*Editor’s note: The name Luis Medina was misspelled as Luis Mendoza. Mayor Nancy Vaughan was not physically present but did attend the meeting via phone. These changes have been made to this article. New venue decreased attendance but not dissent The Aug. ...
On any given morning in Greensboro, you might catch William “Billy” Henry Walsh, Jr. enjoying a cup of coffee, and in-depth conversation with local shoppers or any of the staff that has come to know him as the resident ...
UPDATE: After this article was published, Michelle Kennedy has made the following the statement: “Marcus Hyde was never an IRC employee. He was an AmeriCorps member and we were his site placement. He also didn’t quit — he was terminated ...
In 2002, Buddy Gist gave UNCG the trumpet his friend Miles Davis played on the legendary album Kind of Blue. Soon afterward, it was appraised at $1.6 million. Two years before his death in 2010, Gist was sleeping in ...
Hunter, the feature debut of writer/executive producer/leading man Jason Kellerman and producer/director David Tarleton, defies description, to say nothing of convention. It’s an action film, a character study, a psychological thriller, a modern-day film noir, a horror film, and ...
By: Terry Rader On any given Friday night, you can find a group of fiber folks gathering around an open table at Gate City Yarns, located at 231 S. Elm St. from 6 to 9 p.m. This growing ...
*Editor’s note: After this article’s publication, there was another bodycam video added to the City of Greensboro’s website, making a total of 20 individual bodycam videos. This online version has been updated. A 23-year-old Justice Department bulletin warns ...
By: Terry Rader In 1987, when Bill Mangum befriended Mike Saavedra, who was homeless at the time, he bought him breakfast, listened to his story and took him to the Greensboro Urban Ministry (GUM) shelter. Mangum gave Saavedra his card ...
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By: Terry Rader Talking with Mary Lacklen, co-founder of the Community Tables Thanksgiving Day Feast, she shared with me that she had done this event for half of her life. I remember the first one in 1986 held at The ...
*Editor’s note: The following statement was published on WHOA’s Facebook page around 4 p.m. “We strongly support the Homeless Union of Greensboro but we would like to make clear we are not directly affiliated with them. HUG was not ...
