Greene County

Festival Hall fundraiser features young pianist

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Festival Hall – Greensboro’s event facility and home to several productions, special events and more – was recently the featured venue for a successful fundraiser. The fundraiser raised close to $4,000 toward a future piano purchase, according to Executive Director Nicole Chillemi.

Commissioners approve expansion at Del Webb community

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Pulte Homes, builder of Del Webb, was given rezoning approval to make an existing 50.5-acre site a planned Unit Development (PUD) from its former A1 agriculture designation. The acreage is in the northeast corner of the large 55-and-older community on Askew Road.

Traffic stop leads to arrest

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According to the Greensboro Police Department, officers made an arrest on Friday, Dec. 2 after a traffic stop in which a passenger became verbally aggressive as officers attempted to gather his information.

City, county continue mediation over LOST split

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Hoping that last-minute negotiations may save the day, both Greene County and the city of Greensboro formally met in mediation to discuss the county’s “last-and-final offer” of a split of Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) funds.