AltWeeklies Wire
Sturgeon and Caviar Farming in Western N.C.new
La Paz farm in Caldwell County is the first of its kind in N.C. and only the fifth in the U.S. Sturgeon are being processed now, and the group expects to sell caviar by Christmas.
INDY Week |
Joe Schwartz |
04-20-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Caviar North Carolina, La Paz farm
Veterinary waste mars a vacant lot in North Durhamnew
"The farther you go back is where it starts getting really creepy," Brendan Love says, poking through brush 100 yards behind his home in the Northside neighborhood.
INDY Week |
Joe Schwartz |
04-02-2012 |
Environment
Surviving (barely) a sushi-eating contestnew
I should have known it would come to this.
INDY Week |
Joe Schwartz |
04-02-2012 |
Food+Drink
What's Next for Egypt's Revolution?new
It's unclear if the existing political parties and organizations can answer the calls of the movement—jobs, free expression and government transparency.
INDY Week |
Joe Schwartz |
02-24-2011 |
International
Five to Watch: An Intercontinental World Cup Tip Sheetnew
Here are a few tips to get you through your casual encounters for the next four weeks.
Tags: Didier Drogba, 2010 World Cup
Sweepstakes Cafes: A Rip-Off Coming to Your Low-Income Neighborhoodnew
Since a state law passed last year created the loopholes, sweepstakes cafes have flourished throughout North Carolina. Yet that these businesses are opening is less notable than where they're opening—many of them in low-income and/or minority neighborhoods where people have little to spend and a lot to lose
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg and Joe Schwartz |
02-25-2010 |
Policy Issues
UNC Stutter-Steps on its Way to Becoming Coal-Freenew
UNC will go carbon neutral, which means it will balance any carbon dioxide emissions with an equal amount of reductions or offsets, officials say. But according to the university's current climate plan, that won't happen until 2050.
INDY Week |
Joe Schwartz |
02-12-2010 |
Environment
The Buck Stops Here: Chapel Hill Mulling the Culling of Deernew
Heeding calls from concerned residents, the Town Council on Monday directed the parks and recreation department to investigate curbing Chapel Hill's deer problem. Councilmembers said the department's proposal to cure the problem by distributing a pamphlet on deer-resistant plants and fences wouldn't solve anything.
INDY Week |
Joe Schwartz |
01-14-2010 |
Environment
Doing it Green: A Bat Mitzvah Fished from the Recycling Binnew
Two days before Sadie Rapp was set to lead the Chapel Hill Kehillah’s congregation and celebrate her bat mitzvah, her transition to Jewish adulthood, the Rapp’s house was full of repurposed garbage.
Two North Carolina Cities Wonder: Who's Watching the Cops?new
Alleged misdeeds at two local police departments raise the issue: Whose job is it to hold police accountable? Citizens in Durham and Chapel Hill have long been calling for better public oversight of the police in their towns, but the best way to do that is up for debate.
INDY Week |
Samiha Khanna and Joe Schwartz |
11-12-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Mistaken Identity in Chapel Hill Hits Race Nervenew
Charles Brown was just walking home, being black on Rosemary Street on a Monday night in June when Chapel Hill police mistook him for the wrong man, handcuffed him and detained him for an hour.
INDY Week |
Joe Schwartz |
09-03-2009 |
Race & Class
