The next local real-estate goldmine could be on U.S. 1, and Apex and Holly Springs officials are trying to divide the spoils. Both municipalities see the site as a business center.
Published: May. 22, 2012 6:00 PM | Full story
The state’s natural gas reserves are much closer to groundwater than in other states, and the rock in between is not watertight and could allow potent chemicals to contaminate drinking water supplies.
Published: May. 22, 2012 6:00 PM | Full story
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More than 1,800 people have signed an online petition asking to save a Morrisville woman, a single-mother, from being deported to Mexico.
Published: May. 22, 2012 6:00 PM | Full story
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Memorial Day is Monday, May 28; these local events will honor the day.
Published: May. 22, 2012 6:00 PM | Full story
More than 1,500 young soccer players swarmed Capital Area Soccer League’s fields Saturday and Sunday for a tournament showcasing talent from across Wake County. The CASL Cup Tournament featured 120 teams with players ranging in age from under-7 to 18 in the league’s recreational club. “This tournament is a bit more festive than some of the other tournaments,” said Bill Hanckel, tournament director.
Published: May. 22, 2012 10:47 AM | Full story
Hava Collins used her knack for talking about arthritis in her role as the Triangle Arthritis Walk’s 2012 Youth Honoree.
Published: May. 21, 2012 6:15 PM | Full story
Cary native Ahmad Saad and two friends, Sasha Seymore and Dylan Simel plan to dribble from Asheville to Morehead City. By the time they reached Cary, the University of North Carolina students had traversed 270 miles and raised $4,500 for Middle East peace charities.
Published: May. 19, 2012 6:00 AM | Full story
Elected officials added a 6 percent tax increase to the town’s new budget at a meeting Tuesday. The new financial plan, revealed that evening, predicts accelerated growth for the town’s income and spending in fiscal 2013.
Published: May. 22, 2012 11:24 AM | Full story
The Apex Town Council supports the N.C. League of Municipalities’ stance to protect local government’s authority to oversee planning, zoning and permitting.
Published: May. 19, 2012 6:00 PM | Full story
The N.C. Department of Transportation is hosting a workshop Monday to share information about a $1.2 million road widening project for Morrisville Carpenter Road.
Published: May. 19, 2012 6:00 PM | Full story
In December 2010, the Power Chicks decided to form their own hunger relief organization, PORCH-Western Wake. They held their first “sort” of non-perishable food in March 2011. Since then, they have collected over six tons of food for Western Wake Crisis Ministry and the USO.
Published: May. 19, 2012 6:00 PM | Full story
Gabriel DeCaro of Apex has never traveled out of the country before, but he’s not nervous about stepping out of a plane in Mexico this summer. After all, he speaks the language.
Published: May. 19, 2012 6:00 PM | Full story
Cary Christian School’s seniors shared a bittersweet graduation ceremony Thursday. Many of the 50 members of the class of 2012 had shared classrooms since grade school.
Published: May. 18, 2012 5:20 PM | Full story
About 1,700 Apex High School students get the free Roo Cups as a reward for showing up to school, getting to class on time and for behaving well for two weeks.
Published: May. 19, 2012 6:00 PM | Full story
Fans made fast-food pilgrimages to Circus Family Restaurant Thursday and Friday, the Cary icon’s last two days of business. “We’ve had a lot of goodbyes,” said Elizabeth Staton, better known as Mama Liz, the woman who has worked the Electro Freeze milkshake machines since 1975.
Published: May. 18, 2012 11:53 AM | Full story
Henry Frazier III was arrested in Morrisville and charged with assault on a female, according to arrest warrants.
Published: May. 18, 2012 5:45 PM | Full story
Tony Tata says increases in Wake County home sales for the first quarter disprove the idea that the choice-based school plan is scaring buyers away.
Published: May. 15, 2012 3:56 PM | Full story
Police recovered a knife and scissors from stabbing suspect’s home.
Published: May. 15, 2012 5:45 PM | Full story
A majority of Morrisville residents and property owners support spending $20 million or more on recreation and road bonds, according to a recent survey.
Published: May. 16, 2012 6:36 PM | Full story
A million-dollar upgrade will keep sewage odors at bay in north Cary. The North Cary Water Reclamation Facility is one of the town’s largest wastewater facilities and, according to a neighbor, crinkles the occasional nose.
Published: May. 15, 2012 5:45 PM | Full story
Don’t be surprised if a tree crops up next door and your cell service is suddenly perfect: A new town ordinance clears the way for disguised cellular towers in residential neighborhoods.
Published: May. 15, 2012 6:00 PM | Full story
On-site employee customized training is one of many services Wake Technical Community College offers to new and existing businesses. The school’s ability to adapt to the workforce needs of industries has proven to a be a boon in state recruiting efforts. And, now Fuquay-Varina is tapping into that resource for its own economic development needs.
Published: May. 15, 2012 6:00 PM | Full story
Two regional hospitals have suspended negotiations about a proposed medical facility in Holly Springs.
Published: May. 14, 2012 2:17 PM | Full story
At least 20 people were victims of the same overenthusiastic Cary traffic cameras, but it took a year for anything to change. Now, two council members said Cary could make significant changes to its automated red-light ticketing program.
Published: May. 12, 2012 6:00 PM | Full story
A joint board of Chatham County and Cary officials signed off this week on the plan that will govern development of about 9,000 rural acres west of Cary.
Published: May. 12, 2012 6:00 PM | Full story
Business software giant SAS and the state’s largest health insurer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, are teaming up to harness the power of “big data” to develop more personalized care for patients.
Published: May. 11, 2012 4:18 PM | Full story
During the annual Wake County Preservation Celebration May 6, historic plaques were awarded to the Williamson Page in Morrisville; Seagroves Farm and the Zeb and Lorena Atkinson House in Fuquay-Varina.
Published: May. 12, 2012 6:00 PM | Full story
Susie Fougerousse of Cary was having a blast decorating her children’s rooms and realized that she wanted to help others find specialty items. Rosenberry Rooms, her business specializing in high-end children’s furniture, décor, gifts and gear, was born.
Published: May. 12, 2012 6:00 PM | Full story
A fire in an electrical box on Walden Brook Court took out power to homes this morning and shut down traffic lights along a stretch of Southwest Cary Parkway.
Published: May. 12, 2012 10:12 PM | Full story
The town manager expects a slow economy will keep Cary in stasis for another year, with money available only for a handful of new hires and top-priority projects, he said on Friday.
Published: May. 11, 2012 12:56 PM | Full story
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