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Kaplan Test Prep is partnering with Wake County Public Libraries to offer three practice sessions for the SAT. The sessions provide sample questions, offer the experience of timed testing, and give strategies to raise scores and best prepare for this important test. The practice sessions are free; however, registration is required. All sessions begin at […]
Come out on Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 and join tens of thousands of kids and adults at aquatic facilities around the world to unite for the fourth year in a row to set a new Guinness World Record. The global record attempt for The World’s Largest Swimming LessonTM (WLSL), will take place at 11 am […]
Debra Saunders-White is the 11th Chancellor and the first permanent woman chancellor to be named at NCCU. Called the “technology lady”, Chancellor Saunders-White talks about her goals, her vision and aspirations for the university. Chancellor Saunders-White interview
The All-America City delegation is steadily working hard to prepare for the All-America City competition June 15-16 in Denver. Garner is one of 20 finalists competing for the honor. The All-America City Award recognizes community-based efforts and civic involvement to solve problems. Since the award was created in 1949, over 600 cities have won this […]
Apex teen Keenan Herring graduated from Middle Creek High School yesterday with a perfect attendance record from kindergarten through the last day of his senior year. “It’s hard enough to have kids in school for every day of a season versus every day of one year, but to do it for 13 straight years – […]
It was a night of soul-stirring old school and new school classics from the Queen of Hip-Hop and R & B Mary J. Blige. The Grammy Award winning singer, exploded onto the PNC Arena stage Friday night with a series of songs that typified her joy and pain, no more drama persona. Mary commanded the […]
Hungry folks were lining up on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh yesterday for a Food Truck Rodeo. Thousands took advantage of the great yesterday weather to come out and sample tasty treats from more than 40 different food trucks representing all kinds of cuisine. There were also five local breweries represented — Deep River Brewing […]
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch until midnight for numerous North Carolina counties, including Durham, Orange, Granville, Person and Chatham counties. Storms are expected late Monday afternoon through this evening, producing rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches in less than two hours. This amount of rainfall on nearly saturated ground […]
Residents reported seeing a bear in the Wakefield Pines area of north Raleigh Sunday morning, according to Raleigh police. At last report, the black bear, which appeared to be on the move, had left the city and entered a wooded area of Wake County. Police said they had three or four sightings by residents and […]
The Orange County Department on Aging is announcing that more than 120,000 North Carolinians will turn 65 this year. The department is offering SHIIP, the Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program. Turning 65 is a lot like turning 16. A 16-year-old doesn’t automatically get a driver’s license; instead he/she takes an exam and proves they are […]
Residents looking to play a more active role in their neighborhoods and the Durham community will get their chance to learn how at the 2013 Durham Neighborhood College, a class designed specifically for residents to learn about the organization, operations, and services of their local City and County governments. Applications are now available for the […]
It’s hasn’t been a week since the beginning of the 2013 hurricane season and already experts predict it will be one of the rockiest ever. The first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane Andrea has picked up steam as it heads toward Florida’s western coast. A new tropical storm warning was also issued for a […]
