No one should have been hungry at Chapel Hill Town Hall on Monday night, with the burger broilers, the artisanal pan pizza peddler, the Sabrett slinger and the barbecue pork pusher in attendance. That is, if they had been allowed to sell their food. Chapel Hill Town Council discussed the wisdom of food trucks in […]
Joe Schwartz
Bio: Joe Schwartz is a former INDY Week staff writer who works for soccer.com in Hillsborough. He's been a Gooner since he fell for Thierry Henry in 2005, and he still believes in Arsène Wenger.Email: [email protected]
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The devil is in the details on Chatham pipeline
Shortly after Chatham County Commissioners voted 3-2 Monday night to allow the Western Wake Partners to run an 8.1-mile underground pipeline through the county, Patrick Barnes IV stood up and stormed out of the room. “I want to express my disapproval by excusing myself now,” said Barnes, the son of a former Chatham County commissioner. […]
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What’s next for Egypt’s revolution?
Growing up in an affluent middle-class family in northern Egypt, Doria El Kerdany could pay for health care and education, but she couldn’t trust it. “To live in a society that is really going downhill in all aspects, you feel insecure, even if you can afford things,” she says. “We could afford the hospitals if […]
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Orange County GOP sets up headquarters
Orange County Republicans didn’t win any seats in the 2010 election, but they did get an office—a physical headquarters. Greg Andrews, who ran for Orange County commissioner, says the OC GOP hasn’t had a permanent location for as long as anyone can remember, but it desperately needed a place to organize. Greg Andrews, a member […]
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Duke overcomes UNC’s blistering first half, emerges victorious
File photo by Jeremy M. LangeNolan Smith DURHAM/CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM—I received some good advice when preparing to cover my first UNC-Duke game. “Don’t wear white,” a colleague told me. “You will get flecks of blue paint on your shirt.” As the dried paint seems to dry even deeper into my brown button-down, I’m glad I […]
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Chatham residents, Wake mayors open up about pipeline
(This story was updated Feb. 9 at 5:30 p.m.) More than two dozen people spoke before the Chatham Board of County Commissioners Monday night at a public hearing a plan to run an 8.1-mile underground pipeline from Western Wake County through Southeastern Chatham County. Western Wake Partners—the towns of Apex, Cary, Morrisville and Research Triangle […]
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Chatham residents, Wake mayors, business leaders debate pipeline
(This story was updated Feb. 9 at 5:30 p.m.) MONCURE—More than two dozen people spoke before the Chatham Board of County Commissioners Monday night at a public hearing a plan to run an 8.1-mile underground pipeline from Western Wake County through Southeastern Chatham County. Western Wake Partners—the towns of Apex, Cary, Morrisville and Research Triangle […]
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N.C. House passes bill to block portions of federal health care reform
RALEIGH/LEGISLATIVE BUILDING—The N.C. House voted 66-50 in favor of House Bill 2 on Wednesday, supporting legislation that would exempt the state’s citizens from the federal health insurance mandate and force Attorney General Roy Cooper to join legislation that challenges the law. Illustration by V.C. Rogers The vote broke down party lines after a fierce three-hour […]
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Duke dominates Boston College, remains perfect at home
File photo by Jeremy M. LangeNolan Smith dropped 28 Thursday night. DURHAM/CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM—Prior to tonight’s contest, the Boston College Eagles had traveled to Cameron Indoor Stadium five times and returned home as double-digit losers in all five games. Make it six. That doesn’t mean the Eagles (14-7, 4-2 in ACC) haven’t gone down in […]
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Swoops felled: RailHawks selling mascot, name, everything on eBay, Craiglist
File photo by Jeremy M. LangeSwoops in 2009 As suspicions grew that the very existence of the Carolina RailHawks was in doubt, the team’s owners (whoever they were) and North American Soccer League (NASL) officials made themselves ever sparser, refusing to comment on the record. Today, without talking to the media, the club made the […]