Holly Springs
Holly Springs, NC · Municipal
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NCDOT's $340M US 64 Overhaul Will Cut Direct Access to Costco, Apex Businesses
John M. Brown Community Center — Public Meeting Venue For Project. Drivers who rely on U.S. 64 to reach Costco, car dealerships and neighborhood shopping centers in Apex and Cary are facing a major shake-up. The North Carolina Department of Transportation plans to widen the highway from Salem Street in Apex to U.S. 1 in Cary from four to six lanes, add two new freeway interchanges, and reroute access to businesses along the corridor as part of a project now expected to cost more than $340 million.
WRAL News
Hold your nose: Apex town leaders expected to get formal update on odor concerns
Apex's town manager will provide town council members with an update about odor concerns in New Hill on Tuesday. Some people in Apex are fed up with what they say is an unbearable smell in the air, comparing it to a "hog farm." Some neighbors believe it is coming from...
Timeless Dishes
Raleigh News & Observer
How Cary's spending scandal is already shaping the 2027 mayor's race
The 2027 Cary mayoral race is taking shape unusually early, driven in part by the fallout from Town Hall’s spending controversy . Two former elected officials — former Morrisville Mayor Mark Stohlman and former Apex council member Scott Lassiter — are already campaigning to replace longtime Mayor Harold Weinbrecht, both arguing that Cary’s elected leaders failed to adequately oversee former Town Manager Sean Stegall. Weinbrecht, mayor since 2007, said on his blog in January that he intends to seek reelection. He has not faced a close race since defeating Michelle Muir 58%-41% in 2011. He ran unopposed in 2015 and 2023 and won 84% of the vote in 2019, meaning a three-way contest could become his most competitive reelection campaign in 16 years. Weinbrecht did not respond to an N&O interview request. On his blog, he has said he began questioning Stegall’s spending in fall 2025, contacted Cary’s outside auditor Nov. 14 and supported removing Stegall after staff raised additional concerns. He has also argued that Cary remains financially strong and that most of the roughly $24.2 million in town P-card transactions from Jan. 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2025, listed by the state auditor represented routine expenses. The council
chathamjournal.com
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chathamjournal.com
Pittsboro ethics case tests the line between hard questioning and misconduct
Pittsboro, NC – When Pittsboro commissioners take up allegations of ethics violations against Commissioner John Bonitz tonight, they will confront two questions that should not be collapsed into one: whether Bonitz should vote on a judgment of his own conduct, and whether the evidence establishes that he violated any of seven cited provisions of the town’s Code of Ethics and Conduct.