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Volunteers come together to build playset for young girl with leukemia

By Dwight Sparks The Clemmons Courier While she celebrated her birthday at Chick-fil-A and Build-A-Bear, workers invaded little ... Read more

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Molly Powell wins state music honor

North Carolina hosts 13 state-wide Junior Festival Music festivals each year as part of the National Federation of ... Read more

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Hobson-Southard

Bryn Allen Hobson and Ryan James Southard were married on April 21st at College Park Baptist Church in ... Read more

Opinion

Last words: ‘Tell my father I died right’

COLUMBIA, S.C. — In the rotunda of the South Carolina state capitol is a painting of the “Angel ... Read more

Obituaries

Dorothy Rae Wilson Boyles

Dorothy Rae Wilson Boyles Mrs. Dorothy Rae Wilson Boyles, 88, passed away Monday, April 30, 2018 at the ... Read more

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Editor Dwight Sparks

By Jill Osborn Dear Reader, over the last several years, the goal of this column has been to ... Read more

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Foundation hires Sandi Scannelli as president

The Clemmons Community Foundation has hired its first President & CEO. Sandi Scannelli was confirmed by the organization’s ... Read more

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Clemmons fire dept.’s new rating will lower insurance premiums

By Jim Buice The Clemmons Courier When’s the last time you heard insurance premiums for property owners going ... Read more

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Editor Dwight Sparks to retire after 33 years

Dwight Sparks, editor and publisher of the Davie County Enterprise Record and The Clemmons Courier for 33 years, ... Read more

Opinion

33 years have altered more than my hair

See that young whippersnapper in the photo? He thought he was God’s gift to journalism, wise beyond his ... Read more

Obituaries

Peggy Louise Earnhardt Bost

Peggy Louise Earnhardt Bost, born in Statesville, N.C. on April 1, 1927 passed on to glory on Sunday, ... Read more

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William Evan Hall

William Evan Hall William Evan Hall, 93, died peacefully April 11, 2018, at Trinity Elms Health and Rehab ... Read more

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Country music concert opens summer series April 15 at Tanglewood

The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County has announced the lineup for its 2018 Summer Park Series ... Read more

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Paving bids save $100,000 over estimate

By Jim Buice The Clemmons Courier By the time the final numbers were in, Clemmons ended up saving ... Read more

Opinion

Pelting school shooters with a hail of rocks

Say what you want about us Americans, but admit that we are inventive people. The horrors of school ... Read more

Obituaries

Obituaries for March 29, 2018

Etta Dunn Sheets Mrs. Etta Dunn Sheets, 77, of Winston-Salem passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at ... Read more

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Betty Phelps

By Jill Osborn Growing up on a farm in Clemmons, Betty Phelps decided to go to college after ... Read more

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New pastor at Clemmons Moravian

The Rev. Christopher Thore is the new pastor of Clemmons Moravian Church. For the past 18 years he ... Read more

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73 pounds of old pills collected

The Annual Medicine Drop held on March 19th brought out over 100 citizens, disposing of 73 pounds of ... Read more

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Bermuda Run annexes sports complex property

By Jim Buice The Clemmons Courier The proposed Carolina Athletic Performance facility can officially call Bermuda Run home ... Read more

Legal Notices

Forsyth County, NC, Legals for March 22, 2018

NORTH CAROLINA FORSYTH COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of MATTIE H. TAYLOR ... Read more

Obituaries

Etta Dunn Sheets

Mrs. Etta Dunn Sheets, 77, of Winston-Salem passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at Kate B. Reynolds ... Read more

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West Students to perform popular musical ‘Hairspray’

The curtains go up next week on West Forsyth High’s student performance of the popular musical “Hairspray.” Shows ... Read more

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Historian to speak to Lewisville society March 19

Due to snow, Randell Jones’s address to the Lewisville Historic Society has been rescheduled to March 19. He ... Read more

Obituaries

Obituaries for March 15, 2018

Sidney Allen Beauchamp Our loving husband and father, Allen, passed away peacefully on March 6, 2018 at the ... Read more

Opinion

George Washington’s white post still marks village

WHITE POST, Va. — Slap-dab in the middle of the road in this tiny unincorporated village is a ... Read more

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Meg Brown

By Jill Osborn “Since my mom was from Detroit, Michigan, and North Carolina was the furniture hub — ... Read more