Good morning, Greensboro.

Picklr’s Greensboro pickleball franchise remains operational + is independently owned and operated, so it continues running despite the parent company’s bankruptcy filing.

Bennett College celebrated its centennial Oct.

9-11 on the East Greensboro campus. The three-day event honored alumnae and community leaders with a Distinguished Leadership Awards luncheon and ended with a Founders Day Convocation — highlighting a legacy of purpose.

UNCG professor Rick Barton drew on Roman and Byzantine history to create a sprawling D&D megadungeon called The Halls of Arden Vul with over 2,000 encounters.

He is finishing his sixth volume and will expand the work with new cultural influences (including African history) to inspire local gamers.

Greensboro and Reidsville have enacted voluntary water restrictions due to ongoing drought; officials urge residents to conserve water by taking shorter showers, limiting laundry and dishwashing, and reducing lawn watering (Reidsville plans a 2% daily usage cut).

Guilford County Board of Education passed two resolutions on Tuesday, Oct.

14 urging voters to weigh tax proposals that affect public schools. One resolution supports a quarter-cent sales tax expected to generate about $30 million annually for salary supplements while the other objects to limits on income and property taxes.

Attorney General Jackson said Duke Energy’s special rate deal with data center developers is a massive step forward but needs more transparency & clearer terms before state regulators approve the rate.

Gov. Josh Stein also stressed that data centers must cover the costs of required infrastructure upgrades.

Early voting took place at the Old Guilford County Courthouse as Greensboro residents cast ballots and shared concerns over rising prices and local challenges.

They noted these issues affect daily life in the community.