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A Wake County Judge recently shut down weekly parties in a small North Raleigh subdivision. Court documents state the weekend parties included hundreds of people, security guards, a cover at the door and expensive drinks in the South Florida-style mansion.
Councilors heard from city employees Tuesday night at its budget hearing. They argued for better raises for employees in next year’s budget. People also spoke about the need for better upkeep of the Moore Square bus station, more public transit and continued support for social service organizations.
A lawsuit filed recently by the city reveals that a developer has failed to correct an erosion control issue on its property – leading to a total of more than $1.5 million in fines.
A free Wi-Fi network in place for large swaths of the city’s downtown was originally installed by a private contractor. When they went out of business, the city was forced to step in.
Signed in 1850, the first deed for the first parcel of what would become known as the Dix Property stipulated that it was sold “in trust for the use and benefit of the North Carolina State Hospital for the Insane the following patch or parcel of land” – but this does not appear to require the land to house a mental-health facility.
About 300 people gathered in front of the Wake County legislative delegation at the state capitol Monday to voice their concern over pending legislation that would impact the school board and plans for a park on the Dorothea Dix property.
A bill before the state legislature to nullify the lease between Raleigh and the state for the Dix property gets the history wrong. The bill implies a land trust requires the property be used for mental health, but such a trust was never established.
Two bills filed in the North Carolina General Assembly Thursday would undo an agreement between the state and the city to turn the Dorothea Dix Property into a destination park.
On March 3, as it does on first Sunday of every month, the Sacred Heart Cathedral Catholic Church in downtown Raleigh holds a traditional, Extraordinary Form Mass.
Raleigh is creating a new system to help emergency crews find and track any problems on greenways.
