Community News in Raleigh

A successful event, the business/student organized Haunted Hike went as smoothly as a moving mass of drunken, costumed(well, some of them) college kids can go.  Citations were minimal and the participating bars were all at fire safety capacity with “1 out, 1 in” entrance for most of the evening.

The City of Raleigh Public Works Department, Transportation Operations Division, would like to invite you to view one of the most technologically advanced buses in production today.  A 40 Foot Gillig, Low Floor, Hybrid Electric Bus will be available for viewing and test rides between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. on Thursday October 11, 2007.  The bus will be parked on the eastbound side of Hargett Street by the City of Raleigh Administrative Complex, 222 West Hargett Street. The City of Raleigh¹s transit program is considering the use of this vehicle for special transit services.  Test rides will be available at 10:00 A.M. and 12:00 Noon.

Please join us as we evaluate our bus procurement options.

David Eatman
Transit Administrator
City of Raleigh

For questions regarding this event please call 890-3030.

Thx HT!

We have no idea which of “businesses” mentioned are actually condoning this Hallow’s Eve event but we have all seen the end-of-semester Hillsborough Hike render the street in a teaming chaos. I can also attest to the saturation of police officers that the city will provide, both marked and undercover, ready to arrest those violating open container and property laws. This fact alone will make it tough for the event to rival the Chapel Hill bohemian energy or the ECU anarchy.

It’s time to make traveling to ECU or Chapel Hill for Halloween a thing of the past. The Hillsborough Street Businesses are teaming up with student organizations to create a party similar to the Hillsborough Hike on Halloween Night. From Sadlacks to East Village, businesses will be open and serving alcohol. A $500 prize will be given to the best costume at East Village as well (1:45 am). If you’re interested in the costume contest, judges will be placed throughout all the businesses, so be sure to make the entire hike! Lets start a new tradition now...Get the word out, tell all your friends, the Party is in Raleigh this Halloween!

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After years of debate and planning, Campbell University will move its law school to downtown Raleigh. The plan for the move has been in the works for sometime, and the move will not only remove Raleigh from the position of being the only state capital without a law school, but will add the city to the growing trend of urbanization of law schools. 

Homelessness in Raleigh is a tough issue that deserves attention. But this sad display is the wrong attitude.