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The Wake County School Board will assume new leadership Dec. 6, but one seat is still undecided. We take a look at the Nov. 8 runoff candidates and the implications for student assignment.
St. Augustine debuted a new football field this weekend, playing the first football game on campus in 144 years.
One of our Twitter followers asked this week: Must Occupy Raleigh protesters sit or stand? We heard reports of mixed messages at the State Capitol, so we checked with Raleigh Police for the answer.
Occupy Raleigh, a part of the larger national Occupy movement, held its first rally on Saturday at the State Capitol. They remain camped out on the sidewalk near the Old Capitol building. The Record takes a look at where the group stands a few days out from its initial rally and where it plans to go.
Plans for a $400 million, four-story mixed-use development downtown are slowly moving forward, but on a much smaller scale. The first phase of The Edison could now be a six-story residential building.
A city commission this week endorsed the continued testing of temporary bike lanes on Hillsborough Street, but the decision ultimately rests with the state Department of Transportation.
Board members approved a new assignment plan for Wake County schools Tuesday. But with board control still up in the air, it’s unclear if the full plan will stick.
Residents can once again leave grease for city pickup starting Nov. 1. The city also renewed contracts for parking and a customer call center at its meeting Tuesday.
Nineteen Occupy Raleigh participants were charged with second degree trespassing Saturday night at the State Capitol grounds after an earlier rally event.
Kevin Hill needed just 49 of the total votes in Tuesday’s election to win the District 3 school board seat. More than 100 absentee ballots are sitting in the Wake County Board of Elections office, but statistically, it’s unlikely they will give Hill the votes he needs to avoid a run-off with Heather Losurdo.
