Greensboro Area News

Center's report on bias in Greensboro a tale of two cities
Greensboro News & Record
It cost $3,000 to print 700 copies, and it was published two months ago by the Beloved Community Center, a nonprofit created by three ministers two decades ago to help make Greensboro more inclusive. The report brings up 14 cases of what the authors ...

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Greensboro's Trumae Lucas finds role in Sweet 16 NCAA tournament
Greensboro News & Record
A senior from Greensboro who starred for four seasons at Grimsley, Lucas is the point guard for sixth-seeded Delaware (32-3), which plays second seed Kentucky (29-5) in Bridgeport, Conn., at noon today. Not the backup point guard. The point guard.

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Man tries to rob Greensboro pharmacy of Oxycodone, but leaves
Greensboro News & Record
GREENSBORO — A man who attempted to rob a Greensboro pharmacy this evening left before getting anything. Police said about 7 p.m. a man with a handgun entered the Rite Aid, 2403 Randleman Road, and handed the pharmacist a note demanding ...

Greensboro Christians bear cross downtown to mark Good Friday
Greensboro News & Record
Alexandra Cisney (left) and her friend Raegan Cauley lead Episcopalian church members and others Friday morning along South Edgeworth Street in downtown Greensboro. They were symbolically retracing the steps of Jesus on the day he died. Nelson ...

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Guilford County Sheriff's Office Investigates Shooting In Greensboro
WFMY News 2
Greensboro, NC -- The Guilford Co. Sheriff's Office is looking for the man who shot a woman in her car in Greensboro. Sheriff BJ Barnes said deputies responding to an emergency call involving a shooting Thursday night in the area of Young's Mill Road ...
Woman suffers non-life threatening injuries after being shot in Greensboromyfox8.com
Woman injured in shooting on Guilford County roadGreensboro News & Record

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Free gas at Greensboro station goes quickly
Greensboro News & Record
Customers line up for the gas giveaway Friday at the Exxon gas station at 1409 S. Eugene St. in Greensboro. JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ / News & Record. Drivers line up for a chance for free gas Friday at a Greensboro Exxon. JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ / News & ...
Greensboro church to give away free gas on Fridaymyfox8.com
Drivers Wait To Get Free Fuel In GreensboroWFMY News 2

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South Elm/Lee Street redevelopment in Greensboro to cost $81.7M
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
The South Elm Development Group — the developers behind the planned South Elm/Lee Street redevelopment in Greensboro — have submitted the project's master plan to the city, which outlines in sharper detail the plans behind the $81.7 million, ...

Coming Saturday: Is 47-page report on Greensboro police factual?
Greensboro News & Record
GREENSBORO – The Beloved Community Center's 47-page report about the Greensboro Police Department brings up 14 cases of what the authors see as examples of what they call a “subculture” of corruption, racism and double standards.

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NC Marathon Returns To Greensboro As BB&T Gate City Half Marathon, 8K
WFMY News 2
Greensboro, NC -- The North Carolina Marathon is returning to its home in Greensboro after a year away from the city. The half marathon is back with a new name: the BB&T Gate City Half Marathon and 8K. The race begins and ends at Center City Park in ...
Gate City 8K drawing speedy runnersGreensboro News & Record (blog)

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Jeb Bush, Bill Bradley share thoughts at Greensboro event
Greensboro News & Record
GREENSBORO — First, the important note from Thursday night's Bryan Series lecture, featuring Bill Bradley and Jeb Bush. Bradley, a former Princeton All-American and two-time NBA champion, originally signed to play at Duke but changed his mind at the ...

Greensboro residents join National Day for Action on gun laws
Greensboro News & Record
H. Scott Hoffmann / News & Record. Hope McLean (left to right), Jo Isler and Phoenix Harmony indicate their concerns about gun violence during a news conference at Congregational United Church of Christ in Greensboro on Thursday. H. Scott Hoffmann ...

Greensboro home sales for February up from last year
Greensboro News & Record
GREENSBORO — Home sales in Greensboro increased by 27.6 percent in February compared with February 2012, the Greensboro Regional Realtors Association said Thursday. The group said 411 homes were sold in February 2013, compared with 322 in ...

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Belk to invest $16M in Greensboro, High Point stores
Charlotte Business Journal
Belk Inc. has more than $16 million in store improvements planned in Greensboro and High Point. The Charlotte-based department-store chain will invest $7.1 million in a new store at Palladium Shopping Center on Wendover Avenue in High Point.
Will Belk departure change HPU pharmacy school plans?The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area (blog)

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Greensboro Entrepreneur Boxes Real Grass for Easter Baskets
Vermont Public Radio
Every year, in case the Easter bunny needs help filling her children's baskets, Hillary Hoffman, of Greensboro, gathers handfuls of timothy hay from her neighbor's dairy farm. This year, she's bought bales and bales of it from a certified organic ...

ABC News (blog)
Greensboro, NC: Least Sexy US City
ABC News (blog)
Poor Greensboro. It's been named the least sexy city in America by travel dating web site MissTravel.com. Why are they picking on Greensboro? And for that matter, what's wrong with Richmond, Va.? And Fort Worth, Texas? Turns out that these cities get ...
Greensboro: Least Sexy City in America?WLOS
News Greensboro ranked as least sexy city spreads overseasGreensboro News & Record
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DGI grants $25K to downtown Greensboro vet
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
Downtown Greensboro Inc. has awarded a $25,000 grant to the Downtown Greensboro Animal Hospital, which opened earlier this month at 120 W. Smith St. The veterinarian's office, which was featured in The Business Journal earlier this month, is run by Dr.

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Lee Brothers share southern cuisine recipes in Greensboro
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GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Lee Brothers, who have written several best-selling cookbooks on southern cuisine, will be in Greensboro to help celebrate and kick off North Carolina Beer Month. On Thursday during the FOX8 Morning News, Shannon Smith ...

Nonprofits distribute food to Greensboro families
Greensboro News & Record
Jeff Bartlett (foreground), a firefighter with the Greensboro Fire Department, carries a load of food, beverages and personal care items to a recipient. Nelson Kepley / News & Record. Leonard McLeod of Greensboro packed three boxes and a case of fruit ...

CBS golf analyst Gary McCord to speak in Greensboro
Greensboro News & Record
GREENSBORO — Gary McCord, the CBS Sports golf analyst and PGA Champions Tour golfer, will be the keynote speaker at the sixth annual Fred Barakat Sports Dinner on Wednesday at the Greensboro Coliseum. The dinner, the Greensboro Sports ...

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Newsmaker: Greensboro's job guru, Dan Lynch
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There aren't many in the Piedmont who've had more influence finding new jobs and putting people back to work like Dan Lynch. Name just about any new company that's set up shop in Greensboro over the last few years, and he's probably had a hand in its ...