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Raleigh residents get the go-ahead to water their lawns any day of the week after the City Council Tuesday lifted a four-year restriction. In other council business, Creedmoor Road will receive new sidewalks and the UDO will go before committee.
Raleigh City Councilors approved moving forward Tuesday with plans to add sharrows to Oberlin Road, but will wait for public input before considering bike lanes for some sections.
City Councilors Tuesday agreed to allow St. Augustine’s College to host two nonprofit events, but want more communication between the school and the community.
Wake Elections Director Cherie Poucher talks about the ballot counting process ahead of the primary election May 8.
The Record’s fracking blog: This next section of the impact study addresses the potential economic impacts that hydraulic fracturing and the introduction of the natural gas industry would have in North Carolina. Scratch that. COULD have.
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Cooper’s will soon see new life in a new location following the Planning Commission’s approval Tuesday of a site plan for a six-story retail and residential building. The commission also approved a new parking lot for Rex Hospital.
A community group is campaigning for a study that would look at the feasibility of an intersection at Peace Street and Capital Boulevard instead of a bridge.
Veda Renfrow, a subcontractor for Wake County, said she was fired, presumably for being a lesbian. County officials say she acted unprofessionally after the County Commission voted to support Amendment One.
On Tuesday, Raleigh city council discussed whether the school system’s plans for growth and school capacity align with the city’s plans for higher density. Some councilors stressed the need for Wake to find capacity and emphasized the crucial relationship between city and schools.
