Opinion

Say what they will, but Clayton leaders are close to banning all but a few roadside vendors. True, a proposed rule would allow shoe sales in front of shoe stores and furniture sales in front of furniture stores.

Recently, some experts in downtown revitalization gave Garner three pieces of advice: Maintain downtown's historic roots while fostering new growth, assure potential businesses that local government is willing to spend money downtown and create a place...

Many of those insured by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina have likely been doing some fist-shaking lately.

During the 1939 New York World's Fair, the Westinghouse Company buried an 800-pound time capsule, to be dug up 5,000 years later.

Once upon a time, the case against toll roads was easy. Because time is money and because toll booths slowed traffic, toll roads were a burden on business.

The news release said the congressman had voted to save thousands of teaching jobs, including 119 in Johnston County. But those 119 jobs in Johnston were never at risk.

Last year, my wife and I were audited by the IRS.

In a recent article, district attorney candidate George Murphy reportedly said the timing of the recently failed actions of incumbent Susan Doyle to revive the infamous DWI cases was politically motivated.

Parents of schoolchildren in North Carolina must shake their heads when the state releases its annual survey of school performance.

By definition, politicians make political decisions, so we won't debate those who say District Attorney Susan Doyle made a political calculation when she moved to reinstate drunk-driving charges that had been dismissed illegally.

"The fact is that in too many districts today, people's vote really probably won't make a difference."

Anyone who characterizes the Etheridge video as "putting your arms around someone" is way past spin and Kool-Aid drinking. They have a problem with the truth.

As a rookie reporter, I'm at the bottom of the company totem pole, so I don't have a lot of money to throw around.

Earlier this month, Gov. Beverly Perdue sent a memo to state agency heads urging their cooperation with an effort to consolidate state computer networks.

No longer do unions serve the function of protecting workers from unscrupulous employers. They now financially rape the employers and create unrealistic wages and benefits that foster mediocre work ethics.

Like Garner leaders, we'd welcome more shopping and dining opportunities for the town's citizens. And we suspect a 1.5-mile extension of Timber Drive will bring new shops and restaurants.

By today's standards, I didn't drive all that far to find a produce stand.

Yeah, Athens sounds about right - or the Aegian Islands, maybe, or the monasteries of Meteora. The thing is, I don't know quite where I'll be when this newspaper lands in your driveway.

I an writing in defense of the Johnston County Commissioners. I felt like they were shredded in the paper recently.

College students and their parents were given a little sugar with the recent bad medicine of substantial tuition increases at many University of North Carolina campuses.