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commissioners hear about water woes, future By CaROL BROOKs FreeLANCe WrIter cab1hp@gmail.com Water quality has been on the minds of Jamestown residents for several years. Many voices have been raised by people who do not think the Town of Jamestown is doing enough, if anything, to clean up the wastewater system, including the system of PFAS and Dioxane. Adding to the dilemma is the county’s water infrastructure, which is now being challenged by growing economic and residential development. Guilford County Board of
Commissioners discussed what to do about the infrastructure and received updated information on the water issue facing not only this county but central North Carolina at a work session on Nov. 20 in Greensboro. Gregory Flory, executive director of the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority (PTRWA), gave a detailed briefing on the issue. Flory said a regional master plan covering water and wastewater needs through 2050 will soon be released. According to information from PTRWA, “The [master planning] study will consider all the technical, regulatory, operational, orga-
nizational, and administratively feasible ways of providing water and wastewater infrastructure to the region in the most environmentally, operationally, and financially advantageous way. Once the study is completed in the third quarter of 2025, all our Region’s utilities will review its findings and collaborate to determine the best course of action to provide water and wastewater security to the citizens of Guilford and Randolph Counties and the Upper Cape Fear River Basin.” An area media outlet broke down the presentation this way: “The message delivered to commissioners was complicated in
its details but simple in its conclusion: No single town, city or county can handle this challenge alone. For success, the entire region will have to work together. If everyone isn’t on board, there’s a risk of hitting a wall in the coming decades when more industry and more residents come to Guilford County and the surrounding region.” Flory said the Guilford-Randolph counties are one of the next major area under review by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality. There are billions of dollars-worth of needed water and sewer projects around the state.
Garden club supports foster care agency By nORMa B. dennIs FreeLANCe WrIter ndworddesign@gmail.com
For members of the Cedarwood Garden Club, Dec. 12 proved to be a win-win-win evening. They celebrated their final meeting of 2025 with spouses and guests, met in the beautiful, historic Coffin-Robbins House on West Main Street, which is owned by Richard and Carol Hay, and made a donation to the Seven Homes Family Foster Care Service in the process. The Coffin-Robbins House was built in 1812 and renovated in 1837. Cozy wood fires and seasonal decorations throughout the house provided a warm welcome to all those attending the Christmas celebration.
If not upgraded, the existing water and wastewater capacity, old interlocal agreements and existing infrastructure aren’t enough to meet the projected needs or address new regulatory mandates by 2050. New PFAS and Dioxane limits coming from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will require huge investments in treatment methods. Guilford County doesn’t operate its own water system and relies on local municipalities and interlocal agreements for repair work. Many — if not all — of see WaTeR, PAGe 2
Development coming to Jamestown Parkway By CaROL BROOKs FreeLANCe WrIter cab1hp@gmail.com
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(above) Cedarwood Garden Club members and their guests gathered for a group photo in the living room of the Coffin-Robbins house during their end-of-year Christmas celebration. (at left) When club president Marian ditzel announced the donation of $850 to seven Homes Family Foster Care service, the news was received with surprise and delight. Pictured from left are ditzel, Katelyn Hall, director of seven Homes, Carol and Richard Hay, host and hostess for the event, and debbie Lumpkin, in charge of donor relations for seven Homes.
Acreage just outside Jamestown’s town limits was recently rezoned for a multifamily development that would allow up to five units per acre. The City of High Point’s Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously on Dec. 9 to rezone a 1.1-acre site at the northeast corner of Manor Drive and Jamestown Parkway from single-family to multi-family. Firm Foundation Real Estate Investments, of Summerfield, plans to construct four duplexes on the site. Each would be about 850 sq. ft. This would be the company’s first duplexes. The proposed development site consists of unused right of way that the company purchased from the North Carolina Department of Transportation after it built Jamestown Parkway and widened Manor Drive at the intersection in 2022. The site is behind the Wrenn Farm subdivision. Firm Foundation is planning for the development to be affordable housing. Construction probably would not begin for a few years. The company is currently developing a single-family project in Greensboro.
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The new Guilford County sheriff’s Office in Greensboro is located at 401 W. sycamore st.
sheriff’s Office in Greensboro moves By CaROL BROOKs FreeLANCe WrIter cab1hp@gmail.com If you need to go to the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office in Greensboro in the future, you should be aware that it has moved. The new administrative headquarters is at 401 W. Sycamore St. and officially opened Dec. 15. The move was announced in November
and the following divisions are involved in the move: executive command staff, personnel and training, legal process, resource management, professional standards and the Sheriff’s Office legal team. Any job applicants should go to the new location. No applications will be accepted at the old location, which is now closed. These key administrative functions will now be
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Monique Graham, a Jamestown Post Office sales associate, retrieves a letter from santa’s mailbox in the local post office. Letters placed in the box are mailed each day.
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centralized under one roof, rather than in several buildings or makeshift locations. “This transition affects administrative and support functions only and will not impact field operations or detention services,” according to the sheriff ‘s office. The new building is three stories tall and contains approximately 57,000 sq. ft.
Located to the right of the service counter at the Jamestown Post Office is a small red mailbox. It is not very high — just right to make it easily accessible for children to post their mail. Exclusively designed for letters to Santa, it appears inside the post office each December. “I’m not sure how long the little mailbox has been in use,” said Postmaster Pat Robin. “I have worked here 20 years and it was here when I came.” Mail is collected from the little box daily and sent to the Wendover Avenue location in Greensboro to be processed along with all the other mail posted that day. The USPS makes sure mail addressed to Santa is delivered to Santa, even if mailed as late as Christmas Eve. “If a return address is located in the top left corner of the envelope, the person mailing the letter should receive a response,” Robin said. “Car-