Update: The Hillsborough Town Board unanimously passed the food truck ordinance last night, The Daily Tar Heel is reporting. Potential vendors can apply beginning Jan. 1. Original post:Hillsborough is considering allowing food trucks within its town limits, but you may not see the stoves on wheels in the heart of downtown. The Hillsborough Board of […]
Lisa Sorg
Bio: Lisa Sorg is the editor of INDY Week.Email: [email protected]: http://twitter.com/lisasorg
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How do I get the Indy to cover a story?
Let’s be candid: News journalists are crusty, cynical curmudgeons whose bedtime reading consists of grand jury indictments and toxic release inventory reports. We traffic in bad news; our currency is injustice. Conflict gets us out of bed in the morning. So do malice and malfeasance, lying and greed. This is why we’re a hit at […]
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After Somerhill bankruptcy, Joe Rowand opens new art gallery
He’s back. Joe Rowand, who owes artists thousands of dollars after declaring bankruptcy last year, is opening his new gallery, tomorrow in Chapel Hill. Over the past several years, Roward pulled down a $15,000 monthly salary while his previous enterprise, Somerhill Gallery, owed artists at least $270,000 in commissions on works that had been sold […]
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How to freelance for the Indy
Three freelance writers stand before me, but I have only two résumés in my hand. The name I do not choose must pack his bags and return to writing in his personal journal. “How do I write for the Indy?” It’s the second-most common question I field. (The first being “How do I get my […]
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Lopez brothers of Durham sentenced for harboring undocumented immigrants
For the past five years, the Lopez Brothers’ framing business was very profitable—but apparently not profitable enough. The owners of J&A Framing Company in Durham tried to keep their costs down by hiring cheap labor: undocumented immigrants who earned less than minimum wage and who paid the brothers rent to live in squalid trailers on […]
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Capital 16 Club celebrates Game Week, as in wild game, not Twister
“The Meat Stall” by Pieter Aertsen, 1551 After a long election season, nothing satisfies a politico’s hunger like a big slab of wild boar and a napkin the size of a head sail. Tonight Capital 16 Club in Raleigh launches Game Week, when the menu features food you hunt in the woods or fields—as opposed […]
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Election Day, Herman Cain, sexual harassment and the asteroid
At 8:40 this morning, I was Voter No. 39 at Rogers-Herr Middle School and, with the exception of the poll workers, the only soul in the gymnasium. Early voting turnout for this year’s Durham general election was double that of the October primary (5,039 to 2,298) but still pitiful considering there are 133,452 registered voters […]
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Whose headline is it anyway? Plus Rapiscan, David Price and X-ray scanners
“Light my faucet” “The pun also rises” Headline writing is an art—a lost art, thanks to Search Engine Optimization and the Internet—but those of us still living in the print world know that crafting a compelling “head” (or “hed,” in journo shorthand) can be tougher than polishing 1,000 words of prose. At the Indy, the […]
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Safety on the American Tobacco Trail
During the day, the scene at the 2-mile mark on the American Tobacco Trail is occasionally dicey, but rarely dangerous. I once had to sidestep a scrum between an angry man and woman to avoid a wayward punch, but in general, I just smile at the guys getting lit on Stack at 11 in the […]
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The inaugural edition of the Indy editor’s blog
It’s 6:30 a.m. and I feel like it’s the first day of school. Lunch packed. Teeth brushed. Hair more or less combed, like that would do any good. And here’s the inaugural edition of For What It’s Worth, the Indy editor’s blog. By nature, I’m a news reporter, not a columnist, which is why I’ve […]
