On its face, the forced resignation of Knightdale Finance Director Ren Wiles is perplexing at best.
Published: Sep. 23, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
Its festival season in eastern Wake County. Hundreds turned out Saturday for the International Food Festival in Wendell. Ditto for Knightdale Community Day.
Published: Sep. 23, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
On April 22, 2009, fellow Friends of Wakelon Inc. board member Ann Liles and I were treated to one of the most delightful afternoons in recent memory.
Published: Sep. 16, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
Voters go to the polls in just a few short weeks to determine who will fill four seats on the Wake County Board of Education.
Published: Sep. 16, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
You'd be hard-pressed to find a father who loves his daughters more than your intrepid columnist. But I would be less than honest if I didn't tell you I was disappointed we didn't end up with at least one boy in the family.
Published: Sep. 16, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
Local elected officials have been understandably concerned about nearly every dollar that goes out of their town's coffers. In times of fiscal constraint, the importance of managing money is paramount.
Published: Sep. 16, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
We've gushed in this space before about the fine job everyone did to turn Wakelon School into a municipal complex.
Published: Sep. 9, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
It sounds so quaint.
Published: Sep. 9, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
Those concerned with crowded classrooms should understand they are just the resulting rash from the interior cancer.
Published: Sep. 9, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
Sometimes you just have to wonder whether the state's judiciary has gone completely mad.
Published: Sep. 9, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
The reactions of parents to budget cuts at schools was a bit more upbeat than we expected.
Published: Sep. 9, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
Eastern Wake County has always played the poor card. We even did so in the editorial printed above this one.
Published: Sep. 2, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
One of the real surprises for people first visiting a state legislature is how bills aren't simply put up for debate, amended and then voted on.
Published: Sep. 2, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
For a few years now, sidewalks have been a topic of keen interest in Wendell.
Published: Sep. 2, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
On his visit to Zebulon's Eastern Regional Center, Congressman Brad Miller got a chance to view some of the services provided at the center for residents of eastern Wake County.
Published: Sep. 2, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
The naïveté you exposed in your opinion article of Aug. 26 is the same argument we have all heard since school integration was made law of the land. The old adage, "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink," is reinforced.
Published: Sep. 2, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story
Saturday was a glorious day.
Published: Aug. 4, 2009 9:45 AM | Full story
Good ideas are worth waiting for. Count the Wendell Farmer’s Market among those ideas.
Published: Aug. 4, 2009 9:43 AM | Full story
In just a few weeks I suspect I could make the same trip and the bottom row of leaves will likely be missing.
At the risk of sounding too nostalgic, I miss the old tobacco tradition that was so important to this community.
Published: Jul. 28, 2009 1:33 PM | Full story
Questions were raised recently about a $790 line item in the town of Wendell’s budget.
Published: Jul. 28, 2009 1:31 PM | Full story
Encouraging growth in any county or town is a complicated, multi-faceted effort that tests government’s ability to bring together the public and the private sector.
Published: Jul. 21, 2009 10:18 AM | Full story
We’re in the midst of the summer vacation season but it doesn’t stop local folks from planning interesting events.
Published: Jul. 21, 2009 10:17 AM | Full story
As I walked through the terminal at Raleigh-Durham International Airport a couple Fridays ago with some friends from Wakefield Central Baptist Church, I remarked on the lawsuit filed by our sister paper and some other news organizations against the airport authority.
Published: Jul. 14, 2009 11:25 AM | Full story
Sunday morning, we sent
Pitt off to summer camp.
Published: Jun. 30, 2009 12:27 PM | Full story
He suggested that town officials
begin talking now with
Raleigh city commissioners.
Published: Jun. 30, 2009 12:24 PM | Full story
Saturday marked the end of a long road for 656 high school graduates from eastern Wake County.
Published: Jun. 16, 2009 11:50 AM | Full story
My mother-in-law passed away last week. Her death wasn’t unexpected. At 76, she had lived a long life and a good life.
Published: Jun. 16, 2009 11:47 AM | Full story
Schools are letting out today. Seniors are graduating from high school on Saturday.
Published: Jun. 9, 2009 9:28 AM | Full story
Wake County Board of Education members seem to have heard the people speak.
Published: Jun. 9, 2009 9:25 AM | Full story
We lost Gary Dixon Wednesday night.
Published: May. 26, 2009 11:29 AM | Full story
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