A sign informs passersby that the Crooked Creek Golf Club is permanently closed. Inset: the Crooked Creek clubhouse. Photos by Thomas Goldsmith Wake County leaders are at odds over whether it’s a good deal for taxpayers to make a county park out of the failed Crooked Creek Golf Course in Fuquay-Varina. Proponents of converting the […]
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Latest Probe Brings Total of Missing Money to $900,000 at Wake Register of Deeds Office
A new internal audit of the Wake CountyRegister of Deeds office shows that more than $289,000 went missing there in 2014, bringing the total of money unaccounted for in the office to more than $900,000 during a three-year period. The latest chapter in the story of the troubled office, from which Register of Deeds Laura […]
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Moore Square Renovation Moves Forward; Apparent Low Bid Awaits Council Approval
Work on the Moore Square renovation could get underway in late October now that Raleigh parks staff have chosen a Sanford company, American South General Contractors, as the apparent low bidder at $14.279 million. With a contract guarantee of thirteen months from the date the city sends its “notice to proceed” to the company, the […]
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Should Wake County Spend Up to $20 Million to Convert a Failed Fuquay-Varina Golf Course into a Park?
Wake County leaders are at odds over whether it’s a good deal for taxpayers to make a county park out of the failed Crooked Creek Golf Course in Fuquay-Varina. Proponents of converting the former course in booming south Wake feel so strongly that commissioners have received pro-park emails from as many as a thousand people. […]
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Raleigh Elections May Turn on Whether the City’s 19 CACs Can Really Represent 460,000 Residents
Proponents of Raleigh’s citizen advisory councils say the groups’ future serves as a measure of how well the city hears citizens’ views on issues affecting daily life, including planning, growth, and law enforcement. So it’s no surprise that Raleigh’s nineteen CACs have emerged as an issue in the October 10 municipal elections, when voting will […]
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Baldwin Bows Out of Raleigh At-large Race; All Council Candidates Have Opposition
Mary-Ann Baldwin took herself out of competition for her Raleigh City Council at-large seat Friday, saying it’s time for her to move on and make room for a new generation of leaders. Baldwin, 60, cited at-large candidates Stacy Miller III and Nicole Stewart of examples of strong, younger candidates. “As Democrats, I really believe that […]
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At-Large Candidates Abound as Filing for Raleigh City Elections Nears an End
The crowd of candidates for Raleigh City Council’s two at-large seats grew to eight Thursday, even as the hours remaining in the filing period dwindled down to a precious few. Filing ends at one p.m. Friday for candidates in the October 10 election, held at a time when residents are generally happy living in Raleigh […]
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Parks Guru: Ideas for Dix Should Arise on Site, Not Be Manufactured in Traditional Political Settings
Raleigh’s plan for Dix Park should be conceived right there among its more than three hundred rolling acres, with diverse groups of people trying out diverse sorts of activities. That was the word from a veteran parks and communities expert who talked to a crowd at the City of Raleigh Museum Wednesday. A visionary plan […]
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A Study Shows Wake Women Earn Way Less Than Men
A study released Monday shows major gender-based wage gaps among employees in Wake County, in many cases larger gaps than those seen in Boston and Austin. The Wake County Board of Commissioners received a report from a sixteen-member task force, a panel that resulted from a 2016 Wake County Commission for Women study on women’s […]
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Thanks to James West, There’ll Be No Sunday-Morning Bloody Marys at the Airport Until August
A majority of Wake County commissioners followed the example of their Raleigh City Council compadres Monday and voted for expanding areas of the countyunincorporated areas and RDU International Airportin which alcohol could legally be served at ten a.m. Sundays. However, Commissioner James West suggested that the panel not rush into signing off on the earlier […]
