Author Archives: Charles C. Duncan Pardo
Task Force: Water Rates Don’t Cover Costs
A task force report released last month states that the long-term financial model for Raleigh’s water system won’t cover the $7 billion in repairs for infrastructure over the coming decades and doesn’t plan for drops in revenue during droughts.
How to Build a Ferris Wheel
Workers assemble a Ferris wheel in downtown Raleigh for the First Night celebrations.
City Council’s New Leadership Sworn In
New Raleigh Councilors were sworn in Monday night. Earlier in the day, Wake County Commissioners re-elected Paul Coble as commission chair.
Eight Occupy Raleigh Protesters Arrested
Raleigh police officers arrested eight Occupy Raleigh protestors Thursday for refusing to get up from sitting at their encampment on Morgan Street in front of the old State Capitol Building.
On the Record: Nancy McFarlane
Raleigh Public Record Editor Charles Duncan Pardo speaks with Mayor-Elect Nancy McFarlane about her plans for office. Watch the video of our interview or read the transcription.
Above the Midway
A view from above the midway during the State Fair this week. The fair ends Sunday.
Incumbents, Stagner Take Raleigh City Council
Russ Stephenson, Mary-Ann Baldwin, Eugene Weeks and Randy Stagner won the open seats for Raleigh City Council Tuesday. Voters approved the two bonds on the ballot by overwhelming margins.
The Singing Saw
Asheville-based Blind Boy Chocolate and the Milk Sheiks played a set of tunes from the 1920s to today downtown at Amplified Art in City Market.
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