Town Website Redesign: Have Your Say
Cary, NC — The Town website needs an update and Cary wants your input! Have your say on the next generation Town of Cary website now through September 30, 2014 at Cary Have Your Say.
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Cary Scavenger Hunt – What’s A Clue?
past cluebooks have yielded lots of answers in the Cary Scavenger Hunt adventure
Cary, NC- By now you may have seen posters around town, or flyers promoting our Cary Scavenger Hunt at your favorite local businesses. You may be wondering “what is the Cary Scavenger Hunt?” Or “What sorts of clues are people hunting for during the event?” Read more
Special Report: Retreating 100 Miles West of Cary
Editor’s Note: For the fourth consecutive year, Brent Miller has covered the Council-Staff Retreat for CaryCitizen. As one of only two media outlets in attendance, we offer this in-depth report on the strategic direction Town Council and Staff will take in the next year. Read more
Project Phoenix Officer Joshua Fulbright Employee of the Year
Cary, NC – The Town of Cary recently named Officer Joshua Fulbright their Town Employee of the Year for his work with the Project Phoenix. Read more
Checking In With New Downtown Manager, Ted Boyd
Story and photo by Lindsey Chester
Cary, NC – It’s been about six weeks and CaryCitizen wanted to check in with our new Downtown Manager, Ted Boyd, now that he’s settled into his new job. Read more
Town of Cary Shred Event
Cary, NC – How many of you have boxes of old credit card receipts, tax returns and financial statements hidden away in boxes up in your attic? Read more
Elizabeth’s Gets Storefront Facelift – Town Pays Half
Owner Elizabeth Sullivan and daughter Chelsea outside their newly renovated storefront Elizabeth’s in Downtown Cary
story and photo by Lindsey Chester
Cary, NC – Thanks to help from the Town of Cary, the owners of Elizabeth’s Home & Garden Shop in Downtown Cary have a spiffy new storefront. Read more
Cary’s Great Pumpkin Chuck
Cary, NC – Announcing Cary’s Great Pumpkin Chuck, scheduled for Sunday, November 3, 2013 at Bond Park.
Pumpkin Chucking
Not familiar with a pumpkin chuck? It’s a competition where teams hurl pumpkins at targets and for distance with a homemade device called a trebuchet.
A trebuchet is like a catapult, except with a sling instead of a giant spoon.
Pumpkin chucks are also called punkin’ chuckin’ and punkin chunkin’. Don’t know why “chunking” except maybe alliteration.
Cary’s Great Pumpkin Chuck
Whatever you want to call it, Cary’s Great Pumpkin Chuck will happen the weekend after Halloween – Sunday, November 3, 2013. More info on CaryPumpkinChuck.com.
The venue is the Spillway in beautiful Bond Park. That’s the area between the Community Center and the lake – a hilly spot overlooking a big, flat field. It’s sometimes used for event and Spring Daze parking.
The Spillway is about 500 feet long. We’ll be using approximately 300 feet for the punkin’ chuckin’.
Cary’s Great Pumpkin Chuck is a co-production of Town of Cary and TechnologyTank.
Mini-Maker Fair
Cary’s Punkin’ Chuck will also have a mini-Maker Fair. Booths to be announced, but expect science, technology and DIY exhibits.
If you’d like to be an exhibitor at the event, please email Ian Henshaw.
Register
Teams are forming now! Cary’s Great Pumpkin Chuck is a fun, innovative experience for Scout troops, school clubs, families and hobbyists of all ages.
For more information, visit CaryPumpkinChuck.com. To register, visit EventBrite.
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Trebuchet photo for Cub Scout Pack 101 in Cedar Valley, Texas by Irish Typepad.
Scoops for Troops this Saturday
North Carolina is recognized as the nation’s most military friendly state. This Saturday, The Town of Cary and The North Carolina USO aim to uphold that proud tradition with “Scoops for Troops” on Saturday, July 20, 2013. Read more
Apply Now for Cary School Of Government
Story by Lindsey Chester, a member of Cary’s Parks & Rec Advisory Board and a graduate of Cary’s School of Government. Photo by Hal Goodtree.
Cary, NC – Have you ever wondered how Cary sets is budget? What our Land Use Plan is? How our town regulates the traffic lights? Find out the answers to these and much more by participating in Cary’s School of Government course. Read more