Wake County
Wake releases details on superintendent candidates visit
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the three Wake County superintendent finalists will tour schools, meet school district employees, take questions at a community forum and go through another round of private interviews with the school board.
Wake County
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HEALTH & SCIENCE
Researchers at UNC and NC State developing technology that could help people with diabetes
A research team that includes biomedical engineers from N.C. State University and UNC-Chapel Hill are developing a “smart” network of nanoparticles to deliver insulin to diabetics automatically when blood-sugar levels rise.
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LOCAL/STATE
Memorial Day events
Chapel Hill VFW members will decorate graves in Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery starting at 7 a.m. A memorial service will take place at 8 a.m.
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EDUCATION
Wake names three superintendent finalists
Dana Bedden, the superintendent of the Irving Independent School District in Texas; Ann Clark, the deputy superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools; and James Merrill, the superintendent of Virginia Beach City Schools, are the finalists to become the Wake County school system’s new ...
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WAKE COUNTY
Durham manager honors longevity of absent council member
Durham City Manager Tom Bonfield took a moment during a council meeting last week to recognize a milestone: the 30th anniversary of Councilman Howard Clement’s tenure on the City Council.
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WAKE COUNTY
Finance director named Raleigh’s interim city manager
The Raleigh City Council named longtime Chief Financial Officer Perry James as its interim city manager to take over from the ousted Russell Allen.
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STATE POLITICS
Gov. McCrory backs Dorothea Dix compromise, but Senate leader opposed
Gov. Pat McCrory announced his support Thursday for the compromise version of a bill to renegotiate Raleigh’s lease on the Dorothea Dix property. But Senate leader Phil Berger attacked the compromise.
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WAKE COUNTY
Column: Interviewing Grandma makes family’s history come alive
I misspelled my middle name for most of my childhood. I was maybe age 10 before there was a total epiphany, when my parents told me that “Jon” had no “h.”
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WAKE COUNTY
Vietnam veteran finally gets Bronze Star
Michael J. “Doc” Brown, a Fuquay-Varina man who braved enemy fire in Vietnam, gets a Bronze Star.
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EDUCATION
Wake holding superintendent forum Tuesday
The public can question the three finalists for Wake County schools superintendent Tuesday from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Memorial Auditorium at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, 2 East South Street, Raleigh.
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WAKE COUNTY
Census: Rolesville, Knightdale lead growth in the Triangle
Rolesville and Knightdale have each grown by more than 10 percent in the two years ending last July, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.




