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1 week ago | 
rhinotimes.com | Scott D. Yost
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has appointed Dr. Lawrence Greenblatt as the state’s new health director and chief medical officer. He’ll take over that role on Monday, June 2. He gets that job at a time when, post-pandemic, the entire country is seeing multiple political battles being fought in the health arena.
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1 week ago | 
rhinotimes.com | Scott D. Yost
Summerfield has a problem. It’s trying to keep its town charter and, in that attempt to do so, town leaders are proposing nearly doubling the town’s tax rate and adding new services. The new proposed budget for fiscal 2025-2026 calls for raising the property tax rate from 2.75 cents to 5 cents per $100 of assessed property value, a change that would generate more than $2 million in revenue based on a total tax base of $2.04 billion.
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1 week ago | 
rhinotimes.com | Scott D. Yost
The International Civil Rights Center & Museum in downtown Greensboro marked the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death with a public statement that called for reflection, renewed resolve, and continued action in pursuit of racial justice.
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1 week ago | 
rhinotimes.com | Scott D. Yost
Recently, both the Greensboro city manager and the Guilford County manager proposed fiscal 2025-2026 budgets that call for no increase in the property tax rate, and it looks like that will actually be the case in June when the Greensboro City Council and the Guilford County Board of Commissioners adopt their final budgets. The new budgets will likely include no tax rate increase so your tax bill should look the same as last year’s when it arrives in mid-to-late July.
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1 week ago | 
rhinotimes.com | Scott D. Yost
When it comes to erectile dysfunction, men in North Carolina are neither struggling more than most nor are they doing particularly better than men anywhere else in the country. According to new data from Innerbody Research, North Carolina ranks 24th out of 51 in a nationwide analysis of ED-related search behavior, which means the men in the state are squarely in the middle of the pack in this regard.
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2 weeks ago | 
rhinotimes.com | Scott D. Yost
The demolition has now begun on the old Windsor Recreation Center building, making way for something designed to be much, much better. The heavy equipment has started rolling and, once the old center is demolished, built in its place will be the Taj Mahal of community centers – the coming new Windsor Chavis Nocho Community Complex. That new facility at 1601 E. Gate City Blvd.
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2 weeks ago | 
rhinotimes.com | Scott D. Yost
On Wednesday, May 21, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services launched an “Interactive Vaccine Provider Map” that’s meant to help eligible families find and access free, childhood vaccines through the department’s vaccines for children program. With a new measles outbreak happening across the country, and US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
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2 weeks ago | 
rhinotimes.com | Scott D. Yost
On Thursday, May 15, Guilford County Manager Mike Halford presented the Guilford County Board of Commissioners with his recommended budget for the county, and on Tuesday, May 20, Greensboro City Manager Trey Davis got the chance to unveil his proposed budget for the largest city in the county. He did so at the meeting of the Greensboro City Council, where he suggested an $828 million budget for fiscal year 2025-2026. That year begins on July 1 and runs through June 30 of 2026.
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2 weeks ago | 
rhinotimes.com | Scott D. Yost
Monday, May 26 is of course Memorial Day and if you use the City of Greensboro’s services, transportation or facilities, here are a few things you need to know about the holiday this year. First of all, feel free to head down to city hall, but you won’t be able to get in because city offices will be closed on Monday in observance of Memorial Day. Also, there will be no trash or recycling collection that day.
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2 weeks ago | 
rhinotimes.com | Scott D. Yost
Until last year, the Guilford County budget process – when it came to funding non-profits – was that the county manager, along with a staff committee, would go through applications from non-profits and community-based organizations, such as various festivals, art foundations, the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, and a host of others asking for funding.
