Oct. 11 - 17, 2013
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Henson Forest A 34+-acre tract of land (shown in dark green) was rezoned on Oct. 8 for commercial development. The property will Auburnwood be combined with a 45-acre tract already zoned for commercial use (shown in light green) and developed as a walkable, village-style shopping center.
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Chloe Blackmon was crowned Northern Guilford’s homecoming queen on Oct. 4. Blackmon was escorted by her father, Charles.
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SUMMERFIELD – For the second time in a month, a proposed shopping center received a favorable nod. Reflecting the council’s divided opinions, this time the vote was close – but final.
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On Sept. 23 the town’s Planning and Zoning Board unanimously recommended approval of rezoning 34+ acres bordering Deboe Road off N.C. 150, while placing conditions to be met before the rezoning came before the town council at a public hearing on Oct. 8. At that hearing, which lasted almost four hours, an almost equal number of people spoke for and against the rezoning. Council members’ division on the issue was obvious in their discussion after the
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STOKESDALE – The town council’s decision last month to deny a special use permit for a proposed minor LCID landfill, more commonly referred to as a “stump dump,” has been appealed and the case will now be heard in Superior Court in Guilford County.
Over a period of three months the town deliberated over whether to approve a request from landowners Kenneth and Carrie Van Derveer to operate a landfill that would encompass about 1.74 acres on the 23.16 acres they purchased about three years ago on the west side of Pearman Quarry Road. With two existing LCID landfills in their neighborhood, many residents in the area protested that noise and dump truck traffic to
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To many in the town, the issue of a minor LCID landfill wasn’t worthy of so much attention. But for those who live on or near Pearman Quarry Road where the proposed landfill would be
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