Record #:

16829

Author(s):

Ball, Billy

Abstract:

Residents of Alabama Avenue in Carrboro are protesting a proposed Family Dollar in the neighborhood. Their outrage comes from having a chain-store encroaching on what has been historically locally-owned commercial area. Will Stronach will appear before local officials and needs a four-fifths vote for installation of the store to be approved.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 24, June 2012, p7, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Retail stores

Record #:

16830

Author(s):

Geary, Bob

Abstract:

Republicans on the Wake Forest Board of Commissioners blocked a public vote on a one-half cent tax increase on transit. A similar one-half tax has been approved in Durham and Orange County voters will weigh-in this fall. The tax would aid in extending a light-rail transit between Raleigh and Cary.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 25, June 2012, p7, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Taxation--Transit

Record #:

16831

Author(s):

Ball, Billy

Abstract:

Chapel Hill 2020 is an updated plan for the city, the last one composed in 2000. At the heart of the debate for the college town revolves an increasing population and the city's evolution from town to a city. Organized committees and concerned citizens met to outline six areas for development; downtown, north and south stretches of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, N.C. 54 and northern and southern portions of U.S. 15-501. The goal of developing these areas is to create an integrated plan for modernizing and improving transit and promoting local businesses.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 25, June 2012, p9 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Chapel Hill--Buildings, structures, etc.; Chapel Hill--Development

Record #:

16832

Author(s):

Ball, Billy

Abstract:

751 South developers, a mix-use 167-acre project near Jordan Lake, were denied sewer and water service by Durham City Council. However a bill proposed by Rep. Tim Moore may force the city to offer these services to the area. Senate Bill 382 was amended to forbid cities \"from denying water and service to a project in its designate urban growth area outside municipal limits.\"

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 26, June 2012, p5, 9 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

City planning and development law

Record #:

16833

Author(s):

Geary, Bob

Abstract:

Republican nominee John Tedesco will face fellow nominee Richard Alexander in November elections. The winner will run against incumbent Democrat June Atkinson for the position of state superintendent of public instruction. John Tedesco is a Wake County school board member and his opponent a special educator from Lancaster, S.C.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 26, June 2012, p5, 11 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Education--North Carolina

Record #:

16834

Author(s):

Ball, Billy

Abstract:

Viridiana Martinez came to the state when she was seven when her father obtained a visa to work tobacco fields. She is now an active member of the N.C. Dream Team which is an organized group of immigrants and their allies. She comments on President Obama's recent DREAM Act and expresses both her hope for further reform on immigration policy and disappointment that the president has not acted more decisively.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 26, June 2012, p7, 9, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Immigration--Laws and legislation

Record #:

16835

Author(s):

Sorg, Lisa

Abstract:

Hemlock trees are endangered by a species known as the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid. The adelgid is an invasive species from China and Japan and researchers at N.C. State and across the world are struggling to stop the pervasive creature. Currently hemlock trees in the western portion of the state and most recently in Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve, Cary are suffering damages from this species.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 26, June 2012, p18-19, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Woolly adelgids--North Carolina, Western

Record #:

16836

Author(s):

Wallace, Emily

Abstract:

Ben Crawley and Chad McIntyre operate Mr. Buzz beekeeping service. Their business services Raleigh restaurants, such as Sitti Lebanese and Big Boss Brewing, which are installing bee hives on rooftops. These hives are mutually beneficial because more hives promotes a declining bee population and the restaurant can harvest honey, typically an expensive ingredient for their menu.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 26, June 2012, p20, 22, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Restaurants--Raleigh

Record #:

16978

Author(s):

Ball, Billy

Abstract:

Although it is currently impossible for bed and breakfasts to thrive in Chapel Hill due to restrictions, a new comprehensive plan calls for the operation of these establishments as part of a push to speed upscale tourist attractions in the historic neighborhoods padding UNC-Chapel Hill.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 28, July 2012, p7-8 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bed and breakfast accommodations--Chapel Hill

Record #:

16980

Author(s):

Spini, Maggie

Abstract:

Durham City planners have reworked some of the proposed amendments to the Mobile Vending Provisions ordinance in order to relax rules on food trucks.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 28, July 2012, p9-10, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Food trucks--Durham

Record #:

16981

Author(s):

Geary, Bob

Abstract:

Voter approval of Amendment 1, which bars the state from recognizing same-sex marriages and civil unions, doesn't prohibit local governments from offering their employees domestic partner benefits.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 28, July 2012, p11 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Same-sex marriage--Laws and legislation

Record #:

16982

Author(s):

Coleman, Vernal

Abstract:

It seems in Durham, mini-marts and alcohol don't mix. Many of the convenience stores that hold state permits to sell beer and fortified wine has trouble with criminal activity on or near its premises.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 28, July 2012, p14-16, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Crime--Durham; Alcohol (Law); Convenience stores--Durham

Record #:

16983

Author(s):

Ball, Billy

Abstract:

There is nothing nebulous about moonshine laws. North Carolina laws forbid the manufacture or possession of moonshine, or non-tax-paid spirituous liquor.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 28, July 2012, p22 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Distilling, Illicit

Record #:

16984

Author(s):

Anderson, D.L.

Abstract:

In 1958, THE SATURDAY EVENING POST introduced the nation to Percy Flowers, for years, North Carolina's number one bootlegger of Wilders Townships, Johnston County. At the time of the POST profile, it was estimated the Flowers was earning $1 million a year in untaxed revenue from the sale of white liquor.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 28, July 2012, p23, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Distilling, Illicit

Record #:

16985

Author(s):

Sorg, Lisa

Abstract:

Is there a future for North Carolina hops farming? Hops grows best in cool climes of the northern latitudes, where they take in black loam and bask in summer daylight that can last as long sixteen hours; in other words, not central North Carolina, with unforgiving clay, hot and humid summers, warm winters, and a shorter day length. But North Carolina brewers, growers, researchers, and beer drinkers agree that with the right hops variety, one grown to tolerate less sunlight, along with investments in farm machinery and processing centers, hops could be a robust niche industry in this regions and in the mountains, where there are fledgling hops farms.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 28, July 2012, p26-27, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hops