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Letters to the Editor: Other Side of Wake BOE

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Our recent story on the coverage of the Nancy Cooper Murder Trial provoked a lot of commentary. Here's a note we received via email from Donna in West Park.…

Survey: $10,000 Tax Credit for New Home Construction

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The New Home Purchase Stimulus would grant a $10,000 tax rebate to purchasers of new home construction (permitted after July 1, 2011). Good or bad? Answer our survey and tell us what you think.…

Arnie: A Bird Who Touched Human Hearts

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Many many people visited Arnie. But I was among the few he would let pet him, a right I had precariously earned. Some of the staff had called me his girlfriend, because he would liven up when he saw me, even when he had been in a bad mood. …

Vox Populi: Confessions of an Aldi Shopper

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As a weekly shopper of the previously forbidden "Aldi", I left this store chuckling last week about how busy it was.…

Vox Populi: Don Frantz on Rail in Cary

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The Triangle Transit Authority’s plans for regional and light rail, along with increased bus service have merit, and further planning for additional transit options so that our region is well positioned to handle the expected growth over the next 10-20 years makes sense. NCDOT Rail’s current plans for high speed…

Now THIS is Vox Populi!

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With all the complaints about people not getting to play in what happens around them, government-wise, I love the idea that our Town Government is asking our opinion. It was really one of the main planks of Mayor Harold Weinbrecht winning platform in 2007. And it is…

Bowden on Fox News – Suing TOC with ACLU

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In August, Hal Goodtree reported on David Bowden’s complaint against the Town of Cary. Here’s the video from his Fox News interview this month.…

Vox Populi: Walker Street Extension

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Vox Populi – Latin for voice of the people.  In this installment, Liz Adams explains the Walker Street Extension in downtown Cary. The plan calls for the extension of Walker Street 1,200 feet from its current end at Cedar Street northwards to Chapel Hill Road. The project includes an underpass…

Cary Responds to Report on Pedestrian Safety

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In response to our story on pedestrian safety in Cary, Town Councilman Don Frantz (District B) sent us a fact sheet from the Town of Cary staff. Here are Don’s comments ~ After reading the story posted on CaryCitizen about Raleigh/Cary’s ranking in TFA‘s pedestrian safety study I was very concerned and…

Vox Populi: Getting Trashy

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Vox Populi, voice of the people in Latin. Guest contributor Winston Hooker, Sr. sees litter as more than a public nuisance and makes the case for what can be done.…