Raleigh Public Record » For the Record http://www.raleighpublicrecord.org News and analysis for Raleigh, NC | Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:33:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 News for September 10 http://www.raleighpublicrecord.org/for-the-record/2009/09/10/news-for-september-10/ http://www.raleighpublicrecord.org/for-the-record/2009/09/10/news-for-september-10/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:50:23 +0000 Christie Starnes http://www.raleighpublicrecord.org/for-the-record/2009/09/10/news-for-september-10/ Historical Marker for Fletcher Park

The 21 acres known as Fletcher Park was once the home for Raleigh’s Methodist Orphanage. Read more at the Raleigh Downtowner.

Bike Theft on the Rise in Downtown

Locking your bike up is not good enough. Local blogger has video tip.

Home Prices Expected to Drop

Raleigh market is not the worst, but not the best either. The statistics at Triangle Business Journal.

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The state’s budget was reduced $1.6 billion forcing Medicaid services to be reevaluated.  More from MyNC.com

Smaller Heating Bills

Progress Energy is asking for a rate reduction in natural gas. Details from The News & Observer.

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Paying more attention to detergent, shampoo and milk. Details at Midtown Raleigh News.

Art on Hold for Seven Months

NC Museum of Art is expanding their permanent collection. Expect their doors to reopen in mid-April. The story at WRAL.

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See if you agree where Raleigh ranks in traffic. Details and comments at Triangle Business Journal.

Company L Flag Returned to RI

NC Museum returned a flag, now how about returning one of ours. More from MyNC.com

Exploris Middle’s New Sights

If only the bar next to the school didn’t have a name that was “just kind of interesting.” Read the story at The News & Observer.

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At Lead Mine Elementary, 44 percent of nearly 500 students get free or reduced lunches. Yet 85 percent of third-, fourth- and fifth-graders passed end-of-grade tests.

Read more from WRAL.

Longview Labeled Dangerous

Pamela Jerro, the school’s principal, said the assaults involved a student touching a faculty member’s breast, a student running into an adult while trying to escape a resource officer, and a student holding a drill bit to another student’s face. None of the incidents resulted in criminal charges, she said.

Read more from The News & Observer.
Longview School

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To help cut down on excessive bacteria, park officials said they started removing bird waste from the beach instead of pushing it into the water. Officials said they are also looking for ways to move the birds’ habitat so fewer of them will call the beach home.

More from WRAL.

New Projects to Downtown

Credit Union and Teen Center approved by Raleigh City Council. More on the site specifics, also from WRAL.

Student Swine Flu, Less Serious?

Let it run its course, but if your temperature reaches 103, see a doctor. The story is at The News & Observer.

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Advocates for Chavis Park say it’s gone unappreciated for too long and they would like to see more activities, play equipment, restrooms and water fountains.

More details from Central CAC August 2009

Lake Wheeler Beach Reopens

Water based recreational activities at the beach area, such as kayak rentals and sunfish sailboats rentals, resumed on Friday, Aug. 28.

Traffic ticket, up $9 to $130

For more details, see WRAL.

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Budget cuts forced the North Carolina Symphony to cancel its popular Pops in the Park concert, but the musicians want to still give a free concert for the public.

More from WRAL.

It’s Wednesday, Do you know where your kids are?

Read more on Wake’s early dismissal debate from N&O’s columnist Matthew Eisley as he faces off with Jennifer Lanane, president of Wake County’s chapter of the N.C. Association of Educators.

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Although funding will be difficult the next several years, the hospital will remain on Dix Hill “as a stand-alone psychiatric hospital”. Read more from The News & Observer.

The Historical Record:  Dorothea Lynde Dix (3/3/2009)

WakeMed to Layoff 85 Positions

Looming cuts in Medicare reimbursement to physicians will add to the financial burden at hospitals, said Dalton. As many as one-third of physicians in the state are employed by hospitals.

More from MyNC.com/Raleigh.

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Read more from The News & Observer, especially if you like oversized yard trinkets, The Boxcar Children series, or need a place to live.

Wake Co. Offers Recovery Education

September is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. Find out details on the free series of events from WakeGOV.com

AV Geeks Club Downtown

It’s a true sensory experience just to get to the point of watching one of these films on an old gigantic film projector.

More from the Raleigh Telegram.

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