Help Triangle Youth Orchestras Win $1000 Grant

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Raleigh, NC – Triangle Youth Music, part of The Philharmonic Association, is hoping to win a $1000 grant and has posted their goal on the Power2Give website. They have just a month (until early February) to earn donations for their cause. Read more

Christmas Tree Recycling in Cary

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Cary, NC – Did you know that Town of Cary will recycle your Christmas tree? All you have to do is kick it to the curb. Read more

Tony Tata Gets NC Cabinet Post

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Story by Hal Goodtree. Photo from ajtata.com.

Cary, NC – Last autumn, the Wake County Board of Education surprised many people when they abruptly fired Superintendent Tony Tata. Today, Governor-Elect Pat McCrory announced that he will appoint General Tata as Secretary of the Department of Transportation for North Carolina. Read more

Quadrantid Meteor Shower in Cary

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Time lapse photo by Christopher.

Cary, NC – Missed the big Quadrantid meteor shower last night? Well, it actually goes on for 11 more days. Wednesday night was cloudy, but tonight might be your best chance to see the big astronomy show in Cary, NC. Read more

Lori Bush: A Solar Farm in Cary

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Story and photos by Lori Bush. Republished from her blog.

Cary, NC – In late December, I got a chance to visit the new solar farm located at the South Cary Water Reclamation Facility. We’ve all seen solar panels, but you haven’t seen anything like this before.  Ok, well, I haven’t.

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3 Kings Parade This Saturday

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Photo of 2012 Three Kings Parade by Brooke Meyer.

Cary, NC – This Saturday, experience the annual Three Kings Parade in Bond Park, a Latino celebration of the birth of Jesus, presented by Diamante, Inc. Read more

Top Stories from 2012

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Cary, NC – CaryCitizen finished the year strong with 792,588 total readership. Here are the Top Stories from 2012 plus a few other interesting stats. Read more

State of the Town

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Cary, NC – Every year, the Mayor of Cary delivers a State of the Town address. Here is the revised and amended text of that address for 2013, provided by Mayor Harold Weinbrecht. Photo by Hal Goodtree. Read more

Top 10 To-Do’s for 2013

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Story by Lindsey Chester. Photo by Eamon Brett.

Cary, NC – Happy New Year Cary! Here’s a list of some To-Do’s to put in your calendar over the course of the next 12 months -not all at once- so you can have a great 2013! Read more

Harold’s Blog: December 23, 2012

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Editor’s note: Due to our limited holiday production, we couldn’t publish Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht’s blog from December 23, 2012. Here it is now. Story by Harold Weinbrecht and photo by Lori Bush.

Cary, NC – This week was the last hustle and bustle week of the holiday season. Read more