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Many in the Triangle can still smile knowing that our area has something to cheer about despite the recent report from the National Association of Realtors released last week about home sales plung...

After puberty, adolescence, maturity, mid-life crisis, seniority, Medicare and Social Security, the next step is "safer environment," a sneaky phrase that really means "assisted living."

It's been called our "public living room."

The old Swiss Army rucksack caught Ronald Bobeck's eye, sticking out of the flea market clutter like a childhood friend spotted in a ballgame crowd.

I love trees. It lowers my blood pressure just knowing they are absorbing carbon dioxide and replenishing the atmosphere with oxygen. And I love their beauty and color, the privacy they provide, an...

I reviewed the Assignment Zone Samples posted by the Wake County Board of Education. These samples force-fit schools into arbitrary zones that enhance segregation.

Sandwiched between the moment Kelly Whalen dipped a bicycle wheel into the Atlantic Ocean in Georgia and when she dipped her whole body into the Pacific Ocean in California was a six-week smorgasbo...

Two Midtown mainstays - the Cameron Village Library and the Burning Coal Theatre Company - are poised for a month of community conversation and exploration.

I tried hard not to groan aloud when my 8-year-old daughter asked me to play her current favorite game of fairies with her while we were swimming last week.

Most karaoke bars make me want to rip off my ears.

What happened to the NAACP? Where is the organization that had my back when my siblings and I integrated an elementary school in Chester, S.C.?

Amid all the public meetings and barrels of ink accompanying the dialogue over the high-speed rail corridor, am I the only one who is left grasping for an answer to the mystery of what happened to ...

Earlier this summer, I found myself standing in my living room holding my cell phone and trying to stay calm. My husband had just fallen 12 feet from a ladder through a ceramic table and now had a ...

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU for writing this article. What a person's yard says about them could be any of the following: caring, hard working, appreciative, respectable, clueless, slob, lazy, ...

Your first "newcomer" column could use more than the good trim and some edging that my lawn needs.

PEOPLE!! IT'S A SCHOOL ZONE!! SLOW DOWN!! Have I caught your attention? Good. Please read the rest. Pass it on to all your household's drivers when you've finished.

Boy, did I touch a nerve.

I'm a longtime resident of Raleigh. My family and I have lived here for 32 years, and we're well-settled in.

Welcome to this space.

I'm a newcomer. My career brought me and my family here, and now we must settle in.