News & Observer | newsobserver.com | Columns by Matthew Eisley (2007)

Raleigh awash in rules

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?

Updated: Oct. 1, 2008 7:04 AM | Full story

It's deja news at iffy 'Mews'

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.

Updated: Sep. 24, 2008 2:06 AM | Full story

Shopping for our leaders

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."

Updated: Sep. 17, 2008 2:05 AM | Full story

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.

Updated: Sep. 10, 2008 2:26 AM | Full story

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.

Updated: Sep. 3, 2008 2:23 AM | Full story

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.

Updated: Aug. 27, 2008 5:25 AM | Full story

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.

Updated: Aug. 20, 2008 11:12 AM | Full story

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.

Updated: Aug. 13, 2008 7:19 AM | Full story

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.

Updated: Aug. 1, 2008 8:34 AM | Full story

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?

Updated: Dec. 28, 2007 2:44 AM | Full story

Big fuss over Little

Matthew Eisley:When it comes to laying down community rules, sometimes next-door neighbors disagree the most.

Updated: Nov. 30, 2007 9:20 AM | Full story

Wal-Mart to come to I-540

Matthew Eisley:Attention Wal-Mart shoppers: Another mega store is heading for apparently under-retailed North Raleigh.

Updated: Oct. 26, 2007 3:07 AM | Full story

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.

Updated: Sep. 28, 2007 3:06 AM | Full story

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.

Updated: Aug. 31, 2007 3:09 AM | Full story

Update on some big cases

Matthew Eisley:Several significant rezoning requests in North Raleigh are working their way through the system.

Updated: Jul. 27, 2007 3:06 AM | Full story

Room to grow, flow, go

Matthew Eisley:It's a small parcel, just five acres, off North Raleigh's crowded Glenwood Avenue.

Updated: Jun. 29, 2007 3:25 AM | Full story

Planning a new freeway

And you thought all the focus was on Raleigh's Outer Loop.

Updated: May. 25, 2007 3:06 AM | Full story

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.

Updated: Mar. 30, 2007 3:27 AM | Full story

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.

Updated: Apr. 27, 2007 3:23 AM | Full story
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