NCFC Starts Big Week With Big Win: 5-0
Cary, NC – In a weekend packed with local soccer, North Carolina FC took home a big win that bumped them up the rankings, beating Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 5-0. Read more
Cary Town Council: Cary Towne Center Rezoning, Urban Forest and More
Cary, NC – The latest Cary Town Council meeting saw a Public Hearing on what may be Cary’s second-largest rezoning of all time, as well as a Public Hearing on a rezoning in the Alston Activity Center, a vote the lease for the new Downtown Cary library and parking deck and a presentation of the Environmental Advisory Board’s recommendations on trees.
Lazy Daze Returns with Celebration of Arts and Summer
Cary, NC – Before the Downtown Cary Park, before the Cary Arts Center, before many of the cultural touchstones that we recognize, there was Lazy Daze. The arts and crafts festival returns to Downtown Cary this month for its 43rd year.
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Weekend Events: Live Comedy, Big Concerts and More
Cary, NC – This weekend, have fun around town with both live stand-up comedy and improv comedy at venues around town, plus big concerts at the Cary Theater and Koka Booth Amphitheatre. All that and more in Weekend Events.
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Harold’s Blog: Week of August 12, 2019
Cary, NC – This was another slow summer week dominated by campaign related activities. Read more
Cary Towne Center Rezoning Up for First Public Hearing
Cary, NC – The process to rezone Cary Towne Center takes another big step as the Cary Town Council will hold its first Public Hearing on the entire mall property.
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McCrimmon Parkway Phase One Now Open to Traffic
Morrisville, NC – Started in late 2016, the first connection in McCrimmon Parkway is now complete, allowing drivers to move through this busy section of Morrisville.
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How Does Cary’s Housing Market Compare to the Rest of North Carolina?
Cary, NC – A new study looked at home sales across all of North Carolina, factoring in how long a house stays on the market, how much homes decrease in value and how much negative equity they have, with Cary coming out in the top 10 statewide.
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Samaritan’s Corner: A Duran Duran Song
Cary, NC – Ecclesiastes 1:18 – “The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief. To increase knowledge only increases sorrow.” The truth of this scripture acts as a hand that has snatched me out of a dream, by way of my nightmares. Literally.
Need a little more clarity to really understanding what I’m saying? Acts 2:17 – “Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.” My body and mind seem to share in both the young man having visions, and the old man dreaming dreams. Being 50 doesn’t make me old, and it doesn’t make me young. It’s the reality of life that causes me to feel the impact of the years gone by.
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Cary’s Heritage: The Cary Colored School
Cary, NC – In 1893, the two-room segregated Cary Colored School opened off of Shirley Drive behind what is today Cary Elementary School. In 1900, Dr. Rev. Meadows became the principal and one teacher, and Ada Ruffin was the second teacher for grades 1-6. When students graduated from the 6th grade, they were bused to Berry O’Kelly segregated High School in Method, a suburb of Raleigh.
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