The official press release is here: ******************For Immediate ReleaseAug. 22, 2012 Contact: Steve Schewel919-451-9215 Steve Schewel, president of Carolina Independent Publications (CIP), announced today that the company is selling the Independent Weekly and its associated website, indyweek.com, to Richard Meeker and Mark Zusman. Meeker and Zusman are the owners of City of Roses Newspaper Company […]
Lisa Sorg
Bio: Lisa Sorg is the editor of INDY Week.Email: [email protected]: http://twitter.com/lisasorg
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Free Inside!: The treasures inside the cereal box
Even sitting down, I was lethal with scissors, so I’m sure my mom must have cut the Jackson 5 flexi-disc “Sugar Daddy” from the back of the Alpha-Bits cereal box. I played it a few times on my burnt orange-and-cream-colored portable Zenith turntable and, I’m ashamed to admit this, but I was really into Neil […]
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NRC issues two “apparent” violations against Shearon Harris
A wimpy air-conditioner and a question over acceptable amounts of unfiltered air entering a building have prompted the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to issue two apparent violations against Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant, according to the NRC. The NRC has scheduled an enforcement conference at the agency’s Region II office, 245 Peachtree Center Ave. NE, Ste. […]
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Apply for your DREAM
What will the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office do now that many undocumented immigrants will live legally in the U.S.? (See story, Criminal minds: racial profiling in Alamance County) Starting today, DREAMERSUNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS who were brought to the U.S. as children, can apply for a two-year work permit and temporary relief from deportation. The policy change […]
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Pain in the Ass fails to make short list for I-40/440 construction name
Neither Pain in the Ass nor Royal Goat Fuck made the cut for naming for the interstate project that will ensnare traffic for 11 miles and three years on I-40/440. We know, you can’t win if you don’t enter. Nonetheless, the public offered some wonderful turns of phrase. The N.C. Department of Transportation launched a […]
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A poultry poll: Eat mor conservatives
Forget Obama vs. Romney or Dalton vs. McCrory. Public Policy Polling has finally surveyed North Carolinians on the most important social issue of the day: What’s your favorite fast-food chicken joint? No, not the elbow or the knee, but—wait for it—Chick-fil-A! Forty percent of North Carolina voters surveyed said Chick-fil-A is their favorite fast food […]
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Did the July heat suck or what?
The weather in July in the Triangle was magnificent—if you’re a volcano. Or a steel foundry. Or a cactus. Raleigh-Durham International Airport was one of 173 places in the U.S. that set all-time records for the highest temperature in July. RDU hit 105 degrees on July 8; the previous record was set just nine days […]
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Follow the money: state politics is awash in it
Many North Carolina legislators will tell you that campaign contributions in no way influence their votes or policy-making. Once you’ve stopped laughing, check out the new project by the Institute for Southern Studies, Follow NC Money which tracks outside money flowing in to North Carolina elections. The Citizens United Supreme Court ruling relaxed political spending […]
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The green bean casserole of my childhood
Update: My next-door neighbor, Gil, found French’s onions at Target. I had looked there, but didn’t find them. The onions are no longer in a can, but rather a plastic container. The green-bean-and-cream-of-mushroom-soup-with-French-fried-onions casserole is to food as Air Supply is to music, as the AMC Pacer is to cars: dated, yet memorable if only […]
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Refectory Cafe to open off-campus location, add food truck
If you don’t have a coveted Duke University parking pass, you could probably grow your own tomatoes in the time it takes to plant your car near one of the Refectory cafes on West Campus. The visitor lots are usually full or roped off. The city bus (No. 6, if you’re wondering) will drop you […]
