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Scott Crawford’s First Cocktail Bar Comes With a Key
Yes, Scott Crawford’s forthcoming Raleigh cocktail bar will be located in a basement, and yes, it will require a physical key for entry, but no, it won’t be a speakeasy—if it were, Crawford tells me, I wouldn’t have gotten a press release about it. “We want...
New Test Results from NC State Building Show PCB Levels Up to 38 Times Higher Than EPA Standards
This story originally published online at NC Newsline. Five rooms in Poe Hall at NC State University are contaminated with PCBs at levels up to 38 times greater than EPA standards for building materials, according to sampling results obtained by Newsline this week under Public Records law. The results are...
How Morrisville Became a U.S. Cricket Capital
This story originally published online at The Assembly. Around 7 p.m. on a cool October evening, Babar Baig is standing at one end of Church Street Park staring into one of the three screens in front of him as he livestreams the final bout of a tournament between two top-ranked teams.
HELP WANTED: Durham City Council, Ward Three
Do you love the Bull City and want to work to make it better? Do you want to spend Monday nights and Tuesday afternoons listening to citizens and learning about zoning statutes? Do you live on Durham’s west side?. If the answer to all of those questions is an...
Residents Put Pressure on Durham Council to Adopt Ceasefire Resolution During Work Session
Grief and scorn hung heavy in the air of Durham’s city council chambers Tuesday as residents urged councilors to consider, or not consider, introducing a resolution to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Most residents spoke in favor of a resolution. Some, accusing Israel of genocide, told council members...
Durham Council Opts Out of ShotSpotter, For Now
The Durham City Council voted 4-2 on Monday to not extend the city’s contract with the ShotSpotter gunshot detection service for an additional three months after the year-long pilot program ended on December 14. Activists gathered at city hall Monday evening to object to the continued use of ShotSpotter,...
Two UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Are Running for Statewide Office from Their Board Seats
This story originally published online at NC Newsline. Dave Boliek was the first member of the UNC-Chapel Hill trustees to announce he was running for statewide office from his board seat, seeking to become State Auditor. But as candidate filing wrapped up last Friday, he wasn’t alone. Fellow board...
Families Gather in Durham to Fly Kites and Call for Ceasefire in Gaza
More than 200 people calling for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas gathered in Durham Central Park on Saturday to sing, march, and fly kites in honor of Palestinian youth, who in 2011 broke the world record for the most number of kites flown simultaneously. The demonstration...
Custody Decision Delayed in Durham Father’s Case
This story originally published online by The Assembly and WBTV. Garnell Hill said he used to be angry about how the child welfare system had treated him and his 9-year-old son over the last three years. But ahead of a hearing to determine his son’s future on Thursday, he said he felt “empowered.”
North Carolina Museum of Art’s First Picasso Now On Display
The North Carolina Museum of Art’s first Pablo Picasso painting—”Seated Woman, Red and Yellow Background”—is now on display in the museum’s West Building. The 1952 portrait of Picasso’s muse and lover, French artist Françoise Gilot, employs the cubist techniques Picasso was known for. Alongside four other paintings donated to the museum that now hang in the museum’s 20th Century Art gallery, the Picasso piece is a “transformational” donation, the press release states, that will “significantly grow and strengthen the NCMA’s modern art holdings.”
Lee Roberts Named Interim Chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill
This story originally published online at The Assembly. Lee Roberts was named UNC-Chapel Hill’s interim chancellor on Friday morning, a widely anticipated move that sets up leadership at the flagship state university until a national search for a permanent leader is conducted. Roberts is the co-founder of North Carolina-based...
Congressman Wiley Nickel Bows Out of 2024 Election
This story originally published online at NC Newsline. Democratic Congressman Wiley Nickel announced Thursday he will run for the U.S. Senate rather than seek a second term in the U.S. House after redistricting this year left him with a heavily Republican district. Family, friends, campaign supporters, and local politicians gathered...
Wake Rep. Julie von Haefen Attends White House Gun Violence Prevention Event
This story originally published online at NC Newsline. North Carolina State Rep. Julie von Haefen of Wake County was at the White House on Wednesday along with nearly 100 Democratic state legislators from around the country as part of an effort to reduce gun violence. The meeting was organized as...
UNC Could Name Interim Chancellor Today
This story originally published online at NC Newsline. A new, interim chancellor for UNC-Chapel Hill could be announced as soon as Friday, according to sources within the UNC System, on the UNC System Board of Governors and on the campus board of trustees. Those sources, who asked not to be...
Reasons to Love the Triangle
Because The Legendary Can Opener Bridge Begat a Food Truck Park. Durham’s low-riding Norfolk Southern–Gregson bridge, which has claimed the tops of many a tall truck, has a Wikipedia page and YouTube compilation; soon, it will also have a nearby food truck park—the Can Opener, a permanent station for five food trucks, plus a bar located inside the old American Postal Workers Union building—named after it.
Scott Avett Reflects on More Than Two Decades of Making Music
The Avett Brothers | PNC Arena, Raleigh | Sunday, Dec. 31, 8 p.m. The arc of The Avett Brothers’ career is a bit like their 2009 song “Laundry Room.”. Scott Avett begins the song with a simple plea—“Don’t push me out”—crooned over his banjo and Seth Avett’s guitar. Seth layers harmonies over his older brother’s voice, and then starts echoing lines (“Teach me how to use the love that people say you made”). It’s easy to imagine the brothers in the late 1990s, mailing recordings to each other across North Carolina, back when Scott was in college and Seth was at home in Concord.
How Durham Gets Hype for Municipal Government Business
First-time viewers of Durham’s city council meetings may find their jaws on the floor when they see the epic introduction video that calls the Bull City’s sessions to order. When the clock strikes the hour, the screens behind the council members flash the colors of Durham’s flag. A...
Voices: I Met Jesus on a Farm
Farm Church operates on a precious plot of land around the corner from my house. I always pass it on walks. Their front lawn is where I got my “We Support Fair Wages for City Workers’’ sign, and their Instagram advertises mutual aid opportunities before pleading congregation numbers. All an indication that something radical might be happening, I follow my curiosity.
Construction is Starting on the Bus Rapid Transit Line Along New Bern Avenue, But Some Raleigh Residents Worry It Will do More Harm Than Good
Stepping up to the podium to talk to Raleigh City Council members, lifelong resident Octavia Rainey is visibly angry. “I am here to talk about the TOD [Transit Overlay District],” she says, snapping out every syllable. “As I look at New Bern Avenue, I am not happy. You have no right to change our zoning.”
The INDY’s Most Impactful Reporting of 2023
It’s hard to believe that another year is almost in the books. The year 2023 has seen day-to-day life return to mostly normal for many of us as we’ve become better armed against the COVID-19 pandemic with widespread vaccine availability. The majority of Triangle residents are back to their daily routines of work, school, and play. Restaurants are fully open again—those that haven’t closed permanently, anyway—as are music venues and theaters. And our parks and greenways are still as busy as ever: opting to spend time outside is a message we seem to have taken to heart during those many, many months of quarantine.
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