After only about a month of growing time, things have changed quickly at the Sunnyside Community Garden. It looks like we’ve got good soil around here. Good old Carolina red dirt can grow some happy veggies!
Here are some photos from last Saturday, our most recent check-in.

The Sunnyside Neighborhood Association is joining the Washington Park and West Salem Neighborhood Associations in oppostion of the proposed development called Gateway Place. The project is being planned by Place Properties, a developer in Atlanta. Gateway Place consists of two four-story apartment buildings, with 352 beds in 88 units. It would be […]

Many of you have asked how you can help our neighbor, Laura Ugorek, who lost her husband and was seriously injured herself in a house fire on May 8th. Right now, pressing most needs are financial. There are several ways you can help Laura:

Monetary contributions in the form of a check, made out to Laura […]

Candles cause fire at home in Washington Park area
A fire started by unattended candles gutted a home in the Washington Park neighborhood early yesterday, the Winston-Salem Fire Department said.
The fire at 1805 Sunnyside Ave. was reported at 2:13 a.m., with the first firetruck arriving six minutes later. The fire was started by candles in a […]

A tragedy occurred in the Sunnyside neighborhood on the evening of May 9th. Our neighbors the Ugoreks, at 107 E. Sprague St., were victims of a devastating house fire. Tragically, Michael Ugorek passed away at the hospital the next morning from injuries he sustained in the fire. His wife, Laura, survived with serious injuries. They […]

Source: Winston-Salem Journal
Winston-Salem police said yesterday that they are investigating a rash of break-ins on the southern end of the city in which someone steals lawnmowers.
Since April 1, there have been 45 break-ins in an area roughly bounded by Salisbury Ridge Road and Acadia Street to the north, Peters Creek Parkway to the west, U.S. […]