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Come swing with North Carolina Central University’s alumni drummers and Thomas Taylor as they kick off the school year. Taylor, a jazz drummer and professor in NCCU’s Jazz Studies Program, and some of his former students will present a concert and fundraiser in the B.N. Duke Auditorium on the campus of NCCU on Sunday Aug. […]

A new graphic is making the rounds on the internet. It shows the extreme pay disparity between North Carolina teachers and other teachers across the country. The graphic focuses specifically on pay changes in the last decade. It doesn’t look good for our state. North Carolina has not increased teacher pay in five years, according […]

For more than 20 years, Moses Mathis has collected bicycles, repaired them and given them to needy kids in the Fayetteville area. Mathis, also known as the Bicycle Man lost his battle with a long illness earlier this week. Mathis’ wife says the bicycle distribution will continue this Christmas, but isn’t sure if it will […]

Each year, the Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic, one of the nation’s premier celebrity golf events, strives to raise money to help find a cure for cancer and change these statistics. But they cannot do it alone; they need your help. The 20th annual Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic is scheduled for August 23 -25, […]

In August, Wake County Public Libraries will be providing community service in area libraries.  In partnership with the American Red Cross, the Bloodmobile will be stopping at three Regional Libraries. To register in advance for donating blood, search www.redcrossblood.org and log in as Wake Library.  Walk-ins will also be accepted. Also, in partnership with Wake […]

The acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin has sparked a national outcry to change the stand your ground law, gun laws locally and nationally and put an end to racial profiling. After the verdict what’s next?

Robert Peterson, the award-winning head coach for the girls’ soccer team at Green Hope High School in Cary and a social studies instructor, went before a judge yesterday on child porn charges. Forty-three year old Peterson faces six counts of third-degree exploitation of a minor, according to WTVD. Cary police have said the charges are […]

In August, musicians from the North Carolina Symphony will offer live performances and the Symphony’s Instrument Zoo for young children in the six regional library locations of Wake County Public Libraries. This music education program is designed for preschool children and their families and is funded by the “Grow Up Great” initiative from PNC Bank.  […]

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We wanted to hear your thoughts and words about the Zimmerman verdict. The Triangle had some very strong feelings about Saturday’s outcome. Take a listen by clicking the link below. And post your comments on our Facebook page. TRAYVON-CALLS6

We’ve all heard reactions from across the country over the Zimmerman trial verdict. But what we really want to hear is what people in OUR area had to say. Take a listen by clicking the link below and feel free to post your comments on our Facebook page. TRAYVON-CALLS1