Raleigh, NC – Wolfpack Nation will have a chance to meet the 2015 NC State football squad on Sunday, August 9th at the 2015 Meet the Pack Day. This highly-anticipated annual event will take place from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.…
by Bob Luebke Raleigh, NC – While charter schools continue to attract students and expand in record numbers, the current legislative session can best be described as a mixed bag for the 148 charter schools and 64,000 students who attend…
Poor Credit May Raise Premiums Higher Than a Drunk Driving Conviction Yonkers, NY – The amounts drivers pay for their car insurance premiums are based on confounding algorithms that increasingly have more to do with socioeconomic factors than driving habits,…
The preseason USA Today coaches poll was released on Thursday morning, and here is how the ACC football teams stacked up. 8. FSU – 1057 points 12. Clemson – 838 points 17. Georgia Tech – 573 points 29. Virginia Tech…
by Ira Planner Pittsboro, NC – It’s that time again for your Pittsboro First Sunday Artisan Fair & Market. Please come down and join the activities. The Pittsboro Business Association has another great day planned for you! We’ll start at…
by John Murdock Pittsboro, NC – Time Warner Cable (TWC) is a publicly funded monopoly that treats its customers like they are the enemy. To make this short I will tell you that my service has been unusable for over…
By John R Dykers Siler City, NC – We Americans have a running conflict about “rights” and “welfare”. Mostly about whose right and whose welfare and who’s going to pay for it. In my opinion, we have misinterpreted the constitutional…
by Paul Revere Pittsboro, NC- The July 20 meeting of the Chatham County board of commissioners was another lesson in disrespect and disdain, and as usual the interesting moments weren’t on the agenda. Commissioner Diana Hales wants to use the…
by Tarus Balog Pittsboro, NC – I wanted to examine the original Chatham Chatlist post that started this latest round of healthcare / ACA vitriol. That person had gone to Chatham Hospital in Siler City for an elective MRI and…
Apex, NC – Thales Academy opened its seventh school on Monday, July 13, a Junior High / High School in Apex, within walking distance to the existing K5 school and downtown Apex. For a new school full of the latest…