The N.C. Museum of History announces the winners of the 2011 N.C. Museum of History Student Essay Contest

Chuck McShane, a graduate student at UNC-Charlotte, won first place for his essay “Cocktails and Cultural Conflict: North Carolina, 1965-1980.” His essay examines the cultural conflict surrounding the North Carolina General Assembly debates over restaurant alcohol sales from 1966 to…

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Parkwood Sports Association (PSA) is excited to announce that the 2011 Baseball/Softball season is among us and online registration is open.

 

Registration is EASY, but there are a couple of steps involved!

1. Visit http://psa.baberuthonline.com and decide which division your player will play.

2. Once you decide on your division REGISTER! Note there is a $6.75 convenience fee for using online…

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Are you or someone you know having a baby?

Is someone you know recovering from surgery?

Are you just a really nice person and want to plan meals for a friend?

Now there is a free and easy way to organize all the details of a meal registry:

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You're Invited to a Grand Opening Event!

Come celebrate the newest location of Stroller Strides classes in the Midtown Raleigh area with a FREE Stroller Strides class!

 

Tuesday March 1st

9:30am: Registration opens (Click…

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Stroller Strides of Raleigh is excited to announce our spring “Running Mamas” program starting Friday March 4^th! 

 

If you've ever dreamed of making it through the finish line, but don't know how to get started, or if you've run in the past and would like to get back into it, then this program is for…

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Borders just released a list of stores that are closing.  The Triangle is being hit hard with 4 stores on the list.  The locations being closed are in Apex (Beaver Creek), Cary (Walnut Street), Chapel Hill (Fordham Blvd) and Raleigh (Six Forks)).  It's a sad day.

 

Here is a complete list- sortable by heading:…

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Apex Entertainment Partners, a corporation formed by Rodney and Dawn Graff, seeks to provide quality family entertainment in Western Wake County that is fun, affordable and accessible to a wide range of age groups. To fulfill this goal, the Graffs are developing a family fun center off of U.S. 64 in Apex that will include family friendly attractions such as bowling, laser, video games, a ropes course and bumper carts, as well as several dining options. This venue will be alcohol-free, ensuring… Continue

Reprinted email sent by the WCPSS Communications Department:



An unusual talent search is underway in the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) to recruit computer-savvy teens to go up against some of the nation’s top hackers, and it’s all in the name of cyber security.



The U.S. Cyber Challenge has announced the 2011 Cyber Foundations Competition prompting WCPSS Information Security Officer Eric Hoth to get the word out to high schools. Currently, three high… Continue

JANA PARKS

 

Congratulations to Jana Parks, winner of four tickets to the opening night show of "Madagascar Live!" at DPAC Feb. 18. Jana answered our trivia questions correctly and increased her chances of winning by emailing us the Triangle TRACKS Facebook page "fans only"…

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Out here in the suburbs we have few worries.  Sure there are money issues, job worries, challenging kids, balancing family time...but generally we gotta go looking for trouble- it doesn't easily find us. Things can be so good in fact, that we could take them for granted.

One of the things I'm grateful for is good neighbors. We watch each others' kids, we share food from our cupboards, we…

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LISA RASHKE

 

Congratulations to Lisa Rashke, winner of four tickets to see  Cirque Mechanics presentation of "Boom Town" Feb. 15 at Carolina Theatre of Durham. This talented company of acrobats and artists was formerly with the Moscow Ballet and Cirque Du Soleil, so…

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BRENDA WILDE

 

Congratulations to Brenda Wilde, winner of a family four-pack of vouchers (to be exchanged for tickets) to see a documentary at the newly renovated IMAX Wachovia Theatre at Marbles Kids Museum, which reopened Feb. 2. Have a wonderful time, Brenda!

 

Triangle TRACKS members: don't forget to enter our members-only …

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Reprinted from the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences Communications Department:

You can provide amazing educational opportunities for teachers when you join the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in celebrating the first annual Teacher Appreciation Month, February 2011. You might even win a kayak in the process.



For more than 20 years, dozens of science educators from across North Carolina have annually experienced the natural world like never before as…

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