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Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Yahoo
Public Services prepares for the Spring Folly
Every year, over 30,000 people descend on Kernersville for the three days of Spring Folly, Kernersville's largest festival, but that only follows days of work by town crews to try to the visitors have a pleasant experience. About a month before the Spring Folly, workers with various town divisions begin to do beautification projects such as landscaping and maintaining public spaces, Streets Division Supervisor Edgar Colon said. 'It goes with our image. We're a small town that's very neat and organized,' Colop said. Spring Folly gives Kernersville an opportunity to showcase the town and visitors might be drawn in by the town's overall impression, Public Services Supervisor Mike Tester said. 'If they're visiting and riding through, they might like what they see and stay,' he said. Crews from Public Services work in tandem to eliminate safety hazards and spruce up downtown Kernersville, Public Services Dupervisor Joshua Levins said. 'We go around downtown, and we'll grind out the concrete to get rid of trip hazards on the sidewalk and we'll reset any bricks that are loose. We also have crews putting out mulch,' Levins said. Levins emphasized the importance of public safety during Spring Folly. 'We're putting up signs and barricades for the road closures. The Kernersville Police Department will have their cars there and the Sanitation Department will have their trucks there making sure no vehicles can get in, keeping it safe for everybody,' Levins said.
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Yahoo
Motorcyclist killed in wreck on US 421
A Raleigh man riding a motorcycle was killed Sunday morning after the motorcycle rear-ended another vehicle, the Kernersville Police Department said. Michael Anthony Gaither Jr., 26, was riding a 2015 Suzuki GSX 1300 going west on U.S. 421 near Interstate 74 about 8:50 a.m. when the accident happened. Gaither was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the other vehicle involved had only minor injuries. Police did not release any other information, saying the traffic unit of the Kernersville Police Department was actively investigating the circumstances surrounding the wreck. Police ask that anyone with relevant information contact Master Police Officer M. Mitchell. This was the first traffic fatality in Kernersville in 2025.
