In District A, Town Council incumbent Jennifer Robinson leads Lori Bush by 202 votes with nine of 11 precincts reporting. Cynthia Sinkez has 165 votes; Terry Thorne has 90. In Distict C, incumbent Jack Smith has an 859-vote lead over Catherine Evangelista with 80 percent of the precincts reporting.
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Possible runoff in Cary District A, where 247 votes made the difference
Incumbent Jennifer Robinson squeaked by challenger Lori Bush by 247 votes, but it may not be enough to thwart a runoff. According to unofficial results from the Wake County Board of Elections, with 11 precincts reporting, Robinson received 49.47 percent of the vote, compared with 42.54 for Bush. Under election rules, the second-place finisher can […]
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The Daily Beast: With an IQ of 170, the Triangle is smarter than Einstein.
The Daily Beast has named Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill as the No. 1 smartest city in America. The online mag cited the area’s top-notch universities, Duke and UNC (sorry N.C. State), RTP and the “engaged political minds” that are attracted to the capital city. It awarded the region a Daily Beast IQ of 170, which, if translated […]
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Public meeting about groundwater contamination near the North Wake Landfill
If you go What: Public meeting about groundwater contamination and clean up near the North Wake Landfill, which closed in 1997 Where: Pullen House, 10801 Durant Road, Raleigh (Google map) When: Friday, Oct. 2, 4:30 to 7 p.m. Why: Contamination above permitted state levels was detected in monitoring wells outside the property boundaries of the […]
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State audit alleges violations at N.C. Indian Cultural Center
The N.C. Indian Cultural Center in Robeson County allegedly has violated its lease agreement with the state Department of Administration by failing to maintain adequate insurance coverage and by subleasing property without permission from the state. A state auditor’s report released today notes that the center does not carry coverage for fire, builder’s risk (which […]
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Disorder in the court: Triangle lawyers suspended, disbarred
One lawyer sexually harassed his employees. Others ‘misappropriated funds.” Yet another referred to herself as Madame Justice, even though she has not been a judgealthough she has run for state Supreme Court and described a black Republican congressional candidate as a slave. A cloudy Friday afternoon is an excellent time to peruse the N.C. State […]
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Durhamvoice.org debuts, serves northeast-central part of the city
Congrats to local teens in northeast-central Durham, who have launched an online publication, Durhamvoice.org, with help from UNC and N.C. Central University. The first edition was posted this week with stories about the Durham Police Department’s Operation Bulls-Ey, Samuels and Sons Barbershop and the new Union Independent School, run by Union Baptist Church on North […]
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Complaint filed against Cary’s Jennifer Robinson
A Wake County voter has filed a complaint with the state board of elections regarding District A Cary Town Councilwoman Jennifer Robinson‘s campaign finance reports. Read the complaint here: In his complaint, Van W. Kloempken formerly of DavisHighHouse.org , a citizens’ group supporting Lori Bush, Robinson’s challenger, raises questions about Robinson’s seemingly feeble campaign finances–feeble, […]
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Higher impact fees for Chatham County residents?
Rebekah L. Cowell reports for the Indy on possible new impact fees for Chatham County residents: A big house with a lot of bedrooms could cost Chatham County residents extra money in impact fees. Last night, Chatham County residents discussed possible increased impact fees and their economic ramifications for new homeowners or homeowners adding onto […]
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The U.S. Census: We’re 34, half of us aren’t from N.C., most of us drive alone to work and many of us are raised by our grandparents
Data geeks, this is your week. The U.S. Census has released some of its information related to the 2008 American Community Survey; the remainder comes out Sept. 29. The data is for counties with populations of 65,000 or more. A few snapshots: About half of residents in Wake, Durham and Orange counties are North Carolina […]
