Record #:

11886

Author(s):

Cowell, Rebekah L.

Abstract:

At one time vast home development was planned in Chatham County. Nine large luxury subdivisions would have contained 1,921 homes built on 3,238 acres; however, collapse of the housing market has held up the start of some and the foreclosure of others. Cowell discusses the causes and the results, such as the evaporation of an anticipated increase in the county's tax base.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 2, Jan 2010, p14-19, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Housing development--Chatham County

Record #:

11887

Author(s):

Smith, Zack

Abstract:

Smith discusses the work and creations of Pittsboro's Tommy Lee Edwards, a prolific illustrator and designer whose work ranges from comics to movies.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 2, Jan 2010, p25, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Illustrators--Pittsboro

Record #:

12024

Author(s):

Khanna, Samiha

Abstract:

Khanna discusses water and ground contamination in Durham caused by chemicals used in dry cleaning establishments. Cleanups are costly and funds for this purpose come from the state Dry Cleaning Solvent Cleanup Act. "There could be as many as 1,500 current and former dry cleaners in the state where perc is leaching into the soil, groundwater, and air inside people's homes and businesses."

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 3, Jan 2010, p5, 7, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Pollutants; Dry cleaning industry; Pollution--Environmental aspects

Record #:

12025

Author(s):

Geary, Bob

Abstract:

The new majority on the Wake County School Board is pushing for neighborhood schools and the abolition of the diversity policy. Geary discusses how this would affect magnet schools and the system's racial balance. Maps illustrating diversity zoning and zoning for neighborhood schools are included. School board member John Tedesco presents his plan for school assignments.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 3, Jan 2010, p16-19, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

School boards--Wake County

Record #:

13925

Author(s):

Geary, Bob

Abstract:

Geary discusses the qualifications of the new superintendent of the Wake County Public School System, Anthony Tata, a retired army Brigadier-General.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 1, Jan 2011, p7, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

School superintendents--Wake County

Record #:

13926

Author(s):

Sorg, Lisa

Abstract:

The Food Safety Modernization Act is the most sweeping overhaul of the American food system since the 1930s. The new law regulates and inspects more tightly farms and food processors in hopes of reducing food-borne illnesses which kill over 5,000 people a year and sicken thousands more. Sorg discusses how the law affects small farms.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 2, Jan 2011, p12-15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Farms, Small--Government policy; Agricultural products--Laws and legislation

Record #:

13927

Author(s):

Khanna, Samiha

Abstract:

K&L Gates is one of the most formidable law firms in the Raleigh Research Triangle. Khanna discusses \"how the firm, through its money and political connections, is shaping the quality of life in the Triangle.\"

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 3, Jan 2011, p16-21, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Law firms--Raleigh

Record #:

13928

Author(s):

Schwartz, Joe

Abstract:

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.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 4, Jan 2011, p26-27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Sports franchises--Raleigh; Soccer--Raleigh

Record #:

13929

Author(s):

Geary, Bob

Abstract:

In the November 2010 state elections, Republicans gained control of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. Geary discusses what effect this could have on the state's public school system.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 4, Jan 2011, p7, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Public schools

Record #:

13930

Author(s):

Schwartz, Joe

Abstract:

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.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 4, Jan 2011, p9, 11, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Election districts

Record #:

13931

Author(s):

Ariail, Kate Dobbs

Abstract:

Cunningham is one of the greatest creative forces in American dance and had a profound influence on modern dance. He died in 2009. The company he founded is on a farewell tour and will cease to exist after December 2011.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 5, Feb 2011, p17-19, 21, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Choreographers; Cunningham, Mercer Phillip, 1919-2009; Modern dance

Record #:

13932

Author(s):

Morris, Neil

Abstract:

Morris examines the rise and fall of the Carolina Rail Hawks, a professional soccer team based in the Triangle area.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 6, Feb 2011, p17-21, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Sports franchises--Raleigh; Soccer--Raleigh

Record #:

13933

Author(s):

Geary, Bob

Abstract:

The 1995 General Assembly passed legislation authorizing charter schools, or schools operated by a private, non-profit organization. Of the state's ninety-nine charter schools, almost 20 percent of them are located in Wake and Durham Counties. Republicans want more or them; Democrats worry that they are a form of segregation. Geary discusses the consequences of raising the cap on the number of schools.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 7, Feb 2011, p9, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Charter schools

Record #:

13934

Author(s):

Geary, Bob

Abstract:

Since a new school board controls the Wake County Schools, changes are being considered in how students are assigned to schools. The old plan fostered diversity in the schools. Recently the new Wake County Choice plan was unveiled. Geary evaluates the school reassignment plan.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 7, Feb 2011, p9 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

School boards--Wake County

Record #:

13935

Author(s):

Cowell, Rebekah L.

Abstract:

Lincoln Heights is a historically African American community located outside the Roanoke Rapids corporation limits. For the past seventy years the city has regularly dumped its garbage there in three landfills; the city does not provide Lincoln Heights with trash service. Although two of the landfills have since closed, the residents are still living among the dumps. Cowell discusses this problem and the waste transfer station that the city proposes to build there.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 7, Feb 2011, p17-21, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Refuse and refuse disposal--Roanoke Rapids; African American neighborhoods--Halifax County; Lincoln Heights