⇒ Read an excerpt from Reavis’ new book, Catching Out: The Secret World of Day Laborers Independent Weekly: How do you think society’s views and values have changed regarding blue-collar work? Dick Reavis: I think it’s gone backwards. I think that the manual worker today has far less status than he did 40 years ago […]
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You can’t make this stuff up
With U.S. Rep. David Price dominating the 4th Congressional District for 20-plus years, the general election in that race is usually a snoozer. But the 2010 Republican primary promises to be freakishly entertaining as George Hutchins, Frank Roche, David Burnett and B.J. Lawson vie for their party’s nomination. Lawson is running again after winning the […]
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McKissick, Atwater file for state senate
Incumbent state Sen. Floyd McKissick Jr. and Bob Atwater have filed for re-election. McKissick represents part of Durham County in District 20. He was appointed to the Senate in 2007 after the death of Jeanne Lucas and was subsequently elected to office in 2008. Read his press release here: senator-floyd-b-mckissick-jr-running-for-reelection Atwater, who represents Chatham, Lee […]
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Lawson, Roche to face off in 4th District Republican primary
B.J. Lawson, who, in 2008 ran a spirited, but unsuccessful campaign against Democratic incumbent David Price for the 4th congressional district, has announced he will again try to win the seat. Lawson lost to Price by a 2-1 margin in that election. But first, Lawson, a doctor and software developer, will face former international banker […]
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It’s a pivotal year for elections
Prepare your babies to be kissed and your hands to be shakenwith a bottle of Purel nearby, of course. Campaign filing season has begun. The ballot will be as long as the election season, with federal, state and local races up for grabs, including those for U.S. Senate, legislature, county commissioners, school boards, dozens of […]
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DENR wants answers on UNC’s Bingham Facility
Who knew what when: The N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources wants answers from UNC-Chapel Hill about the 53-day gap between the time workers at the Bingham Facility suspected a leak in a treated-wastewater storage pond and when the university notified environmental officials that said leak did occur. The treated wastewater did flow into […]
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Community journalism project to open newsroom at Golden Belt
The local youth media project, Northeast Central Durham Community VOICE, is publishing its first print edition this monthand is moving into its new digs at Golden Belt, 807 E. Main St., in Durham. Scientific Properties is donating space in Building 4 to the publication, which is sponsored by journalism programs at UNC and N.C. Central […]
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A mending wall (garden)
Think of it as 90-degree gardening: not the temperature but the angle. As more people move to cities, there is less horizontal space for gardening, but there are thousands of acres of prime vertical spaceon schools, homes, restaurants, even apartment buildingsthat are ripe for the planting. As with green roofs, building an extensive vertical garden […]
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Feds launch environmental crimes task force in N.C.
Polluters, take note: A new environmental crimes task force is launching in North Carolina, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. The press release (92kb, pdf) environmentalcrimesgroup sounds serious, but forgive Triangulator if she doesn’t start drinking straight from the Neuse River quite yet. Federal and state regulators are known for their light hand on […]
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Chapel Hill’s Ping Fu among Obama guests at State of the Union speech
Ping Fu, Chapel Hill resident and co-founder of Geomagic, a technology company based in Research Triangle Park, will be a guest of First Lady Michelle Obama at tonight’s State of the Union speech. You can read the 23-member list here: [76kb, Word doc] firstladyguestlist While Geomagic is a highly successful companyfrom 2000 to 2005, its […]
