The neighborhood association will hold its regular monthly meeting tonight (Monday August 29), 7 p.m., in the Fellowship Hall of the Church of the Covenant. Two COA applications will be discussed. A new idea for how to administer the neighborhood’s Municipal Service District funds is on the agenda as well. …
There’s a window on the second floor of the Weatherspoon Art Museum right at the corner of Tate and Spring Garden. Go up and look down toward Tate for a remarkable view of the business district. And check out the two Matisse exhibits while you’re there. …
If you’re looking for an office in the neighborhood, the Church of the Covenant has one for rent (336-275-6403). … Three condos are now for sale in the historic Wafco Mills building, a relatively high number compared to the past couple years at least. … The owner of 508 Cedar Street has taken the house of the market. That’s the green one at Cedar and Spring Garden. …
How many Airbnb rentals are there in College Hill? Probably five, but it’s hard to tell. The website’s list doesn’t give addresses (until you actually make a reservation, I guess), and its map is somewhat jumbled. One College Hill rental is on the map twice, and one shown as being on Fulton Street includes a picture of an apartment complex that definitely isn’t in College Hill. …
Burglary reported on McGee Street
Neighborhood Watch notes: A burglary was reported last Thursday, August 25, in the 900 block of West McGee Street. The police report isn’t available online, but the police website shows that one Benjamin Alan Pegram was arrested in connection with the burglary. The sheriff’s website indicates he’s now that as of August 28 he was being held in jail on several charges. A docket for Guilford County Superior Court dated August 15 shows a person with the same name was already due in court next month on charges of felony breaking and entering with intent to injure or terrorize and misdemeanor assault on a female. Pegram is 19 and lives in High Point, according to a public records website. …
The only crimes reported in the past four weeks (as of August 28) in College Hill have been that burglary, an assault at The Province (no police report online) and three DUIs. … Since the students returned to UNCG for the fall, campus police arrests have included one for assault on a female and three for marijuana possession. …