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City eyes sewer plant expansion
HIGH POINT – City leaders have given the go-ahead for the next phase of a major infrastructure improvement project. The High Point City Council recently approved an amendment in the amount of ...
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Kevin Coon, a mechanic at Vann York Toyota, holds a gas pedal and several shims, one of which will fit into the pedal to fix the problem. Sonny Hedgecock | HPE STICKY PEDALS: Toyota parts arrive in small quantities
TRIAD – It isn’t that the replacement parts aren’t arriving at Vann York Toyota Scion since Toyota issued a nationwide recall last month. It’s just that they’re arriving slowly and in smaller qu...
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The Carolinian pulls into the High Point depot as passengers wait to board. The train, which normally runs to New York, now runs only as far north as Raleigh because of heavy snow in the North. Sonny Hedgecock | HPE ENOUGH ALREADY: More misery on the way as new storm approaches
TRIAD – The first time it snowed – just before Christmas – many people in the High Point area found it charming. The second time it snowed heavily a couple of weeks ago, some of the charm disapp...
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Oak View Elementary needs heating repairs
HIGH POINT – Students and school staff returning to Oak View Elementary this week may feel a chill in the air. Parts of the building in northeast High Point have been cold recently, and school...
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Follow the trail: New report tracks Guilford County Schools’ statistics
GUILFORD COUNTY – Why doesn’t the county school district spend the same amount of money on every student? What is the ethnic background of teachers in the schools? The answers for those questi...
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Longtime merchants association leader Courtney dies
HIGH POINT – Danny Courtney Sr., a former state legislator, longtime leader of the High Point Merchants Association and a civic backer of his adopted city, died Saturday at the age of 92. Cour...
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Magnet school earns honor
GUILFORD COUNTY – Magnet Schools of America has named Johnson Street Global Studies in High Point and four other Guilford County magnet and choice schools as schools of merit for 2010. Johnson...
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Local banks weigh in on loan plan
TRIAD – The irony of the White House proposal announced last week to boost lending by smaller, community financial institutions isn’t lost on First Bank President Jerry Ocheltree. The head of th...
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Mary Jarrell (center) watches election results board at the Guilford County Courthouse in Greensboro during the 1998 general election. HOWARD TILLERY | HPE FILE THE DECISION: See why people run, or don't
GUILFORD COUNTY – Mary Jarrell of High Point and George Ragsdale of Jamestown don’t share political party labels, but they do share a first-hand understanding of what candidates of all stripe...
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Officials may review comment rule
GUILFORD COUNTY – Last month, several Greensboro residents wanted to speak to the Guilford County Board of Commissioners about financing for the proposed $19 million Greensboro Aquatic Center....
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