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Post office launches consumer awareness campaign
HIGH POINT – With consumer complaints about scams and fraud on the rise, one government enterprise is spearheading an education campaign aimed at helping people protect themselves. National Co...
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Teachers want more time to improve school
GUILFORD COUNTY – Several Oak Hill Elementary teachers urged district leaders Tuesday to give them more time to improve student performance at the low-performing school. While Principal Sara R...
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Lori Ann Harrison works on computerized seating chart, part of the new online system Mama Mia’s is using to generate more customers. The system allows costumers to order meals and make reservations online. Don Davis Jr. | HPE Local eatery goes high-tech to compete with larger chains
HIGH POINT – Mark Basile, director of operations at Mamma Mia’s Italian Restaurant, had a crazy idea once. For several years, he wanted to implement an advance ordering service that would allo...
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Mahlon Pendry, a retired IRS agent, works on his client’s tax return out of his home office. Sonny Hedgecock | HPE GOING ROGUE: To save money, filers may dodge using paid tax preparers
HIGH POINT – In a time when consumers are cutting back on the amount of goods and services that they pay for, even paid tax preparers may be taking a hit this year. H&R Block reported that...
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The old Potter House, located at 211 W. Main St. in Jamestown, was damaged by a fire in 2002 and was supposed to be restored years ago. Now the owners want to tear it down and build a fast-food restaurant on the property. Sonny Hedgecock | HPE

Potter House faces uncertain future
JAMESTOWN – Town officials will take their first official look this week at a rezoning needed to build a fast-food restaurant on the site of the 200-year-old Potter House. Developers want to put...
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Justin Kirk pumps gas at the RaceWay on S. Main Street. Sonny Hedgecock | HPE Summer travel, other economic factors usher in gas price hike
HIGH POINT – The gas price increase that’s taking place at the pump matters to Justin Kirk, who fixed up his son’s 1995 Honda Civic to drive so he could afford such increases. “I didn’t go any...
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Festival’s financial future is brightening
HIGH POINT – Pedro Silva’s vision for the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival’s immediate future seems rosy and to fit comfortably with plans for use of a contribution by Jim and Debbie Millis...
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GOP candidates make pitches
HIGH POINT – For two sets of candidates appearing before voters Monday night, the election D-Day isn’t eight months from now. It’s seven weeks from now in the Republican primary. A candidates ...
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Southside Boys and Girls Club kids hold signs showing amount of money raised in the 2009 campaign. Shown are (from left) Danasia Smith, Stephanie Winchester, Nya Lucas, Kashia Ford, Debe McBryde, Joseph Dixon, Khijah Royal and Jahmel Smith. Leah Price is at the speaker stand. Sonny Hedgecock | HPE United Way misses goal, still thankful
HIGH POINT – The United Way of Greater High Point may not have reached its goal for its 2009 campaign, but the organization’s officials decided to count their blessings in a strapped economy r...
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School layoff policy to get review
GUILFORD COUNTY – School district leaders will take another look Tuesday at a revised layoff policy that some teachers don’t like. The superintendent and principals could get more control o...
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