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In recent weeks, Durham County Manager Mike Ruffin announced his plans to retire on January 31, 2014. Filling the soon-to-be vacant position of County Manager is sure to be a challenging process. The recruitment process will include an extensive search in addition to gathering input from citizens to ensure recruitment of candidates best suited for […]
Need some free legal advice? CAPITAL CITY LAWYERS ASSOCIATION “THE RALEIGH BLACK LAWYERS” FREE LEGAL CLINIC August 24, 2013 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. North Carolina Bar Center 8000 Weston Parkway Cary, NC 27513 The Capital City Lawyers Association (the “Raleigh Black Lawyers”) will provide a free legal clinic on the above date and time. […]
CNN’s Money Magazine has ranked the town of Apex #9 on their annual “100 Best Places in America to Live” list. The list ranked 50 communities with 10,000 – 50,000 in population that offered the best combination of strong job opportunities, great schools, low crime, quality health care, plenty to do, and a true sense of community. “The […]
Mobile users will soon have a new way to try transit in the Triangle. Triangle Transit is the first transit system in the region to offer a mobile app in iOS and Android. In addition to the new mobile app, www.triangletransit.org gets a new look. Both will go live on August 19. “The mobile app […]
The average energy bill for a family in the United Sates is $2,000.00 per year and much of that is wasted because of air leaks and poor use of appliances. This workshop provides easy and no or low cost strategies to help individuals make their homes more energy efficient. Before you crank up your thermostat […]
A 12-year-old Apex boy on vacation with his family has unearthed a 5.16-carat diamond at Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park. Park officials said Saturday that Michael Dettlaff, found the honey brown diamond on July 31 after searching for less than 10 minutes. He named it God’s Glory Diamond, according to WRAL. Park officials say […]
The group Basketball Wives About Buisness was at The Umstead Hotel in Cary, NC this past week. Wives of well-known NBA players participated in a multi-day conference that exposed them to information on creating, launching and running their own businesses successfully. Raleigh, NC native Tiffany Wilcox (married to Chris Wilcox of the Boston Celtics) founded the group […]
First, Pastor Wills from Winston Salem was fired for attending a Rick Ross Concert. Now, Pastor Jamal Bryant was recently put on blast for tweeting about taking his 16-year-old daughter to see Beyoncé in concert. Some believe that he’s just wrong for even going and that it sets a bad example for his church members. […]
Durham Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Eric J. Becoats today announced on Thursday all but one of Durham’s 12 public high schools achieved a graduation rate of 80 percent or higher in 2013 – with three schools graduating 100 percent of their students. The 2013 graduation cohort rate for Durham Public Schools (DPS) reached just under […]
The Leesville Community Safety Task Force has partnered with the Raleigh Office of Transportation Planning and the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department to host Back to School Safety Day! on Saturday, August 24 from 9:00am until noon. Join us at the Leesville School Campus (8401 Leesville Rd.) for this family fun event that will […]
Are you a veteran in need of some assistance? The Durham Outreach Focus provides the following: *Provide intensive services (assessment of education, skills, and abilities, career coaching, and individual employment plans) to disabled and non-disabled veterans to help overcome employment barriers. *Job search assistance: Help determine employment skills, update job skills in JobConnector database, provide […]
Wake County Public Libraries, in collaboration with Wake County Parks, Recreation, and Open Space, will host the annual Storytelling Festival on September 28, 2013. The event, in its 31st incarnation, will take place at Historic Oak View County Park from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Featured storytellers for the day include Heather Forest (www.heatherforest.com) and […]
