Susan Meny, Vital Living Program Director of the Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem, was recently selected by the N.C. Association on Aging to receive their 2016 Guiding Star Award. This award honors an individual for their dedication and skills in the management of programs that benefit older adults and recognizes the quality of their work in the community. Meny joined [...]
The forecast that more than 1.5 billion smartphones will be sold worldwide in 2016 means more mobile mayhem since scammers love smartphones. Spam. Some 70 percent of smartphone texters say they receive unwanted spam messages; studies show people are three times more likely to respond to spam received by cell phone even though more than a quarter of text-message spam [...]
Greensboro Curb Market501 Yanceyville St.Greensboro NC, 27405; Saturdays6 a.m.–noon; also Wednesdays (May-December) 7 a.m.–2 p.m.www.gsofarmersmarket.org Piedmont Triad Farmers Market2914 Sandy Ridge Rd.Colfax NC, 27235Guilford County Office: 336-605-9157Mon–Sat 6 a.m.–6 p.m.www.triadfarmersmarket.com Downtown Farm Market505 N. Greene St.Greensboro NC, 27401336-210-1947Open Mon–Sat Old Mill of Guilford1340 Highway 68Oak Ridge NC 27310336-643-4783www.oldmillofguilford.com Kernersville Farmers Market134 East Mountain St.Kernersville NC 27284Open May-Octoberwww.kernersvillefarmersmarket.com Cobblestone Farmers MarketCorner [...]
The first group of Baby Boomers, those approaching 70 years of age, are myth-busters (no connection to the popular Australian television show of that name). The title comes from The Met Life Report on the Oldest Boomers which says the earliest Boomers aren’t necessarily working ’til they drop as once predicted. The national survey was conducted between Novemebr and December [...]
Paul Lawrence Paul Lawrence, an advocate for the aging and disabled in Forsyth County, is the newly elected chair of the 12- county Regional Advisory Council on Aging. He has served on the Council for several years after retiring as a social worker with Adult Protective Services at Forsyth County Department of Social Services. He also serves on the Home [...]
Rep. Pricey Harrison joined actors Ted Dansen, Kate Walsh, and Sam Waterston in Washington recently in a lobbying effort against offshore drilling and seismic testing off the mid-Atlantic coast. She also received an award the evening before from Washington-based Oceana for her work fighting for the health of North Carolina’s coast. Almost a million and a half jobs and a [...]
Did You Know… that you can read the Wall Street Journal online for free with your Forsyth County library card? Read the most current edition of America’s leading business newspaper and keep up-to-date on events, products and personalities that directly influence not only business, finance, and economics but the world in general. You can also view abstracts of each article [...]
Betty Cone’s name is synonymous with the arts in Greensboro, so it's not surprising that she is the first to twice receive the O. Henry Award for exceptional, lifelong contributions to Greensboro’s arts and cultural development. In fact, ArtsGreensboro has named its most prestigious award in her honor, the Betty Cone Medal of Arts award. Betty Cone flanked by her [...]
A new report predicting natural disasters, largely brought on by extreme weather, threatens North Carolina’s $20 billion tourism industry. The report, States at Risk: America’s Preparedness Report Card, gives the state a “B+” when it comes to climate threats. While performing better than most neighboring states, according to Dr. Gregory Characklis, professor of environmental sciences and engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill, [...]
Charlie Routh has made a lot of difference in the lives of a lot of people so it’s no surprise that the Greensboro native received the 2015 Older Adult of Distinction award from Leading Age, a national organization representing 6000 nonprofit organizations in the United States. He was also awarded the 2015 Outstanding Community Volunteer Award from Leading Age North [...]
