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Cary Imps Rout Green Hope Falcons in Homecoming to Remember

The Imps didn’t let the fun of the parade, alter their focus. With pride on the line, and honoring the Class of 1992, Cary’s football team set about the business of routing the Green Hope Falcons. By the end of the first quarter, Cary was leading 21-0, getting strong play from their offensive line and leaning on their powerful playmaker, JoJo Williams. Williams had two scores in the first quarter, finishing the game with three rushes for pay dirt.

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Tremendous Fight by Cary Imps Not Enough to Edge Athens Drive at Home

Last night’s matchup between Cary High’s Imps and Athens Drive’s Jaguars ended with the Jaguars hanging on to win 20-14. However, the scoreboard tells only half the story.

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Will the Newly Drawn NC Maps Stand? Wiley Nickel Prepares for Run in 13th District

From preparing to run in a crowded liberal stronghold, to a possible 50-50 toss up district, NC State Senator Wiley Nickel’s race for the U. S. House of Representatives could look vastly different, should the newly drawn Congressional maps stand up in court. You may remember our piece last month, with Senator Nickel. At that point, the battle over the Congressional maps was largely undecided. As the result of heavily gerrymandered maps drawn by Republicans, the NC Supreme Court was to decide their constitutionality. Subsequently, the NC Supreme Court ruled against the gerrymandered maps and ordered them redrawn. Now, after passing both houses in the NC Congress, the new maps are once again before the court.

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Steve Gillespie and a Cup of Joe: A Week of Stand-Up Comedy in the Triangle

We met stand-up comedian Steve Gillespie at Esteamed Coffee in Downtown Cary, for a quick cup of joe. Gillespie’s in town this week, performing at venues across the Triangle. We were fortunate to catch his first of three sets organized by Matthew Hahn of The Comedy Experience, before he headlines shows Friday and Saturday at Goodnight’s Comedy Club.

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V Pizza Owner Anthony Rapillo Rallies Community Support for Local Restaurants

Anthony Rapillo, owner of V Pizza on Kildaire Farm Road in Cary, is rallying support for all local restaurants, not just his own. If you’ve been out to eat recently, you’ve probably had a different experience than what you remember prior to the pandemic. While the last two years have been tough all around, brick and mortar restaurants especially, have been out there taking it on the chin. Whether its been government mandated shutdowns, pivoting of business models, labor shortages or increased food and material costs, survival has been a tremendous challenge.

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Senator Wiley Nickel Running for U.S. Congress - Get To Know the Candidate from Cary

Late last year, long time Democratic congressman David Price announced he would be retiring at the end of his term, leaving the newly drawn 6th Congressional District (and Democratic safe haven) up for grabs. Not surprisingly, Price’s announcement produced a rush of candidates eager to fill the void. While voters could still see a change to voting districts once the NC Supreme Court weighs the issue, there’s one candidate who plans to represent Cary voters in the US House of Representatives, no matter how the maps are drawn. Senator Wiley Nickel (D-District 16) has represented Wake County voters in the NC General Assembly since winning his first term in 2018, but if he wins the primary and general elections in this year’s US Congressional race, he’ll have a new office address in the nation’s capital.

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Cary Affordable Housing Project: Neighborhood Meeting Recap

Wednesday night (1/12/22), Town of Cary staff and residential developer Laurel Street, hosted a neighborhood meeting to describe plans for a proposed rezoning at 921 SE Maynard Road, that would allow the development of 130 residential units adjacent to East Cary Middle School, with a proposed entrance on Ryan Road (which would be adjacent to one of the Iron Gate neighborhood’s main entrances).

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Cary's Latest Housing Plan: Too Little, Too Late?

The Cary Housing Plan, approved in November of 2021, has three stated goals: (1) to be a community of choice through high quality, diverse housing development, (2) a place where residents experience a high quality of life, and (3) to pursue regional and non- profit partnerships to meet housing needs.

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Growth of Cary Tree Archive - Rooted in the Work of More than 450 Volunteers

On property owned by a homeowner’s association, the CTA (Cary Tree Archive) seeks to transform an open landscape - literal grass roots, if you will- into a thriving ecosystem of native trees, shrubs, grasses and perennial flowers, that support local pollinators and countless populations of life, from the birds and the bees, to the caterpillars on the leaves.

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42nd Annual Cary Jaycees Christmas Parade in Downtown Cary - A Photo Recap

It feels like forever since a large crowd gathered to celebrate our annual tradition, the 42nd Annual Cary Jaycees Christmas Parade in Downtown Cary. However, yesterday was a sight for sore eyes! Throngs of attendees lined the streets. Many folks dressed lightly, the weather overcast, but incredibly warm.

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Buy Local This Christmas: Sara Joy Tiberio Releases New Book, "Reaching Light Together"

Sara came into this world wanting to create and express herself through the arts. Writing and photography became her primary means to do this. At a young age she picked up a disposable camera and started shooting. Her primary subject at age seven? Animals. She loved to go to the zoo and photograph the animals. She later got her degree in photographic arts and built a career as a photographer. Writing poetry always remained close to her heart, but she failed to indulge it in adulthood like her other art forms. So when she turned thirty and entered a period of darkness and deep inner turmoil, she returned to poetry once again, and writing became an integral part of her healing journey.

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Downtown Cary, NC - Fall Leaf Watch - 2021 Final Update

Cary, NC experienced one magnificent fall! We’re so happy we decided to document the changing colors, and bring it to you from a 400 foot perspective. For this final installment of the 2021 Fall Leaf Watch series, we included some images from the ground, as well. These images were taken in and around Downtown Cary, mostly. Folks familiar with the Coronado Village and Iron Gate neighborhoods, will notice several of the locations.

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From the Bond Brother's 5k in Downtown Cary, to the IBMA's in Downtown Raleigh, with Shadowgrass

Sponsoring the Bond Brother’s 5k in Downtown Cary to start the day, was a tremendous amount of fun. Hundreds of runners came out, Shadowgrass took the stage for 2 sets, and the weather couldn’t have been better. After the race, we followed Shadowgrass to Downtown Raleigh for the IBMA’s, where they played to a huge crowd, and rocked the house.

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