Chatham Park is happening. But not without a fight. On Wednesday, citizens group Pittsboro Matters and local residents filed a lawsuit challenging the Pittsboro Town Board’s June vote of approval authorizing Chatham Park. The developers’ plans involve the largest mixed-use planned development ever proposed in North Carolina according to a Pittsboro Matters press release. The […]
Jane Porter
Jane Porter is Wake County editor of the INDY, covering Raleigh and other communities across Wake County. She first joined the staff in 2013 and is a former INDY intern, staff writer, and editor-in-chief.
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Honeysuckle Tea House’s comforting brews
The Honeysuckle Tea House 8871 Pickards Meadow Road Chapel Hill, 919-903-9131 Sunday–Thursday 9 a.m.–8 p.m. Friday–Saturday 9 a.m.–10 p.m. Brewing your own tea is both an art and a learning experience. This is what I, a lifelong tea lover, learned in a breezy wooden hut on a 16-acre farm deep in rural Orange County, at […]
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Raleigh family fighting eviction from low-income housing
Mary Mosley says the city of Raleigh is trying to evict her from her home of two and a half years, where she lives with her son, Diego, and her grandson, Omarray. The Mosley home is a second-story apartment on a safe stetch of Edenton Street, east of downtown. Comfortable for three people, the apartment […]
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Local craft breweries and artisans to showcase in Raleigh marketplace
This Friday at downtown Raleigh’s Cobblestone Hall, nine local craft breweries and more than forty local artisans will be participating in the first “Hops and Shop” market as part of First Friday. “We’re dubbing it the craftiest market in North Carolina,” says Cristy Bullock, the event’s founder. For ten dollars, attendees will get a pint […]
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N.C. voters want stronger actions from lawmakers on coal ash
A poll taken last week found that most North Carolina voters want lawmakers to do more to get Duke Energy to clean up its coal ash. Public Policy Polling, a left-leaning Raleigh surveying group, found in a poll of 519 voters that more than 75 percent of North Carolinians don’t think the Legislature has made […]
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“Disastrous” sales tax bill passes N.C. Senate
This morning the North Carolina Senate voted 31-17 to pass H1224. Sen. Fletcher Hartsell, a Republican from Concord, introduced an amendment to the bill to raise the local sales tax cap to 2.75 percent rather than 2.5 percent. His amendment was defeated. John Burns, a Raleigh attorney and Democratic candidate for a seat on the […]
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N.C. State Trustee arrested in D.C. on gun charge
Ronald Prestage, a veterinarian and president of Clinton-based Prestage Farms, was arrested in Washington D.C. yesterday for bringing a loaded 9 mm handgun into the U.S. Capitol Building. Prestage is an alumnus of N.C. State University and was elected to its Board of Trustees in July, 2013. He lives in Camden, South Carolina. According to […]
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N.C. Health Department revises Dan River advisories
It’s now safe to swim in the Dan River, but please, don’t eat the fish just yet. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has revised and updated public health advisories issued back in February, following cleanup of coal ash deposit from the massive Duke Energy spill into the river near Eden, N.C. […]
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New bill could kill Wake County sales tax for transit
A new bill introduced by Republicans would amount to a back-door reinstatement of former Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue’s much-reviled sales tax increase, which helped balance the budget and pay for schools during the Great Recession. However, critics say the new sales tax would prevent local governments from determining how their own revenues are spent. The […]
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N.C., national groups focus on fighting hunger
This week, state and national organizations are bringing awareness to—and fighting to end—childhood hunger. In Washington, chefs including Raleigh’s Ashely Christensen and other advocates are meeting with elected officials about the No Kid Hungry campaign, an initiative from non-profit organization Share Our Strength that works to end child hunger by connecting kids to nutrition programs […]
