No one planned for wall
Holly: The highway's route was established before your house was even on planning maps, let alone built.
Road equals growing pains
Holly: When my wife and I were looking for a house in North Raleigh about a dozen years ago, we found one we liked off Litchford Road. But I was curious about some cleared trees just beyond the backyard.
Reaped as he sowed
Holly: In February, I wrote about George Smith, a 70-year-old North Raleigh resident who had been evicted from his apartment after an inadvertent double payment to Progress Energy threw his finances into a tailspin.
Help us launch feature
Holly:We're planning some changes to the North Raleigh News section (you'll hear more about that later) that will begin next month. But one change requires preparation from you, our readers.
Youth's idealism refreshes
Holly:Ed and Erika Rosenberger were impressed with the UNC students who interviewed them recently. You've got to be impressed with the idealism of youth.
Training cheats death
Holly:If what happened to Gene Cernilli last month at the A.E. Finley YMCA was a miracle, it was a miracle waiting to happen.
A fight not yet won
Holly:It would be nice if there were no need for the City of Raleigh Fair Housing Hearing Board. Unfortunately, there is.
Some updates for you
Holly:A couple of updates for you from past columns are timely this week:
Crime info may expand
Holly:Ted Lingenheld says he is a consultant but he might want to add to his business card "squeaky wheel," as in the one who gets the oil.
Scrap the disposal
Holly:Put down the InSinkErator and back away from the shelf -- and put your hands where we can see them.
Bad can get worse as we age
Holly:At one point in his life, George Smith was one of those people most would consider lucky.
Sad but happy move
Holly:This has been a bittersweet week here at the North Raleigh News section.
Finally, a new reporter
Holly::Kinea White has written schools-related stories for the North Raleigh News.
Time to be 'Daddy'
Dan Holly::When I took this job, one of the pieces of advice I got was to write about my children no more than twice a year. It seems many of my colleagues felt that columnists tend to think their children are cuter and funnier than they actually are. (Imagine that!
Calling friends and foes
Dan Holly::Response to my recent column asking for feedback has not been overwhelming, but it has been enlightening. I'd like to share some of them with you, to stimulate thought and perhaps more feedback. We really do want to know what you think.
Let's fix this road ASAP
Dan Holly::Homes and shopping centers seem to sprout up overnight around here, so why is it taking so long to fix Creedmoor Road? I'm talking specifically about an intersection north of the Outer Loop where Creedmoor meets Shooting Club and Nipper roads. It
We're cleaning the fridge
Dan Holly::Do you read the little feature at the top of page 3N called "Stop & Go?" Do you like it? If you don't, do you have any ideas for how that space can be better used? This is the type of feedback we're seeking as we prepare for a top-
Truth in eye of beholder
Dan Holly::To the caller who complained about our last man-on-the-street interview feature, I say: I was just as surprised as you were. Respondents were overwhelmingly in favor of gay marriages -- four of five surveyed supported it. I, too, expected a survey on gay
