Wednesday: Cary Chamber Business Expo

Cary, NC – Want to get a massive amount of local networking done in one day? Don’t miss the Cary Chamber Business Expo at Prestonwood on Wednesday, November 2, 2011. Read more

Great Harvest Raises $4400 for YOTA

Story by Lindsey Chester, photos by Casey Toth

Cary, NC- Sunday, our friends at Great Harvest Bread Company raised money for the YOTA swim team’s scholarship fund in a unique way. They had team members come in and bake and sell that day’s bread. Read more

Panthers Beat: OHHH – lind – OHHH!

Story by Matt Young and photo by Tom Mousseau for CaryCitizen.

Cary-lina, NC – The Panthers let this one slip away from them.

Sunday’s contest was taken down to the final seconds only to have Olindo Mare miss a “sure thing” 31 yard field goal that would have sent the game into overtime with 29 ticks left.

The Panthers came up just short (again!) 24-21 to the Vikes. Read more

CVA Art Ball, Friday Nov 4

Photo by Hal Goodtree.

Cary NC – Friday November 4 is one of Cary’s big dress-up events of the season, the CVA Art Ball. It’s a black-tie affair with dinner, dancing and a silent art auction, all to benefit Cary Visual Art. Read more

Events: This Sunday, Making Dough for Y Scholarships

Story by Lindsey Chester. Photo by Hal Goodtree.

Cary, NC – This Sunday, October 30, 50 swimmers from the Y’s YOTA team will be baking bread, muffins and more to raise money for scholarships. It’s a great story of giving back, and you can help from 10am to 3 pm. Read more

Fashion Berlin: Boots, Black, and Blanket Scarves

During the summer, Brennin Cummings from Ithaca College interned as a correspondent with CaryCitizen. Now, she’s on a study-abroad year in Berlin and has sent us this fashion report from the cosmopolitan capital of Germany. Story and photos by Brennin Cummings.  Read more

Cut-A-Thon For Kay Raises Over $5000

Story by Lindsey Chester. Pictured above L ->R Nicole Moore, Admissions Director Mitchell’s Academy; Ashley Hancock Roman, former NC State Basketball player; Brenda Keene and Sarah Reese both of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. Front: Isa Roman

Cary, NC- A few weeks ago, we reported about a cut-a-thon that raised that helped raise money in the fight against breast cancer. October is after all, Breast Cancer Awareness month, and folks around Cary get motivated for this cause like no other.

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Education: Students Against Destructive Decisions

 Above, Eboni Christmas-Nathan applies “silent” makeup Carolyn Calder.

Cary, NC – The Cary Academy chapter of Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) participated in the organization’s Shhhhh….it’s a secret event on Oct. 20. Read more

Weekend Events: Howlin in the Hood

The CaryCitizen Calendar of Events is edited by Lindsey Chester. Cary Band Day 2010 photo by Hal Goodtree.

Cary, NC – Cary weekends are always amazing. This last weekend in October, the CaryCitizen Calendar of Events fairly howls with amazing. Read more

Magical Art Tour Starts Friday

Artist Wendy Musser’s “Back Side of A Barn” in pastels.

Cary, NC- The Western Wake Studio Tour has a sneak preview planned. This Friday, October 28, during a reception at the Cary Arts Center works form all the tour’s artists will be on display. The exhibit will remain up until the tour is over November 13. Read more