Take a walk through downtown Carrboro and you’ll see the fruits, figuratively and literally in the case of Weaver Street Market, of the town’s Revolving Loan Fund. Carrburritos, Cat’s Cradle, the Orange County Social Club and numerous businesses that help define the Paris of the Piedmont started or expanded their enterprises through the program. “It’s […]
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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Pope-backed group offers to help pay for UNC course
Documents Pope Center letter to UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp Pope Center Proposal for UNC Budget Cuts It’s the ultimate irony: Ultraconservative millionaire Art Pope pumped millions of dollars into the campaigns of Republican lawmakers, many of whom led the charge to slash the state budget, including money for the UNC system. But now that courses […]
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Raleigh decides food trucks aren’t the boogeyman after all, passes new rules to allow vendors in city
Updated with additional reporting from Bob Geary After a year of wrangling, the Raleigh City Council finally approved new food truck regulations today that will allow mobile vendors to operate on private property. The vote was 6-2 with Councilmen John Odom and Thomas Crowder opposed. File Photo by Jeremy Lange The new ordinance, which will […]
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Bill Friday surveys the state of college sports (full interview)
UNC-system President Emeritus Bill Friday was pushing for reform in college athletics before Terrell Pryor knew what a tattoo was or Marvin Austin could tell time on a gaudy watch. As the founding co-chairman of the Knight Commission, a watchdog group of college presidents and other leaders who seek to put sports on the college […]
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Bill Friday surveys the state of college sports
Read the full transcript of our interview with Bill Friday Bill Friday was pushing for reform in college athletics before Terrelle Pryor knew what a tattoo was or Marvin Austin could tell time on a gaudy watch. As the founding co-chairman of the Knight Commission, a watchdog group of college presidents and other leaders who […]
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Only 75 days to Election Day, Chapel Hill candidates offer downtown views at first forum of campaign season
Candidates for Chapel Hill Town Council and mayor were smitten with affinity for downtown Thursday during the first forum of campaign season. Sponsored by the Friends of Downtown, a nonprofit advocacy group led by former Town Councilwoman Pat Evans, the debate at the Franklin Hotel focused on parking, panhandling and creating and maintaining local businesses […]
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Chapel Hill still indecisive about food trucks
Up next Food truck regulations are scheduled to be on the agenda at the Sept. 20 Chapel Hill Planning Board meeting. Documents 3CUPS managing partner Lex Alexander pitched food trucks in town in a petition last September Chapel Hill officials responded to the petition with a list of current rules, how food trucks are regulated […]
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A year on, Chapel Hill still doing prep work on food trucks decision
If Chapel Hill were a restaurant, it would be dawdling in the kitchen while diners impatiently waited for their meals. After 11 months of deliberation, town officials still may not decide on legalization of food trucks until an Oct. 17 public hearing, at the earliest. File photo by Jeremy LangeParlez-Vous Crepe owner Jody Argote serves […]
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RailHawks, Minnesota Stars trade blows in 1-1 draw
WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/ CARY—Playing for the first time at WakeMed Soccer Park since manager Martin Rennie was tapped to lead the MLS’s Vancouver Whitecaps in 2012, Carolina RailHawks offered fans a pre-game parking lot feast at the annual Taste of the Triangle and a 1-1 draw with the NSC Minnesota Stars that was hard to […]
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Wake County students with disabilities get short shrift—again
Documents N.C. Department of Public Instruction reports on Wake County Public School System: • 2011 • 2010 Some Wake County students with learning disabilities are receiving as little as three hours of class instruction a monthand at times their “classrooms” are fast-food restaurants. For the second consecutive year, the Wake County Public School System has […]