Catie Byrne Features Editor From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, shades of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple lit up Elm Street to celebrate Greensboro’s annual Greensboro Pride Festival. Taking on a stationary quality, instead of the marching, chanting or parade floats one may usually associate with pride, the Greensboro Pride Festival was formatted like a street market. Booth after booth … Continue reading Greensboro Pride Festival
MaryKent Wolff Staff Writer Four districts in Guilford County are currently involved in a dispute against gerrymandering in North Carolina. House Districts 57, 58, 60, and Senate District 28 are all facing changes created by the new North Carolina voting maps, which were drawn in response to pressure surrounding the 2011 map. The 2011 plans were thrown out for being illegal racial gerrymanders, and some … Continue reading Gerrymandered Maps Affect Guilford County
Sarah Purnell Staff Writer On Aug. 21 the United States prepared to view the first total eclipse to range across the continental U.S. in 99 years, the last one being on June 8, 1918. Greensboro, though not in the line of totality, still expected to see about 94 percent of the sun obscured. The peak of the eclipse was scheduled for 2:42 p.m. in the … Continue reading The 2017 Total Eclipse
MaryKent Wolff Staff Writer Students, parents, school leaders and community members gathered for a ceremony on Aug. 19 to commemorate the renaming of Aycock Middle School. The Guilford County Board of Education voted 9-2 in August of 2016 to change the name. The new name, Dr. Melvin C. Swann Jr. Middle School, is named after the late, long time employee of the school system. “The … Continue reading Aycock Middle School to be Renamed after Dr. Melvin C. Swann
Marykent Wolff Staff Writer An estimated 1,000 people attended a vigil at Greensboro’s City Hall on Sunday, Aug. 13 in response to the recent violence surrounding the ‘Unite The Right’ rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The rally was organized by white nationalists, including Klu Klux Klan (KKK) members and Neo-Nazis. Anti-fascist protesters attended in a counter-protest, which soon clashed with the ‘Unite The Right’ rally soon … Continue reading Greensboro holds vigil for Charlottesville
Kevin Liu Staff Writer Hundreds of people marched and chanted a call to action for immigration reform on the streets of downtown Greensboro on Saturday, August 5. FaithAction International organized the fifth annual Downtown Unity Walk for Immigration Reform. The goal of this march was to draw attention to recent deportations and immigration policy issues and to stand united with families who have been affected. … Continue reading Greensboro Marches on Immigration
Kevin Lui Staff Writer Cone Health has officially surpassed the set fundraising goal of $50,000 for the American Heart Association. A total of 354 Cone Health team members raised $50,144 for the American Heart Association’s Guilford Heart & Stroke walk. The American Heart Association is an organization devoted to saving people from heart disease and stroke– the two leading causes of the death in the … Continue reading Cone Health raises over $50k for American Heart Association
Jayce Shore Staff Writer On July 29, scientists found water from Greensboro’s Mitchel Water Treatment Plant to have high levels of a chemical known as Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) for the third year in a row. PFOS is an industrial chemical on the Environmental Protection Agency’s watch list and is suspected of creating health problems and causing damage to organisms developing in the womb when consumed … Continue reading PFOS found in Greensboro’s drinking water
Kevin Lui Staff Writer As Greensboro moves toward the end of the new century’s second decade, road plans made after World War II are taking concrete shape. As construction continues, Battle Forest Village resident, Jim Bishop, follows his everyday routine that lets him experience the impact the Greensboro Urban Loop has on his life. As he walks down the sidewalk in front of his house, … Continue reading Greensboro Urban Loop Construction
Madison Hoffmann News Editor Campaign season is among us; a total of 38 candidates will be whittled down to 9 Greensboro City Council members in a matter of months. The filing deadline for candidates ended July 21 for the election set on October 10, giving a clean slate to the city council by opening the position for mayor and eight member seats. Former Mayor Nancy … Continue reading Campaign season for Greensboro City Council
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