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A Chapel Hill Venture Capitalist is Betting the Farm on Muscadine Grapes, Katahdin Sheep, and 100,000 Red Wiggler Worms
For nearly 60 years, visitors to Orange County’s Dairyland Road admired the hilltop dairy farm that gave the road its name. Maple View Farm was an iconic feature of the landscape, its adjoining ice cream store a must-see, must-taste attraction. Dairyland’s rolling hills and long vistas make it a popular bicycling route in midland North Carolina.
HEART, Durham’s Non-Police Crisis Response Program, is No Longer Two Sizes Too Small
It’s a brisk November afternoon and an ocean blue Chrysler Town and Country minivan, lovingly dubbed the “Pacificare,” prowls across Durham. Inside the Pacificare is a loaded box of snacks (veggie straws, Pirate’s Booty cheese puffs, Bumble Bee “chicken on the run” cracker snacks), a police dispatch radio, ample Narcan, and four city workers wearing soft gray fleeces stitched with the words “Compassionate Care Response” on the back.
Durham County’s First Food Security Coordinator Has Big Plans
Mary Oxendine, Durham County’s first food security coordinator, arrived at the Hawk’s Nest Healing Gardens on the penultimate day of August. Pines, pecan trees, and willow oaks shrouded the gardens, casting a dappled light on Oxendine as she walked down the driveway. There she met Phoebe Gooding, who...
Alex Bingham Is Not Afraid of Crying At the Party
Alex Bingham has endured a lot these last few years. But, as the Hillsborough-based musician is quick to point out, haven’t we all?. In 2022, Bingham lost three people close to him: a beloved aunt, a college roommate, and a childhood friend. Two succumbed to cancer—Angie, quickly, and John, more slowly—while, wedged in between those two deaths, Will died by suicide.
Op-Ed: I’ll Be Packing Amazon Orders This Holiday Season. Let’s Hope Local Workers Can Beat the Odds and Form a Union.
Holiday season nears, dear INDY reader, and I wonder what you’ll be ordering from Amazon—a roasting pan, scented candles, or perhaps a “Bah, humbug” coffee mug?. I’ll be packing those orders, scrambling to box the expected 180 packages an hour. More than 6,000 of us labor away in a giant windowless warehouse near Raleigh off I-40.
Voices: How JAC, Owner of Durham’s Wonderpuff, Transcended Capitalism With Color to Prioritize Self-Care
“And I’m not gonna sugarcoat it! Even if I am Durham’s cotton candy girl.”. Those are JAC’s (she/they) parting words as they leave me, stepping bravely into the next steps of life after closing Wonderpuff, the cotton candy business they founded in Durham six years ago. This...
Backtalk: ‘Keep the Carrboro woods wild’
Back in October, for the web, we published a story by INDY contributor Cy Neff with a report-out from Carrboro’s town council meeting in which town officials voted to approve a creekside greenway alignment for Bolin Forest following more than a decade of inaction. Reader TONI HARTLEY had some thoughts about the story and even more about the town’s decision.
Raleigh Band Truth Club Conjures Noisy, Mesmerizing Alt-Rock Magic
“It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.”. In early October, that ominous Bible verse first began appearing around Trinity Park on flyers that also pleaded for Durham neighbors to “stop smoking cigarettes and blasting sacrilegious ‘Truth Club’ music.”
Humble Pie Helped Launch the Careers of Legendary North Carolina Chefs
A perfect plate of crispy Brussels sprouts was served for the last time on September 30, when renowned Raleigh restaurant Humble Pie closed its doors. After 33 years, the restaurant dished out its final dinner to a packed bar, dining room, and sparkling outdoor patio, a spot that has long been the favorite of many Raleigh locals. Ownership tells the INDY that it was simply time to “step away” and retire from the restaurant business.
Five Takeaways from Chapel Hill’s Municipal Election
Last Tuesday, Chapel Hill voters picked Chapel Hill Town Council member Jess Anderson for mayor by a nearly 60-40 margin. Anderson, who ran on a campaign slogan of “moving Chapel Hill forward,” beat her council colleague Adam Searing in nearly every precinct in town. Chapel Hill voters also elected three Anderson allies: Melissa McCullough, Theodore Nollert, and incumbent Amy Ryan, to the council. Searing’s slate won only one seat, with Renuka Soll and Elizabeth Sharp in a race that may come down to provisional and outstanding mailed ballots.
Neighbors Question Durham School of the Arts Move
This story originally published online at the 9th Street Journal. As the Durham Board of Education moves forward with plans to build a new Durham School of the Arts in northern Durham, some community members are pushing back. Design for the new DSA is underway, with the final design for...
Gabriel Bump Takes the Long, Grief-Ridden Road to Utopia
Gabriel Bump’s arrival in North Carolina could easily have been the opening scene of a novel. Driving from Buffalo to Durham in the middle of winter, Bump passed through an intense snowstorm in New York and Pennsylvania. “There was this horrible blizzard and the further South I got, the...
Durham Cemeteries Embrace ‘Green Burial’
This story originally published online at the 9th Street Journal. Beechwood Cemetery is quiet on a recent Friday. With its weathered-gray headstones and bright commemorative flowers, Beechwood is the paradigm of a traditional cemetery. Things are about to change. On October 2, the Durham City Council voted unanimously to allow...
Fried Chicken Chain, Municipal Election Compete for UNC Students’ Attention
Breaking news from Chapel Hill: Students favor chicken over voting in municipal elections. Raising Cane’s, the new resident of the Brockwell building at 101 East Franklin Street, had its grand opening on Tuesday, November 7. When the ribbon was cut at 9 a.m., there were already 200 people lined up outside. There was also a DJ.
Cary Town Council Race Still Not Called, Incumbents Largely Dominate in Wake County Town Elections
The competitive race for Cary Town Council’s District D seat may still not be over, with only 67 votes separating candidates Sarika Bansal and Rachel Jordan after polls closed November 7. Although the race remains too close to call, Bansal appeared to have the edge in the unofficial results,...
Leonardo Williams Wins Durham Mayor’s Race, Top Council Vote-Getters are Nate Baker, Javiera Caballero, and Carl Rist
The results for Durham’s 2023 municipal elections are in. Leonardo Williams saw an expected victory in the mayoral race, beating out state senator Mike Woodard. Williams, a sitting council member, won 63 percent of the vote. In an address to supporters who had gathered at a rooftop bar downtown,...
Carrboro Will Have a New Mayor and Two Newcomers to Its Town Council
Longtime town council member Barbara Foushee will lead Carrboro from the top seat next year, winning her uncontested mayoral race with around 4,200 total votes. Eliazar Posada won a town council special election in May of last year to fill Mayor Damon Seils’s open council seat (Seils was elected mayor in 2021). Last night, Posada was elected to his first full term on the council, winning just under 27 percent of the vote. And newcomers Catherine Fray and Jason Merrill will fill two additional seats on the Carrboro Town Council, winning 27 percent and 26 percent of the vote respectively.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education Sees One Incumbent Reelected, Two Others Ousted
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education will be filled with some new faces next year. With four seats on the board up for elections this cycle, and a crowded field of 14 candidates, the only incumbent to win reelection was former board chair Rani Dasi. Newcomers Barbara Fedders, Meredith Ballew, and Vickie Feaster Fornville also won the most votes, ousting incumbents Deon Temne and Ashton Powell, in an election that saw about 26 percent voter turnout.
Chapel Hill’s “Moving Forward” Slate Wins Mayor and Town Council Races
When Chapel Hill candidates Jess Anderson, Melissa McCullough, and Theodore Nollert hugged each other on Franklin Street on Election Night, they kept repeating one magic word:. Anderson won about 60 percent of the vote for mayor, besting competitor Adam Searing’s 40 percent. In a race for four open town...
Welcome to the INDY’s 2023 Local Elections Live Blog
10:23 p.m.: Wake County results are still outstanding, but we will update them here and in our Daily newsletter tomorrow morning. Check the website for more post-election coverage. That’s a wrap on our live blog for tonight! Thanks for following the election results along with us. 10:16 p.m.: With...
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