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Also on today's calendar: Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the chicken go to the gym? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. UNCG celebrates highest total enrollment since 2020 (myfox8.com) — UNC Greensboro is celebrating its largest total enrollment since 2020, with more than 19,000 students now attending in the city and a freshman class topping 2,700. Graduate enrollment has grown 8% in two years, and strong programs like direct-admit nursing aim to help ease Triad nursing shortages while drawing students from nearly every North Carolina county.
2. Greensboro Recycle Rodeo to Accept Electronics, Hazardous Waste and Styrofoam (recyclingmonster.com) — Greensboro residents can clear out hard-to-recycle clutter at a free Recycle Rodeo on September 19 at Evangel Fellowship Church of God on E. Cone Boulevard. Open to city and Guilford County residents, the event will accept sensitive documents for shredding, household hazardous waste, electronics, and clean Styrofoam, helping keep dangerous materials out of local landfills.
3. Greensboro man arrested and charged in Aug. 13 Randleman road shooting, police say (wfmynews2.com) — Greensboro police have arrested a 61-year-old man in connection with an August 13 shooting on Randleman Road that injured two people, bringing serious charges including assault with intent to kill and multiple firearm offenses. The arrest involved local detectives, the SBI, and the Guilford County Sheriff's Office, underscoring the case's seriousness for residents near the 2300 block of Randleman Road.
4. Greensboro police chief addresses recent crime, focuses on targeted violence prevention (wfmynews2.com) — Greensboro's police chief is responding to a recent wave of crime by ramping up intelligence-led policing and partnering closely with the city's Community Safety Department. Officials say gunshot injuries are rising even as homicides fall, and they're targeting specific neighborhoods while working with faith groups and the GSO Collaborative Action Network to involve residents in long-term violence prevention solutions.
5. Improvements ahead at Greensboro, Wilmington airports (businessnc.com) — Guilford County commissioners are set to vote tonight on allowing up to $300 million in bonds for a major modernization of Greensboro's airport terminal, concourses, ticketing, TSA, baggage, and concessions. The bonds, repaid from airport revenues rather than county taxes, would fund the biggest upgrades in more than a decade, improving travel for local residents and visitors.
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