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The 64th Annual Raleigh Christmas Parade
Gusts of arctic wind swept down Fayetteville St. Saturday morning. Despite the bitter cold, a good-sized crowd lined the street with blankets and camp chairs and watched over two and a half hours of parade performers pass beneath our growing downtown skyline.
Raleigh Has Lowest Crime Rate in NC
CQ Press released its 15th edition of City Crime Rankings. Good news for Raleigh.
Last Minute Alert: Speak Your Mind on Public Transit!
The City of Raleigh is planning a new bus line that will provide service in a loop around the Downtown and Glenwood South areas in 2009. A public forum will be held today at 3:30pm to discuss the new route.
Thirteenth Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration
Thirteen years and running, it is time again for the annual American Indian Heritage Celebration at the North Carolina Museum of History. From 11 am to 4 pm this Saturday, November 22, North Carolina’s state-recognized tribes will gather at the museum and on Bicentennial Plaza and the State Capitol grounds to celebrate their heritage and culture as a part of American Indian Heritage Month. North Carolina has the largest American Indian population east of the Mississippi, and members from the eight tribes will be present: Coharie, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Haliwa-Saponi, Lumbee, Meherrin, Occaneechi Band of Saponi, Sappony, and Waccamaw-Siouan. Slide shows and video below the fold.
Toxic Free NC Tip of the Week: D.I.Y. All-Purpose Cleaner
You’re not fresh and clean, unless you’re toxic free clean.
Dunkin Donut’s Competes With Locally Owned Businesses
Dunkin Donuts has dropped their apostrophe and is now officially competing with locally owned businesses, such as Helios and Turkish Delights.
The Steam Tunnels of NCSU
Goodnight Raleigh Blog has a great first set of images from the depths of NCSU’s fabled steam tunnels.
Cheapest Lunch In Town? Not Anymore…
Well, maybe. If Harris Teeter’s daily $2.49 submarine sandwich was in fact the clear winner for most economical (and sufficient) lunch in town, the lead just got cut. Our favorite rotating sandwich-of-the-day has gone up to $2.99, another sign that inflation is about to kick in from doubling the amount of cash in circulation.
Local Group Fights Poverty with Philanthropy
The Beehive Collective, a Raleigh giving circle, is seeking local projects that address economic security issues: getting out of poverty, managing dept, and/or building wealth. With $10,000 to donate by the end of the year, the Beehive Collective is looking to fund the work of one or two nonprofits working in the downtown Raleigh area.
Big Ideas Raleigh
The City of Raleigh has published a document highlighting ideas generated from the Raleigh Big Ideas Charrette, which was held in April. The event was an open collaborative brainstorming session and part of the Planning Raleigh 2030 workshops geared towards updating our city’s Comprehensive Plan. The further we plan ahead, the better chance we have of ensuring smart outcomes for our city. Click through to see highlights from the publication.
News & Observer Layoffs? Consolidation?
Today the News and Observer offers another hint that the Raleigh newspaper and the Charlotte Observer are gradually consolidating. The two papers, both owned and operated by The McClatchy Company, already share a bulk of their stories, and some Charlotte staffers have even moved into N&O offices downtown.
No DXR in 2008
Design Expo Raleigh (DXR) began in 2006 to showcase local design talent in architecture, industrial design, and graphic design. The catalog for the 2007 Expo was just released this past Friday at Flanders Gallery, and came with an announcement for the next DXR…
2008 Raleigh Hall of Fame Inductees
Tonight is the first formal dinner at the new Raleigh Convention Center and it will honor 13 Raleigh citizens and one organization by inducting them into the Raleigh Hall of Fame.
The Revolution of Media: Raleigh Media History
Between the opening of our new convention center and the third annual Raleigh Wide Open festival, there will be plenty of activity on Fayetteville street this weekend. As you’re making the rounds be sure to stop by the opening of an exciting new exhibit at the Raleigh City Museum. Titled The [R]evolution of Media, it tracks the history and development of newspaper, radio and television in Raleigh and will open to the general public this Friday.
WUNC Features Local Mass Media
WUNC’s Dave Dewitt featured a story about competition between local news organizations, specifically WRAL and The News & Observer. Summary below…
Answer Some Trivia, Help a Man With Cancer
You may not have made it to any of the recent concert benefits for Cy Rawls, but if you still want to help out, there is a great opportunity tonight. Help the cancer victim and work that steel trap mind in a rousing game of Triva. Match wits against the hippest and brightest that Raleigh has to offer at Riviera tonight at 9pm. Facebook Event Page
Latta House Gets Funding for Dig and Public Park
Almost two years after burning down, The Latta House (and the foundation that shares its name) has received funding for an archaeological dig of the property as well as money for a future memorial park.
CNN to Add Grassroots Journalists to Raleigh Area
Raleigh is one of 10 cities in the United States in which CNN will be expanding their coverage. This hopefully means more national, yet grassroots, coverage from the North Carolina capital.
