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Good morning Raleigh! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Is your Raleigh school on Wake’s 2026 enrollment cap list?
  • How Raleigh’s new DWI task force could change your holiday driving
  • What Raleigh police say to do before your next package arrives

Also on today's calendar: Free Hillsborough Elite Rockstar Connect Networking Event (December, NC) and 8 more events.

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Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Sunny and not as cold, with a high of 50 and low of 29 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 55, low: 32.
  • Thursday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 60 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Wake could put student enrollment caps on these 18 schools in 2026. See the list (newsobserver.com) — Wake County is planning 2026–27 enrollment caps that will still affect several Raleigh schools, including Abbotts Creek, Beaverdam, River Bend and Rogers Lane elementaries. With district enrollment down but some campuses over capacity, officials propose removing caps at five non-Raleigh schools while newly capping Zebulon Elementary and keeping limits at multiple crowded Raleigh-area campuses.
   

2. $500,000 grant funds new Raleigh DWI Unit, NCDOT says (cbs17.com) — Raleigh drivers will soon see a new police DWI Unit on the roads, funded by a more than $553,000 state grant to target impaired driving. Three officers, new equipment, and public education across Wake County will support the effort, which launches alongside stepped-up holiday patrols and checkpoints through early January.
   

3. Raleigh police are warning of a rise in porch piracy this holiday season (cbs17.com) — Raleigh police are seeing a spike in porch package thefts just days before Christmas and are urging residents to change how they receive deliveries. Neighbors are reporting stolen gifts on social media, while officers recommend options like workplace delivery, signature requirements, or pickup locations to keep holiday orders out of thieves’ hands.
   

4. Raleigh student used active shooter training to hide for hours during Brown University shooting (wral.com) — A Raleigh native and Leesville Road High School graduate used her active-shooter training to hide for hours during the deadly Brown University shooting, and is now hurrying home for the holidays. Another local connection, a recent Durham Academy graduate, was critically injured and has undergone surgery, underscoring how this out-of-state tragedy is deeply affecting Triangle families.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Tuesday December 16
  • PHS: Biology EOC
    Wake Early College of Health and Science , 2901 Holston Lane , Raleigh
    7:30 am
  • PHS: Health Science 1 CTE Exam
    Wake Early College of Health and Science , 2901 Holston Lane , Raleigh
    11:30 am
  • Incredible Business Networking: North Raleigh
    Carajillo's , 6675 Falls of Neuse Road, Suite 101 , Raleigh
    11:30 am
  • The Nutcracker - Performance #1
    Powell Elementary , 1130 Marlborough Rd , Raleigh
    6:30 pm

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  • Obituary: Thomas "Tony" W. Blake (Porto Funeral Homes) —Porto Funeral Homes Read on Patch
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    OUR 2 LABS GOT OUT Tonight at approximately 5:45 PM. They are yellow, both micro chipped, but no collars as they jumped the fence. Please contact me… (Nextdoor Southern Meadows)
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    Got him home and not within 10 minutes and he shot out of the front door when my wife got home last night he is in the Jones dairy area of Wake… (Nextdoor Wakefield Plantation)
  • The Senate adjourned Monday, December 15, 2025, at 10:03., to reconvene Thursday, December 18, 2025, at 10:00. #ncga #ncpol (X: NCLeg)
  • What a great way to wrap up week 2 of December! Congrats to Dustin Farmer (Ashe County High) & Dr. Darrell A. Harris Jr. (Eastern Guilford High),... (X: ncpublicschools)
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