Early voting is now under way for the July 26 city elections; please note: we’re in a different City Council district now

Posted on Jul 07, 2022 by David Arneke

Thurston Reeder and Nancy Hoffman, City Council candidates, District 4

In case City Council member Nancy Hoffman hasn’t come by your house to inform you personally, you need to know that College Hill has been moved very quietly to City Council District 4. City elections will be held on July 26, so the district candidates we have to choose between are incumbent member Hoffman and Thurston H. Reeder Jr.

Hoffman has been knocking on doors to let College Hill voters know we’re now in her district, since the city itself hasn’t made any effort to tell us.

Mayor’s race

Also on the ballot are candidates for mayor and City Council at-large seats. The mayor’s race has come down to incumbent Nancy Vaughan and Justin Outling, our previous City Council district representative.

City Council at large

There are six candidates running for three at-large seats: Marikay Abuzuaiter, Tracy Furman, Hugh Holston, Yvonne J. Johnson, Katie Rossabi and Linda Wilson. The incumbents are Abuzuaiter, Holston and Johnson (mayor pro tem).

Bond proposals

There are five significant city bond referenda on the ballot, to provide funding for fire department facilities, housing (including $20 million for affordable rental units), parks and recreation facilities, police facilities and transportation projects.

Click here for more information.

Polling place

Our polling place is the Reynolds Center, also known as the old YMCA, on Market Street at Tate Street. Our precinct is G44.

Early voting

Early voting begins today, July 7. The closest early-voting location for us is the Old Guilford County Courthouse, 301 W. Market Street. Hours:

Thursday, July 7 – Friday, July 8: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday, July 11 – Friday, July 15: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday, July 18 – Friday, July 22: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, July 23: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

College Hill district information

Here’s where we belong regarding districts for various offices in branches and levels of government, with current office-holders listed:

  • Precinct: G44
  • U.S. Congress: North Carolina District 6, Kathy Manning
  • N.C. Senate: District 28, Gladys Robinson
  • N.C. House: District 61, Pricey Harrison
  • Superior Court: District 18D, Robert Albright, Susan Bray, John Craig (senior resident judge), Lora Cubbage, William Wood
  • District Court: District 18, Larry Archie, Angela Bullard, Tonia Cutchin, William Davis, Kimberly Fletcher, Angela Foster, Tabatha Holliday, Marcus Shields, Kelvin Smith, Brian Tomlin, Caroline Tomlinson Pemberton, Marc Tyrey, Teresa Vincent (chief judge), Ashley Watlington Sims
  • District Attorney: District 24, Avery Crump
  • County Board of Commissioners: District 5, Carly Cooke
  • City Council: District 4, Nancy Hoffman
  • School Board: District 5, Deborah Napper
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Season tickets on sale for the UNCG Concert & Lecture Series featuring the Indigo Girls, Winston Duke, Joshua Bell and more

Posted on Jun 28, 2022 by David Arneke

list of perfprmers and dates for UCLS '22-'23

Right here in our own neighborhood:

Season subscriptions are now on sale for the 2022-2023 UNCG Concert and Lecture Series.  Season subscription prices are 10 percent less than individually purchased tickets. Single-event tickets go on sale 90 days before each event.

The line-up for the series’s 110th season:

  • Winston Duke, one of the stars of the blockbuster Marvel Studios movie Black Panther;
  • Joshua Bell, one of the most celebrated violinists of our time, in recital;
  • Shaun Leonardo, multidisciplinary artist whose work negotiates societal expectations of manhood;
  • Urban Bush Women, a dance company whose works weave contemporary dance, music, and text with history, culture, and spiritual traditions of the African Diaspora;
  • Indigo Girls, the renowned folk-rock duo in concert with The Greensboro Symphony Orchestra; and
  • Seraph Brass, a dynamic ensemble of America’s top female brass players.

Ticket prices for individual events:

  • Adult: $52.35 / $34.35
  • Senior: $45.80 / $29.45
  • Faculty/Staff: $45.80 / $29.45
  • Non-UNCG Student: $8.18
  • UNCG Student: $4.10

Worth noting: If you’re not a classical-music fan, you may remember Joshua Bell from this now legendary experiment outside a DC Metro station and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post article that resulted.

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In memoriam: Jeff Towne, 92, longtime College Hill resident

Posted on May 01, 2022 by David Arneke

Jeff Towne, longtime College Hill resident and landlord, died Tuesday April 26 in Columbus, Ohio. He was 92.

He split his time between 933 Carr Street and a retirement community in Columbus. He had made multiple trips back and forth this year, always driving and always by himself. Jeff had maintained a residence in Greensboro for more than 60 years, but Guilford County records list his mailing address as the Columbus residence.

He had been in declining health for several years. A neighbor said Jeff was hospitalized in Greensboro last month. His family then had him transported to a hospital in Ohio. A memorial service was held in Columbus last week.

Jeff had no family in Greensboro. He is survived by a sister, Joyce Towne Gross, who lives in the same retirement community in Columbus, and a niece. He had been a close friend of Jim Clark of 935 Carr Street, who died in 2017.

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Church of the Covenant to host youth orchestra fundraiser, Experience Argentina with Music & Cuisine, Thursday April 21

Posted on Apr 11, 2022 by David Arneke

poster for Experience Argentina, April 21, 2022

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Coffeeology is preparing to reopen after two years

Posted on Mar 07, 2022 by David Arneke

coffeeology notice seeking new staff for reopening

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For sale: 10 Springdale Court, a 1920s bungalow, $220,000

Posted on Jan 31, 2022 by David Arneke

10 Springdale Court, Greensboro
The Paul and Jessie Stratton House

  • $220,000
  • 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1,073 square feet, 0.17 acre
  • Price/square foot: $205
  • Built in 1927 (per county records, but probably earlier; see note)
  • To be listed February 18, 2022
  • Last sale: $135,500, April 2013
  • Neighborhood: College Hill Historic District
  • Note: The listing says the house is a Sears kit cottage. It might be this one, the Argyle.
    • Paul B. and Jessie Stratton bought the property in 1920. The address was first listed in the city directory in 1922. Paul was a salesman.
    • The Strattons sold the house in October 1927, the first of four sales of the property in 16 months. Interestingly for the era, the last three were all to individual women, none of whom listed husbands on the deeds.
    • Edith Willingham Womble (1890-1980) bought the house in March 1929 and owned it for 15 years. She lived in Winston-Salem and used the house as a rental property. She was married to Bunyan Snipes Womble (1882-1976), an early partner in what is now Womble Bond Dickinson, a Winston-Salem law firm with offices in 19 U.S. cities and seven cities in England and Scotland.
    • From 1950 to 1971, the house was owned by Mary A. Tennent (1890-1971), assistant registrar of the Women’s College.
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In memoriam: Larry Horn, former College Hill neighbor

Posted on Jan 18, 2022 by David Arneke

Larry HornThe College Hill Neighborhood Association extends its condolences to the family of our former neighbor Larry Horn, who died Sunday at Wesley Long Hospital. He was 70 years old. Larry and his wife, Judy, owned and operated the Troy-Bumpas Inn Bed and Breakfast on South Mendenhall Street from 2011 to 2016. They were friends of many College Hill residents and were active and engaged members of the neighborhood.

Larry was born in Brainerd, Minnesota, and grew up in Chicago. He received a B.S. degree in biology at Northwestern University in Evanston. Larry worked in environmental testing and remediation services in Chicago. He also drove teams of draft horses on hay rides and sleigh rides at the Danada Equestrian Center in Wheaton, Illinois, initially as a volunteer and later as an employee.

In recent years, Larry and Judy lived in the Lake Daniel neighborhood. Larry volunteered at Guilford Courthouse Military Park and the Steven Tanger Center for Performing Arts. He performed in plays with the Community Theatre of Greensboro and other local groups and was a member of the Greensboro Tarheel Chorus, a chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society.

He also put his acting skills to use as a “standardized patient” for simulation-based learning at the UNCG School of Nursing and at Elon University and High Point University. “Larry Horn was a great actor for the UNC Greensboro School of Nursing,” the school posted on its Facebook page. “He genuinely cared about helping students while playing a patient during various simulations over the years. … The School of Nursing will miss him and is forever grateful for him sharing his talents with us.”

Celebrations of Larry’s life will be held in Greensboro and the Chicago area in the spring. Click here for a full obituary.

Larry Horn with two nurses at UNCG

Larry Horn as a volunteer “standardized patient” with nurses at the UNCG School of Nursing

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Sign up now for updates on Downtown Greenway construction along Greensboro College, which will begin in 2022

Posted on Dec 17, 2021 by David Arneke
Downtown Greenway map

The final section of the Greenway will be built on the railbed starting at Spring Garden Street, along Greensboro College, and across Market and Friendly to Smith Street. Click on the map to see it bigger.

News from Action Greensboro about the Downtown Greenway:

“Exciting news. Construction on the final western mile, recently named Western Branch, of the Downtown Greenway will begin in 2022. As you know, part of this section runs through the College Hill neighborhood.

“If you are interested and want to be included in construction updates from the Downtown Greenway Project Manager, Dabney Sanders, please click here to email her. She will add you to the list.”

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This Saturday, Dec. 11, and Saturday Dec. 18: Holiday food drive at the Church of the Covenant for the Spartan Open Pantry

Posted on Dec 06, 2021 by David Arneke

sign with dates and hours for 2021 drop-off food drive

Again this year, it’s easy to donate food and personal hygiene items for the Spartan Open Pantry.  The Presbyterian Church of the Covenant and the College Hill Neighborhood Association are co-sponsoring a drop-off food drive for the pantry on Saturday mornings in December. Volunteers will be accepting donations Saturday December 11 and December 18 from 10 a.m. to noon in the church parking lot on Mendenhall Street.

The pantry serves university students and staff in need of assistance. Especially needed right now are:

  • breakfast cereals;
  • chick peas;
  • cooking oil;
  • hygiene and toiletry items (small sizes of toothpaste, toothbrushes, mouthwash, lotions, shampoos, conditioners, deodorants for men and women; feminine hygiene products; and razors and shaving products for men and women);
  • snacks like chips, cookies and crackers;
  • and toilet paper and paper towels.

Financial donations are also welcome. Checks can be made out to the Spartan Open Pantry; online donations can be made here.

The pantry is operated by the Wesley-Luther Campus Ministry and the UNCG Division of Student Affairs. For more information, click here for the Spartan Open Pantry website.

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In memoriam: Carl Robbins, 85, longtime Carr Street neighbor

Posted on Oct 24, 2021 by David Arneke

Longtime College Hill resident Carl Robbins died Friday, October 15. He was 85 years old. Carl came to College Hill in 1976, when he and Ralph Becker bought 918 Carr Street. Ralph died in 1995.

Carl Lyle Robbins was born in Clarks Hill, Indiana, in 1936. He served in the Army from 1958 to 1960. He had a long career with Norfolk Southern Railroad, where he worked as a controller.

The College Hill Neighborhood Association extends our condolences to his family and friends.

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