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The gift of harmony
For about 10 years, Paul Johnson arranged for a barbershop quartet to sing love songs to his wife for Valentine's Day. Last year, he didn't send the gift of music to the bank where she works.
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UNC opts to raise tuition
As scores of angry students held a raucous protest, the UNC board of governors voted Friday to increase tuition across the system of 16 university campuses by an average of nearly 9 percent, or more than $400.
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East Forsyth High officer disciplined after coach's tirade against student
The Kernersville school police officer who tasered an East Forsyth High School student to break up a fight last month and later sat in on a coach's profanity-laced tirade against a different student has been suspended without pay for five days and removed from the school, the Kernersville Police Department said Friday.
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Hopeful buyers flock to Reynolds art sale
Having recently moved to a smaller place, John and Bettie Lee were looking to get rid of some of the things they'd collected through the years — not add to them.
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District Attorney O'Neill, Ministers Conference pledge to work together; still disagree on Racial Justice Act
The tension between the Ministers Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity and Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O'Neill has cooled after a meeting Thursday.
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Stokes sheriff says City of King must decide police issue
Stokes County Sheriff Mike Marshall said Friday that the issue of whether the King Police Department should be disbanded is "not an issue for me to decide."
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Targacept has new top shareholder
Targacept Inc. has experienced a major shuffling of its top shareholders in the past three months, possibly spurred by the uncertainty surrounding its most promising drug research.
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Smith Reynolds awarded $1.85 million in federal block grant funds
Smith Reynolds Airport has been awarded $1.85 million in federal block grant money from the N.C. Division of Aviation for a taxiway improvement project.
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Douglas Battery Manufacturing files for bankruptcy
The owners of the remnants of Douglas Battery Manufacturing Co. have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in an attempt to end the company's 91-year run as free of legal issues as possible.
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Arts Council sale doing brisk business, continues until 7 p.m.
If the crowd that filled the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts this afternoon is any indication, the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County should have no trouble reaching its fundraising goal from selling a collection amassed by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
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Winston-Salem police chief will hold monthly session with community Feb. 17
The monthly Chat with the Chief session with Winston-Salem Police Chief Scott Cunningham will be from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 17 at the East Winston Shopping Center, 550 N. Martin Luther King Drive.
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Charlotte man arrested in Davidson County after $80,000 in pot found in car
Davidson County authorities arrested a Charlotte man after they said they found drugs in his car Thursday.
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Charlotte contractor sentenced to prison for tax evasion
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New life for an old church?
St. Philip's Episcopal Church, an architecturally important and beloved part of downtown Germanton for generations, may be torn apart, moved and rebuilt to house a congregation in Carrboro that needs a place to worship.
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Energy costs push schools to save
Duke Energy's rate increases, which went into effect Feb. 1, will cost the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school system about $528,000 more a year in electricity costs, the system said this week.
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Prescott, ex-Kernersville alderman, to run for Forsyth commissioner
Bob Prescott, a former Kernersville alderman, said Thursday that he is running for one of three District B nominations for seats on the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners.
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King residents angry over possible disbanding of police department
Some King residents expressed disbelief Thursday about what they say is the King City Council's secretive move to possibly have the Stokes County Sheriff's Office provide police service in the city — and effectively disband the King Police Department.
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Forsyth expects big budget gap
Lower home values in the slow economy have Forsyth County commissioners worried about an expected $20.2 million gap between spending and revenue that could require raising the property tax rate by 10 percent in 2013-14 or making deep budget cuts.
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Part of Fraternity Church Road to close for bridge work
A section of Fraternity Church Road will be closed for more than two weeks to allow crews to perform maintenance on a bridge over Middle Fork Creek, the N.C. Department of Transportation said.
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Colder weather ahead for the weekend
It's been unseasonably warm all year, but don't put away those sweaters just yet.
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PART looks for consistent funding
The newly elected chairwoman of the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation said the agency still needs a consistent source of funds to keep the regional bus service in operation.
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Regional Briefs: WFU to build two residence halls to house 480 students
The board of trustees at Wake Forest University approved the construction of two residence halls on the north side of campus at its meeting last week.
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Sale of vast Reynolds Tobacco collection begins Friday
Talk about a garage sale to beat all garage sales.
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School gardens a tool for learning, helping
The plots are small, but the soil is dark and the cause is good on a hillside at Forsyth Country Day School.
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Democrat James Taylor announces for state Senate, Republican Glenn Cobb runs for state House
Democrat James Taylor of Winston-Salem announced Wednesday that he is running in N.C. Senate District 32, and Republican Glenn Cobb became the third candidate for the seat that Rep. Dale Folwell is vacating in House District 74.
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