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Tour a Recycling Sorting Center!
Tour a Recycling Sorting Center! Material Recovery Facility (MRF) Have you ever wondered what happens to the recyclable materials once Raleigh Recycling crews collect them from your recycling bin? They are all mixed together in the recycling truck. Where do they go? Who’s going to deal with that mess of materials? What if unacceptable materials…
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Audio from February 2010 East CAC Meeting
The audio for the February 2010 East CAC Meeting is here [MP3] as a 12 MB file. Note that due to technical difficulties, a portion of the meeting was not recorded. This split is represented by a beep in the audio.
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Projects needed for Service Raleigh day, March 27th
It’s that time of year when the NCSU volunteers with Service Raleigh look for projects to assist with in the community. Some Service Raleigh volunteers will be planting trees in East Raleigh in association with Trees Across Raleigh. Beyond that, there are still opportunities for these folks to help improve our community. This year’s Service…
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Survey on non-bottle rigid plastic recycling
Linda Leighton of Raleigh’s Solid Waste Services is seeking input on recycling non-bottle rigid plastic. See her note below: Time sensitive! If you wish to participate in this survey your response is needed by January 20th and the survey involves collecting and weighing your regular household plastics over a two week period. We get calls…
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Shop, Save and Dine. . . and Help Alliance Medical Ministry!
Enjoy dinner out with friends or family and save on early holiday shopping, all while also helping Alliance Medical Ministry!! A few North Hills merchants are offering shopping/dining discounts or a percentage of sales back to AMM for shoppers/diners who present the attached flyer at the time of purchase. The shopping days are Tuesday, Wednesday…
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Lions Park cyclocross
Cyclocross came to Raleigh Sunday when Lions Park hosted The North Carolina Cyclocross Series. With more than 209 pre-registered racers and fantastic racing weather, this event was a big success. This was the first cyclocross I attended and I didn’t know what to expect. It took me a little time to find a spot along…
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Cyclocross coming to Lions Park!
Cyclocross comes to Raleigh when Lions Park hosts its first cyclocross event on October 25th. See http://www.nccyclocross.com for more details!
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Scammer working the neighborhoods
A scammer with a long history of fraud is roaming East Raleigh neighborhoods, looking for unsuspecting neighbors to give him cash. Kevin Edward Ross was arrested by Raleigh Police in June 2009 for obtaining property by false pretenses and is now allegedly continuing his scam.
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East CAC signs are in!
We now have yard signs we can use to advertise our meetings! Volunteers will plant the signs in their yards the Friday before a CAC meeting and take them down after the meeting. It should greatly increase the visibility of our CAC! If you’d like to take a sign, contact me and I’ll get one…
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Good dog looking for a home
Update 20 Oct 2009: Wiley is now part of a “rescue” program, so the immediate need has passed. Thanks for your interest! From Ashlyn: Wiley is a 4 year old female. She’s house-broken, knows a few basic commands like sit and down, and is good with other dogs. She’s very energetic, so would do best…