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To mark the 85th birthday of Raleigh’s longest-running radio station, the Raleigh Public Record presents a two-part series on the history of WPTF. Part 2 looks at stories from the station’s long history and looks forward with owner Don Curtis.
Happy Birthday to WPTF 680 AM, Raleigh’s oldest and (almost) first radio station. Since signing on September 22, 1924 at a mere 50 watts, the station has changed its call letters, frequency, air personalities and programming, but its impact lives on. Learn how WPTF influenced Raleigh and was influenced in turn as we look back at the city’s oldest radio station.
Early voting for the Wake County School Board and the Raleigh City Council begins today.
Raleigh City Council approved a proposal to the state that could govern nutrient levels in Falls Lake. The plan includes regulations to control nitrogen and phosphorus in Falls Lake, which is considered an impaired water-body under the Clean Water Act. The Falls Lake Stakeholders, which includes Raleigh city government, developed the nutrient management plan to recommend to the state Environmental Management Commission next year as it develops environmental rules for the lake. If approved, the rules could go into effect in 2011. Inter-governmental cooperation is crucial, according to Upper Neuse Riverkeeper Alissa Bierma, since Falls Lake is in more that one city and more than one county.
Brier Creek residents prevailed Tuesday in their fight to halt construction of a Firestone Complete Auto Care on the outskirts of their North Raleigh neighborhood. The Raleigh City Council voted 6-1 against granting a development permit to Firestone for the 7,575 foot building, which would have been located on a 1.5 acre site at the intersection of T.W. Alexander and Sporting Club drives less than 400 feet from residential homes.
Managing growth and developing a better public transit system were topics that took center stage at a public forum for Raleigh City Council candidates, held Thursday night at Temple Beth Or by WakeUP Wake County and the Wake County League of Women Voters. About 75 voters turned out to pitch questions to the candidates from their district.
Maha Chambliss has chaired the Raleigh Planning Commission through the development of the city’s 2030 Comprehensive Plan. She has served on the planning commission for the last six years, but her time on the board will end in January. As the comprehensive plan development process came to an end late last month, Raleigh Public Record contributor Chrystal Bartlett sat down with Chambliss to talk about her time volunteering on one of city government’s most important commission. Photo by Andrew Mayo.
About 30 members of the Brier Creek community turned up at the Raleigh City Council’s Sept. 1 meeting to protest the proposed construction of a Firestone Auto on the outskirts of their neighborhood. “In summary, I feel we have a fundamentally flawed planning situation,” said David Haeussler, who spoke to council on behalf of the Brier Creek homeowners. Plans call for locating the 7,575 foot building on a 1.5 acre site at the intersection of T.W. Alexander and Sporting Club Drives, less than 400 feet from residential homes. Haeussler presented a host of concerns he said were shared by more than 200 Brier Creek residents, including the appearance of the structure and the loud noise and increased traffic it could bring to the planned community.
The Raleigh City Council unanimously adopted the 2030 Comprehensive Plan early Tuesday afternoon. The comprehensive plan will give the city a framework for growth for the next 20 years.
Raleigh citizens will cast votes for mayor and every city council member on October 6. Here’s a list of events to get to know the candidates.
