Road Safety Where Teen Killed Under Review
By Justin Moss, NBC17
Mar. 29 6:46 pm
City of Raleigh officials are looking into the safety of a road where a teenager was killed last week...
Residents in that area said they hope the City will add a traffic signal or crosswalk there to allow pedestrians to get from the homes on one side of Durant Road to the businesses on the other. The nearest crosswalk is a few hundred yards away...
Raleigh Councilman John Odom said the accident is a wake-up call to look at all future crosswalks in the City, and he plans to raise the issue at the next Council meeting.
"I think it's important that we continue to look at how we build our crosswalks, where we build our crosswalks and make sure they're amenable and available to all the citizens," he said...
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=========================================================== Price of new Raleigh building questioned
ABC11 Investigates
Published Wed, Dec 02, 2009
RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Most agree that Raleigh's police and fire departments need more space and more modern facilities, and the city is working on a state of the art public safety building with a $205m price tag.
The design for the 17-story Clarence Lightner Public Safety Center is impressive, but digging into the blueprints, some wonder if it's a little too impressive...
..."I just don't see how this is an efficient use of public resources," said Gaylord. "It seems to me we've designed the Taj Mahal."
Raleigh council talks of higher taxes
BY SARAH OVASKA - Staff Writer
Published Wed, Dec 02, 2009
RALEIGH -- It didn't take long for Raleigh's new city council to talk about raising taxes.
The council met for the first time Tuesday and heard from Raleigh City Manager Russell Allen about a proposal to raise the city's property tax rate by 3cents over the next five years.
Odom returns to Raleigh City Council
BY RAY MARTIN - Staff Writer
Published Fri, Oct 09, 2009
RALEIGH -- John Odom is returning to public office after a six-year hiatus and promises to "make things happen," although he is the lone Republican on Raleigh's predominantly progressive City Council for at least the next two years.
Garbage-disposal politics wins for Odom
BY RAY MARTIN - Staff Writer
Published Sat, Oct 10, 2009
One of the first things John Odom did after unseating incumbent Rodger Koopman in Tuesday's Raleigh City Council election was make good on a campaign promise.
Odom gave away a garbage disposal. Well, he gave away a $100 gift certificate to Briggs Hardware store to Frank Tortora, a Raleigh lawyer who entered a raffle on Odom's campaign Web site to win the disposal.
North Raleigh Farmers Market goes year-round...
Submitted by suestock on September 17, 2009
There's good news today for farmers market fans. The North Raleigh Farmers Market has been extended to year-round.
Because of the change, the market's hours have also been tweaked. Starting immediately, the market will be open Wednesdays 2 to 6 p.m. The farmers market meets in the Falls River shopping center off Durant Road.
