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Meeting: “We are going to save the YWCA on Hargett Street.”
The good news, if there be such in the debacle of the Raleigh YWCA closing, is that the Southeast Raleigh community is rising strongly to insist that the facility and its programs be saved. That was apparent tonight as 200 people gathered — not at the YWCA, but as it turned out at the Martin […]
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Movement to save the YWCA: Meeting there tonight, 6:30.
Last night’s vigil (too windy for candles) produced an outpouring of stories about the importance of the YWCA to women, especially women of color, and to children and teens in Raleigh. About 60 people turned out in support of keeping the YW open — here’s some background — but there were no specifics about how […]
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[Updated w/ open letter from staff] Can the YWCA be saved? Vigil on Sunday, Community meeting Monday
The YWCA on East Hargett Street is a linchpin for the Southeast Raleigh community and has been for 110 years. On Wednesday, the current board of directors of the YWCA of the Greater Triangle abruptly announced that it was laying off the entire staff — not even paying them for work already done. But is […]
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Nine remaining fast-track charter school applicants speeding toward approval
If anyone doubted that the State Board of Education intends to rubber-stamp the nine fast-track charter school applicants recommended for approval by the Public Charter School Advisory Council, I’d say their doubts were dispelled today. Board members, meeting as a committee, asked two or three pointed questions about charter schools in general. But when it […]
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Paul Coble echoes uncle Jesse Helms’ reactionary impulses
Until last week, would-be congressman Paul Coble’s political career could be dismissed as a colorless copy of his uncle, the late Jesse Helms. He’s the same right-wing conservative, but without Helms’ penchantor knackfor hot-button crusades. Helms, a five-term U.S. senator, had his trademark snarl and bite. Coble, in his years on the Raleigh City Council […]
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Dems: Dan Blue out for governor, running again for Senate
And to the list of Democrats not running for governor, add the name of state Sen. Dan Blue, D-Wake. His statement, as quoted by the N&O:: “After long and very deep thought, I have decided not to run for governor,” Blue said in a statement. “But I am greatly moved by and want to thank […]
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Dems: Erv Portman running for state Senate, Caroline Sullivan for his Wake Commissioners seat
In state Senate District 17, southwestern Wake, the incumbent Republican Richard Stevens isn’t running, and this afternoon Democrat Erv Portman, a county commissioner, filed for the seat. Apparently that “Draft Portman movement” I mentioned last week came true. Portman, unopposed thus far, will likely face Tamara Barringer, a Republican activist and the only GOP candidate […]
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Wake Rep. Grier Martin steps aside for Deborah Ross
I don’t have Martin’s announcement Now I do have it … h/t Greg Flynn … along with the earlier statement from House Minority Leader Joe Hackney, D-Orange, on Martin’s decision. First, Martin, who notes that Republicans seemed to target Democratic women legislators for extinction: The abusive redistricting plan enacted this year does many things. It […]
