Tate Street Festival: Saturday, October 13, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., celebrating the art and music of the Piedmont

Posted on Oct 07, 2018 by David Arneke

Poster for the Tate Street Festival, Saturday October 13, 2018

 

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Double Oaks event Oct. 19 to benefit Rett Syndrome research and child of longtime College Hill resident Josie Clark-Tripodo

Posted on Sep 30, 2018 by David Arneke

Poster for Rett research fundraiser

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Dog walkers, please note: Two new dog-bag stations installed

Posted on Sep 24, 2018 by David Arneke
black dog sitting in front of the dog-bag station

Good dog Charlotte at the new dog-bag station at Spring Garden and Jackson streets. (Photo by Wes Gilbert)

Two new dog-bag stations have been put up in College Hill. They’re at the corner of South Mendenhall Street and Rankin Place, in front of the apartments at 200 S. Mendenhall, and on Jackson Street between Spring Garden Street and Morehead Avenue in front of 406 Jackson Street. Neighborhood pedestrians and dog walkers can thank neighbors Wes Gilbert, Clara Kelly and Lyddan Pawlowski for installing the new stations.

The two new locations bring the total to four in College Hill. The others are at Springdale Park, on Spring Garden Street near Springdale Court, and on the pergola at the corner of South Mendenhall and Walker Avenue.

The College Hill Neighborhood Association cordially invites all of the neighborhood’s dog walkers to make the fullest use possible of these facilities.

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Condolences to the family of James ‘Dorn’ Yeattes

Posted on Sep 08, 2018 by David Arneke

james yeattesJames “Dorn” Yeattes, 56, of Tate Street, died Thursday at his home. Dorn worked as a self-employed mechanic. He also was a gardener and sold produce at the weekly farmers’ market at Elam and Walker avenues. Survivors include his brother, Jeff Yeattes, and his wife, Karen, of Tate Street.

Funeral services will be held on Monday at 2 p.m. at Peace United Church of Christ. Burial will follow at Greenhill Cemetery in Greensboro. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the church.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial contributions be made to Peace United Church of Christ, 2714 W. Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27403, “or in memory of Dorn, take time to do a good deed for someone.” Click here for more information.

 

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Spartan Open Pantry seeking donations of food and/or money to help feed homeless and hungry students at UNCG

Posted on Sep 04, 2018 by David Arneke

Volunteers at the Spartan Open Pantry

Each year many new and returning Spartans are coming from families who are experiencing challenging economic times. This is presenting unique challenges for many of our Spartans that are trying to do well in school, “fit in,” and figure out what their future will look like. … Without support systems in place, these students, many of whom prefer to remain hidden during hard times, are facing these challenges alone while struggling to provide for their own livelihood.

— the UNCG Dean of Students office

We rarely think of undergraduates as poor, hungry or homeless, but there are low-income students who struggle to get by. The Spartan Open Pantry at UNCG helps provide food for these students and some staff members, and it needs support from the community.

Donations can be brought to the Associated Campus Ministries building, adjacent to the Walker Avenue Parking Deck. Monetary contributions can be made with checks written to the Wesley-Luther Campus Ministry, ACM Center, UNC Greensboro, 500 Stirling Street, Greensboro NC, 27403.

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Neighborhood Watch: Recent reports of crimes nearby that we should be aware of

Posted on Aug 20, 2018 by David Arneke

It may be a fluke, but there have been more serious police reports than usual in neighborhoods in our part of Greensboro recently. As followers of Nextdoor.com know, College Hill has had a few crimes reported this summer — including four reports of items being stolen from front porches — and it’s also worth being aware of what’s going on around us.

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New on Tate Street: Taste of Tate, Thursdays 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., with food deals and special offers every week

Posted on Aug 16, 2018 by David Arneke

Flyer for Taste of Tate

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Reminder: Credit union membership open to all in College Hill

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 by David Arneke

screenshot of credit union websiteAll College Hill residents are eligible for membership in the Greensboro Municipal Federal Credit Union. This eligibility is extended to members of all neighborhood associations that belong to the Greensboro Neighborhood Congress. All College Hill residents (home owners and renters) and property owners are members of the College Hill Neighborhood Association.

The credit union has offices at 217 North Greene Street, 2200 Soabar Street in south Greensboro and 2511 Phillips Avenue in east Greensboro. It has ATMs at the Depot on East Washington Street and the Soabar Street office. Members also can use surcharge-free CashPoints ATMs throughout North Carolina. There are more than 40 CashPoints locations in Greensboro, including the State Employees Credit Union office at Tate and Market streets.

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Weatherspoon offers free tours and treats on three Thursdays, featuring animals, nanoscience and the UNCG Icicle Tricycle

Posted on May 23, 2018 by David Arneke
poster for summertime tours and treats

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No, that wasn’t a ‘baby copperhead’ in your yard

Posted on Apr 16, 2018 by David Arneke
Adult snake with nine baby snakes

An actual copperhead with its young. You’re not going to find these in your backyard.

By IAN McDOWELL, South Mendenhall Street

Newborn copperheads are 8-10 inches long and look much like mature copperheads except for their greenish or yellow tails, which they may use to attract lizards, and which lose that coloration after the first year. Other than that tail, their coloration is more grayish than that of their tan or coppery parents. Even at birth (females don’t lay eggs), juveniles have thicker bodies, larger heads and thinner necks than any other local snake that size. Their heads generally have the same distinctive triangular “adder” shape as adults.

A snake less than 8 inches long is almost certainly not a copperhead. Any snake less than 11 inches long without a greenish or yellow tip on its tail is unlikely to be a copperhead (copperheads lose that tail coloration after the first year).

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