Community Spotlight: City limits

Mordecai residents cherish history, community

by Danielle Jackson

Many of downtown Raleigh’s neighborhoods have significant histories tied to them, but there’s one in particular that takes you right back into the past from the moment you enter it. With its tree-lined streets and wide variety of Sears and Craftsman-style homes, the modest community of Mordecai literally feels like a blast from the past.

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Wake County Treasure: Down memory lane

Joel Lane Museum House offers glimpse of city’s history

by Danielle Jackson

Nestled in an unassuming intersection of downtown Raleigh is one of the city’s most historic landmarks — and the original home of the father of Raleigh and Wake County. And while the Joel Lane Museum House — situated on a quarter of an acre at West Hargett and St. Mary’s streets — is just blocks from the city’s center, it feels miles away.

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Stepping it up

Carolina Ballet puts both feet forward for more support

by L.D. Johnson

If your idea of a ballerina is Natalie Portman in “Black Swan,” then it’s time to meet Carolina Ballet and become enlightened.

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Honoring wishes

Take control of your life while you’re still living

by Kelly Maicon

Each year in North Carolina, we are reminded to plan for a hurricane. We’re instructed to put important papers, sentimental items and essentials such as flashlights, batteries, and water in a kit so that if a storm does hit, we can grab it and go.

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Hurricane Tracker: Remembering Big Joe

Former Hurricanes player perished in Russian plane crash

by Mike Sundheim

The following column was written Sept. 7, after learning of the crash of a plane carrying players and staff of Lokomotiv, a team in Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League. Among the 44 people killed was Josef Vasicek, who spent six seasons in the Triangle playing for the Carolina Hurricanes. The Hurricanes have honored the memory of Vasicek with a memorial display in the team’s locker room, and the team will wear shoulder patches with his No. 63 on their uniforms all season.

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OUT & ABOUT

NOVEMBER

Nov. 13

Raleigh Fall Festival 5K/10K

The inaugural Raleigh Fall Festival 5K and 10K, formerly the Old Reliable Run, will be held Nov. 13 at Nash Square in downtown Raleigh. The 10K race begins at 1 p.m., and the 5K race begins at 2:30 p.m. There’s also a 100-Yard Kids Dash for those 10 and younger.

Web site: www.ncraces.com

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