402,825 Number of people living in Raleigh, 2010 46% Population growth rate in Raleigh, 2000–2010 133,812 Number of people living in Cary, 2010 42% Population growth rate in Cary, 2000–2010 18,576 Number of people living in Morrisville, 2010 257% Population growth rate in Morrisville, 2000–2010 Source U.S. Census, 2010
Lisa Sorg
Bio: Lisa Sorg is the editor of INDY Week.Email: [email protected]: http://twitter.com/lisasorg
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The irresistible allure of microwave ovens
She was built like a Buick Special: encased in burnished chrome, adorned with a mesh grill, her red-studded knobs gleaming like taillights at the drive-in. The 1955 Tappan microwave oven, one of America’s first commercial models, carried a retail price of $1,295, in today’s money, $11,124. I happened to see her across a room during […]
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The cost of treating charity-care & bad-debt patients
“People with mental illnesses are no more violent than people without mental illnesses. Yet, this kind of tragic event unfairly and harmfully tars people with mental illnesses as inherently dangerous.” Bruce Spangler, director of the Raleigh-based N.C. Mental Health Consumers’ Organization. A recent New York Times article, “In Gun Debate, a Misguided Focus on Mental […]
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Was it something we said? Bella Mia being sold
We’ve featured them on the cover of INDY Week. We’ve lauded them as having some of the best pizza in the Triangle—David Ross called Bella Mia “a tireless exemplar of rigor and integrity”—the Mercedes Benz of pizzas. And now we regret to inform you that Bella Mia in Cary is being sold. The News & […]
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No smoke: Pope selected as McCrory’s deputy budget director
There was no white smoke flowing from Gov.-elect Pat McCrory’s chimney to indicate he had selected Art Pope, one of the most powerful people in North Carolina politics, to be his new budget director. But a h/t to WRAL, which reported that the conservative millionaire will be the No. 2 man in charge of crafting […]
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Some local, state and national gun statistics
“It’s very dramatic when two people come together to work something out. It’s easy to take a gun and annihilate your opposition, but what is really exciting to me is to see people with differing views come together and finally respect each other.” Fred Rogers, from The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to […]
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Jonathan Bonchak, Michael Harwood take top barista honors
Michael Harwood of Caffe Driade in Chapel Hill and Carrboro Coffee Roasters is one won two awards in the Southeast Regional Barista Championship, held in Atlanta earlier this month. Jonathan Bonchak of Durham’s Counter Culture Coffee, won top honors in the Brewer’s Cup. Harwood, the 2010 champ, finished second in the Brewers Cup Competition and […]
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Durham tries to prevent Aqua NC from reselling city water to 751 South
Download PDF documents Interlocal Agreement Between Chatham County and the City of Durham Respecting Water Sales Haw River Assembly letter to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Aqua positioned to supply fracking operations Aqua NC’s parent company, Aqua America, supplies pipelines and water to drillers in its home state of Pennsylvania. Aqua America CEO Nicholas DeBenedictus […]
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The reading habits of Durham City Council candidates
View the candidates’ applications and full reading lists (PDF) Well, at least no one’s reading Fifty Shades of Grey. Or admitting to it, anyway. If you were to peruse the bookshelves of the four Durham City Council candidates, you would find tomes on history, economics, civil rights, education and self-help. Don Moffitt, Anita Daniels, Edward […]
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Durham regulating sweepstakes parlors
Durham County Commissioners are expected to vote on the issue Monday, Dec. 10. New Internet sweepstakes parlors inside the Durham city limits will have to locate at least 500 feetabout a block and a halffrom day cares, parks, schools, churches and homes. The parlors also must be 500 feet away from another gaming establishment. Durham […]