Editorials

Garner has school-building needs too

Garner High School is so crowded that freshmen will soon attend school in a former movie theater and in mobile classrooms in the theater’s parking lot. And yet a proposed Wake County school bond issue contains few dollars for Garner High.

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Garner right to adhere to spending rules

Garner Councilman Gra Singleton is absolutely right: A policy ignored is not worth the hard drive it’s stored on.
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Award could do much to boost Garner

Congratulations to Garner, a finalist for the All-America City Award. The Wake County town is among about 30 hopefuls for the awards, which will be presented in June in Denver. Its competition, by the way, includes a number of towns in North Carolina, which says something about quality of life in...
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Public benefit should define health success

Johnston Health leaders did not enter lightly into their partnership with UNC Health Care; in fact, they spent months conducting due diligence before settling on UNC. But like all business deals, the success of this one remains to be seen.
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No matter the tax, consumer always pays

Garner leaders are worried that tax reform in the General Assembly could rob the town of 4 percent of its annual revenue. That’s a chunk of change, but our thinking is that Garner is fretting too much too soon.
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Visiting the place where trees talk

People who live in Johnston County have many amenities nearby, in the Triangle and at the coast certainly but also within the county’s borders.
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Garner needs one more savings account

Over the next few years, the town of Garner has lots of projects in the works.