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New greenway links Cary to Raleigh

With a final half-mile stretch and a footbridge recently completed, the Black Creek Greenway officially runs from Bond Park in western Cary to William B. Umstead State Park in western Raleigh. Published: May. 20, 2013 12:40 PM | Full story

Schools say summer reading is crucial

As traditional-calendar elementary students prepare for the outdoor fun of summer vacation, one local school hopes to block the brain drain brought on by the prolonged break. Published: May. 18, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Cary stretch of road project slated for 2014

I40REBUILS2NE051413CEL The I-40/440 rebuild project will cause traffic delays for Raleigh’s busiest expressway. NCDOT says it has taken steps to minimize the chaos. Published: May. 18, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Cary budget proposal calls for tax, fees hike

Even a recovering housing market won’t save Cary’s free lunch. The town’s draft budget ends a 20-year decline in tax rates, boosts development fees for the first time in a decade and dips into savings for a third consecutive year. Published: May. 18, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

News Briefs

News from western Wake County. Published: May. 18, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Cary will try to move polarizing clay sculpture

The verdict is in: The town will attempt a potentially damaging move of the polarizing clay sculpture near the Cary Arts Center. Published: May. 14, 2013 2:30 PM | Full story

Small fire evacuates Cary High School

A school resource officer reported smoke in a boys' locker room at 1:40 p.m., which also activated part of the school's sprinkler system. Published: May. 14, 2013 2:54 PM | Full story

Crime Notes – May 15

Crime notes from Cary. Published: May. 14, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Cary’s last billboard disappears

The last billboard in Cary came down this month after a years-long legal battle. Published: May. 14, 2013 2:30 PM | Full story

Cary woman creates ‘sugaree’ treats

Stacy Hill of Cary turned a creative, sweet hobby into her own business when she started Sugaree Chocolate Co. in 2011. Published: May. 14, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Cary vetoes project planned for state land near soccer park

The Boulevard, a mix of homes, offices and retail planned for Cary’s eastern edge, is dead in the water after a contentious 4-3 veto by the Cary Town Council on Thursday night. Published: May. 13, 2013 12:47 PM | Full story

Galaxy Cinema’s fall starts central Cary shift

The distinctive crest atop the former Galaxy Cinema yawned and creaked as the cranes tore at it from different angles, then finally fell on Tuesday afternoon. Published: May. 11, 2013 3:45 PM | Full story

Cary man sentenced in “pimp” investigation

The Cary Police Department had contended that Tony O’Brien Williams, 27, acted as a pimp and forced two women into “sexual servitude,” but Williams pleaded guilty to a single lesser charge of soliciting sexual servitude from an adult. Published: May. 11, 2013 3:45 PM | Full story

In Cary, Reedy Creek Middle School looks for dance funds

Students and parents are banding together to save the eighth-grade dance at Reedy Creek Middle School. With fewer donations coming in than usual, boosters are sounding the alarm and eighth-graders are rallying to make the event happen later this month. Published: May. 11, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Cary woman accused of strangling her husband to death

Police have charged a 61-year-old Cary woman with strangling her 77-year-old husband to death on Wednesday night. A recording of a 911 call from the couple’s home suggests Dottie Delaney Amtey confessed to the crime to family members. Published: May. 10, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Latino artists show off their work

There are about 32 Spanish-speaking countries in the world, and nine of them are represented at the fourth annual Apex Latino Arts Festival. Published: May. 9, 2013 3:49 PM | Full story

Summit on the Future sets conversation for Cary

At the town’s largest-ever public meeting, a keynote speaker suggested that Cary might want to change directions, while the town’s consultants portrayed a landscape shifting beneath the town. Published: May. 7, 2013 5:30 PM | Full story

Cary council weighs removal or demolition for “fire sculpture”

The town may move, demolish or decorate the baked clay sculpture that stands lonely in a field near the Cary Arts Center. Published: May. 7, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Cary Newcomers Club helps transplants feel at home

Cary has famously grown into a place where everyone seems to be from somewhere else. Throughout that massive growth, the Cary Newcomers Club has helped transplants find friends and fun in their new home. Published: May. 7, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Cary’s Back in the Day Cafe steps back in time

Memories might start flowing when you walk through the doors of Back In The Day Cafe. Published: May. 7, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Affordable housing faces federal cut

Cary predicts the federal sequester will shave 5 percent, or about $20,000, from its share of affordable-housing money, continuing a multi-year trend of diminishing or static funding levels. Published: May. 4, 2013 5:30 PM | Full story

Cary man who sculpted state’s fallen firefighters memorial dead at 77

Carl Regutti, who became an artist in his 40s, was best known locally for the N.C. Fallen Firefighters memorial in downtown Raleigh’s Nash Square. Published: May. 3, 2013 5:05 PM | Full story

Downtown development manager Ed Gawf to leave Cary staff

Old Cary will have a new czar soon: Ed Gawf, the downtown development manager, will leave his post at the end of May. Published: May. 2, 2013 10:01 AM | Full story

20th Spring Daze a big hit

Nice weather and more than 160 art vendors lured thousands of visitors to the annual Spring Daze Arts & Crafts Festival on Saturday. Published: Apr. 30, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Cary woman celebrates the outdoors

As a national leader for Outdoor Afro, Beky Branagan of Cary leads groups of African-American residents into nature. Published: Apr. 30, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Downtown shop caters to decorating needs

Soothing music and the sounds of a trickling fountain, along with the sweet, floral scent of French soaps, envelope the senses as you enter Elizabeth’s Home & Garden Shop in downtown Cary. Published: Apr. 30, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Skepticism, excitement ahead of landmark Cary summit

The town is preparing for what may be the local government’s largest public meeting ever. Part of the Imagine Cary planning effort, the Summit on the Future may draw as many as 1,000 people who live in or are interested in Cary. Published: Apr. 30, 2013 3:30 PM | Full story

Prototype tablets debut at East Cary Middle School

Nearly every Wake County school keeps iPads on site, but sixth-graders at East Cary Middle School have the district’s first personalized mini-computers. Published: Apr. 27, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Cary votes on next wave of downtown sculptures

The public will have a say in Cary’s next round of public art. Published: Apr. 27, 2013 4:15 PM | Full story

MetLife jobs in Cary to pay more

MetLife on Wednesday laid out the average salaries it will pay at its new hubs in Charlotte and Cary – and the average Charlotte salary will be about half that of the Cary hub. Published: Apr. 26, 2013 8:25 AM | Full story


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