Twenty pizza joints. Dozens of toppings. Blocks of cheese. Pounds of meat. Deep dish. Sicilian. Thin crust. Thick crust. Pass the nitroglycerin tablet. Over the past two weeks, our writers have traveled the Triangle searching for the perfect pizza: that rare blend of a perfectly baked crust, layers of cheese and carefully considered toppings, both […]
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Bio: Lisa Sorg is the editor of INDY Week.Email: [email protected]: http://twitter.com/lisasorg
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Unable to pay bills, landlord to evict Lincoln Apartments tenants
Documents Lincoln Foundation tax returns for Lincoln Apartments: 2008, 2009, 2010 Meeting minutes regarding a proposed deal between the Lincoln Foundation and Development Ventures Inc., a subsidiary of the Durham Housing Authority (pages 6–9 of document) Eviction letter to tenants The bathroom sink in Jaqueline Anderson’s second-floor apartment sags on the wall as if it […]
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A very expensive race in Senate District 18
Documents Where Barefoot has lived when Source: Accurint Chad Barefoot’s résumé as submitted to Wake County for commission appointments Source: Wake County Citizens Energy Advisory Commission Barefoot’s legislative personnel record showing his dates of employment and interning Record of Paige Barefoots’ employment with Dale Folwell Document showing various Raleigh addresses for Pioneer Strategies Pioneer Strategies […]
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Fondue: Remembering the cheese dish of yesteryear
For the past five days, I’ve been laid out by the worst head cold I’ve had in the 21st century, so the vision of fondueyellow, viscous cheese bubbling in an avocado-colored potfeels familiar yet unappetizing. But back in the ’60s and ’70s, bay-bee, fondue was fab, like macrame and key clubs. Fondue had an aura: […]
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Membership has its privileges
At a daylong conference Conservative Visions of Our Environmental Future, State Rep. Chuck McGrady criticized both opponents and supporters of fracking for “not paying attention to the facts.” While the Henderson County Republican alleged the environmental concerns are overblown (an opinion formed after speaking with regulators, including those in notably lax Pennsylvania), he also noted […]
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At Duke this morning: Conservative Visions of Our Environmental Future
If you can get over to Duke this morning, and you can find a parking place, several heavy-hitter conservatives will be outlining their ideas for the environment. Expect to hear the words “free market” and “deregulation.” The event starts at 10 a.m. at Reynolds Theater in the Bryan Center. Or you can drink coffee from […]
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The conservative bent of the UNC Advisory Committee on Strategic Directions
Who’s who Below is a list of the other committee members. Where campaign contributions are noted, the source is www.opensecrets.org; the time frame is 2007–2012. Tom Ross, UNC system president Steve Ballard, East Carolina University chancellor Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, Guilford, Senate President Pro Tem Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, Speaker of the House Mahdu Beriwal, president and […]
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Destination on right
What does it take to be named to the 27-member UNC Advisory Committee on Strategic Directions? Political clout: That explains Republicans Phil Berger and Thom Tillis, among the most powerful people in the Legislature. Business and financial connections: That explains Lew Ebert, president of the N.C. Chamber of Commerce and Robert Ingram, retired executive at […]
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The sale of the Indy—and what it means
Sorgie, what’s going on’?” Every few days for the past five years, Steve Schewel, the owner of the Independent Weekly, has ambled into my third-floor office and greeted me wearing the official Steve Schewel uniform: a sky blue polo shirt, tan shorts and running shoes. This is how his visits usually went: He would pinch […]
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The sale of the Indy – and what it means
“Sorgie, what’s going on’?” Every few days for the past five years, Steve Schewel, the owner of the Independent Weekly, has ambled into my third-floor office and greeted me wearing the official Steve Schewel uniform: a sky blue polo shirt, tan shorts and running shoes. This is how his visits usually went: He would pinch […]