East Raleigh

Are you still watching analog TV? That is, do you not have cable TV, satellite, TV, or a digital converter box? If so, you may be in for a surprise Friday afternoon, when TV stations across the nation switch off their analog signals permanently and switch over to digital-only ones.

In other words, unless you subscribe to cable or satellite TV or have a digital converter box, all you’ll get on your analog TV will be static after 1PM Friday.

What can you do to keep receiving free TV? Digital converter boxes are available from most electronics retailers for as little as $40. If you obtain a converter box coupon from the federal government, you can buy a converter box almost for free!

NOTE: If you’ve already got a digital converter box, good for you! However, after Friday you will need to make it rescan the available channels as the channel frequencies will change.

Find out more about the DTV transition here.
Request a converter coupon here.

Triangle Transit, in cooperation with the City of Raleigh and the Downtown Raleigh Alliance, invite you to join us for an exploratory, interactive discussion about car-sharing potential in downtown Raleigh.

Thursday, June 18, 2009
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
At the Raleigh Urban Design Center
(light refreshments will be served)
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THE CITY OF RALEIGH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE 2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF RALEIGH.

Notice is given that a joint meeting of the Raleigh City Council and Planning Commission is to be held on Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber of the Avery Upchurch Municipal Building. A public hearing will be conducted to consider amending the City’s Comprehensive Plan. The City Council may consider and adopt proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan as amended in any manner, following public hearing.

NOTE: A copy of the proposed 2030 Comprehensive Plan for the City of Raleigh is on file with the Raleigh City Planning Department, the Raleigh City Clerk’s Office and /or can be accessed via the internet at www.planningraleigh2030.com.
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An open house for the Neuse River Trail will be held at Hedingham on March 23rd.

Mark
East CAC
(and Parks board)

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Three Open Houses have been planned for the Neuse River Greenway Trail project at which meeting participants will be able to meet the design team, learn about the project, and share ideas. More information is available on the project page, www.raleighnc.gov/NRT, or by calling (919)996-4776.

Monday, March 23, 2009
6pm to 7:30pm
Hedingham Clubhouse
4401 Willow Oak Road, Raleigh, NC

Tuesday, March 31, 2009
6pm to 7:30 pm
Durant Road Nature Center, Campbell Lodge
8305 Camp Durant Road, Raleigh, NC

Thursday, April 2, 2009
6pm to 7:30 pm
Barwell Road Community Center
3935 Barwell Road, Raleigh, NC

Audrey Galloway of St. Aug’s tells me there will be a student-led vigil this afternoon at 3 PM at the corner of Oakwood Avenue and Tarboro Road: the site of Friday’s shooting death of a 16-year-old.

The vigil is calling for an end to the violence. Community leaders and neighbors are invited to attend. Please pass this on to others.

Anyone needing more information is invited to call Audrey Galloway at 516-4090.

Here’s a Google Maps link to the vigil location.

Saint Augustine’s College will be conducting a homecoming parade on the streets circling the Saint Aug campus on Saturday, November 1st. The proposed parade route is as follows:

Start – SAC Gym
R on State St
R on Glascock St
R on Delaney St
R on Milburnie Rd
Continue on Milburnie Rd. It will become Hill St
R on Boyer St
R on Tarboro St
L on Oakwood Ave
R on State St
End – SAC Gym

Total Distance: 2.2 Miles

A Google Maps view of the parade route is here.

Sant Augustine’s estimates the parade will take about two hours. I will post the start time of the parade once I find out.

The City of Raleigh is holding its annual mulch sale. From now until November 14th, buy a load of mulch or leaf mulch and get one load free!

Customers must present a coupon and pick up both loads on the same day.

For more information, contact Edward Wright at 919.250.2728.