Leviton invested $25 Million into its Network Solutions Fuquay-Varina, N.C. fiber optic cable manufacturing plant to double its size 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Leviton's Network Solutions Business Unit today announced that it has completed the $25 million expansion project in its Fuquay-Varina effectively doubles the size of the facility allowing Leviton to support ever growing demand for its fiber optic cabling solutions site manufactures a wide range of multimode and single-mode cabling products used to connect local area networks in a variety of applications including commercial enterprises, data centers industrial and harsh environments. The company held a ribbon cutting event on April 9 2025 to celebrate this milestone achievement with company executives "We are very proud of the work our team did to make this project happen Leviton's Network Solutions business unit is the data side of our business and strategic to our future growth and success," said Daryoush Larizadeh Larizadeh went on to say; "We expect the demand for fiber optic cabling systems to grow for many years to support bandwidth intensive applications like AI and Augmented Reality Leviton's commitment to North Carolina goes back to 1965 and today we have 3 factories including this expanded Fuquay-Varina location. The local government officials supported us every step of the way and the area has a very skilled work force which is essential for us to be successful." this investment is very strategic for us," said Ross Goldman Leviton Network Solutions and Chief Sustainability Officer Goldman went on to say; "Doubling the size of our North Carolina factory not only allows us to support our US based customers with fiber optic cabling solutions for years to come but we can also more effectively support demand from outside the US as well." attended the company's ribbon cutting event and said "the Town of Fuquay-Varina is grateful for Leviton's commitment to investing in our region which will have far-reaching benefits not only for the local economy but also for the state. Leviton is a global company that chose Fuquay-Varina, NC - with its highly skilled workforce and business-friendly environment - as the site to manufacture fiber optic cabling to support IT networks in the US and throughout the world We thank Leviton for their investment in the region and we look forward to building a long-lasting partnership with the company." More information on Leviton's global fiber optic cabling systems can be found on the company's website, please visit leviton.com/ns Do not sell or share my personal information: A family in Fuquay-Varina who turned their tragedy into hope after losing their 15-year-old daughter has finally met the recipient of their daughter's heart WRAL previously spoke to John and Mayda Minsk after their daughter died from a severe allergic reaction to peanuts the family has connected with 16-year-old Haley Poore "This was her second chance," said Kristie Poore Kristie Poore said when she first learned about the possible heart her family was overcome with mixed emotions but was sad for the family that lost their child,” said Curt Poore Kristie Poore was the first to hear the news of the possible donor worried that her daughter would not survive the transplant ‘Can you guarantee my daughter is going to come off that operating table?'” Kristie recalled But I can tell you this is the most perfect heart we could ever ask for in 100 days.'” Haley too said she had mixed emotions about the transplant Her journey after the transplant has not been easy her other organs were jealous,” Kristie Poore said jokingly “Her organs were jealous because they got this perfect heart that wanted to work "It’s not going to end here,” Kristie said “Celina is going to live on through Haley.” the Poore family believes they have a new perspective on life “I think it’s great for anybody to be a donor,” Curt Poore said to see… we’re thankful and grateful for that gift.” "It led me to write this letter to the donors," Kristie Poore said "I wanted them to feel when they read that letter how sincere and how thankful we were for what they did for my daughter." Haley went from walking a short distance out of breath to walking long distance "She couldn't do that before," Kristie said Fuquay-Varina Police are investigating a shooting on Saturday that resulted in two deaths in a case being investigated as a murder-suicide officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 800 block of Highwater Place they found 59-year-old Cathleen Lesniak dead officers found 63-year-old George Lesniak dead from a self-inflicted injury A Fuquay-Varina man wants answers after he claims his iPhone exploded in his pocket Jonathan Allen told WRAL News he smelled something burning while on a walk with his family "I put my hand in my pocket and knew the phone was hot to the touch," Allen said Photos of the damaged iPhone 15 show shattered glass on the screen and impacts towards the camera lens He said Apple dismissed his claims about the device and refuses to offer up a new product Allen said he had an OtterBox case on his iPhone WRAL News repeatedly reached out to Apple and are waiting to hear back The company has a support page to help consumers with overheating products.  Allen said he's still financially responsible for the defective phone. No one was hurt as a result of alleged explosion. MyComputerCareer lead instructor Grant Gibson said it's the first time he's seen a phone explode in the area it did. Gibson said it could be a manufacturing default. "It doesn’t look like that’s the battery area, but looks like some heat-generated swelling occurred," Gibson said. "That may be another reason that might have happened." The family of a woman who died after she was pushed to the ground at a Fuquay-Varina assisted-living facility filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the facility According to court documents obtained by WRAL News the family of Lillie Johnson Cooper filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Windsor Point On Sept. 24, 2023, Cooper got into an argument with Cynthia Williams Sellars, who worked at the facility Prosecutors said Sellars pushed Cooper during the argument causing Sellars to fall and fracture her hip Cooper died 13 days later from her injuries from the fall Sellars pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Cooper’s death. According to the lawsuit, the impact of the fall fractured Cooper’s hip, and none of the staff at the facility intervened despite two staff members being on the other side of the door of Cooper and Sellars. The lawsuit goes on to say when the two staff members did come to her aid, they tried to pick Cooper up, but then put her back down on the ground after they were unable to move her and denied making attempts to move her when the state investigated the incident. The facility staff, according to the lawsuit, did not tell EMS that Sellars put her hands on Cooper, which caused her to fall, and told them the fall happened when Cooper was walking away from Sellars. Cooper’s family is seeking more than $25,000 in damages from the facility. man found dead in Fuquay-Varina murder-suicide"}}))},2e3);window.dataLayer.push({event:"GAEvent",eventAction:"contentStart",eventCategory:"video",eventLabel:"Woman man found dead in Fuquay-Varina murder-suicide"},{name:"updated",value:"2025-01-19T11:53:44-0500"},{name:"published",value:"2025-01-18T22:08:00-0500"}]}])}),e.on("adend",()=>{e.play()})):console.warn("wralvideo returned undefined")}else console.warn("wralvideo has not been loaded yet")},window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",window.initHeroVideo)Local NewsWoman CBS17.com 401 at Ten-Ten Road in Fuquay-Varina Monday afternoon commissioner accused of threatening wife with gun resigns Long lines form at NCDMV offices ahead of REAL ID deadline Dates for 2025 spring graduations at Triangle universities Carolina Hurricanes center Sebastian Aho is a new father after his wife Rosa gave birth to their daughter on Friday The City of Fayetteville has approved an 11 p.m A man convicted of drug trafficking in Lee County was recaptured after escaping a Hyde County prison 40 chickens are missing from a farm in Orange County A wrong way driver was involved in a crash on I-40 in Raleigh A federal judge ruled Allison Riggs is the winner of the North Carolina Supreme Court race No suspects are in custody after a teenager was shot and killed in Durham The REAL ID deadline has brough long lines to DMV offices in North Carolina This exclusive Toll Brothers neighborhood will include just 47 single-family home sites offering top-tier options for personalization at the Toll Brothers Design Studio and the community is anticipated to open for sale in early 2025 Home buyers will choose from six stunning two-story home designs with large open floor plans ranging from 3,995 to 5,200+ square feet and optional features designed for today’s lifestyles such as flex rooms “Our new Longleaf Meadow community will offer residents a graceful retreat in the flourishing and highly desirable Fuquay-Varina area,” said Ted Pease Division President of Toll Brothers in North Carolina “This community is tucked away in verdant surroundings yet convenient to excellent shopping and outdoor recreation in Fuquay-Varina and Holly Springs Longleaf Meadow offers the rare opportunity to build a new construction home within this well-established neighborhood providing an ideal environment for gracious luxury living.” Residents will enjoy proximity to area shopping and dining in the charming downtowns of Fuquay-Varina and Holly Springs The community is situated within the esteemed Wake County Public School System and offers convenient access to Raleigh-Durham International Airport and major commuter routes including Interstate 540 and US Routes 401 Home buyers will experience one-stop shopping at the Toll Brothers Design Studio The state-of-the-art Design Studio allows home buyers to choose from a wide array of selections to personalize their dream home with the assistance of Toll Brothers professional Design Consultants The Longleaf Meadow community will be located at Duncans Ridge Way and Duncan Cook Road in Fuquay-Varina. For more information and to join Toll Brothers interest list for Longleaf Meadow, call (844) 840-5263 or visit TollBrothers.com/NC is the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes The Company was founded 58 years ago in 1967 and became a public company in 1986 Its common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “TOL.” The Company serves first-time Toll Brothers builds in over 60 markets in 24 states: Arizona The Company operates its own architectural The Company also develops master-planned and golf course communities as well as operates its own lumber distribution Contact: Andrea Meck | Toll Brothers, Senior Director, Public Relations & Social Media | 215-938-8169 | ameck@tollbrothers.com Photos accompanying this announcement is available at: https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/d4594095-8300-4900-91ca-db0a01efe0d1 https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/2c97a82a-6e0e-47bc-a0b2-567609b900d5 Sent by Toll Brothers via Regional Globe Newswire (TOLL-REG) Virginia family forever linked by organ donation"}}))},2e3);window.dataLayer.push({event:"GAEvent",eventAction:"contentStart",eventCategory:"video",eventLabel:"Fuquay-Varina family Virginia family forever linked by organ donation"},{name:"updated",value:"2025-04-06T19:14:13-0400"},{name:"published",value:"2025-04-06T19:14:13-0400"}]}])}),e.on("adend",()=>{e.play()})):console.warn("wralvideo returned undefined")}else console.warn("wralvideo has not been loaded yet")},window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",window.initHeroVideo)Local NewsFuquay-Varina family Virginia family forever linked by organ donationHealth advocates are getting out the word on the life-saving impact that organ donation can have - including for a local Fuquay-Varina family and a Virginia family who are now forever linked thanks to the gift of life April 21, 2025 – Leviton’s Network Solutions business has completed a $25-million expansion project at its Fuquay-Varina manufacturing facility, effectively doubling its size. “Leviton’s Network Solutions business unit is the data side of our business and strategic to our future growth and success,” said president & CEO Daryoush Larizadeh, adding “We expect the demand for fiber optic cabling systems to grow for many years to support bandwidth-intensive applications like AI and augmented reality.” The company held a ribbon-cutting earlier this month to celebrate the achievement with company executives and employees, and local government officials. The Fuquay-Varina site manufactures a range of multimode and single-mode cabling products used to connect local area networks in a variety of applications, including commercial enterprises, data centres, and industrial environments. Leviton VIPs (from left): Board chair Donald Hendler; Senior director of operations (Fuquay-Varina) Karen Berry; President & CEO Daryoush Larizadeh; COO Network Solutions and chief sustainability officer Ross Goldman. 17-year-old Holden Bierman, a junior at Fuquay-Varina High School, is the founder and CEO of swimwear company Coastal Cool. Person Co. commissioner accused of threatening wife with gun resigns Dates for 2025 spring graduations at Triangle universities, colleges Carolina Hurricanes center Sebastian Aho is a new father after his wife Rosa gave birth to their daughter on Friday. The City of Fayetteville has approved an 11 p.m. curfew for youth. A man convicted of drug trafficking in Lee County was recaptured after escaping a Hyde County prison. 40 chickens are missing from a farm in Orange County. A wrong way driver was involved in a crash on I-40 in Raleigh. A federal judge ruled Allison Riggs is the winner of the North Carolina Supreme Court race. No suspects are in custody after a teenager was shot and killed in Durham. The REAL ID deadline has brough long lines to DMV offices in North Carolina. The storm targeted the baseball, softball, and athletic practice fields at Fuquay-Varina High School—an area that had been renovated about two years ago. Fuquay-Varina football coach Jeb Hall is encouraged by what he sees from a young group of players especially on defense.var embeds=document.getElementsByTagName("o-embed"),observers=[],opt={};for(const a of embeds){let e=new IntersectionObserver(e=>{!e[0].isIntersecting||e[0].target.attributes.loaded||oembed(e[0].target)},opt);e.observe(a)}function oembed(e){var t=e.attributes.url.value;const r=e.attributes.id.value;fetch(t).then(e=>e.json()).then(e=>{var t=document.getElementById(r);t.innerHTML=e.html,t.attributes.loaded=!0})}DetailsTranscriptAfter a 2-0 start this season Highway 401 reopened Tuesday morning after a gas leak led to power outages and evacuations Monday Enbridge Gas North Carolina crews secured the flow of gas near Ten Ten Road and U.S 401 after a natural gas leak shut down the intersection Monday afternoon The leak was caused by a third-party that damaged the gas line The company said they hit a line under 17 feet of cover and asphalt "Enbridge Gas crews will remain onsite to work on a temporary measure to ensure service reliability for customers until the damaged gas line can be replaced in the coming days," a spokesperson for the company told WRAL News The highway was closed at the Ten Ten Road intersection during the Monday evening commute. Sky 5 was there to fly over the miles-long backups. First responders and gas company employees have been making the necessary repairs and  Resident Chantel Smith eventually made it home and arrived to no power.  "Outside of my normal route, it took about an hour to get here, only to find out it's a power outage," Smith said.  More than 2,400 people were without power in the area at one point. As of 9:15 p.m. Monday, outages lingered, although many customers regained service.  Enbridge Gas said that all businesses around the leak were evacuated. Some in nearby apartment buildings were sheltering in place late into the night. A faint smell of gas lingered in the air. Peter Lenk chose to find another place to stay as repairs took place.  "Hopefully it turns back on at some point and give us the all-clear," Lenk said. "If they do, I'll come back and if not, I guess I'm spending the night elsewhere."  Welcome, Mickeymickey@disney.comManage MyDisney AccountLog OutFuquay-Varina names Smith as new police chiefThursday 2024Tim Smith has been serving as acting police chief since the end of May when former chief Brandon Medina abruptly stepped down.FUQUAY-VARINA (WTVD) -- The Town of Fuquay-Varina made it official naming Tim Smith as the town's police chief Smith has been serving as acting police chief since the end of May when former chief Brandon Medina abruptly stepped down after little more than two years on the job Smith has been with the police department for 24 years a leading global construction and development firm announces the substantial completion of the new Fuquay-Varina Middle School located at 1201 Bowling Road in Fuquay-Varina was constructed to provide a dynamic learning environment that supports local growth and the diverse needs and interests of educators and students “This area of Wake County is experiencing exponential growth and we are thrilled to deliver this exceptional facility that is poised to empower students inspire educators and enrich the local community,” said Mark Balling general manager and executive vice president overseeing Skanska’s operations in North Carolina and Virginia The construction of the new Fuquay-Varina Middle School prioritizes accessibility to create an environment conducive to learning and collaboration the school emphasizes the connection between natural light and wellness through collaborative learning spaces which provide an alternative learning setting and an opportunity to improve mental health Additional amenities include two gymnasiums Operating from a regional headquarters in Durham Skanska USA has completed nearly $2.9 billion of work in Virginia and North Carolina over the past ten years Skanska has more than $640 million of projects in progress between the two states Skanska uses knowledge & foresight to shape the way people live we’re one of the world’s largest development and construction companies We operate in select markets throughout the Nordics is headquartered in New York City with 28 offices around the country Skanska has invested a total value of $4.6 billion in commercial and multi-family projects Together with our customers and the collective expertise of our 6,500 teammates in the U.S we create innovative and sustainable solutions that support healthy living beyond our lifetime © Copyright 2012 - 2023 | citybiz | All Rights Reserved