Tata can look back on shepherding through a new student assignment plan, developing a budget that avoided teacher layoffs, bringing relative calm to the board and moving Wake back toward full accreditation for its high schools.
Published: Feb. 8, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
At about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, 15 minutes after Mayor Harold Weinbrecht left the house, a man pushed in the door and set off a motion detector.
Published: Feb. 8, 2012 6:10 PM | Full story
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An Apex town council member convicted in January of driving while impaired is appealing the verdict with an unusual defense: An acid reflux problem, he claims, skewed the breath test he took when arrested.
Published: Feb. 7, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
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For the past three years, Michael Daniel Mendy's mother watched her son lose his cognitive abilities. This week, the 16-year-old from Cary lost his life after an unexplained degradation of his body.
Published: Feb. 7, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
From the front porch of her flat-roofed rancher, Susan Johnson recalled the people whose paths crisscrossed old Cary. There were the Holders, the Pleasants, the children who used to roam near the intersection of Harrison Avenue and Page Street.
Published: Feb. 7, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
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Mayor Keith Weatherly won his fifth term in November, but he also appears to have come out ahead of his fellow southwest Wake County mayors when it comes to fundraising, according to the most recent campaign finance reports.
Published: Feb. 7, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
Plans for Holly Springs' newest, biggest shopping center include 15 new traffic signals, several relatively rare intersection designs and thousands of feet of new lanes around a crucial junction on the N.C. 55 bypass.
Published: Feb. 8, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
For all the amenities the Triangle has to offer, there's one big-city attraction that remains conspicuously absent.
Published: Feb. 7, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
The virtual branch of Wake County Public Libraries is a very busy place. The digital collection went online in December 2010, and usage has been growing steadily ever since.
Published: Feb. 8, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
Wake County SmartStart is now accepting applications for 2012-2013 pre-kindergarten programs including Wake County Pre-K, Title I and Head Start. These programs are publicly funded and are designed to better prepare children for school.
Published: Feb. 5, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
In a soft but firm voice, Linda Lyons read her farewell speech before a crowd in the Morrisville Council Chambers last month.
Published: Feb. 4, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
Residents don't want more municipal buildings. What they want in Morrisville is better roads and parks, according to a recent survey.
Published: Feb. 4, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
A trio of business executives plans to open a business incubator in downtown Cary later this month.
Published: Feb. 4, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
Spreads of foot-tall flames consumed the suburban forest's underbrush, sending up clouds of sun-streaked smoke.
Published: Feb. 4, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
Calling herself a watchdog and a maverick, Wake County school board member Debra Goldman announced Wednesday she is running for state auditor.
Published: Feb. 5, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
If a hundred people come to Town Hall, odds are good they're mad about something.
Published: Feb. 4, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
Talk of new development has once again sparked concern about traffic and safety on western Cary roads.
Published: Jan. 31, 2012 7:45 PM | Full story
Tekelec shareholders last week approved the sale of the Morrisville technology company to a New York private equity firm along with generous compensation packages to company executives.
Published: Feb. 1, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
The town of Cary and Chatham County are just steps from a general agreement on the future of their shared border, but a late change to the plan has raised old questions about the relationship between the suburb and the rural county.
Published: Feb. 1, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
Residents, experts and the business community expressed support and concerns about a new stormwater ordinance and fee designed to meet state and federal requirements at a recent public hearing.
Published: Jan. 31, 2012 7:45 PM | Full story
At a two-day retreat town department heads had a message for the council: They can no longer do more with less.
Published: Feb. 1, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
Dragons came to town in their many forms Saturday, each one signaling the celebration of a new year of strength and good luck.
Published: Feb. 1, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
Representative Brad Miller, who has spent a decade in Congress working for consumer protections, said last week that he would not seek another term rather than run against his longtime political ally and friend.
Published: Feb. 1, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
Holly Springs will demolish one of the oldest homes on Bass Lake, a major town park, within a month. Town staff are considering building a nature center on the site of the 70-year-old home that belonged to Harry Cornell, the lake's late long-time owner.
Published: Jan. 31, 2012 7:45 PM | Full story
Independent-minded Wake County school board member Debra Goldman said Monday she's "nearing a final decision" on whether to run for higher office but didn't say which one.
Published: Jan. 29, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
Good governance and continued economic growth kept Cary on stable ground through another calendar year, Mayor Harold Weinbrecht said in his annual State of the Town speech.
Published: Jan. 29, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
Q&A: Staying busy and getting involved have never been problems for Catherine Woyee-Jones of Apex.
Published: Jan. 29, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
Type Michael Schlink's name in the search bar of Morrisville's website and more than 40 documents turn up, most from council meeting minutes in which Schlink has spoken out on everything from taxes to parks and downtown plans.
Published: Jan. 28, 2012 7:10 PM | Full story
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