Raleigh awash in rules
Eisley: What's hardest to recall -- the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution, Newton's Third Law of Motion or Raleigh's rules for using city water?
It's deja news at iffy 'Mews'
Eisley: Middle-class residents fear a proposal to put subsidized apartments for struggling workers in their midst will wreck their neighborhood, depressing home values and inviting crime.
Shopping for our leaders
Eisley: Across the fake creek from Orvis, between Triangle Town Center's Archivers store and Men's Wearhouse, hangs a red sign you won't see at most malls: "Register to vote here."
Raleigh's slow path to green
Eisley:Raleigh's network of greenway trails has been called our crown jewel, our natural wonder, and, most recently, an emerald necklace.
Raleigh wide shut?
Eisley:The Capital City's leaders are throwing Raleigh Wide Open 3 this weekend to celebrate the new downtown convention center's completion.
In praise of stellar teachers
Eisley:School is back in session, but the teacher who helped get your son or daughter off to such a good start is gone.
MidNorth questions answered
Eisley:Last week's launch of Midtown Raleigh News, the twin of our established North Raleigh News, brought lots of reader comment, cheers, questions, some doubts and a few fears.
Welcome to new North Raleigh News
This weekly community newspaper has been so popular since its debut almost nine years ago that we're cloning it today with the new Midtown Raleigh News, which serves the Capital City's middle third.
Editor's Note
Your North Raleigh News is changing. Starting Aug. 13, it will arrive Wednesdays instead of Fridays. The same day, some of you will instead begin getting its twin, the new, weekly Midtown News.
Tight in the Neuse?
Matthew Eisley:The 7,300 North Raleigh families and proprietors whose property is being downzoned to protect a potential Neuse River water supply might wonder: What water?
Big fuss over Little
Matthew Eisley:When it comes to laying down community rules, sometimes next-door neighbors disagree the most.
Wal-Mart to come to I-540
Matthew Eisley:Attention Wal-Mart shoppers: Another mega store is heading for apparently under-retailed North Raleigh.
Wake: Tanks for asking
Matthew Eisley:Drivers of cars, mowers of lawns, and other active participants in the 21st century, relax: Wake County plans to let you keep small amounts of fuel at home after all.
Park that mower!
Matthew Eisley:Can you mow your grass or drive your car if you live near Falls Lake? Yes, that's technically in question in a dust-up between Wake County and a homeowner storing fuel in the lake basin.
Update on some big cases
Matthew Eisley:Several significant rezoning requests in North Raleigh are working their way through the system.
Room to grow, flow, go
Matthew Eisley:It's a small parcel, just five acres, off North Raleigh's crowded Glenwood Avenue.
Planning a new freeway
And you thought all the focus was on Raleigh's Outer Loop.
N. Wake vs. an airport
Northeast Wake County residents are getting a taste of development conflicts familiar to those who live and work near Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
Forgery slows shops
It looks like a fast-growing section of North Raleigh will get a new shopping center the city already approved once -- as soon as the regrettable matter of a forged real-estate document gets worked out.
