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Posted on April 5th, 2018 | Comments Off on Raleigh’s Probationary Rental Occupancy Program – The First Five Years
[This article originally appeared in The Raleigh Public Record, a now-defunct, hyperlocal, online news source, in August 2011.] Repeated loud parties, overgrown grass, junk cars and appliances in the yard… Read more »
Posted on April 5th, 2018 | Comments Off on Raleigh Ranks Second in National Survey of Public Health and Comprehensive Planning
[This article originally appeared in The Raleigh Public Record, a now-defunct, hyperlocal, online news source, in July 2011.] Excerpt: Raleigh received high marks for its planning efforts to keep air… Read more »
Posted on April 5th, 2018 | Comments Off on WPTF – A Retrospective
[This article originally appeared in The Raleigh Public Record, a now-defunct, hyperlocal, online news source, in September 2009.] Happy Birthday to WPTF 680 AM, Raleigh’s oldest and (almost) first radio… Read more »
Posted on April 5th, 2018 | Comments Off on Raleigh Faith Leader Nancy Petty Arrested for Trespass
[This article originally appeared in The Raleigh Public Record, a now-defunct, hyperlocal, online news source, in June 2010.] Nancy Petty has a long history with Pullen Memorial Baptist Church. She… Read more »
Posted on April 5th, 2018 | Comments Off on Peace Students, Alumnae Continue Protests despite Police Presence, New Policy
[This article originally appeared in The Raleigh Public Record, a now-defunct, hyperlocal, online news source in September of 2011.] Excerpt: Police on campus, heightened security and a new Speech, Expression… Read more »
Posted on April 5th, 2018 | Comments Off on Wake County’s Water Quality Report Card
[This article original appeared in The Raleigh Public Record, a now-defunct, hyperlocal, online news source, in January of 2010.] A survey of 12 months of Wake County water quality violations… Read more »
Posted on November 19th, 2015 | Comments Off on Time to Swat Skeeters
Reprinted from The Triangle, June 2011 Been bitten yet? Skeeter sea-son is gearing up in the Triangle – are you ready to go to war? Getting bitten used to be just… Read more »
Posted on November 19th, 2015 | Comments Off on The Dirt-Poor Dozen
Reprinted from The Triangle, April 2011 12 Ways to Go Green On a Budget and Save! Grass fed beef, eco-granola-organic everything and planting trees to offset that last airplane flight are… Read more »
Posted on November 19th, 2015 | Comments Off on Have A Greener Holiday
Reprinted from The Triangle, December 2010 Got your shopping done? Prefer to wait until the last minute? However you celebrate the season, chances are good the biggest haul of all will go… Read more »
Posted on November 19th, 2015 | Comments Off on What Do I Do With All These Pills?
Reprinted from The Triangle, October 2010 Whether you live with AIDS, care for someone living with AIDS or enjoy better-than-average health, we all generate more medical waste than we think…. Read more »