eat art, but it feeds us.
This week, we’re having Asian, including a long time favorite that has recently reopened.
“I think there’s a majority on the council that supports making masks mandatory,” Mayor Nancy Vaughan told YES! Weekly on Friday. When asked why The Greensboro City Council has not yet formally deliberated or voted on such a requirement, Vaughan said that the reason is not concern over resis…
Sweet Dream puts out its first full-length album, Caricature, on June 5.
The RiverRun International Film Festival is offering paid streaming of films that had been selected to be shown at this year’s festival. With both the safety and satisfaction of film fans in mind, they can enjoy a RiverRun “mini-festival” in the comfort of home, at their leisure.
Winston-Salem artist Christian Lannie is one of several artists who have donated art to raise money in an online art auction on June 20 benefitting Mixxer, a community makerspace. Lannie recently returned from a month-long trip in Thailand that had a huge impact on his art. He said when he h…
After working on the COVID-19 pandemic frontlines, Danielle Goins, a case manager at a local hospital, welcomed her new baby, Etta Catherine Goins, to the world on April 24.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – May 19, 2020 – As Wake Forest Baptist Health increases the number of surgeries, procedures and outpatient clinic visits across the entire health system, patients will notice some changes designed to keep them and health care staff safe.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (MAY 19, 2020)—Lowes Foods, a Carolinas-based grocer, is well known for offering produce and products from North and South Carolina. Lowes Foods is now selling protective face masks from another local producer—Renfro Corporation, based in Mt. Airy, Carolina. Renfro is t…
High Point, N.C.—Today, the official High Point Pride team has decided to cancel High Point Pride 2020, which was scheduled for Nov. 7, 2020. The team has decided to postpone the event for 2021. High Point Pride is dedicated to providing a safe space for the LGBT+ community of High Point and…
1. From May 15-17, join The Ramkat for its first online Music Movie Screening with the film Other Music! According to the Facebook event page, "Other Music was an influential and uncompromising New York City record store that was vital to the city’s early 2000s indie music scene. But when th…
Winston-Salem, NC, May 15, 2020 – Today, the Triad Food and Beverage Coalition, a program of the Winston-Salem Urban League, launches its essential worker and low-income resident feeding program. The effort, funded by a $10,000 grant from AT&T provides meals to essential workers and low-…
Taskforce Urges Individuals and Corporations to Continue Supporting Relief Efforts
Serving Local Families in Need
Safety, health, and wellbeing. For 19 years, we have gathered at FloydFest because we know it’s a sanctuary that fosters these attributes. Now, for one year, it’s concern for these hallmarks that will keep us apart.
Bella Ballerina Greensboro continues to nurture its students during social distancing
Aaron Brookshire, aka Emceein’ Eye, one half of the Winston-Salem sibling-duo Speak N Eye, makes his solo release with Never Comply, out on May 18 from Cold Rhymes Records.
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts has instituted a new program that allows audiences to enjoy performances and productions from the safety and comfort of their own home.
The event supports those impacted by COVID-19.
GUILFORD COUNTY – The Guilford County Animal Shelter (GCAS) announced today, individual(s) working at the shelter have tested positive for COVID-19. The individual(s) are self-quarantining per Guilford County Department of Health guidelines. During the pandemic, GCAS has continued to provide…
“It was a bona fide nightmare,” said Alan Grizzard, a registered nurse based in Winston-Salem, when asked to describe his time working in New York City amid its COVID-19 peak.
ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today that certain Private NonProfit organizations (PNP)s in North Carolina that do not provide critical services of a governmental nature may be eligible to apply for low-interest rate disaster loans. These loans are available follo…
Matthews, N.C. — Harris Teeter today announced it will partner with Kroger Health and The Little Clinic to offer free COVID-19 tests for qualifying individuals in the Carolinas.
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