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Swing Racquet + Paddle breaks ground on new 44-acre campus in Raleigh
Get your rackets ready!Swing Racquet + Paddle has officially broken ground in Raleigh's Brier Creek area.The 44-acre flagship campus will be a sports-forward entertainment experience known as "Sportstainment" and will be the largest, multi-racquet sports facility in the world.It will have 80 indoor and outdoor courts for several sports including 28 tennis courts, 25 pickleball courts, 15 padel courts, four beach tennis courts, and a ping pong lounge.ALSO SEE: Downtown businesses call for public input on Red Hat Amphitheater plansThe campus will also feature unique food and beverages curated by celebrity chef Fabio Viviani.The City of Raleigh contributed a $10...
Grocery store fire closes N. Alston Avenue between Holloway Street and Taylor Street in Durham
A Durham grocery store went up in flames Wednesday morning. N. Alston Avenue is closed between Holloway Street and Taylor Street due to a fire in the 700 block of N. Alston Avenue, Durham police said on X Wednesday morning. At 5:57 a.m., the Durham Fire Department was dispatched to...
Morgan resigns from OKI board; complaints filed
A directive handed down from Oak Island Town Council to the planning board earlier this summer has led to several code of ethics complaints, accusations of racism and one member stepping down entirely. Planning board member Melanie Morgan submitted her resignation Aug. 5 after council members Bob Ciullo and Terri...
Scholarship winner Blair Dickens pulls off double feat
Blair Dickens, of Skippers, Virginia, wasn’t present when Mary Duncan announced that the 2024 Greensville County High School graduate was the recipient of the 2024 $1,000 Moses Archie Clements Scholarship before The Crossing on Saturday. William & Mary-bound Dickens was busy with another commitment that ended successfully by winning the Miss Isle of Wight County Fair title.
RJ Davis projected to have one of the highest scoring totals in college basketball
RJ Davis took his game to another level last year – and it paid off with a historic season for the UNC men’s basketball team. The Tar Heels won their first ACC Regular Season Title since 2019, going 29-8 (17-3) to achieve the feat. North Carolina nearly added on its first ACC Tournament Championship since 2016, but fell victim to a red-hot NC State squad. UNC earned a Top Regional Seed in the NCAA Tournament, beating Wagner and Michigan State in its first two matchups. The Tar Heels then battled Alabama in a high-scoring contest, but lost in what’s unofficially known as...
Armando Bacot names "an attractive candidate" in the UNC basketball Head Coach search
When Roy Williams retired as the head coach of the UNC basketball program, the college basketball world focused its attention on Chapel Hill. As the university searched for its next head coach, plenty of names were thrown around as potential candidates. Of course, the University of North Carolina has the tendency of keeping their coaching positions "within the family," as they prefer a candidate with Tar Heel connections.
Coalition pushes for NC school suspension reform
A coalition of groups focused on helping students and communities of color are pressing for changes to school suspension rules. The Freedom Hill Coalition launched its Represent Us! campaign Thursday in Raleigh. The Coalition, which is comprised of 14 separate groups, is calling on lawmakers and school boards to allow...
Precautionary swim advisory lifted for most oceanside sites
The precautionary swimming advisory for parts of the North Carolina coast issued Aug. 7, when Tropical Storm Debby moved north from Florida, was lifted midday Wednesday for most oceanside sites. The two oceanside sites where the advisory remains are Caswell Beach Public Beach access in Brunswick County, and at Sea...
Cooper, Davis celebrate high-speed internet milestone for Twin Counties
Faster and more reliable internet access may soon be coming to a rural community near you. That was the message Wednesday at Rocky Mount High School where Gov. Roy Cooper and U.S. Rep. Don Davis, D-1st District, gathered with community leaders and officials from Nash County Public Schools to celebrate a WiFi milestone. To date, internet provider Brightspeed’s network has reached more than 30,000 homes and businesses across the Twin Counties, said the company’s Director of Government Affairs Steve Brewer. ...
Hope and pride fuel the long path to recovery in historic but flood-prone Princeville
PRINCEVILLE — “If the governor walks through that door right now and says, ‘What do you need?’ What would you say?” Princeville Mayor Bobbie Jones asked a group of his constituents. In the last quarter century, Princeville — a town of fewer than 1,300 people in Edgecombe County — has suffered from two 100-year floods on the Tar River. First was flooding following the devastating Hurricane Floyd in 1999, then came Matthew in 2016. Both wrought extensive damage on Princeville’s downtown, which essentially sits in...
Top high school football player in NC — maybe in the US — faces tough college decision
Providence Day’s David Sanders might be the best high school football player in the United States. He’s got his own clothing line, and big decision to make Saturday. An exclusive Q&A with The Observer.
This chef will be the first woman to lead a team at the Fayetteville Black BBQ Cookoff
A Fayetteville chef is the first woman to lead a team in Fayetteville’s Black BBQ Cookoff, a barbecue competition in its third year, slated for this weekend. The Friends Table restaurant owner Portia Grady and her crew of eight staff is one of 17 teams who will cook ribs, chicken, brisket and pulled pork at the Crown Complex on Saturday for a chance to win in each category and overall. ...
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