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• Millions of peaches …

  Result 1

  Discovered June 25, 2009 at 2:42 pm

  One of the best parts about summer is the fresh produce. The four Triangle-area Whole Foods stores are celebrating the bounty with a peach party Friday. Here are some deets from the Cary location:

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• New website helps Durham residents track crime

  Result 2

  Discovered June 24, 2009 at 12:49 pm

  A Durham man has created a website aimed at helping residents keep a better eye on crime in their neighborhood. The site is called Neighborhood Protector and it’s not much to look at, but it does appear easy to search for recent crimes in your neighborhood and post community events.

  From: Ginny Skalski | (0) Comments

• Follow the Barrel Monster on Twitter

  Result 3

  Discovered June 19, 2009 at 3:06 pm

  Support for Joseph Carnevale — the artist behind the now infamous Hillsborough Street Barrel Monster — has been phenomenal. The story’s been picked up by AP and subsequently WaPo, the Facebook groups total more than 4,000 supporters and now it looks like the Barrel Monster is on Twitter.
  

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• One of the coolest Google maps ever created for Durham

  Result 4

  Discovered June 16, 2009 at 11:05 am

  Endangered Durham blogger Gary has updated his Google map showing the historic and current photos of downtown Durham homes and businesses, including links to blog posts about the location. You truly have to look at it to see how neat this is:

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• A recap of Raleigh’s Kirby Derby

  Result 5

  Discovered June 15, 2009 at 5:56 pm

  Goodnight, Raleigh has a review of this year’s Kirby Derby on Kirby Street in Raleigh. The annual block party continues to grow and features creative soap and pine car races, a parade and a drag race (that is women dressed as men and vice versa). Head over to the blog for all the details:

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• Wake Forest coffee shop is up for sale

  Result 6

  Discovered June 11, 2009 at 8:30 am

  If you’ve ever been to The Well in Wake Forest, then you know how beautiful the coffeeshop/ministry is. Unfortunately, it’s closing so the owners can focus more on the ministry side of the church. The details are on the Destination Wake Forest blog:

  From: Ginny Skalski | (1) Comment

• Raleigh resident wants answers after shooting in her neighborhood

  Result 7

  Discovered May 21, 2009 at 3:51 pm

  What would you do if there were a bunch of cop cars and TV crews huddled around a house in your neighborhood? Would you ask your neighbors what happened? Would you approach a cop or a reporter? It happened yesterday to a Raleigh resident who later blogged about the experience:

  From: Ginny Skalski | (0) Comments

• Could an artists’ co-op being coming to downtown Chapel Hill?

  Result 8

  Discovered May 21, 2009 at 1:16 pm

  About 50 artists and supporters packed a building on Franklin Street this week for a discussion about establishing an artists’ co-op. There are a lot of questions about whether this could work in Chapel Hil, including:

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• They paved paradise and put up a bucket garden

  Result 9

  Discovered May 19, 2009 at 12:06 pm

  Raleigh blogger Tim was jazzed when the owners of a nearby vacant lot agreed to let him and his neighbors turn it into a community garden. But before anything could be planted, the lot owners apparently decided to lease the space as a parking lot. But Tim still found a way to plant a garden:

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• The Success of Newspapers

  Result 10

  Discovered May 18, 2009 at 2:02 pm

  As a former print journalist, I’ve been following the discussion of the future of newspapers with great interest. I’m pleased to see Carrboro blogger Jock take a more optimistic viewpoint on the situation than most.

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