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Non-Profit: StrollerThon Coming to Bond Park

Posted by Hal Goodtree Featured, Non Profit Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Lace up your sneakers, grab the kids and walk for a good cause in Stroller-Thon, coming soon to Bond Park.

Cary’s Annual Summer Party: Anything But Lazy

Posted by Staff Events, Featured Monday, August 30th, 2010

Cary N.C. – As we often do, we had photographers roaming the crowds of Lazy Daze where a record throng (it seemed) flocked to Cary’s very special party – Lazy Daze.

LED Gets the Green Light

Posted by Matt Young Community, Environment, Featured Friday, August 27th, 2010

CARY, N.C. – The Town of Cary is partnering with Progress Energy Carolinas in the community’s first Light Emitting Diode (LED) Street Light Project

Y-Guides & Princesses: Forming a Lasting Family Bond

Posted by Guest Columnist Community, Featured Thursday, August 26th, 2010

A Dad teaches his daughter archery at a Y Guides Outting

The YMCA of the Triangle has the largest parent-child program in the country with the Y Guides & Princesses program. Collectively, these tribes form the Arapahoe Nation, serving more than 13,000 dads and children throughout Wake, Durham, Johnston and Lee counties. The program has served more than 26,000 families since its inception in 1968. In 2009, the Y Guides & Princesses program added more than 170 new tribes with over 1,700 first year participants.

Walk for Wings

Posted by Matt Young Featured, Fitness, Non Profit Thursday, August 19th, 2010

“Walk for Wings is a fun, family event that will not only raise much-needed funds for The Carying Place, but also raises awareness of the homeless working families and at-risk children in our community” said Alice McCall, Executive Director of The Carying Place.

Environment: Master Recyclers Accepting Volunteers

Posted by staff Environment, Featured Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Cary, NC – Wake County Department of Solid Waste is now accepting applications for its Master Recycler program.

Ukrainian Orphans Find a Welcome in Cary

Posted by Hal Goodtree News, Soccer Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Cary, NC – To the casual observer, it just looked like a bunch of kids running around in the sunshine, practicing soccer drills with a young coach. But a closer look revealed the tie-dyed shirts were in Cyrillic. And the coach was barking orders in English and Ukranian. Turns out the coach was Railhawks player Andriy Budnyy. And the kids: Ukrainian orphans.

Cary Hometown Spirit Award

Posted by Matt Young Community, Featured Monday, August 16th, 2010

The Town of Cary is looking for the most community-minded of all to receive the Town’s Hometown Spirit Award, an annual award that recognizes a citizen who enhances the quality of life in Cary by preserving, promoting and carrying out positive and quantifiable small town community values and traits

Cary’s Own Antiques Road Show

Posted by Lindsey Chester Featured, News Sunday, August 15th, 2010

For antiques junkies, TV programs such as The Antiques Road Show delight audiences each week with the surprising treasures hiding in their homes. Now Cary citizens and the Triangle can share in the excitement of that experience .

Events: 6th Annual Ritmo Latino Festival This Sunday

Posted by Lindsey Chester Community, Events, Featured, Video Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Cary, NC – For the sixth year in a row, the Ritmo Latino Music, Art & Dance Festival will bring authentic Latino culture to Cary’s Fred G. Bond Metro Park this Sunday, August 15. The event, co-sponsored by Diamante, Inc., will be held rain or shine and is free and open to the public.