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NC Hires 5600 Teachers from Out-of-State!

State officials report that NC needs 10,000 NEW teachers each year. NC colleges graduate only 3300. Wake County school officials attended teacher job fairs in 35 states this year.Wake county still has 40 unfilled vacancies as school is about to start in two weeks. Officials report that the hardest teaching jobs to fill are in special education, middle-school math and science, and foreign language. Long term substitutes will fill the temporarily unfilled positions. Many teachers coming in from other states report school budget problems that have seriously affected the quality of teaching in their home states.

Honda, Fed Ex buildling large facilities in the Triad

Honda Aircraft and Fed Ex will be hiring hundreds of workers in the Almance County-Guilford county area. NC landed two of these large companies in the last year, promising many high paying jobs. The Triad Cities area continues its economic boom.

Coastal Carolina - Invasion of Boomers

When I ask the newcomers to the area around the Outer Banks, the New Bern, Morehead City & Beaufort areas - when I ask "How did you come to know about NC?" The answers often fall into three categories: 1. I visited a friend, or relative down here for the first time, who moved from my area up north, 2. My dad was in the military at Camp LeJeune or Cherry Point. We used to come back here for vacations - I always remembered how much I liked it back then (so, here I am today, living here) or 3. I kept reading in many magazines about how great North Carolina is. My wife and I made a couple of trips. Now, here we are!

NHL Hockey Players Choose Raleigh & Cary!

Yikes! The NHL IS COMING! First it was the IBMers, then younger techies discovering the RTP and the cerebral climate there; and then families sweeping in from up north to escape the cold and HIGH TAXES in exchange for bigger houses and yards, great jobs, low cost of living, beaches, mountains - and a vibrant economy. Now the NHL is taking over? What next.....(Psst.....the New York Giants moving their team to Clayton?) It' a rumor. The Carolina Panthers are checking it out. Back to the NHL:
The News & Observer had an interesting article in the paper this week about NHL players.
Ron Francis, Hurricanes, Aaron Ward (Boston Bruins,New York Rangers)Glenn Wesley, Rod Brind'Amour, Bates Battaglia (Toronto Maple Leafs), Peter Laviolett (former Canes coach now coach of theMaple Leafs) all call Raleigh home, or have homes here. Retired players like Steve Halko, Shane Willis, Robert Kron, and Jessee Boulerice have chosen Raleigh as the place they want to live. GREAT INDORSEMENT for the Triangle Area Raleigh, Cary and North Carolina!
Bates Battaglia even has a bar 'Lucky B's' on Glennwood Avenue South - Toronto, Canada is a little ways up the road from Raleigh. There are so many NHL guys here that they have formed an "upper tier youth hockey league." The N&O reports that Ron Francis helped get it started.

What? No hurricanes yet?

Shuuuh! Be careful what you think about, or talk about.
It is Saturday, July 14, 2007 and all is quiet on the North Carolina coast and out in the Atlantic Ocean. This has been a year of unusal weather, globally. The forecasters have universally, this year at least, predicted a much higher than usual incidence of these unique storms. We still have at least two and one half months to go. Unusually quiet so far. Fingers crossed.
Yesterday was Friday the 13th. For all those with a condition known as "Triskaidekaphobia" (irrational fear of any and all Friday 13th's), hopefully it was an uneventful day.

North Carolina Realtors

Out of state purchasers of our book "Move To North Carolina", www.emeraldislepress.com, have emailed us and or called us asking why we did not (still do not) provide any references to real estate companies - along with the wealth of info that is in the book. We are in process of providing a limited number of listings for each town/city to answer that request and will soon have an informational link "Prominent NC Realtors". It will be available whether of not they purchase our info book. Duh! It may even provide addtional revenue. We are compiling a list/description of the most attractive second home/recreational/retirement beach and mountain developments.

Baby Boomers discover New Bern:
They are coming! New nestled on the
beautiful Neuse River, comfortably
close to the Altantic Ocean, this eastern
NC town has been discovered! New Bern
has one of the very best, very attractive
Civic Centers in North Carolina. A superb
boating scene, lots of water, historical
sites.