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Councilors Tuesday approved a consultant for the transit station master planning process and a public hearing for a south Raleigh resurfacing project. In other news, Raleigh roosters are off the chopping block.
Raleigh’s financials continue to look good as the economy recovers, but increasing service demands are adding pressure.
County Commissioners approved changes this week to the business incentive grant to accommodate MetLife, which the company says will bring in jobs with hefty salaries.
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.
Representatives with Capital Area Friends of Transit said they will not continue to push to place a half-cent sales tax referendum on the fall 2013 ballot.
Six bards will be spinning yarns during the Raleigh Public Record’s second annual “Oak City Bard Brawl” competition emceed by WUNC’s Frank Stasio.
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.
We sat down recently with Mayor Nancy McFarlane to find out how she feels about her first year in the mayor’s office.
City Councilors Tuesday asked staff members to provide a report focusing on the employee grievance procedure, which includes the attendance policy for the Civil Service Commission. The Council also heard a report about the city’s BigBelly trash and recycling cans.
A new bill in the General Assembly could strip many municipalities of the power to regulate single-family neighborhoods. UPDATE: The bill passed the House on Wednesday.
