by Staff | Sep 21, 2017 | Going Out
By Patrick Kearney Carolina Country Club, Raleigh Country Club, North Ridge Country Club, Brier Creek Country Club…I could go on for hours. The Raleigh area is home to some of the nicest country clubs in the state, with many more fancy establishments residing in...
by Staff | Sep 18, 2017 | Sports
BY PATRICK KEARNEY “This is our year, seriously…” If I had a dollar for every time I have uttered this statement to someone regarding NC State athletics, I could probably drop out of school and be a stay at home Fantasy Team Owner for the rest of my life. I have said...
by Staff | Sep 12, 2017 | Sports
By Lane Mason Women’s ice hockey has never been big, especially in the South, but while improvements have been made, there still aren’t many opportunities to advance post-college. The options are slim to none. Besides the Olympics, there are only two professional...
by Staff | Aug 3, 2017 | Going Out, Triangle Guide to Parks & Trails
Courtesy WRAL’s Go Ask Mom There’s a lot of excitement around the new playground that opened last November at Laurel Hills Park in north Raleigh. The playground stretches out across 3.5 acres, making it the biggest in the city of Raleigh. The $2.3 million...
by Staff | Jul 26, 2017 | Going Out, Triangle Guide to Parks & Trails
Courtesy WRAL’s Go Ask Mom Apex has what I think is one of the best playgrounds in the Triangle at Kelly Road Park. The 25-acre park, which sits behind Olive Chapel Elementary School at 1609 Kelly Rd., includes KidsTowne playground, a collection of turrets and...
by Staff | Jul 18, 2017 | Going Out, Triangle Guide to Parks & Trails
Courtesy WRAL’s Go Ask Mom Kids Together Playground at Marla Dorrel Park in Cary opened 17 years ago, when two girls, who were only six and seven at the time, helped lead efforts for the handicapped-accessible playground years ago. It’s now probably one of the...
by Staff | Jul 14, 2017 | Going Out, Triangle Guide to Parks & Trails
Courtesy WRAL’s Go Ask Mom Community Center Park might not be Chapel Hill’s biggest park. But it’s probably its most popular. The large playground was filled with kids and parents on a Friday morning. The structures sit on a rubber surface, the first...
by Staff | Jul 12, 2017 | Going Out, Triangle Guide to Parks & Trails
Courtesy WRAL’s Go Ask Mom The first thing I noticed on a visit to Duke Park in Durham the other week was the height of the play structure. This isn’t some simple steps and slide set up. This is a two-story structure with giant tube slides on a play set...
by Staff | Jul 11, 2017 | Going Out, Triangle Guide to Parks & Trails
Courtesy WRAL’s Go Ask Mom There’s a lot going on at the 50-acre Jack Smith Park, named after the long-time and current member of the Cary Town Council. There’s a large dog park, the second for the town; greenway trails; a 10-foot-tall climbing rock...
