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Agency honors Senior Services employees
Senior Services staffers won two of only three awards given out annually by the North Carolina Association on Aging (NCAOA). The awards were presented by Dennis Streets, division director of the NC Division of
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High jumper attracting attention
Glenn High School’s Daryl Napper has earned bragging rights as the dominant jumps specialist on the Forsyth County track and field scene. Napper, a junior, pulled off a rare sweep of those events at
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For Seniors Only! Medicare Seminar Schedule Changes
The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem and Senior Services, co-coordinating sites for the Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) in Forsyth County, are announcing a schedule change for seminar offerings: Since Monday, March 18,
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Building a Career
Students learn about another post high school option As a boy, Mike Sears dreamed of being a construction worker. “I knew I wanted to be in the construction business when I was 10 years
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Grant to help educate tomorrow’s teachers
The Department of Teacher Education and Graduate Studies at Salem College received a $16,500 grant from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust to create a Teachers as Practitioners Benevolence Fund. This fund will support
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Shepherd’s Center Annual Used Book Sale May 2 – 4, 2013 A Book Sale with A Purpose
A Book Sale with A Purpose Every Tuesday and Thursday, volunteers with the Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem “work” on their labor of love. For hours, the devoted group sorts stacks of donated books
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Agencies: Despite progress, defeating homelessness still a struggle
Local agencies that help the homeless are celebrating recent reports that show homelessness is down, while hoping that the community will still continue to support their efforts. The Point-in-Time Count on January 30 found
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Officials: Local homeless population shrinking
Homelessness is decreasing in Forsyth County, according to two different measures released this week. The 2013 Point-in-Time Count taken on January 30 shows that the chronically homeless population in Forsyth County has decreased by
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Local health gauge a mixed-bag for Forsyth
The recently-released County Health Rankings & Roadmaps are designed to show counties throughout the nation what is making its residents sick and where improvements are needed. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation collaborated with the
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Hometown Legend Award Honoree: Chris Paul
Hometown Legend Award Honoree Practice and persistence made Chris Paul an NBA superstar, but the love and guidance of Charles and Robin Paul made him a gentleman. We all know about Chris’ rise: the
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