Stronger Utility Payment Policy May Be Drawn By FORREST CATES
High Point residents may see a tougher utility bill policy as Archie Myatt leads the council utilities committee. The city currently allows 58 days before disconnection for nonpayment, a lenient rule adopted during a recession. Finance Director Bill Gear cites lost revenue and hardship for low income residents, urging prompt action and potential deposits only after service restoration.
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Forrest Cates
Enterprise City
High Point
Bill Gear
Gear
Council
Rachel Gray
Bus Manager Optimistic Despite 10 Month Deficit
Transit Manager Jack Holt remains confident High Point’s bus system can grow ridership enough to reduce losses, despite a 10 month deficit of 146 928 dollars reported by Furn Tex Transit. The plan includes nickel days, downtown free rides, city mailings, and a dasher mainline route along High Point Main Street.
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Lee Mortimer
Enterprise
Jack Holt
High Point
City Council
Furn-Tex Transit
Holt
Coun
Cilmen
Manchester
N.H
ATE Transit Co
Washington
Main Street
Russell
Church Street
Holt Said
New Hampshire
Library Pot Shatters in Odd Local Incident
A headless figure appears amid a strange scene at High Point Public Library as a small plant pot topples, with dirt and fragments scattered. A sign beside the display issues an unexpected instruction, adding to the curious, almost warlike atmosphere of the episode.
Morrow Receives One Year Leave To Join State Administration
Guilford County Manager John Witherspoon approved Health Director Dr. Sarah Morrow for a year off to serve as state human resources secretary. Howard Gailey will head the Health Department temporarily with Mitzi Alexander as deputy as a physician successor is sought. Morrow will not be paid during the leave. She will assist Gov. Jim Hunt as he takes office.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Raleigh
Guilford County
John Witherspoon
Sarah Morrow
Witherspoon
Mitzi Alexander
Board of Health
Board of Commissioners
Morrow
January Market May Be Expanded By CAROL WILSON UTLEY
The January furniture market may attract more exhibitors and retailers from the Carolinas Virginia Washington D C West Virginia and parts of Georgia Tennessee and Kentucky as SFMC and manufacturers push expansion. SFMC Director Robert Gruenberg notes uncertainty but cites attention from Stanley and other firms plus a 4 000 retailer letter promoting two clinics by Orvis Bryant and C Barrie Bedell to boost buyer turnout.
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Carol Wilson Utley
SFMC
Robert Gruenberg
Stanley
Gruenberg
Orvis Bryant
C. Barrie Bedell
Bryant
Southern Home Furnishings Assn
Bedell
SHFA
It Didn't Take Much Snow Check Readiness at Area Schools
The first snow of the year arrived Monday, lighter and later than forecast with about four inches predicted but less fell. The brisk weather kept a calm mood as students faced a delayed start yet were eventually cleared by midday.
Greensboro officials press for cooperation and water security
Greensboro Mayor E S Melvin welcomed Guilford County legislators at a dinner with High Point and Rep. Thomas Gilmore. Leaders urged Raleigh visits and emphasized regional cooperation and securing future water supplies.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
E.S
Jim) Melvin
Guilford County
High Point
Thomas Gilmore
General Assembly
Raleigh
Board of County Commissioners
Gaston Faison
Roy Culler
Greensboro Coliseum
Cy Brooks
Melvin
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State Senate
Bill Brewer
Archie Myatt
Dr. Morrow
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