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Apex H.S. DECA students raise awareness about problems in Africa

Apex High School students are working with fellow students in China to raise awareness of famine and genocide in Africa. Published: Feb. 1, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story

Crime Notes

Cary Published: Jan. 25, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story

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Gov. Bev Perdue issued an executive order last week extending unemployment benefits for the state's long-term employed. Published: Jan. 18, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story

Birders out for count around Jordan Lake

Armed with binoculars, notebooks and dog-eared field guides, citizen scientists opened the New Year stomping through fields and hiking the beaches surrounding Jordan Lake searching for birds during the 112th Annual National Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count. Published: Jan. 17, 2012 7:30 PM | Full story

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The retail giant Costco Wholesale Corp. is interested in replacing southwest Cary's MacGregor Village shopping center with one of its warehouse-style stores. Published: Jan. 15, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story

Apex councilman to face charges today

Apex Councilman Scott Lassiter - who was charged with driving while impaired almost a year ago - could see a resolution to his case today. Published: Jan. 11, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story

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Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary is seeking members to serve on its 2012 advisory committee. Published: Jan. 11, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story

Crime Notes

Cary Published: Jan. 11, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story

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Two southwest Wake County Schools will benefit from Pepsi's Refresh Project grant program thanks to support from the community. Published: Jan. 8, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story

Apex's large Veridea project was timed for turnpike

When developer Tom Hendrickson unveiled plans for his ambitious real estate project Veridea in mid-2009, it seemed natural to wonder whether he'd been living in a cave. Published: Jan. 4, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story

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Former Cary Councilman Thomas "Tom" Griffis Sr, 87, died Tuesday. Published: Jan. 1, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story

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The Panther Creek High School band has been selected to compete for a $25,000 grant in the Pepsi Refresh Project. Published: Dec. 28, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story

Apex man named American Legion Commander of Year

Apex resident Mike Sayers, American Legion Post 124 District Post Commander, was awarded the N.C. State District Post Commander of the Year award. Published: Dec. 25, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story

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The Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve remains free of a lethal insect that threatened its namesake hemlock trees last year. Published: Dec. 25, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story

Apex employee known for reliability

Alarms go off, light bulbs burn out and toilets stop up. Published: Dec. 25, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story

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A Marine Reservist who grew up in Fuquay-Varina died during combat in Afghanistan Dec. 14. Published: Dec. 21, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story

Another stretch of Apex Peakway opens

Residents on the east side of town no longer have to wade through downtown traffic to get to the west side, thanks to a newly completed stretch of the Apex Peakway. Published: Dec. 17, 2011 8:00 PM | Full story

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Another section of the Apex Peakway - the road between Laura Duncan and Old Raleigh roads - has been completed. The town will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1:45 p.m. today near the intersection on Laura Duncan Road. Published: Dec. 14, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story

Council regroups after ugly campaign

While the makeup of the Apex Town Council will remain the same - all-male and predominately Republican - there will be some changes. Published: Dec. 14, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story

Literacy gets a boost from Apex group

Mission: Our mission is giving kids an appetite for reading. We work with students from kindergarten to fifth grade who are not reading at grade level and help them improve their reading and comprehension skills. Published: Dec. 6, 2011 7:00 PM | Full story

Tuneup gains singers accolades

At first, the Peak City Singers were just a group of seniors who liked to croon the oldies from their childhoods, performing at nursing homes and keeping things simple: no harmony, no music reading and certainly no dance moves. Published: Dec. 4, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story

FFA honoree

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

Comfort for sender, receiver of letters

Ive Jones is happy to have her dad at home this year. In 2008, Army intelligence officer Courtney Jones was in Afghanistan on a 10-month deployment. Published: Nov. 29, 2011 7:00 PM | Full story

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A UNC-Chapel Hill student wanted for bank robberies in Apex and Franklin County this month was booked into the Wake County jail Tuesday night. Published: Nov. 27, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story

Reedy Creek M.S. students learn about cash and credit

You are not what you drive," said Rep. Tom Murry, as he kicked off the Savvy Shopper class at Reedy Creek Middle School on Nov. 15. Published: Nov. 23, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story

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Donald S. Berger, Head of School at Cary Academy, is taking a job as Head of School at Cape Fear Academy in Wilmington. Published: Nov. 23, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story

Passionate volunteer honored twice

Brian Reid has had an especially busy year. After starting a new job at CAPTRUST Financial Advisors at the end of August, he went on to receive two major community volunteerism awards within the next two months. Published: Nov. 20, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story

Diverse efforts brought change

This year's Wake County school board races attracted more money, advertising and coverage than ever before. They also were swayed by such nontraditional forces as a small student advocacy group and Big Comedy. Published: Nov. 16, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story

Board gets OK to revisit funding

Wake County commissioners allowed the school board to make changes to how it plans to spend $130 million last week. Published: Nov. 16, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story

Her inspiring story helps heal patients

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. 13, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story


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