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Members of the Jamestown Business Association began their new meeting schedule March 7 with a meeting at noon at Jamestown Park Clubhouse. The bimonthly meetings will include a business meeting on the first Thursday of the month at noon and a networking meeting at Simply Thai Lounge on the t…

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Rose Ameen has an addiction and will be among the first to admit it. Her addiction, however, is one that makes family and friends happy. She is passionate about quilting and when she is home spends time each day working on her craft, the results of which she often shares with others.

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Legalized betting/gambling is coming to North Carolina just in time for March Madness. 

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Andrew Joseph Kinzie was arrested Feb. 28 and charged with 10 counts of second-degree and 10 counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. He was arrested as part of the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Investigative Unit ongoing Child Exploitation Investigation. He is …

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Feb. 26, 1953, is a significant date in the history of the Jamestown Rotary Club. It was the official founding of the local service club, which continues today to focus on meeting needs in the community. On Feb. 27, Jamestown Rotary members chose to acknowledge their 71st year with a meal to…

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Members of the Jamestown Business Association and visitors gathered at the Simply Thai Lounge in Jamestown March 1 for an open house and kickoff to 2024. In addition to networking with other business leaders, participants had the opportunity to meet those who will be guiding the organization…

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February is Spay and Neuter Month. Although the month is almost past, Melinda Whitaker notes that spaying and neutering pets is important any month of the year. As lead veterinarian at the Guilford County Animal Shelter, Whitaker knows how easily the animal population can get out of control.

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The recent exhibit at the High Point Museum titled “Fields and Feathers, Hunting at Deep River Lodge 1895-1935,” chronicled the everyday life at a hunting lodge and kennel. Deep River Lodge and its associated kennels were located where the Cedarwood neighborhood is and across Guilford Colleg…

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Those of us of a certain age can remember going through school and learning cursive handwriting, Latin, grammar and sometimes, logic. Some of these teachings have gone to the wayside as technology has taken over instruction. 

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On Jan. 26, Haynes-Inman Education Center in Jamestown was notified by Character.org that it had been named a 2024 State School of Character. Of 228 applications from schools and districts nationwide, 87 schools and one district received recognition. Haynes-Inman was the only school in North…

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Violent crimes in Jamestown in 2023, of which aggravated assault, robbery, rape and homicide are a part, were only up by one crime over the previous year, according to 1st Lt. Cox of the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office. There were two more robberies in 2023, up 50 percent, but rapes were do…

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“PSFD responded to 3,798 calls last year [Jan.1-Dec. 31] district wide,” said Pinecroft Sedgefield Fire Department Chief Derek Carson. This figure is lower than the previous year’s 3,886 responses.

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The bulk of the Feb. 13 Jamestown Town Council meeting was taken up with reports from the Pinecroft Sedgefield Fire Department and the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office. See related stories "Fire department calls decreased in 2023" and "Sheriff's Office offers annual report."

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Rhonda Sepulveda was looking for 100 good men – and she found them. On Feb. 8, 100 men showed up at Jamestown Elementary School to welcome students in honor of the 100th day of school. In addition to parents were members of the community, including businessmen, athletes, college students, de…

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Many people collect things from events that happened in their lifetime — a piece of wedding cake, post cards from places visited, newspaper clippings of the twin towers that were destroyed on 9/11, T-shirts declaring their team’s tournament championship or a musician’s tour.

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The Civic Center at Jamestown Town Hall, 301 E. Main St., is a site for early voting. Doors will be open 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Please enter from the back parking lot.

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If you have not already begun to train for the upcoming Hamil-Kerr Challenge, now is the time to begin. This year’s event will be held April 6 beginning at High Point City Lake Park. Events include a 5K run, 10K run (twice along the 5K course if runners choose to do it) and a 25, 40 and 55-m…

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The land is being cleared for The Shoppes at Sedgefield at the intersection of West Gate City Boulevard and High Point Road at Adams Farm Shopping Center.

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The City of High Point has plans to increase its Municipal Solid Waste Landfill (MSWLF), commonly known as the Kersey Valley Landfill, located at 3748 East Kivett Dr. in High Point. The landfill currently encompasses 68.4 acres of the overall 164 acres approved for solid waste disposal. When…

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The Town has been approached by the Jamestown News to help clear up some information written on a local opinion blog website regarding the Town’s use of funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The following information is a summary, but should any citizen wish to have further dialo…

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March will be an exciting month for Jamestown Lions Club members. It will mark the club’s 67th anniversary and the group has already begun planning a special Meet and Greet for the occasion. The date is tentatively set for March 14 at Parkwood Baptist Church on Penny Road.

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What improvement projects would you like to see in Jamestown in fiscal year 2024-25? That was the question posed to Jamestown Town Council members at their Jan. 23 Budget Retreat.

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Christmas was past and there was no snow to be found, but the spirit of the season could still be felt at the Jan. 23 Jamestown Rotary Club meeting. It was the Annual Christmas Parade Awards celebration at which winners of the best parade entries were recognized. During the 2023 Christmas pa…

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The view along West Main Street in Jamestown across from the City Lake Park entrance might be a little jolting for a few weeks as the bank barn at Mendenhall Homeplace is undergoing repairs. Right now it looks like a candy cane.

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One might think a woman with seven children — not to mention homeschooling them — would not have time on her hands to read, much less write a book. But Renee Greene is not only the mother of seven, she is also an author of over 50 books! Add in the other authors and illustrators in the famil…

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*Editors note: We received a message that the name Mac Williams should be Mack Williams. It has been updated in the story.

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The Mendenhall family of Jamestown were connected with Guilford College, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, High Point University (indirectly) and numerous Jamestown schools in the 1800s.

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In 2019, Jamestown United Methodist Church added another program to its already established Caregivers Support Group, which had been created in 2014 for caregivers of those with dementia. Instead of dividing them into separate groups, a Memory Café was formed to provide fun activities that c…

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For the entire 28 years of his career in education, Gary Gonzalez has called Jamestown Middle School home. During that time he moved from the classroom to become a designated student success coordinator, a position that allows him to impact even more of Jamestown Middle’s nearly 1,000 students. 

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Several new laws went into effect Jan. 1 this year. Here are just a few.

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For Candace Hudson, returning to school after the Christmas holiday looked somewhat different than it did for most other Guilford County Schools staff members. Hudson was at a different school in a different position. As the new principal at CJ Greene Education Center, a public school in Jam…

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It is not official but if all goes well, Jamestown could be the home of two judges on the North Carolina Superior Court. Lawyer Georgia Nixon has thrown her name into the ring to join her friend Paul Newby in the courtroom. 

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Although you’d never know it by looking at the campus now, at one time, the land where Guilford Technical Community College now sits was home to a sanatorium that treated tuberculosis, the leading cause of death at the turn of the 20th century.

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Repair work on the dam at the Jamestown Park Golf Course resulted in fewer rounds played in November. 

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Seven-year-old Austen Gomez is a second grade student at Jamestown Elementary School. She is also an artist and entrepreneur, painting and selling her artwork at area vendor shows. Her business, quite naturally, is called Austen’s Art.

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While many students are getting a bit more sleep before beginning their day, some are already awake and active — training to help give themselves an edge in their chosen athletic endeavors. Putting in the extra effort and giving their sport all they have on the field has paid off for four Ra…