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Weddings in the Triangle are taking on new traditions and informalities. Joe Schwartz and Sara Waters, both writers for INDY, describe their three-day wedding festival at Shakori Hills in Pittsboro. Their wedding featured food trucks, local distilleries, and special shows.
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15872
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Alexander Stephens and Hudson Vaughan came to Chapel Hill's historically African-American neighborhoods to document oral histories, and they found a community eager to share its story. As well as the people, the neighborhoods have a storied past with visitors such as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and James Brown.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 3, Jan 2012,
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Twenty protestors, known as Carrboro Commune, gathered in front of a building on Greensboro and Weaver streets in Carrboro. Their protests were incited by plan to build a 24-hour CVS pharmacy and office space, instead of a community center serving the citizens. Demonstrations ended peacefully when Mayor Mark Chilton negotiated with the group.
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Cal Cunningham, attorney for Southern Durham Development, gave Durham City Council a thirty day deadline to decide on 751 South request. The 751 South request is a controversial issue to extend water and sewer service to 751 South near Lake Jordan. Pressured into a decision, six Durham City Council members voted unanimously to reject the proposal.
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Syringes, test tubes, X-ray machines, operating tables, computers, and other veterinary waste lie in an illegal dump near a stream that feeds Ellerbe Creek which runs across the county of Durham.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 13, Mar 2012,
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16617
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Billy Maness manages the Uwharrie landfill in Montgomery County. The landfill has seen increased intake from Durham County and will soon accept waste from Orange County. Basic management and functions of the facility are discussed, as well as, concerns about adherence to environmental standards.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 15, Apr 2012,
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27765
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The Howard and Lillian Lee Scholars charter school is seeking fast-track approval to open in Chapel Hill. The school will focus on minority and low-income students and closing the achievement gap. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board opposes the opening of the charter school as it will lose funding, teacher positions, and special programs as a result. Additionally, board members are concerned about the quality of education the charter school would be able to provide and are planning to fight its creation.
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27769
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A sturgeon and caviar farm that was founded in 2004 in Happy Valley in Caldwell County, NC has just served its first sturgeon. The farm is the first in the state of North Carolina and only the fifth of its kind in the US. The farm raises Atlantic, Russian, and Siberian sturgeon and will sell its meat and caviar online, locally, and through a regional distributor. The process of raising the fish and the opinions of local chefs and consumers is explored.
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13928
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The Carolina Rail Hawks is a professional soccer team based in the Triangle area. Schwartz discusses whether professional soccer can survive in the Raleigh Triangle.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 4, Jan 2011,
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13930
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North Carolina General Assembly legislators are required to re-evaluate district lines every ten years when the new census data become available. This is a powerful tool for the party in power, and in the November 2010 state elections, Republicans gained control of the two houses of the General Assembly. Swartz discusses what effect this might have on the new election districts.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 4, Jan 2011,
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A recent report compiled by PRM Consulting states uncovered mistreatment of UNC housekeepers. Findings from the report substantiated workers' claims of harassment and inappropriate relationships amongst staff and management. Director of Housekeeping Bill Burston resigned before the report was disclosed to the public.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 40, Oct 2011,
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Carrboro adopted a plan to give low interest loans to local businesses but recent developments demand a re-evaluation of the program. The town's Economic Sustainability Commission wants new protocols to assess applicants when applying and also new guidelines for determining a local business' contribution to the community.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 38, Sept 2011,
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The John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy offered to donate funding for a selection of courses. Budget cuts to the UNC system caused UNC-Chapel Hill officials to eliminate a portion of Larry Goldberg's \"Elements of Politics\" honors class, a favored class amongst students and alumnae. A Republican led General Assembly voted for a state budget which cut Chapel Hill's funding by 17.9%, more than one hundred million.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 36, Sept 2011,
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Bill Friday has been pushing for reform in college athletics for years. As the founding co-chairman of the Knight Commission, a watchdog group of college presidents and other leakers who seek to balance college-level sports with academics, this UNC system president emeritus has worked on reform issues for two decades.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 35, Aug 2011,
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After 11 months of deliberation, Chapel Hill town officials still may not decide on legalization of food trucks until an October 17th public hearing. Trucks flourish in neighboring Durham and Carrboro, but they are less welcome in Chapel Hill, where mobile vendors can operate only if they have special-event permits or if they park on private property with approval from the town planning board.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 34, Aug 2011,
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