East Raleigh

Raleigh’s City Council declared Monday that Club Envy (formerly Black Tie) is a public nuisance and should be closed.

City council deems East Raleigh nightclub a nuisance
By Sarah Ovaska – Staff writer

RALEIGH City leaders took aim at a troubled East Raleigh nightclub Monday by moving forward with plans to have Club Envy declared a public nuisance and permanently shuttered.

Raleigh’s city council voted to have its attorney file a public nuisance lawsuit against the club, which previously operated as Black Tie Nightclub in its location across New Bern Avenue from WakeMed Raleigh Campus. The lawsuit should be filed later this week, said Thomas McCormick, Raleigh’s city attorney.

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The Wake County Animal Center has a new website where you can view a gallery of pets up for adoption, search for a lost pet, or report a lost pet. Check it out here.

Linda Leighton of Raleigh’s Solid Waste Services is seeking input on recycling non-bottle rigid plastic. See her note below:

Time sensitive! If you wish to participate in this survey your response is needed by January 20th and the survey involves collecting and weighing your regular household plastics over a two week period.

We get calls every week from residents like you wishing we could recycle the rigid non-bottle shaped plastics such as margarine tubs, yogurt cups, deli trays, etc. This is your opportunity to provide some
important data to the APR Rigid Plastics Recycling Committee so they can begin to build a knowledge base on the current status of rigid plastics in the home.

For the rigid plastics include all the tubs, cups, pots, and trays, but do not include clam shells, Styrofoam or film.

The survey is quite simple and should be returned to me [Linda] no later than January 20, 2010.

Return the survey to Linda Leighton at linda dot leighton at ci dot raleigh dot nc dot us.

Enjoy dinner out with friends or family and save on early holiday shopping, all while also helping Alliance Medical Ministry!!

A few North Hills merchants are offering shopping/dining discounts or a percentage of sales back to AMM for shoppers/diners who present the attached flyer at the time of purchase. The shopping days are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this coming week – November 17, 18 and 19. See the flyer for more specific details.

This is a great opportunity to get into the holiday spirit and help our neighbors in need. Please forward the flyer to your friends so they can save and Alliance can help the working uninsured. The flyer can also be printed from our blog on our website.

Thank you!

Loree Idol

Cyclocross came to Raleigh Sunday when Lions Park hosted The North Carolina Cyclocross Series. With more than 209 pre-registered racers and fantastic racing weather, this event was a big success.

This was the first cyclocross I attended and I didn’t know what to expect. It took me a little time to find a spot along the course where I could capture some of the action with my camera. After circling the park and navigating around the racing course, I settled on a spot just up from the tennis courts. It turned out to be the perfect location as the course looped back and forth right in front of me.
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A scammer with a long history of fraud is roaming East Raleigh neighborhoods, looking for unsuspecting neighbors to give him cash. Kevin Edward Ross was arrested by Raleigh Police in June 2009 for obtaining property by false pretenses and is now allegedly continuing his scam.
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