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Winning is Parkland’s ’13 resolution
Parkland’s junior varsity basketball team used the latter days of December to get a head start on a New Year’s resolution to turn their season around. The Mustangs lost their first nine games of
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Kin of murder victims wish for different sort of resolution
It’s been nearly seven years since 13-year-old Isaiah Brooks left his home in the LaDeara Crest community to go to the candy store and never returned. The body of the boy, who was known
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Most of Council seeking reelection this year
Another election season will soon be upon us. In municipal elections later this year, voters will make their picks for the Winston-Salem City Council and two spots on the City-County School Board this year.
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Trust invests big in future of local kids
The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust has great expectations of today’s youth. The Winston-Salem-based Trust – created in 1947 by the will of R.J. Reynolds heir Katherine Bitting Reynolds to improve the health and
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No Sweat?
Before many black woman decide whether to work up a sweat by jogging on the treadmill or gliding on the elliptical, they have an even more pressing dilemma – what to do with their
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Lunch Sparked Two Decades of Racial Solidarity
It started with lunch. A simple conversation among colleagues over an afternoon meal. But what resulted was anything but simple. Under the careful leadership of Stephen McCutchan, Sam Stevenson and Carlton Eversley, all Presbyterian
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Ballers Play Santa
Native sons Josh Howard of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers continued on Dec. 13 an annual tradition of making the holiday season a little brighter for local youth.
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Mudpies Adding to Goler Depot
After more than four years of planning and preparation, Northwest Child Development Centers broke ground on its newest facility, Mudpies Downtown East, on Dec. 12. The $3.4 million state-of-the-art facility will sit at the
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Special Delivery Comes right on time for Salvation Army
Christmas came a little early for the Salvation Army of Winston-Salem. The agency, which is supporting 2,700 local families with gifts of toys and clothes this holiday season, got a much-needed donations boost last
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Local parents reassured in post Sandy Hook world
Reverberations of the shots fired at Sandy Hook Elementary are being felt across the nation and around the world, as citizens struggle to come to grips with the tragedy. The nation’s collective sympathies have
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