Jan. 31 - Feb. 6, 2014
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Thank you, Troy, for 50 years of service
On Jan. 28, Troy Stantliff celebrated 50 years of volunteering with the Summerfield Fire Department by PATTI STOKES SUMMERFIELD – Troy Stantliff, 68, remembers the day he turned 18. It was Jan. 28, 1964, and heading to the Summerfield Fire Department was at the top of his To Do list. There
was no emergency, but on this day he was officially old enough to become a volunteer firefighter, and he wanted to be among the first to respond if an emergency call came in.
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Trapped under a tractor in a remote corner of 620 acres, Ed Malone escapes serious injury
Troy Stantliff stands beside a plaque placed on the Summerfield Fire Department’s training building in his honor last month. Photo by Patti Stokes/NWO
We asked local business owners
Are you feeling the effects of an economy turnaround? NW GUILFORD – Is the economy headed in the right direction, and if your answer is yes, can you feel it yet in your bottom line? What did you do to prepare for 2014, and how optimistic are you of what the year will bring to your business? These were some of the questions we asked recently when we polled several local business professionals, ranging from builders to restaurant owners to Realtors to home improvement specialists to attorneys. With no shortage of responses, we continue this week with a second round.
“My business was steady in 2013 compared to the previous year. It was another good year as extremely low interest rates kept people in the market for homes and properties. The only downside was the lack of a good inventory of homes for my buyers to consider. “Everything is looking like the economy will remain on a small, but steady trend upwards. Once again, low interest rates should be enough incentive for people to be anxious to jump into homes and
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58 acres rezoned from AG to PD-R The development, which will extend Angels Glen, is in the Highway 158 Stokesdale Bypass study area by PATTI STOKES STOKESDALE – It’s been a while since the northwest Guilford County area has seen much activity on the residential development front, so you may find yourself a little rusty on abbreviations for zoning districts. Take, for example, PD-R, which stands for Planned Unit Development-Residential. On Jan. 23 the Stokesdale Town Council unanimously approved a request from developer Kevan Combs to rezone 58.4 acres at the terminus of Adano Road from AG (Agricultural) to PD-R. A PD-R typically accommodates a variety of housing types that are often clustered together on smaller lots in exchange
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IN THIS ISSUE News in brief.......................3
Unattended dog tethering banned, council holds water system workshops, town park master plan and CIP approved Your Questions ...................4 Stokesdale Town Council .8 Student Profiles ................10 Crime/Incident Report ....10 Bits & Pieces ..................... 11 Community Calendar.....15 Letters/Opinions .............16 Grins & Gripes .................. 17 Classifieds ........................18 Index of Advertisers ........23