The Jamestowner
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For the people, by the people, living in the news desert of #GuilfordCounty #NorthCarolina. We are an all-volunteer citizen fact-sharing site. #501c3
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Side-by-side comparison of two very different candidates. #mayor of #jamestownNC #northcarolina #guilfordcounty #waterquality #pfas #pfoa #election2025
Jamestown Mayor Election 2025: Meet the candidates on the ballot
The municipal general election on November 4 will determine Jamestown's mayor and two town council members. Candidates Rebecca Mann Rayborn and Susan Clinard Dickenson have distinct backgrounds and vi...
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October 3, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Side-by-side comparison of two very different candidates. #mayor of #jamestownNC #northcarolina #guilfordcounty #waterquality #pfas #pfoa #election2025
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I’m running for #Mayor of #JamestownNC. Because without safe, clean water, nothing else matters: www.facebook.com/susanformayor
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July 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I’m running for #Mayor of #JamestownNC. Because without safe, clean water, nothing else matters: www.facebook.com/susanformayor
Here’s one way to do it! #cleanwater #safewater #waterquality #pfas #pfoa #pfos #14dioxane #jamestownnc #northcarolina #greensboro #highpoint #guilfordcounty
Budget, staffing, water quality concerns prompt petition to oust town manager
Residents of Jamestown are petitioning for the removal of town manager Matthew Johnson due to dissatisfaction with his proposed budget, declining town services, and water quality issues. Organizers Ar...
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July 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Here’s one way to do it! #cleanwater #safewater #waterquality #pfas #pfoa #pfos #14dioxane #jamestownnc #northcarolina #greensboro #highpoint #guilfordcounty
When the people, labs and resources that have been alerting you to weather, water and air emergencies for most of your life are being fired, defunded and pushed into early retirement… time to start looking out for yourself. Here are some tools to help thejamestowner9.com/water-qualit...
Easy DIY tests & trackers for water quality, air quality, PFAS, smoke, severe weather; PLUS a quick link to test results & violations for your local water utility
The article emphasizes the need for individuals to independently monitor their water and air quality due to the decline in institutional support. It introduces tools like InTheTap.com for water testin...
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May 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
When the people, labs and resources that have been alerting you to weather, water and air emergencies for most of your life are being fired, defunded and pushed into early retirement… time to start looking out for yourself. Here are some tools to help thejamestowner9.com/water-qualit...
New Study: Highest PFAS concentrations in craft beer are found in North Carolina Upper Cape Fear River Basin. Next question: what about restaurant water, iced tea, soda dispensers, coffee machines, plus food prep? Are NC restaurants taking it straight from the tap? www.rti.org/insights/pfa...
Hold the PFAS, Pass the Beer: Forever Chemicals in Water Contribute to PFAS in Beer
RTI’s new study found PFAS in most beers tested, especially near contaminated water sources, raising concerns about exposure to forever chemicals.
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May 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
New Study: Highest PFAS concentrations in craft beer are found in North Carolina Upper Cape Fear River Basin. Next question: what about restaurant water, iced tea, soda dispensers, coffee machines, plus food prep? Are NC restaurants taking it straight from the tap? www.rti.org/insights/pfa...
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FWIW, @jasonleopold.bsky.social's FOIA newsletter is available w/o paywall.
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
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March 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
FWIW, @jasonleopold.bsky.social's FOIA newsletter is available w/o paywall.
Findings point to [PFAS contamination] in #NorthCarolina from air emissions: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Produce in home gardens near PFAS plant in US contain dangerous levels of chemicals
Research provides more evidence that food is a potentially overlooked exposure route to toxic ‘forever chemicals’
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February 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Findings point to [PFAS contamination] in #NorthCarolina from air emissions: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The water is SO bad in #NorthCarolina. Now we learn the AIR is TOO. This is bc NC state legislators are literally INVITING plastics & chemical companies to move their dirtiest operations HERE. #PFAS #PFOA #DIOXANE #vinylchloride www.yesweekly.com/news/lawsuit...
Lawsuit leads to increased levels of “likely carcinogen” in drinking water
Tests released February 7 by the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) show that Asheboro has dumped extremely high levels of a “likely carcinogen” into the drinking water supplies of
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February 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The water is SO bad in #NorthCarolina. Now we learn the AIR is TOO. This is bc NC state legislators are literally INVITING plastics & chemical companies to move their dirtiest operations HERE. #PFAS #PFOA #DIOXANE #vinylchloride www.yesweekly.com/news/lawsuit...
February 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Asheboro NC is STILL dumping 1,4 DIOXANE! NCDEQ test results show a Jan 24 discharge of 3,520ppb - the HIGHEST since 2019. Asheboro’s facilities and wastewater plant discharge to DEEP RIVER, which empties into the Cape Fear. Both are drinking water supply streams.
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Cape Fear River basin contaminated with more toxic chemicals
Cape Fear River is contaminated with 1,4-dioxane, a toxic chemical that was released by Asheboro into the Deep River.
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February 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Asheboro NC is STILL dumping 1,4 DIOXANE! NCDEQ test results show a Jan 24 discharge of 3,520ppb - the HIGHEST since 2019. Asheboro’s facilities and wastewater plant discharge to DEEP RIVER, which empties into the Cape Fear. Both are drinking water supply streams.
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WOW. They may not be reading The Jamestowner at Jamestown Town Hall, Guilford County Health Dept or NCDEQ/Raleigh, but it looks like they're reading us in Abu Dhabi!
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UNIVAR's Jamestown properties sold to UAE sovereign fund subsidiary for $2.9 million; Separate "remediation" agreement addresses contamination
Fortress Investment Group, a subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company, purchased three properties from UNIVAR Solutions in Jamestown for $2,917,833 through a sale-leaseback deal. A 20-year lease was ...
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February 7, 2025 at 5:38 AM
WOW. They may not be reading The Jamestowner at Jamestown Town Hall, Guilford County Health Dept or NCDEQ/Raleigh, but it looks like they're reading us in Abu Dhabi!
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#Asheboro, #Greensboro & Reidsville’s #1,4-DIOXANE pollution is from industrial customers who pay to discharge wastewater to the public water system, which lacks filtration to remove it - so it ends up in the drinking water supply. #foreverchemicals #northcarolina thejamestowner9.com/permit-viola...
EPA enforcement action reveals Asheboro, Greensboro & Reidsville's ‘pay to pollute’ destruction of NC's drinking water supply
The EPA formally objected to North Carolina's renewal of the City of Asheboro’s wastewater permit, citing inadequate controls on the discharge of toxic 1,4-DIOXANE. According to the Southern Environme...
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February 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
#Asheboro, #Greensboro & Reidsville’s #1,4-DIOXANE pollution is from industrial customers who pay to discharge wastewater to the public water system, which lacks filtration to remove it - so it ends up in the drinking water supply. #foreverchemicals #northcarolina thejamestowner9.com/permit-viola...
In the early 1800s, Jamestown, #northcarolina was the site of one of America’s first #gold strikes. The quartz veins are still here, yielding a crazy, colorful variety of metamorphic rocks, ore, minerals and crystals. #geology #carolinaterrane thejamestowner9.com/local-govern...
Jamestown's gold-quartz veins continue to yield treasures
The upcoming auction of McCulloch Castle and Gold Mill in Jamestown, NC, revives interest in the area's historical gold mining activities. The property, once used for processing gold, is linked to mul...
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February 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
In the early 1800s, Jamestown, #northcarolina was the site of one of America’s first #gold strikes. The quartz veins are still here, yielding a crazy, colorful variety of metamorphic rocks, ore, minerals and crystals. #geology #carolinaterrane thejamestowner9.com/local-govern...
We were so #gerrymandered that our 3-sq-mile #NorthCarolina town of 3,700 residents was split into TWO political districts! Notes from the heart of THE most gerrymandered county in THE most gerrymandered state in America. thejamestowner9.com/local-govern...
The GERRYMANDERING of Jamestown, Guilford County & our public golf course; plus, why the NCDEQ put the $2.3 million Main Street sidewalk ON HOLD
In October 2023, North Carolina lawmakers gerrymandered voting districts in Jamestown and Guilford County, North Carolina. Residents didn't. learn of the changes until they showed up to vote at their ...
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February 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
We were so #gerrymandered that our 3-sq-mile #NorthCarolina town of 3,700 residents was split into TWO political districts! Notes from the heart of THE most gerrymandered county in THE most gerrymandered state in America. thejamestowner9.com/local-govern...
We’ve been writing about #PFAS contamination and the sorry state of our drinking water supply streams for over two years now, yet NOTHING has changed. HOW and WHY does #NorthCarolina & #GuilfordCounty allow this to happen? thejamestowner9.com/water-qualit...
NEW PFAS RESULTS: A High Point-owned landfill & chemical dump is contaminating Deep River with PFAS, Volatile Organic Compounds and 1,4-Dioxane
Recent assessments reveal that a 110-acre contaminated site owned by the City of High Point but located in Jamestown (North Carolina) continues to pollute WOTUS water supply source Deep River via grou...
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January 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We’ve been writing about #PFAS contamination and the sorry state of our drinking water supply streams for over two years now, yet NOTHING has changed. HOW and WHY does #NorthCarolina & #GuilfordCounty allow this to happen? thejamestowner9.com/water-qualit...
Here’s how it’s done in 2024-era #northcarolina: (1) Blame the #contamination on the little drycleaner shop that opened AFTER #groundwater & soil #toxins were documented. (2) Ignore years of TCE, PCE & #vinylchloride from underground tanks & the 80-acre former wood-finishing & textile operations.
Hey, Guilford County Health Dept, update us on all that TCE & PCE contamination in the middle OF JAMESTOWN
The post questions the blame placed on dry cleaning operations for TCE and PCE contamination, while industrial polluters evade any and all responsibility. It urges the Town of Jamestown and Guilford C...
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December 8, 2024 at 2:42 AM
Here’s how it’s done in 2024-era #northcarolina: (1) Blame the #contamination on the little drycleaner shop that opened AFTER #groundwater & soil #toxins were documented. (2) Ignore years of TCE, PCE & #vinylchloride from underground tanks & the 80-acre former wood-finishing & textile operations.
Citizen volunteers in #JamestownNC are participating in the #EPA’s Air Sensor Loaner Program for #PM2.5. The town, #GuilfordCounty & #NorthCarolina governments continue to IGNORE residents’ calls for action & #PublicComments, so they’ve started monitoring/testing the #water & #airquality THEMSELVES
Our new EPA AIR SENSORS are LIVE! Here's what you need to know
Purple Air sensors on loan by the EPA to a citizens' group in Jamestown are now live, reporting real-time particulate matter levels to national maps. These sensors measure PM2.5, crucial for public he...
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December 8, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Citizen volunteers in #JamestownNC are participating in the #EPA’s Air Sensor Loaner Program for #PM2.5. The town, #GuilfordCounty & #NorthCarolina governments continue to IGNORE residents’ calls for action & #PublicComments, so they’ve started monitoring/testing the #water & #airquality THEMSELVES
In Sept, photos shot in #JamestownNC illustrating the downside of #northcarolina’s irresponsible fasttrack permitting & DECADES of ignored manufacturing #contamination were on exhibit at the #NationalPressClub. An #AssociatedPress producer interviewed the resident. #podcast #climatesky #washingtonDC
BIG BUCKS: The Jamestowner talks with Associated Press correspondent/producer Mike Hempen on National Press Club's 'Podcast-1'
The National Press Club's 25th Annual Photography Exhibit in Washington, D.C. features four photos stressing the harmful effects of rapid development on Jamestown's water supply and habitat. Submitted...
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December 8, 2024 at 1:56 AM
In Sept, photos shot in #JamestownNC illustrating the downside of #northcarolina’s irresponsible fasttrack permitting & DECADES of ignored manufacturing #contamination were on exhibit at the #NationalPressClub. An #AssociatedPress producer interviewed the resident. #podcast #climatesky #washingtonDC
Seaboard Chemical #dump and #HighPoint #landfill is a 100-acre #toxic site on #DeepRiver, 5 miles upstream from our #drinkingwater reservoir. The City of #HighPoint has spent millions trying to #phytoremediate the #vinylchloride, #1-4Dioxane & #VOCs out of it. They expect us to DRINK it. #hpmkt
NEW TO OUR SITE? Start here - with the abandoned chemical dump & landfill that sit on Deep River, our drinking water source
Remedial investigations conducted at the abandoned Seaboard Chemical Superfund site have documented the presence of chlorinated and non-chlorinated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in soils, landfill...
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December 8, 2024 at 1:47 AM
Seaboard Chemical #dump and #HighPoint #landfill is a 100-acre #toxic site on #DeepRiver, 5 miles upstream from our #drinkingwater reservoir. The City of #HighPoint has spent millions trying to #phytoremediate the #vinylchloride, #1-4Dioxane & #VOCs out of it. They expect us to DRINK it. #hpmkt
In April 2024, #jamestowNC residents uncovered 1990s meeting notes in which #Northcarolina #DEQ staffers stated that damming #DeepRiver (a hundred-yr-old #furniture, #chemical & #textile mfg #waste stream) to create a #drinkingwater reservoir for #Greensboro & #guilfordcounty was a #BADIDEA.
RANDLEMAN LAKE: In 1997, the NCDEQ said making contaminated Deep River /Randleman Lake a drinking water supply VIOLATED water quality standards
The creation of Randleman Lake in the 1990s faced strong opposition due to concerns about water quality. Documents reveal warnings from the NC Division of Water Quality regarding PHOSPHORUS levels and...
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December 8, 2024 at 1:36 AM
In April 2024, #jamestowNC residents uncovered 1990s meeting notes in which #Northcarolina #DEQ staffers stated that damming #DeepRiver (a hundred-yr-old #furniture, #chemical & #textile mfg #waste stream) to create a #drinkingwater reservoir for #Greensboro & #guilfordcounty was a #BADIDEA.
The #Southern Environmental Law Center filed a 65-page petition asking the #EPA to revoke #NorthCarolina’s authority to regulate its water pollution & discharge permits due to ongoing political interference by the NC state legislature. #climatesky #greensky #environment #waterquality #pfas #climate
‘DEQ is being blocked at every turn’ - SELC asks EPA to step in as NC Assembly disassembles our water protections
Last Wednesday, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a 65-page petition asking the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency to revoke North Carolina’s authority to regulate its water pollution and...
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December 8, 2024 at 1:26 AM
The #Southern Environmental Law Center filed a 65-page petition asking the #EPA to revoke #NorthCarolina’s authority to regulate its water pollution & discharge permits due to ongoing political interference by the NC state legislature. #climatesky #greensky #environment #waterquality #pfas #climate
Letters written by residents of #JamestownNC (pop 3,700) about the #contaminatedwaterways in #GuilfordCounty comprised MORE THAN HALF of the #publiccomments for #northcarolina’s proposed #303d #impaired #waterways list. After 2 years asking the state to test our #watersupply streams… NO RESPONSE.
IMPAIRED WATERWAYS: 17 Jamestowners, SELC, Trout Unlimited, NC Wildlife Federation, river keepers, ask NCDEQ to add streams to 2024 list
A couple hours ago, I stumbled upon a remarkable document in the North Carolina Public Records Archives. It's a serious collection of letters addressing the dire condition of the state's waterways, wi...
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December 8, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Letters written by residents of #JamestownNC (pop 3,700) about the #contaminatedwaterways in #GuilfordCounty comprised MORE THAN HALF of the #publiccomments for #northcarolina’s proposed #303d #impaired #waterways list. After 2 years asking the state to test our #watersupply streams… NO RESPONSE.
Upon learning that #NorthCarolina has the 3rd highest concentration of #1,4-dioxane in #drinkingwater in the nation, & that #GuilfordCounty has the highest concentrations in the state, #JamestownNC residents dove into the #publicrecords & compiled more than 22 YEARS of 1,4 Dioxane LOCAL test results
1,4 DIOXANE: We compiled 22 years and 1,000+ local test results into one spreadsheet
North Carolina ranks third in the nation for 1,4 Dioxane and PFAS water contamination. Guilford County is the worst in the state for 1,4 Dioxane. Deep River remains unmonitored for pollutants and unas...
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December 8, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Upon learning that #NorthCarolina has the 3rd highest concentration of #1,4-dioxane in #drinkingwater in the nation, & that #GuilfordCounty has the highest concentrations in the state, #JamestownNC residents dove into the #publicrecords & compiled more than 22 YEARS of 1,4 Dioxane LOCAL test results
The pro-big-business #northcarolina Chamber of Commerce & NC #Environmental Mgmt Commission are doing everything they can to STALL #PFAS #PFOA regulations here in the #tarheel state. Yet, we have some of the worst contamination in the #USA.
CLEAN CAPE FEAR UPDATE: Who is playing the fiddle while North Carolina burns?
The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission plays a crucial role in setting state-level PFAS water quality standards to protect public health. Recent power shifts and delays have hindered p...
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December 8, 2024 at 1:01 AM
The pro-big-business #northcarolina Chamber of Commerce & NC #Environmental Mgmt Commission are doing everything they can to STALL #PFAS #PFOA regulations here in the #tarheel state. Yet, we have some of the worst contamination in the #USA.