Record #:

1907

Author(s):

Branan, Brad

Abstract:

Differences among the Raleigh Housing Authority, Mayor Tom Fetzer, and special interest groups, as well as budgetary and internal problems, are keeping thousands of Raleigh's low-income citizens waiting for more public housing units to be built.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 37, Sept 1994, p15-16, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Housing authorities--Raleigh; Public housing--Raleigh; Raleigh Housing Authority

Record #:

1910

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

The old Durham Athletic Park (DAP), home of the Durham Bulls minor league baseball team, closed in 1994 when the team opened its new park. Burtman reminisces about attending ball games at DAP and his three years operating the mechanical bull.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 37, Sept 1994, p18-21, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Baseball--Anecdotes; Baseball fields--Durham; Durham Athletic Park; Durham Bulls (Baseball team)

Record #:

1933

Author(s):

Sisk, Taylor

Abstract:

Under current North Carolina law, adopted children may not be given the identity of biological parents. If passed by the General Assembly, House Bill 1037 would provide an open state registry through which an adopted child might locate biological parents

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 38, Sept 1994, p14-15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Adoptees; Adoption--Laws and legislation; Birthparents

Record #:

1934

Author(s):

Musante, Glenna Bassett

Abstract:

The deaths of several babies born with abnormalities at Fort Bragg led one mother to discover a common link - the babies' parents had been exposed toxins during the Persian Gulf War.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 38, Sept 1994, p16-19, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fort Bragg; Infants--Mortality--Fort Bragg; Persian Gulf War, 1991; Abnormalities--Human

Record #:

1935

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

After a promising opening, the newly restored Carolina Theatre in Durham had problems, including personnel and program cutbacks, departure of key people, and underestimated revenues. Boosters feel this is all past now, and the theater will rebound.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 38, Sept 1994, p21, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Theaters--Durham; Carolina Theatre (Durham)

Record #:

1936

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

LaVonda Burnette, elected to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education, has been the center of controversy over charges that she misrepresented her as a UNC-CH student. A Chapel Hill lawyer and a school board member discuss the controversy.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 40, Oct 1994, p12-17, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Burnette, LaVonda; Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education

Record #:

1960

Author(s):

Beaudoin, Chris

Abstract:

Environmental violations by Caldwell Systems, Inc., operators of a Caldwell County hazardous waste incinerator that pumped toxins into the air between 1976 and 1988, have resulted in lawsuits against it as well as health problems for residents.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 39, Sept 1994, p11, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hazardous wastes--Incineration--Caldwell County; Incinerators--Caldwell County; Caldwell Systems, Inc.; Air--Pollution--Caldwell County

Record #:

1961

Author(s):

Branan, Brad

Abstract:

While critics remain skeptical of renewal, Bill Kalkhof of Downtown Durham, Inc. is a force behind realizing the vision of Durham as an arts and cultural hub with artists' studios, lofts, bookstores, cafes, and theaters.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 39, Sept 1994, p13-15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Downtown Durham, Inc.; Kalkhof, Bill; Durham--Civic improvement; Central business districts--Durham

Record #:

1973

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Gay men and lesbians in the Raleigh-Durham area relate their experiences in identifying their sexual preferences to family and friends.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 41, Oct 1994, p16-19, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Gay men--Research Triangle Metropolitan Area; Lesbians--Research Triangle Metropolitan Area

Record #:

1974

Author(s):

Ariail, Kate Dobbs

Abstract:

Artist Beverly McIver of Durham overcame opposition from her college professors and other obstacles to paint the subject matter she wanted to- portraits and images of the black community.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 41, Oct 1994, p21-22, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

McIver, Beverly; African American artists--Durham

Record #:

1976

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

Hillsborough's Grady Brown Elementary School and other schools in Orange County haven't convinced some parents of the effectiveness of such innovative pedagogical techniques as outcome-based education.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 41, Oct 1994, p12-14, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Outcome-based education; Educational innovations; Grady Brown Elementary School (Hillsborough); Public schools--Orange County

Record #:

1977

Author(s):

Ruley, Melinda

Abstract:

In March of 1994, a tornado struck the Haw River town of Saxapahaw, destroying its 150 year old cotton mill and disrupting a community that had worked for the mill for generations.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 43, Oct 1994, p11-13, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Saxapahaw; Cotton manufacture--Saxapahaw

Record #:

1982

Author(s):

Branan, Brad

Abstract:

Some of the most important work of the electronic revolution is being performed in the Triangle area by the University of North Carolina's virtual reality lab, the Virtus Corporation, the News & Observer, and the Institute for Academic Technology.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 42, Oct 1994, p10-13, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Information networks; Information technology; Virtual reality; Multimedia systems

Record #:

1983

Author(s):

Turner, Maureen

Abstract:

An alarming influx of new residents and the increasing erection of new eating establishments and condominiums have longtime Carrboro residents fearing a dilution of the town's charms.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 42, Oct 1994, p14-17, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Carrboro

Record #:

1984

Author(s):

McCullough, Sue Olsen

Abstract:

Boone native Romulus Linney is a gifted and prolific playwright whose subject matter includes Appalachia, history, and personal musings, as well as his most recent foray into World War II and Hermann Goering.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 42, Oct 1994, p19, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Linney, Romulus Zachariah IV, 1930-2011; Dramatists