Harrisburg residents and Town Council members are planning to fight future railroad upgrades planned by the N.C. Department of Transportation.

Several homes along Stallings Road in Harrisburg must be moved or demolished as part of a federally funded NCDOT railroad project.

Harrisburg Town Council members are planning to fight the development of the high-speed rail coming through their community after hearing more than 50 people lodge complaints about the train project during a workshop Saturday morning.

Did you know that if not for the North Carolina Railroad coming through in 1854 there would be no Harrisburg? It is ironic that in 2012 the North Carolina Railroad is poised to demolish nine homes in the heart of historic Harrisburg.

The New Year always brings resolutions at my house. I've had the same resolutions year after year, generic goals like getting healthier, losing weight and exercising more.