Big-time badminton is returning to the Triangle after almost 70 years.
The U.S. Senior National Championships will be played March 24-27 in Morrisville, hosted by the Triangle-based N.C. Badminton Club in conjunction with USA Badminton and the Southern Badminton Association.
Sarah Hogan, 26, of Raleigh ran to the women's title and Nick Liversedge, 27, of Greensboro was the overall winner at the third annual St. Patty's Run Green 8K road race held Saturday at Moore Square in downtown Raleigh.
The moral of this story: don't believe everything you read on Facebook.
Late last night, a post on the Cherry Bomb Grill's Facebook page announced the restaurant's pending closure. It said in part, "So, after a brave effort in this awful economy, we gave it our best shot. But, regretfully, Cherry Bomb Grill Raleigh will be closing at the end of the month."
As official as that seems, general manager and executive chef Scott Schabot says it's not true.
His explanation: a former manager who happens to have the administrator privileges for the Facebook page made the post. And Schabot has been up since 7 a.m. today trying to set the record straight. Compounding the problem: the fact that he does not have the access to make changes to the page or delete the post.
Are you curious to see what happens to those boxes and newspapers you recycle? Or do you wonder why only certain types of plastics are on Raleigh's recyclable items list? You can get the answers to these questions and more during a special tour of Sonoco Recycling.
Registration is under way for the fifth annual City of Oaks Marathon and Rex Healthcare Half Marathon, which will take place at 7 a.m. Nov. 6 and will feature a new start-finish location.
Competitors can register at www.cityofoaksmarathon.com for the 26.2-mile marathon and the 13.1-mile half marathon.
The new start and finish line will be at N.C. State’s Bell Tower.
A story in The News & Observer's Sunday edition might be interesting to language buffs and fans of regional accents. Robin Dodsworth, an associate linguistics professor at N.C. State University, says that the Raleigh accent is gradually disappearing.
She's also looking for natives of Raleigh to participate in her study. If you grew up in Raleigh -- as far south as Garner or as far north as Wake Forest -- and want to contribute your voice to Dodsworth's data, e-mail her at robin_dodsworth@ncsu.edu.
The Marlins of Raleigh-Wolfpack Aquatics, the YMCA of the Triangle Area and the New Wave Swim Team swept the top three spots in the N.C. Swimming Senior Championships held Thursday through Sunday at the Triangle Aquatics Center in Cary.
The new Green Square Parking Deck, opening Monday, lives up to its name. The structure touts many green features, and is the most energy-efficient deck in the Downtown State Government Complex. Among its features:
Originally scheduled as a Blue-White intrasquad affair, the Carolina men's lacrosse scrimmage at Ravenscroft now will feature the Tar Heels playing Limestone College in a preseason game. They'll play at noon on Saturday, Jan. 29, at Stefanou Field in the Raleigh school's football stadium. Admission is free.
Prior to the scrimmage, UNC coaches and players will hold a free clinic from 10 a.m. to noon for boys in grades 1 through 8. No prior lacrosse experience is necessary and no pre-registration is required, but full lacrosse gear is requested.
Following the scrimmage, players will be available for autographs.
The Ravenscroft lacrosse team will also be collecting canned and dry goods for animals at the Wake County SPCA.
Questions regarding the clinic or scrimmage may be directed to Sandy Kapatos at 919-861-2110, ext. 2635. Ravenscroft is located at 7409 Falls of Neuse Rd. in Raleigh. Directions and a campus map are located at www.ravenscroft.org/directions.
The IMAX movie theater inside the Marbles Kids Museum in downtown Raleigh will close for a three-week renovation next week.
Marbles Director of Marketing Katy Hipp Burgwyn said the theater's final show will take place on Jan. 9. The projected reopening date is Feb.1.
The theater, which was originally built in 2001, will receive new seats, new carpeting, a new projection system and a new screen, she said. The theater's capacity will also increase slightly, from 268 to 272. The upgrades will allow the Marbles theater to show more films, as certain IMAX movies are filmed on a format that the current equipment is not capable of showing.
Hipp Burgwyn declined to say how much the renovation will cost but said the timing of the move made sense.
"Last year with 'Avatar,' it was just a knockout year," she said.
