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- Municipal Melodrama in Zebulon
- Reflecting on 20 Years with Tift Merritt
- Things to Do in the Triangle This Week
- A $220K Donation to Legislative Republicans
- Is Raleigh a Serious Contender for MLB Expansion?
Good morning, readers.
Last month we brought you the story of Zebulon’s town government meltdown. This Friday, we’ve got an update on the municipal melodrama unfolding in Wake County’s smallest, easternmost town.
But first, a refresher: the Board of Commissioners has been short a member since early June, when Beverly Clark resigned in protest.
“There is no doubt in my mind that this board is not interested in what’s best for the people, but are mainly interested in their own power, promoting their own political careers, and using their elected platform to do it,” Clark said at the time.
Three months later, the board is deadlocked over who to appoint as Clark’s replacement. Unable to reach a consensus, they keep delaying the decision.
Zebulon’s prolonged board vacancy poses real problems for the government’s ability to conduct town business. Perhaps more corrosively, it adds another reason for town residents to distrust a board that’s already come under fire for a perceived lack of transparency and accountability.
Keep reading below, and have a good weekend.
—Chloe
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ARTS & CULTURE
Art and Soul
When Tift Merritt was asked to look back through her archives for a 20th anniversary reissue of “Tambourine,” she found a version of herself—and her music—that she loved and recognized, INDY’s Sarah Edwards writes.
ARTS & CULTURE
INDY Selects
A poetry reading, a lecture on the history of tattooing, the 16th annual African American Cultural Festival, and more events around the Triangle we recommend checking out this week.
NEWS
Red Light Green Light
A speed detection camera company gave legislative Republicans $220,000. The Assembly reports lawmakers then passed legislation that could make the company millions.
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ARTS & CULTURE: WRAL reports the new, relocated Red Hat Amphitheatre will have more than 6,000 seats and is slated to open in 2027.
NEWS: The Durham County Board of Elections launched a dashboard to help voters identify and fix missing information in their voter registration, ABC11 reports.
EDUCATION: The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools board discussed the savings of closing an elementary school but says the presentation was purely hypothetical, WCHL reports.
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