Kick off the season with a day full of
holiday cheer on December 1 in the heart of Cary!
At 10 a.m., head to the streets of
downtown Cary for the Heart of Cary Association’s Old Time Winter Festival.
Enjoy arts and crafts, entertainment, food, activities, and more. It’s a good
time to start (or finish) your holiday shopping!
Next, head over to the Page-Walker
Arts & History Center for the annual open house starting at 4 p.m. There
will be refreshments, music by the Moment's Notice Jazz Quartet, and activities
to celebrate the season.
The official tree lighting for the
Town of Cary will be held at 6 p.m. on Town Hall Campus by the Town Tree. It’s
a wonderful time to bring your blanket and your loved ones and welcome in the
holiday season with your neighbors. This festive night features actors, singers,
dancers, and musicians from our community onstage.
Inside Town Hall, we’ll unveil the
“community tree.” Many groups that serve our local community will be
providing handcrafted ornaments to be displayed on the tree.
For more information, call 469-4061 or
get more Heart
of the Holidays details at www.townofcary.org.
Cary
will welcome several new faces to the Town Council on Dec. 13. Harold Weinbrecht
will take office as mayor, while Don Frantz and Gale Adcock join the council as
District B and District D representatives, respectively.
Erv Portman, who was appointed to the
Council in February to fill a vacancy, was elected to remain in the At-Large
seat.
Weinbrecht, Adcock, Frantz and Portman
will join At-Large representative Julie Robison, District A representative
Jennifer Robinson and District C representative Jack Smith on the Town Council.
The council meets the second and
fourth Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.
Early
voting at our one-stop voting location, Herb Young Community Center, was a
popular choice for Cary voters this year—one that set a new record for our
local elections. This year, 1,721 votes were cast, compared to 573 in October
2003 and 435 in October 2005.
Tinsel
Town is a magical winter wonderland located in Koka Booth Amphitheatre at
Regency Park. It features a real outdoor skating rink, weekend visits with
Santa, beautifully decorated holiday trees, hot cocoa, holiday treats and more!
Visit Tinsel Town from November 23
through December 31. (We’re closed on December 25).
The rink will be open Monday through Friday from 4-9 p.m., Saturdays from
2-10 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 6 p.m.
For more, visit www.boothamphitheatre.com.
On December 1, bring your kids to
Santa’s Workshop, the Cary Teen Council’s annual Christmas celebration.
Held at the Herb Young Community
Center from 10 a.m. to noon, there will be holiday craft projects, light
refreshments, live entertainment by Cary Ballet Conservatory and a special
visitor from the North Pole!
While you’re there, support the Teen
Council’s food drive by bringing two non-perishable food items or make a cash
donation. All contributions will be given to a local charity. For more
information, call 460-4965.
Planning
to clean up your Christmas decorations before the New Year? Take Christmas trees
to one of our convenient drop-off centers beginning Dec. 17 through Jan. 15,
2008: Citizen’s Convenience Center, Oak Grove Elementary School, and Green
Hope Elementary School.
Have you ever noticed someone littering and wondered whom you should
call? NC Department of Transportation makes it easy to report litterbugs. Call
(877) 368-4968 or go online to www.ncdot.org
and fill out a Swat-a-Litterbug report form. To make a report, you need the
license plate number of the car, date of the violation, place of the incident
and a description of the litter.
Hand
watering for drought relief
Beginning
Nov. 1 and continuing through at least Dec. 31, water customers in Cary and
Morrisville - including businesses - will no longer be able to water outdoors
using automated water devices such as sprinklers and irrigation systems.
We’re asking you to cut back even
more than our normal year-round alternate day watering restrictions in light of
Governor Easley’s call for increased conservation during the statewide
drought.
Hand-watering is still allowed any day
of the week. Outdoor washing is also okay.
The Nov. 1 ban on automated outdoor
watering will not apply to reclaimed water system customers or customers who
irrigate with wells. It also won’t impact the Town’s ability to maintain
safe surfaces at our fields.
The
new water rules come with new penalties. Customers will be given one warning for
violating the new rules; those who violate the rules a second time face a fine
of $500 and $1,000 for each additional violation. We may discontinue water
service if the rules are violated six times.
The new restrictions will be in place
until the region experiences meaningful relief from the drought. To keep up with
the Town’s latest water conservation efforts, visit www.townofcary.org.
Plastics
recycling program expands
Beginning November 1, the Cary
Recycles program will expand its plastics recycling to include plastics labeled
#1-7 for recycling in both bottle and tub shape.
Some examples include Cool Whip tubs, butter/margarine tubs, yogurt cups,
and oversized laundry detergent containers.
These items can be placed in your
curbside recycling bin for collection or taken to the Citizen’s Convenience
Center for drop-off recycling.
Please do not include lids, take-out
containers (“clam shell”), frozen entrée trays, and plastic bags.
For more information, call 469-4090 or visit Recycling
at www.townofcary.org.
Holiday
trash collection reminder
In observance of the holiday season,
Town offices will close on Monday, Dec. 24, Tuesday, Dec. 25 and Wednesday, Dec.
26.
During the week beginning Dec. 24,
trash collection schedules will change for Tuesday customers only.
Those customers will be picked up on Monday, Dec. 24.
Also, during the week of Dec. 24, yard
waste will not be collected. Instead, Town crews will provide collection of
excess garbage.
For more information, visit www.townofcary.org.
Do you know where your water master
shut-off valve is located? If a pipe
bursts anywhere in the house - kitchen, bath, basement or crawl space - this
valve turns it off.
The master shut-off may be near the
water heater, the washing machine or even in your front hall closet. It's where
the water line comes into your house from the street. Be sure everyone in the
family knows where it is and what it does. For
more, visit www.townofcary.org.
Oasis is a charitable giving program
that allows neighbors to help neighbors. By making a donation, you can help
utility customers who are facing financial hardship pay their bill or fix
plumbing leaks. Donations are tax deductible. Want to help? Find out more about Oasis
at www.townofcary.org.
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Cary Art Loop
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Diamante presents: Arbolito de la Esperanza Lighting (Tree of Hope)
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Triangle Wind Ensemble Holiday Concert
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Cary Ballet presents Visions of Sugarplums
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Cary Community Choir presents Messiah
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Exhibits
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Fine Arts League of Cary – Members Show. Through Jan 2 at Page-Walker Arts & History Center.
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Karen Frank: Flowers for the Afternoon Delight. Dec 1 – 29 at Cary Senior Center. Artists’ Reception: Dec 28, 6-9 p.m.
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Phyllis Golden Andrews: Serenity. Nov 29 - Jan 2 at Jordan Hall Arts Center Gallery. Artists’ Reception: Dec 2, 2-4 p.m.