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The state 303d list, due biennially to EPA, lists many rivers in the Raleigh area. See if your local stream is on it. In a separate program, every stream in Raleigh has water quality problems.
Members of the Budget and Economic Development Committee Tuesday denied a lease with Exploris Charter School because of groundwater contamination on the property.
The Crabtree Jones House was moved this month to make way for development on the old property. Little is known about the construction of the building itself, but a Southern narrative rooted in the land and the home weaves its way through the letters and papers of the Jones family.
A fourth public information session about Union Station will take place Thursday.
The Raleigh Historic Development Commission (RHDC) is seeking new members.
City Council members are looking at ways to streamline the presentation of its agenda documents, which may include new methods for electronic distribution.
Councilors will start meeting twice a month for informal work sessions before their regular Tuesday afternoon meetings.
Councilors Tuesday increased the amount of money awarded to tipsters who provide information or evidence of illegal dumping in the city’s sanitary sewers. Councilors also approved a new downtown hotel and some spring road races. They delayed a vote on a possible ban of dogs in some park facilities.
A controversial house in Oakwood could be torn down after the Board of Adjustment overturned a decision by the Raleigh Historic District Commission.
