Posted by Tim Burrell - It is true that housing has problems, banking has problems and there are more foreclosures. But, did you know that most of the prices of homes in the United States are going up? Did you know that these prices have been going up consistently since February? Do you think that information would help prevent a recession?
Here are the facts. According..(read more)
Submitted by: Bob Rodwell
When I bought my Raleigh home on 4/10 of an acre it had one tree, and it was shorter than the house. I knew that needed to change. I read that I should plant shade trees to the South and West, and evergreens to shield the home from cool breezes on the North. Sounded simple to me. And that’s where things started to go wrong, horribly wrong. I’ve..(read more)
Submitted by: Bob Rodwell
I hear that question a lot. Since home prices are often shown as a price per square foot, and property taxes seem to be based significantly on the home size, both sources should be accurate – so why do they disagree, and sometimes by a lot? There are several reasons.
In Wake County (see www.wakegov.com/tax/default.htm), tax records use..(read more)
Senator Jesse Helms died July 4th 2008 here in Raleigh. His funeral was held in Raleigh at Hayes Barton Baptist Church in Five Points. Helms served the Senate for 30 years from 1973 to 2003 when he decided not to run for reelection. Prior to running for office, Helms was a student a Wake Forest University in 1941, but did not finish college. He was in the Navy during World War..(read more)
A new law goes into effect in July where a driver’s license is no longer issued on site at a DMV office. Instead, a driver who passes all DMV tests will be issued a temporary driving permit good for 20 days, though can keep his old license for use as a photo ID. The extra wait time allows for more sophisticated background checks in an effort to thwart identity theft and fraud. Most drivers should..(read more)
For years, Raleigh residents have enjoyed the convenience of its I-440 beltline and I-540 partial beltline, all traveled freely without tolls. But soon North Carolina will join the league of states who effectively tax drivers for the convenience of highway expediency. Say goodbye to the I-540 beltline and hello to the Triangle Expressway.
The Triangle Expressway is composed of three sections —..(read more)
Franklin Garland has a brand new bag, of truffles that is. In 1978, he came across an article in the Wall Street Journal about truffle growers in France, and soon decided to venture to Europe to learn more about the clumps of fungus that are prized among gourmet chefs. A year later, Garland became one of the first people in the United States to try growing tuffles when he planted 750 innoculated trees..(read more)
A gift of more than 100 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints and photographs by some of the 20th century's most important artists is headed to the NC Museum of Art in Raleigh. Scheduled to open in April 2010, a new gallery building will house much of the Patton collection of seminal artists including Milton Avery, Richard Diebenkorn, Jackie Ferrara, Helen Frankenthaler, Adolph Gottlieb, Hans Hofmann,..(read more)
There’s no doubt that real estate prices have risen in the Triangle in recent years, in no small part due to the national attention it receives. It seems that each year ushers in more accolades, and 2008 is no exception — check out the June issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine and you’ll see that it rates Raleigh as the second best city to live, work and play in the United States. But don’t..(read more)
Posted by Lisabeth Tunell
Beginning Tuesday if you are in the Raleigh area you need to wait an hour after sunset to see a celestial ballet that will continue for the next two weeks. The planetary conjunction will not be as tight as the last time, in June 2006 but will be the closest until April 2022......
The performance features the great ringed planet, Saturn, and our dusty red neighbor,..(read more)
