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Cary to tackle sign rules

A 15-member task force will spend the next seven months poring over Cary's sign ordinances, which were last overhauled nearly a decade ago.
Modified: 11/08/09 11:12:14 PM

School signs may come down in Wake

Raleigh might bill the district if schedule changes next year nullify the signs.
Modified: 11/09/09 06:53:52 AM

Archer Lodge community will become a town

This rural community in northern Johnston County will finally be a town.
Modified: 11/09/09 05:36:56 AM

Schooled, but not convinced

Sheehan: I've complained, repeatedly, over the past several months about Wacky Wednesdays, the Wake County schools' policy that sends students home an hour early - or more - once a week so teachers have time to confer and coordinate.
Modified: 11/09/09 05:27:49 AM

The fall of the wall

This Week: Two decades have passed since the fall of Communism, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
Modified: 11/09/09 05:05:41 AM

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Under the Dome: Among all the politicians at the state legislature, it appears none is conservative enough to suit Civitas Action.
Modified: 11/09/09 05:32:45 AM

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Galvanized by the difficulties a Cary woman has had paying medical bills despite two jobs and health insurance, a group of more than 60 community activists gathered in Raleigh on Saturday to raise support for a health care reform bill.
Modified: 11/07/09 09:06:35 PM

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Triangle Politics: John Tedesco's victory in the Wake County school board District 2 runoff wasn't his biggest surprise Tuesday.
Modified: 11/07/09 05:36:06 AM

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Don Rohrbaugh, who led this southeast Wake town through years of major growth, died Thursday. He was 80.
Modified: 11/05/09 08:55:39 PM

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School board members who oppose Wake's diversity policy are pointing to needy students' progress in Charlotte.
Modified: 11/06/09 06:12:45 AM

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City employees and contractors mismanaged a $30 million overhaul of major pieces of Raleigh's computer system, according to an independent audit.
Modified: 11/06/09 05:05:17 AM

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Under the Dome: North Carolina's congressional delegation is asking the U.S. Department of Labor to listen to farmers before making changes to the visas used by seasonal farmworkers.
Modified: 11/06/09 05:31:52 AM

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The city of Raleigh wants residents to give up their grease.
Modified: 11/05/09 06:23:53 AM

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Judges Jim Wynn of Cary and Albert Diaz of Charlotte were nominated by the president to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Modified: 11/05/09 05:05:14 AM

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Incoming Wake school board members tell current ones to halt the Forest Ridge High School project.
Modified: 11/05/09 11:40:41 PM

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The State Employees Association of North Carolina has launched a Web site and mail campaign to counter Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina's efforts on health care reform.
Modified: 11/04/09 11:25:29 PM

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Mayor Randy Voller won a third term with 54 percent of the vote, beating challenger William Crawford 392 votes to 328.
Modified: 11/04/09 05:54:06 AM

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Tuesday's overwhelming victory by John Tedesco in a Wake County school board runoff means busing for diversity and other established policies will be squarely in the crosshairs of a new majority.
Modified: 11/04/09 07:25:07 AM

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With 84 percent of votes counted, Mayor Bill Bell and three incumbentCity Council members were well on their way to landslide re-elections.
Modified: 11/04/09 08:41:23 AM

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The liberal establishment held off a band of businessmen trying to change the town's course.
Modified: 11/04/09 08:17:30 AM

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