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Chatham County kicks Triangle butt in Census returns

Samiha Khanna — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:55:00 -0400

Whether it be over college ba sketball, or vying for Google Fiber, there are some folks in the Triangle who just LOVE turning everything into a competition. That said, residents in Chatham County is leaving the rest of the Triangle in the dust when it comes to returning its U.S. Census forms.…

HK on J rally in Raleigh: Postponed to Saturday, Feb. 27

Bob Geary — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:33:09 -0500

Democracy NC and N.C. Justice Center tell us so. It was going to be tomorrow (Saturday).…

Chatham County school board appoints replacement

Rebekah L. Cowell — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:43:06 -0500

The Chatham County school board appointed Gary Leonard, a retired English teacher, to represent District 4. Leonard replaces Gerald Totten, who died in December.…

First Chapel Hill, now Chatham County businesses burglarized

Rebekah L. Cowell — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:48:06 -0500

A dog wash, a beauty shop and a florist are among several northern Chatham County businesses that have been burglarized in the last month, and the method—busting through a window or glass door—is similar to recent break-ins at Chapel Hill stores.

Since early December, several burglaries have occurred at businesses in Cole Park Plaza, Chatham Crossing and Chatham Downs. Max's Dog Wash and Snack Shack, was burglarized Dec. 16, and again Jan. 3.…

County denies Haw River Assembly petition; Commissioners to vote Monday

Samiha Khanna — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:43:20 -0400

A nonprofit group’s attempt to hinder a controversial rezoning case near Jordan Lake fell flat Friday, as Durham officials denied the validity of a petition filed by the organization. The petitioner, the Haw River Assembly, did not include signatures of enough landowners around the area to be rezoned, said Durham City-County Planning Director Steve Medlin.…

NAACP Responds to Chapel Hill Police Charles Brown Report, Which Found No Wrongdoing

Joe Schwartz — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:12:04 -0400

The local NAACP chapter has issued a response to an internal investigation by the Chapel Hill Police Department, which found officers had acting appropriately in detaining a black Chapel Hill barber because he looked similar to a suspect.

A statement from the chapter called the investigation " a strong argument for the immediate establishment of a Citizen Review Board."…

Chapel Hill Leaders Clear Officers in Charles Brown Complaint

Joe Schwartz — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:53:38 -0400

Chapel Hill officials found no wrongdoing after investigating a complaint by Charles Brown, the black barber who was confused for another suspect and held by police.

After hearing a closed session report at last night's meeting, the Chapel Hill Town Council released a memorandum today saying that all officers involved should be exonerated.…

Chapel Hill Mayoral Hopeful Kevin Wolff Threatens Legal Action Against Media

Joe Schwartz — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:47:54 -0400

Kevin Wolff has issued a press release claiming he was misquoted in this Monday's N&O and threatening legal action if other reporters "alter any of these facts."

Wolff was responding to this article in which Anne Bleyman, identified as a Mark Kleinschmidt supporter, says she received a push poll phone call from Wolff's campaign that asked if she'd vote for Wolff if she knew he was the only "moral" candidate.

Wolff's campaign manager, Steve Hill, said the word was "mayoral." Hill refused to release the text of the poll to the N&O.

Today's release states that "An article appeared in The News & Observer on Monday, September 21, that implied that Kevin Wolff stated “...…

The 8th terrorist? Or FBI poppycock? The Guardian (UK) adds to the mystery.

Bob Geary — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:38:45 -0400

The case against Daniel Boyd and the other Wake County Muslims indicted on terrorism charges by a federal grand jury in Raleigh may turn on what the eighth defendant, who's still at large, has been up to in Pakistan. There's some new reporting on that angle in an excellent overview of the case published last week by the the Guardian, a leading newspaper in Great Britain.…

No Arrests in Carrboro on Wednesday

Joe Schwartz — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:58:51 -0400

All's quiet on the Carrboro front. Officers in the Paris of the Piedmont filed 12 incident reports and responded to two traffic accidents Wednesday.…

Obamacare: He's on call ... well, his peeps are (in Durham, July 7)

Bob Geary — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:35:36 -0400

President Obama's "Organizing for America" operation is on the ground in NC, with forums on health care reform scheduled for Durham, Raleigh and Chapel Hill over the next couple of weeeks.

The Durham event is Tuesday, July 7 at St. Joseph's AME Church.…

The next telecom battles at the legislature

Fiona Morgan — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:55:10 -0400

Dogged grassroots activism, organized by the City of Wilson's blogging public affairs manager Brian Bowman, Greensboro politico Jay Ovittore at StoptheCap.com, and a network of interested geeks on Twitter (#stopthecap), beat back the anti-muni broadband bill into study committees in both the state House and Senate this week.

But other broadband-related issues are still under consideration at the General Assembly, and for now, they're flying under the radar -- despite backing by the same telecom industry-friendly groups.…

Public hearing on state budget set for Tuesday

Lisa Sorg — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:47:50 -0400

If you have something to say about the way the state spends its money—or your money, actually—then here’s your chance to comment.

A public hearing on the state budget is scheduled for Tuesday, April 28, from 6-9 p.m. at the N.C. Museum of History, 5 E. Edenton St., in Raleigh.…

Maria Gunnoe, mountaintop removal activist, wins Goldman Environmental Prize

Matt Saldaña — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:40:27 -0400

Boone County, W.V. resident Maria Gunnoe is one of the six recipients of this year's Goldman Environmental Prize, which awards grassroots activists $150,000 to "pursue their vision of a renewed and protected environment." For the past five years--despite threats and intimidation to her family--Gunnoe has fought coal mining companies who employ the environmentally destructive practice known as "mountaintop removal" in her native Appalachia.…

Sen. Vernon Malone has died

Lisa Sorg — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:30:09 -0400

State Sen. Vernon Malone, D-Wake, died today at age 78 of an apparent heart attack at his home, the Indy has learned. The four-term senator represented District 14, including Southeast Raleigh.…

NC WARN: Utilities' nuke plant plans will explode electric bills

Bob Geary — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:49:19 -0400

A new report from NC WARN, co-authored by Duke University economist John Blackburn and environmental attorney John Runkle, says Duke Energy and Progress Energy would save electric ratepayers a bundle by getting serious about energy-efficiency programs and renewable energy (wind, solar, biomass and cogeneration) while cancelling four nuclear reactors they have on the drawing boards.

Duke Energy should also cancel its planned Cliffside project near Charlotte, a coal-fired plant, the report says.…

Starwatcher alert: 'Main Street' to film at a dozen Durham sites

Lisa Sorg — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:20:25 -0400

A dozen locations around Durham, including the Dog House restaurant, have been staked out for the production of Main Street, a film starring Orlando Bloom, Andrew McCarthy, Ellen Burstyn, Patricia Clarkson and Colin Firth, according to the Durham News Service.

Check out the Triangle's arts blog, Artery, for a map of the locations and a shooting schedule.…

Dr. John Hope Franklin, 94: An emeritus life ends

Bob Geary — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:43:32 -0400

Dr. John Hope Franklin, the revered Duke professor emeritus and American man of letters, died this morning. He was 94.…

Iraqi visitors to Raleigh wonder: Who runs your government, again?

Bob Geary — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:40:57 -0400

For an hour yesterday, Raleigh City Councilors Russ Stephenson (center, in the blue shirt) and Nancy McFarlane attempted to explain our uniquely American system of democracy to nine visiting Iraqi mayors, clerics and researchers from Anbar Province. (Anbar: heart of the Sunni triangle.…

Armed and shovel-ready in Raleigh

Bob Geary — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:03:09 -0400

Finally, some stimulus money for the Cap City. For transit?…

Right wing rhetoric on sex education

Fiona Morgan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:44:11 -0400

Right wingers in the state legislature are grandstanding over a bill that would offer comprehensive sex education to students across the state. Under the bill, every school district would offer parents a choice between the old abstinence-only track and a track that emphasizes abstinence but also teaches medical facts about preventing pregnancy and STDs.…

Labor still short a vote or two in the Senate on EFCA?

Bob Geary — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:35:24 -0400

The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), the subject of our cover story this week, passed the U.S. House in 2007 but died in the Senate, where the filibuster rules say you need 60 votes out of 100, not just 51, to pass most legislation. What are its chances in the current session?…

Indy's Maximov fares well at American Crossword Puzzle Tournament

Lisa Sorg — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:39:26 -0500

Indy contributing writer Mark Maximov squeaked into the top 10 percent of finishers at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, placing 64th in a field of 684.

When compared to other players in his skill level—Division B—he placed 35th.…

Ways and Means and ... broadband connectivity

Fiona Morgan — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:04:16 -0500

Speaker of the N.C. House Joe Hackney has decided the House's standing Ways & Means committee should become the Ways & Means/Broadband Connectivity committee.

That may seem more than a bit random.…

SAS founder to Obama: Use my software

Fiona Morgan — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:13:55 -0500

Jim Goodnight tells BusinessWeek that one way to reform the U.S. education system would be to use the SAS Curriculum Pathways software his company created and recently began offering for free to all American schools. "We have the most complete set of curricula available," he told the magazine, "so let’s not reinvent the wheel."

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