If jazz pianist Lenore Raphael has her way, lots of toes will be tapping in the Triangle. The world-renowned Steinway artist hopes others will swing with her as she makes melodies dance from the keyboard.
Published: Feb. 1, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
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Staying busy and getting involved have never been problems for Catherine Woyee-Jones of Apex.
Published: Jan. 29, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
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When Maj. Samuel Griffith was killed by enemy gunfire in Afghanistan last month, he was taking the place of a fellow officer who had been shot at the day before.
Published: Jan. 24, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
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Srinivasa Vadlamudi can't wait to hear about Morrisville's plans for 20 acres of sports fields. Town officials, now planning a new park, are asking citizens what amenities they would like in the space.
Published: Jan. 22, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
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Sketches of a new downtown emerged this week - including plans for the tall, luminous sign that will mark a town-owned performing-arts space.
Published: Jan. 21, 2012 10:20 PM | Full story
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Q&A: After growing up in poverty in Harnett County, playwright Cornelia McDonald traversed a rocky path to self-acceptance. She traveled the world with her first play and came back to North Carolina weary but wiser.
Published: Jan. 8, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
A shelter should be the cornerstone of animal welfare in its community.
Published: Dec. 28, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story
If Molly the donkey feels obstinate, a miniature pony is waiting in the wings as understudy. But most other elements of the St. Francis United Methodist Church of Cary's Live Nativity tick along like clockwork, according to coordinator Lore Gottberg.
Published: Dec. 18, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story
Officer M.J. Macario has devoted much of his law enforcement career to keeping people out of jail.
Published: Dec. 14, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story
Q&A: While many may remember middle and high school as a time of not fitting in, Tavares Strachan's neon sculpture and its reaffirming statement, "I Belong Here," is starting its world tour at Cary Academy.
Published: Dec. 11, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story
Q&A: Cary resident Dr. George C. Naderman Jr. traveled to his home state of Indiana to receive the Honorary American FFA Degree at the National FFA Organization convention in October.
Published: Dec. 4, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story
Spencer Sherwood marches to the beat of his own drum, you could say.
Published: Nov. 30, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story
Keith Bliss was not an experienced gardener when the idea for a community garden in the heart of historic Cary came to him and his wife last year.
Published: Nov. 22, 2011 9:45 PM | Full story
Apex nurse cares for others after cancer, near-death experience. She has been a wound, ostomy and continence nurse at WakeMed Cary Hospital since 2008.
Published: Nov. 12, 2011 8:50 PM | Full story
Margaret Segal of Cary, in striped sleeves, sings and waves a U.S. flag beside her husband, Matt Segal, a retired U.S. Army colonel, in dark cap, as the Cary Town Band plays a medley of military music at a town-sponsored luncheon for veterans Friday.
Published: Nov. 9, 2011 2:03 PM | Full story
Parent Pathways: Nisha Bhandaru, 14, a sophomore at Panther Creek High School is just like any other teenager. But unlike most other teens, Bhandaru must be vigilant about what she eats. She's not watching her weight, she's just trying not to get sick.
Published: Oct. 26, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story
Send us details of haunted houses, corn mazes, pumpkin carving events, hayrides or scary stories.
Published: Oct. 18, 2011 7:21 PM | Full story
More than 1,000 people participated in the Alzheimers North Carolina's 19th annual Alzheimer's Walk at the Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park.
Published: Oct. 5, 2011 9:44 PM | Full story
Education Matters: Once, children played pickup games of baseball and basketball on neighborhood streets or country fields. Now video games, less time for recess and dwindling funds for physical education make it more difficult for kids to get the activity they need.
Published: Sep. 27, 2011 4:45 PM | Full story
Education Matters: Eighth-grade language arts teacher Ryan Miller believes his lesson about bullying is the most important hour he spends with students all year. .
Published: Sep. 20, 2011 6:00 PM | Full story
Q&A: Apex writer Heather McCollum has written six novels and published four, but her writing has taken a detour in the face of an unexpected obstacle: ovarian cancer.
Published: Sep. 18, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story
Education Matters: Jo Sharples was not a gardener two years ago. Her third-grader and kindergartner didn't even like vegetables very much. But she saw a glimmer of opportunity when a health teacher at her children's school gave an interesting presentation about nutrition.
Published: Sep. 13, 2011 5:15 PM | Full story
Q&A: Jennifer Varner of Cary has been through it all: spouse of a cancer patient, cancer patient and survivor.
Published: Sep. 11, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story
The Fuquay-Varina Garden Tour will take place Saturday and Sunday. The tour, sponsored by the Fuquay-Varina Garden Club, consists of seven traditional Southern gardens with contemporary accents, such as a brick pizza oven, hot tub and water features.
Published: Sep. 7, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story
The Western Wake Farmers Market will hold a Pig Pickin' Palooza from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at 1225 Morrisville Carpenter Road. There will be live music, food, entertainment for children, a silent auction and raffle prizes.
Published: Sep. 4, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story
Education Matters: Incoming St. Michael School Principal John Yelenic knew exactly what he was taking on: a $4 million building campaign put on hold at the end of 2010, a school almost at capacity and disappointed parents ready to see results.
Published: Aug. 30, 2011 6:04 PM | Full story
Education Matters: At age 14, a birthday party is typically a paintball bash or a pool party with friends. And the gifts normally come with a computer chip.
Published: Aug. 16, 2011 5:13 PM | Full story
Q&A: Even Jupiter-bound probes get involved in social media these days.
Published: Aug. 14, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story
Education Matters: After 13 years of living in America, Shuyun Mu still remembers what it was like to move here from China and try to understand conversational English.
Published: Aug. 10, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story
The Food Factory was packed with customers Friday - many who came for a goodbye to pastrami sandwiches and the downtown Cary establishment.
Published: Aug. 3, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story
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