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City worker Willie Hudson uses a torch to melt the material used to patch a pothole on S. Main Street. SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE Weather wears on city streets
HIGH POINT – Patches of ice and snow that covered the Triad in the past two weeks aren’t the only obstacles for motorists traveling along city streets. City crews began to cover hundreds of po...
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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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Shirley Maxwell in the Seven Homes thrift store on Johnson Street. The store has been the victim of robbery and multiple burglaries. DON DAVIS JR. | HPE Thrift store’s mission won’t change despite safety worries
HIGH POINT – Who would be so brazen as to rob a thrift store? Seven Homes staff members have been grappling with that question since Jan. 2, when an assailant forced a volunteer who was mannin...
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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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Different timing for High Point, Archdale
TRIAD – Thinking about a run for municipal office in High Point or Archdale this year? You’ve got several more months to make up your mind than candidates seeking other elected posts in 2010. T...
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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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