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'Never forget': Annual Holocaust Commemoration has largest crowd in recent years
More than 300 people attended North Carolina’s Annual Holocaust Commemoration Ceremony on Sunday. The event, at Temple Beth Or on Creedmoor Road in Raleigh, had a candlelight vigil and a prayer service as children of Holocaust survivors told their parent’s stories. In another room of the temple, people...
Woman taken to hospital, Cary family displaced in townhome fire, officials say
CARY, N.C. (WNCN) — A woman was taken to a hospital and a family was displaced after a fire broke out in a Cary home late Saturday morning, officials said. The fire was reported just after 11:30 a.m. at a townhome in the 200 block of Bay Drive, which is off Seabrook Avenue and south of SE Maynard Road.
70th Anniversary Of J.W. Ligon Jr./Sr High School Held
In the 1950s students were enrolling and graduating in numbers larger than what Washington School could handle; and as an extension of Washington School came the birth of John W. Ligon Jr./Sr. High School, a beautiful state-of-the-art facility in the “colored” community for “colored students. It was...
Celebrate the Tenth Annual Longleaf Film Festival at the NC Museum of History
RALEIGH, N.C. –The North Carolina Museum of History is thrilled to announce the tenth annual Longleaf Film Festival! The festival announced this year’s Official Selections on Friday, April 12 in a virtual event. Longleaf Film Festival, a free-to-attend festival that highlights the best of independent film demonstrating a...
Chris Humphrey: HWY 58 Connector, April Newsletter
I hope you and your family are doing well. We're back in Raleigh as the 2024 Legislative Short Session has officially convened this week. They call it "short" because it's only supposed to last a few months, as we're making tweaks to the State Budget and addressing emerging policy issues of a time-sensitive nature. Stay tuned for more updates on our social media pages in the coming months.
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