Two brothers who operated the J&A Framing and Carpentry have been indicted on several charges, including trafficking immigrants whom they employed at the Durham-based business. A grand jury yesterday indicted Juan Antonio Ponce and Jose Alfredo Lopez Ponce, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorneys office in Raleigh. The Ponce brothers allegedly hired […]
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Lawyers working to free undocumented immigrants
Lawyers for eight men jailed after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid are trying to get them released from ICE custody so they can spend the holidays with their families in North Carolina. Jorge Juerta Pone, 20; Yair Cruz Garcia, 26; Aldo Temix, 27; German Rodriguez Martinez, 22; Gabriel Miramontes Rosales, 35; Jorge Escamilla Hernandez, […]
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Abortion protesters target Enloe High School
Related documents Human Life Alliance financial statements: 2007 2008 2009 Last week, 17-year-old Morgan Richardson pulled into the parking lot at Enloe High School in Raleigh, where she encountered three anti-abortion protesters clustered near the building entrance holding signs plastered with photos of aborted fetuses. Richardson, a senior at the public magnet school, wasn’t happy. […]
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J&A Framing employees to be deported this month
Wearing crimson jumpsuits and shackled by the wrist and ankles, eight Latino menranging from 18 to 40 years oldpleaded guilty in federal district court in Raleigh Tuesday to charges of illegally entering the U.S. Magistrate Judge James E. Gates sentenced each man to 30 days in jail, with credit for the two weeks served. Gates […]
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ICE mum about its recent workplace raids
More than 20 employees of a construction company have been detained after Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials raided three workplaces in Cary, Apex and Chapel Hill. The raids at J & A Lopez Framing occurred Nov. 15. The employees were taken initially to an ICE facility in Cary before being sent to the Wake County […]
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New Hill Community Association: Speaking truth to power
Five years ago, New Hill, a rural community in western Wake County, was primarily known only by its residents, along with weekend boaters, cyclists and travelers who had taken a wrong turn off U.S. 64. Yet the historically African-American town was also known to the Western Wake Partners, an alliance of Cary, Apex, Morrisville, Research […]
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Chatham Commissioners opt out of permit extension, Western Wake Partners easement request
Outgoing Chatham County commissioners voted 5-0 to opt out of the state’s one-year extension for all development permits. By doing so, the commission is requiring commercial and residential developers to reapply and submit to newer environmental regulations. In response to the housing market crash, the legislature passed the 2009 Permit Extension Act, which gave developers […]
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Chatham County landfill in limbo
Chatham County citizens concerned about the placement of the proposed 400-acre landfill will have to wait until the beginning of the year for more definitive answers. The Solid Waste Advisory Committee’s Dec. 1 meeting has been canceled to give the three newly elected county commissioners Brian Bock, Pamela Stewart and Walter Petty a thorough briefing […]
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Nine sites eyed for new Chatham County landfill
The next Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting is Wednesday, Dec. 1, 6:30 p.m. at Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro. Waste might seem to magically disappear when you place it at your curb or driveway every week, but your trash’s journey doesn’t end when it hits the back of the garbage truck. Chatham County residents, […]
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Major upset looms over Chatham County Board of Commissioners
Republicans appear to have swept the Chatham County commission, but the races were so close they may qualify for a recount. In District 3, Republican Brian Bock brought in 12,299 votes squeaking by Democrat George Lucier by 434 votes. Bock’s upset of Lucier’s thoughtful conservationist leadership may be a calculated move by the developers and […]