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Morrisville celebrates diversity with East Meets West festival

Two cultures will come together Saturday for the East Meets West food festival in Morrisville. Published: May. 14, 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 6:00 PM | Full story

80-year-old Holly Springs woman dedicated to giving blood

Lorraine O’Brien has attended nearly every quarterly blood drive at a local church for the past decade. 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

Apex students get an extra history lesson

Some fourth-graders at Olive Chapel Elementary School are willing to ignore the snooze button and get to school an hour early twice a month to learn about North Carolina history. Published: May. 14, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Fuquay-Varina dog-park plans move forward

Fuquay-Varina’s first dog park is expected to open by the end of June. It will be first free dog park in southwestern Wake County. 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 6:00 PM | Full story

Holly Springs plans for pre-recession rebound

Town planners expect construction in town to hit pre-recession levels in the coming year, according to a draft budget for the municipal government. Published: May. 14, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Crime Notes: May 15

Crime notes from Apex, Fuquay-Varina and Holly Springs. Published: May. 14, 2013 6:00 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 6:00 PM | Full story

Holly Springs mobile-home residents scramble to find new plan

When Joan and Soloane Brown bought a double-wide mobile home and set it up in the Brayton Park community in 1999, they planned to stay forever. Published: May. 11, 2013 6:00 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 6:00 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

Morrisville will host public hearing on elections

On Tuesday, voters will get another chance to tell the Morrisville Town Council whether they want to switch to an all at-large election system. 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 6:00 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

Finding new purpose, in the name of art

Saturday’s Peakfest celebration had plenty of vendors who sold eco-friendly goods – everything from kitchen towels to furniture to jewelry. 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

Fake crash bring real lessons to Apex teens

Nonprofit group VIP for VIP staged a mock car accident Thursday for Apex High School seniors as a way to get young adults to stop driving while distracted, wear seatbelts, avoid driving while under the influence and to stop speeding. Published: May. 7, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

This weekend, it’s turtle time in Holly Springs

The ninth annual Turtle Fest is taking over Bass Lake Park from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and the event will have no shortage of its namesake. 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

Morrisville wants to go green for the long haul

Morrisville is considering creating a comprehensive sustainability plan to help reduce the town’s carbon footprint and to preserve natural resources in the wake of its population growth. Published: May. 4, 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 6:00 PM | Full story

Apex cafe a throwback to simpler times

Apex man hopes to serve up a slice of neighborhood ambience with every cup of coffee. Published: May. 4, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Holly Springs: pro BMX capital?

If international star Daniel Dhers has his way, Holly Springs will become the East Coast’s hub for BMX professionals. Published: May. 4, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story


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