Check out this story and video from the Green Hope-Cary basketball game. The team manager hit a three-pointer. But that's not the whole story.

The town of Cary is angling for a major investment from an unidentified company.

At its meeting today, the Town Council will consider offering a $50,000 cash incentive for the unnamed company to bring 350 full-time jobs and a $5 million capital investment in "real and personal property."

Cary officials do not know the industry of the company. The N.C. Department of Commerce is marketing the project through an economic development program and has revealed only a few details, said Cary Budget Director Scott Fogleman.
 

The retail giant Costco Wholesale Corporation is interested in replacing southwest Cary's MacGregor Village shopping center with one of its warehouse-style stores.

Town of Cary staff have confirmed that Costco submitted a "pre-application" to the town in September.

The early documents include a conceptual plan that calls for the demolition of all the 1980s-era mall's buildings except for its bank, according to Cary's staff and mayor.

If Costco followed through on its current plans, the membership-based store would build a 147,000-square-foot store and a gas station, Costco's second facility in Wake County, at the western corner of U.S. 64 and U.S. 1, near the MacGregor Downs subdivision.-

Staff writer Andrew Kenney
 

Kroger has sold a former grocery store in Cary that had been under consideration for a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office near residential neighborhoods.

Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. sold the vacant store for $4.1 million to The Crown Cos., a real estate firm in Dobson. The sale was recorded on Dec. 20 by the Wake County Register of Deeds.

The feds this summer gave up on their plans to relocate their office to the Cary grocery store after a public outcry against the move. The federal General Services Administration is continuing its search for an alternate site.

Communities under consideration include Cary, Raleigh, Garner, Apex, Morrisville, Holly Springs, Fuquay-Varina and unincorporated portions of Wake County, according to a Friday update on the Town of Cary web site.
 

It's holiday time, which means more waste is making its way into your home by way of presents, decor and all those holiday goodies. Find out how and where you can dispose of the extra holiday waste with our roundup of holiday recycling programs in the Triangle area:

The Town of Cary will begin pickup of Christmas trees and vegetative material such as wreaths and garland as a part of regular curbside yard waste collection on Jan. 3.

With Christmas just a week away and Hanukkah even closer, the sales circulars are loaded with ads for toys, fragrances, candy and those as-seen-on-TV gadgets and gizmos.

Look a little closer, however, and you'll find plenty of real deals -- freebies and cheapies to fill stockings and help make your holidays more festive. I've highlighted many of them for you in this week's list of all the best deals at CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Target, Kroger and Kerr Drug.

Enjoy a homemade piroghi, kolach roll and stollen and browse the array of new and vintage European holiday linens, Polish pottery and vintage ornaments at the fourth annual European Christmas Market sponsored by Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in Cary.

The event is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3.

Eat in or take out a lunch of cabbage rolls or chicken paprikash. Vendors include Annelore's German Bakery, Swedebreads Swedish Bakery and Polenz Polish/Euro Deli.

Visit the church website for more information.

4-AA

Garner 55, Wilmington Laney 35 (FINAL) Demetrius Fairly has four TD

Leesville Road 49, Wake Forest-Rolesville 20 (FINAL) QB Braxton Berrios leads unbeaten Pride

Fayetteville Britt 31, Cary 0 (FINAL) Britt has not allowed a point in last 5 games

Middle Creek 34, Fuquay-Varina 20 (FINAL)

4-A

New Hanover 41, Southeast Raleigh 34  (FINAL) New Hanover stops Southeast at the nine in the final minute

Durham Hillside 40, Fayetteville Smith 12 (FINAL)

Scotland 55, Southeast Guilford 8 (FINAL)

3AA

Fayetteville Byrd 40, Chapel Hill 12 (FINAL)

Cardinal Gibbons 25, Erwin Triton 15 (FINAL)

3A

Cleveland 40, Southern Vance 34 (FINAL) Cleveland scored with 22 seconds left to tie the game and returns a blocked field goal for a touchdown with five seconds left for the win.

1A

Edenton Holmes 37, North Johnston 10 (FINAL)

NCISAA Eight-man finals

Word of God 46, Kinston Parrott 34 (FINAL)

Cary's paddling, cycling and running enthusiasts can revel in increased REI gear selection when the outdoor equipment retailer relocates to Devonshire Place shopping center from Crossroads Plaza in the spring.

REI will move into a 27,000 square foot space left vacant by Borders after the bookseller filed for bankruptcy in February. 

With about 6,000 square feet in additional space at its new location, REI plans to add a new community space for more classes and presentations as well as expand product assortment in paddling, cycling and footwear, said REI spokeswoman Bethany Hawley.

Hawley said REI leadership had been looking to expand the Cary presence for some time. She could not comment on terms of the lease, which was announced on Nov .4.

The Walnut Street shopping center is operated by Brixmor Property Group. Other tenants include Dollar Tree, Golf Galaxy, Lifestyle Family Fitness and Monkey Joe's.