2006 Top 50 For Raleigh
2006 was another phenomenal year for our city. We had the most intense focus on Fayetteville Street ever, unpredictable sports stories, numerous honors for the area, great new restaurants, and plans for even greater things ahead. We started with a list of almost 150 stories and had to whittle it down quite a bit. So [...]
Triangle Earns “Geek Mecca” Honors
Word is that Wired Magazine has named the Triangle as one of the Top Ten Tech Towns in its January issue. The story will be online on Friday, but we’ll go ahead and spill that others named in the issue are: Austin Boston Los Angeles New York City Orlando Pittsburgh San Francisco (Bay Area) Seattle [...]
Scope Shop Out of This World
We love finding local stores catering to niches. That’s why it was so interesting to run across the Big Bang Astronomy Shop on Duraleigh Road (Next to Salsa Fresh). The store caters to astronomy clubs as well as beginners. They stock a lot of scopes, especially by Meade, and various accessories. map it
The Circus is Coming!
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus hits the RBC Center from February 7-11 for a 10-show stint. (Last year there were 9 shows). Tickets go on sale January 5 at 10:00am through Ticketmaster. This show marks only the second time each year that the RBC Center thaws its hockey ice as the circus [...]
Cam Ward To Appear on The Pulse
Saturday’s episode of ESPNEWS’ The Pulse will feature Hurricane netminder Cam Ward among others. The show airs from 1-4pm today on ESPNEWS (TWC channel 142). You can send in a question via this espn.com page.
