- Take Triangle Transit to the State Fair: The Independent Weekly’s blog Triangulator is happy to to focus on something other than the Stock Market…cue the Fair. Bob Geary gives you info on the Park and Ride program for the Fair, one of the best ways to save gas and avoid any hassle.
- State Fair Express bus: The Carrboro Citizen notes there are also buses for Chapel Hill and Durham folks to make their ways into Raleigh for the Fair.
- State Fair tickets on sale: Fair blogger Tara Calishain over at WRAL reminds you to stop by area malls to pick up your advance tickets to save money.
- October 4-A Fair day for stencils?: Tara’s blogging buddy Mike Moss at WRAL calls for volunteers to help stencil the fairgrounds on Saturday, Oct. 4.
- Fair organizers focus on financially friendly experience: WRAL reports all the ways to save at the Fair (and manages to make some nice alliteration in the title).
- 2008 Farm Frenzy voting underway!: Garner Magnet High School is asking for votes for their Farm Animal Frenzy entry, on display now at Raleigh’s Triangle Town Center mall.
- 24 Things TRACK 4 Families can do during the next 3 weeks: TRACK (Tools, Resources and Activities for Carolina Kids) listed the Fair as one of the top 24 things to do as a family in October.
- Special N.C. State/State Fair packages available: The Raleigh Philosophical Society is pumped about the ticket package with the Thursday, Oct. 16 NCSU game that coincides with the Fair.