Sept. 5 - 11, 2019
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Rotruck loses appeal
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News in brief....................................2 Your Questions................................4 Wartime hope and survival ..........8 Pets & Critters ..................................9 Snakes alive! .................................10 Pet Adoptions ...............................12 Farewell, old friend.......................13 Bits & Pieces
Appellate court upholds judge’s ruling in Rotruck vs. Guilford County Board of Elections and Janelle Robinson case
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Old Mill of Guilford owner Amy Klug (left) and DAR members will host a gathering at the mill Sept. 15 for people to share stories, memories of the mill. See story on p. 14.
HIghlights, photos of Northwest and Northern Guilford football games last Friday on pages 18-19. Student Profiles ............................ 20 Crime/Incident Report ............... 22 Calendar Events .......................... 23 Grins and Gripes ......................... 24 Letters/Opinions .......................... 26 Classifieds .....................................27 Index of Advertisers .....................31 NWO on the Go! .......................... 32
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Todd Rotruck takes his seat at the council table at a special called meeting April 23, 2018, beside Summerfield Town Councilwoman Teresa Pegram. The Board of Elections unanimously voted one week earlier that Rotruck had not established permanent residency in the Town of Summerfield and afterward filed a written order that his voter registration be changed from Summerfield to Greensboro; the county attorney and town attorney agreed that order made Rotruck ineligible to hold office in Summerfield and his council seat was immediately declared vacant. Still, Rotruck took his council seat April 23, before eventually leaving under protest. The former councilman has filed multiple lawsuits in the year and a half since.
by PATTI STOKES SUMMERFIELD – Former Town Councilman Todd Rotruck, who served on Summerfield Town Council from early December 2017 to late April 2018 before being removed from office, has had his day in court … again. And again, Rotruck has
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Bunch Road may re-open by Sept. 9 OAK RIDGE – Drivers are waiting anxiously for Bunch Road, between Brookbank and Northwest School Road, to re-open. The road closed to through traffic in early June, just after the end of the school year, for a bridge replacement. North Carolina Department of Transportation had hoped the
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Dawn Leone leads the Streakers, a Greensboro-based running group, up the new sidewalk from the U.S. 220 tunnel to Summerfield Road on Labor Day. Story: p. 25