City Council
Council bans smoking in parks
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Raleigh city councilors voted Tuesday to limit smoking in parks. The council voted 6-2 to approve the ban, with John Odom and Thomas Crowder voting against.
News
Polinating giving in Raleigh
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You might see the ladies – and gents – of the Beehive Collective buzzing around Raleigh. The fairly young group, made up primarily of women, gave away $25,000 in grants to two Raleigh-based charities this year. Catholic Charities and the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle were the recipients of the 2010 grant, which was voted on by the 43-member hive.
City Council
The 2030 Comp Plan one year later
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Zoning requests granted and denied, text changes, updates to action items and emerging issues form the bulk of Raleigh’s first annual report on the 2020 Comprehensive Plan.
Featured
All-Stars celebration takes over downtown
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The NHL All-Stars game may have been out at the RBC Center, but this photo essay shows the action downtown.
Oak City Portraits
Legislature gets back to work
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A woman walks in the rain down the state government plaza towards the Legislative Building in downtown Raleigh.
News
Young Dems react to president’s speech
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More than 40 people showed up at the Player’s Retreat on Hillsborough Street Tuesday night for the Wake County Young Democrats’ annual State of the Union watch party.
City Council
Food trucks stall in committee, hot dog carts may close earlier
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The City of Raleigh wants to slowly “dip its toes in” when it comes to allowing food trucks downtown, starting with private property.
News
School board agrees to accreditation investigation
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The Wake County Board of Education did not put a unanimous stamp this morning on its decision to let AdvancEd, Wake’s high school accrediting authority, proceed with its investigation in February. But board members did vote 6-2 to cooperate with the investigation.
City Council
Raleigh’s big, invisible change
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There has been a massive change in the city of Raleigh in the past two years. It’s not something many residents have noticed. Since 2008, the city’s operations have undergone a huge shift — from using separate software and computer systems in each department to merging everything into an enterprise resource planning (ERP) program.
Oak City Portraits
Raleigh gets ready for the All Stars
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An evolving set of photos from downtown as Raleigh gets ready to host the NHL All-Stars game this weekend.
