City Basks in Plan To Cut Delinquent Utility Time
High Point officials consider cutting delinquency window on utilities from 60 to 45 days. The plan, with tentative council approval, shifts cutoff to day 46 of the cycle and adds a $5 or $15 cut-on fee, a deposit rule for nonpaying customers, and a hearing opportunity before service is cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Cates
Enterprise City
High Point
Council
Liquor Store Sales Surpass Expectations in High Point
The High Point ABC outlet reports 78,881.50 in sales from March 21 to early April with daily averages around 6,573 and a peak day of 11,357.10. Board members praise staff and note future gains as furniture market visitors arrive, while seeking more law enforcement funding and additional permits for market-related liquor sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Wilson Utley
High Point
ABC
ABC Board
Nick Fisher
Fred Swartzberg
Nathaniel Morehead
Fisher
High Point Board
Jamestown
Greensboro
Winston
Salem
Paul Clapp
Clapp
National Furniture Market
Main Street
Swartzberg
Faison Questions Spending On Computer Voting Machines
Guilford County Commission Chairman Gaston Faison questioned spending 375000 on computerized voting machines citing uncertain long term savings. County Manager John Witherspoon proposed cheaper options and noted Forsyth County results with similar equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Gaston Faison
Faison
John Witherspoon
Forsyth County
Witherspoon
Guilford County Advisory Board For Recreation
Archdale Bank Robbery Case Rendered A Cautionary Tale
Testimony in Greensboro federal court details a February Archdale First Union Bank robbery by two Winston-Salem men. The poorly planned crime used a stolen purple Volkswagen as getaway, ended with a dye and tear gas booby trap, and resulted in 16 and 12 year sentences for Wiley Cummings Jr. and Paul Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archdale
First Union Bank and Trust Co
Winston-Salem
Federal District Court
Greensboro
Wiley F. Cummings Jr
Paul S. Wilson
High Point
S. Main Street
Cummings
Main Street
Main
Linden Avenue
One-Cent Grocery Grab Draws Big Winnings in High Point
Emily Watson won a rapid one cent shopping spree at Columbia Food Market in Columbia, tied to a Grocery Grab fundraiser by the High Point Jaycettes for cystic fibrosis. Her cart totaled 200.01 in groceries, while a $873.16 donation was presented to the CF Foundation by Anne Walden, with the event raising funds and attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lowe
Emily Watson
Columbia Food Market
N. Main Street
High Point Jaycettes
Anne Walden
Rockspring Road
Tom Fraley
Phillips Avenue
C/F Foundation
Watson
Robin Hood Rd
Steve
Sally
Tamara Chitwood
Duke
Duke Hospital
Durham
Harbinson
Sandra
High Point College
Public reaction to cystic fibrosis and misconceptions
Timely report on cystic fibrosis detailing public misconceptions, familial impact, and medical insights. It highlights Harbinson of Timberlake Drive discussing CF, its inheritance, misdiagnosis, survival advances, and fund-raising by the North Carolina CF Foundation and High Point Jaycettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lowe
Enterprise
Charles R. Harbinson Jr
Timberlake Drive
Sandra
Harbinson
High Point Jaycettes
Ms. Chitwood
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