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Police blotter

Police shot a man after a standoff today in West Raleigh. Plus, your usual dose of police blotter shoplifters.
September 30, 2009 | Posted in: Police Blotter, The Latest | Comments closed | Full Story »

September 23 blotter

Stealing meat, robbing a church, trying to shoplift from a Priscilla’s and more.
September 23, 2009 | Posted in: Police Blotter | Comments closed | Full Story »

September 16 Blotter

Rash of burglaries hits cars on Great Laurel Drive, plus two stolen pugs.
September 16, 2009 | Posted in: Police Blotter | Comments closed | Full Story »

Council votes down Brier Creek Firestone

Brier Creek residents prevailed Tuesday in their fight to halt construction of a Firestone Complete Auto Care on the outskirts of their North Raleigh neighborhood. The Raleigh City Council voted 6-1 against granting a development permit to Firestone for the 7,575 foot building, which would have been located on a 1.5 acre site at the intersection of T.W. Alexander and Sporting Club drives less than 400 feet from residential homes.
September 16, 2009 | Posted in: News, The Latest | Comments closed | Full Story »

Candidates pressed on growth, transit at city council forum

Managing growth and developing a better public transit system were topics that took center stage at a public forum for Raleigh City Council candidates, held Thursday night at Temple Beth Or by WakeUP Wake County and the Wake County League of Women Voters. About 75 voters turned out to pitch questions to the candidates from their district.
September 11, 2009 | Posted in: 2009 Election, News, The Latest | Comments closed | Full Story »

Brier Creek residents oppose Firestone

About 30 members of the Brier Creek community turned up at the Raleigh City Council’s Sept. 1 meeting to protest the proposed construction of a [...]
September 9, 2009 | Posted in: City Council, News | Comments closed | Full Story »

Police blotter — Labor Day weekend

Crooks don’t take no vacation.
September 8, 2009 | Posted in: Police Blotter | Comments closed | Full Story »

August 25 Blotter

Carnivores on the prowl in Raleigh; stores report theft of ham and “various cuts of meat.”
August 26, 2009 | Posted in: Police Blotter | Comments closed | Full Story »

August 17 Blotter

Curtis Edward Dow, 23, was murdered on the 1200 block of Angelus Drive early Friday morning.
August 17, 2009 | Posted in: Police Blotter | Comments closed | Full Story »

August 14 Blotter

Somebody made a bomb threat to the Sunrise Senior Living nursing home on Spring Forest Road Thursday.
August 14, 2009 | Posted in: Police Blotter | Comments closed | Full Story »