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A crew works on what will be the grilling area of Char Grill once it is finished. The area will be glassed in so that patrons can see their food being grilled over an open flame. SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE Turn up the heat: Char Grill nears completion, opens next week
HIGH POINT – A hamburger franchise originally scheduled to open in November will open next week. Char Grill will begin serving customers at 1525 N. Main St. in the former location of the Armad...
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Alan Everhart with Liberty Medical Services unloads oxygen tanks. Medical supply companies such as Liberty say a change in Medicare legislation will stifle competition. SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE Medical companies keep tabs on Medicare change
TRIAD – Medical equipment supply companies are eye-balling a piece of legislation that could slash their revenue, services and employees at the end of next year. Federal bidding rules under Medi...
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The Union Square showroom facility on English Road was one of the many buildings left out of the original Market Overlay District plan. SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE Walking the line: Planners prepare alternate market overlay map
HIGH POINT – The Market Overlay District that could guide the future growth of showrooms will keep some city planners busy through the holidays to produce a new map of the district before next...
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Exhibitors pleased with Showtime traffic
HIGH POINT – The 40th installment of Showtime began similar to the fall High Point Market with uplifted spirits from recent years, some exhibitors said. The twice-yearly fabric trade show ope...
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A customer returns a video at the Blockbuster store on Eastchester Drive on Monday. SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE Blockbuster sites in High Point to stay open
HIGH POINT – Two Blockbuster locations in High Point are not included in a growing number of stores the company plans to close in the Triad and across the country, officials said. Stores at 20...
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A student talks with a representative from the Internal Revenue Service about potential employment opportunities during the job fair Monday at the North Carolina Career Consortium. SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE Students get jump on job search
HIGH POINT – Faran Brady knows finding a job in today’s economy can be tough, especially for a graduate fresh out of college. That’s why the senior, scheduled to graduate from High Point Unive...
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Marty Butler, fifth-grader at Hopewell Elementary School in Randolph County, prepares to drop some of the candy that he collected on Halloween into the bowl held by Ali Baldwin, marketing director for Warr Pediatrics. The candy was weighed, and Marty was paid $1 a pound. SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE Cash for candy: Local dentists and children help troops
HIGH POINT – Christian Shepherd’s two young sons may have only visited a few houses on Saturday night in their trick-or-treating escapade, but he knows they brought home more Halloween candy t...
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David Bryan, owner of Meridian Timberworks Inc., stands next to two tables created from slabs of a 300-year-old tree. The tree was cut down to make way for a road widening project in Boone. PAM HAYNES | HPE Companies make ‘green’ statements
HIGH POINT – Vibrant colors are splashed all over showrooms at the fall High Point Market, but participants will hear a lot of talk about green this season. The green movement, that is. From t...
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HPU offers start-up funds for businesses
HIGH POINT – Budding entrepreneurs at High Point University now have a way to get their ideas noticed and funded. The newly opened Plato S. Wilson School of Commerce will be home to the new C...
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Kmart Store Manager Robert Hayes sorts items in layaway stock room. SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE Layaway gains popularity with consumers again
HIGH POINT – An age old method to financing retail purchases may be gaining popularity with consumers once again after fading into the background. In light of economic struggles and restricted...
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