By Frank Heath Sports Columnist It’s that week again, one of the most difficult times of the year for a Carolina fan. You know the week: the one after the UNC men’s basketball team plays and loses its final game of the season. Much more often than not, that’s what’s happened; not every year can…
Governor Easley’s last chance to lead
By Chris Fitzsimon Governor Mike Easley has had better months, and the way he responds to a recent flurry of bad news may define his last two years in office. Easley presented his budget to state lawmakers in late February, touting his proposal to remove more than half a million of the state’s poorest taxpayers…
Sloshing around in the name of science
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer It’s an area they know fairly well, so it made sense to let Frank Porter Graham Elementary School students lead visitors in an exploration of the frogs, fish and other stream creatures to be found in a newly preserved section of Morgan Creek tucked off of Fordham Boulevard. Thanks to…
New UNC research shows English-only policies not helping Spanish-speaking pre-schoolers prepare
UNC News Services CHAPEL HILL – Contrary to conventional wisdom, English-only pre-kindergarten classrooms may not help native Spanish-speaking children become better prepared for school. According to research by FPG Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Spanish-speaking children had better social skills when their teachers spoke some Spanish. “Many early…
Spring Break scheduled for April 2-6
Spring Break for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is from April 2-6, with a Teacher Workday scheduled on Monday, April 9. Classes will resume for all students and staff on Tuesday, April 10. Another important date for April is a delayed opening that is scheduled for April 19. Vacaciones de Primavera del 2-6 de abril…
Take a Walk in the Woods and Pay Attention to the Beech Leaves
Take a Walk in the Woods and Pay Attention to the Beech Leaves By Ken Moore As Dave Cook engagingly describes in The Piedmont Almanac, “There is something conclusive about the day the old brown beech leaves fall.†Dave’s observation is for the fourth week of March — and he is right on target for…
Chandra’s latest is hard to put down
By Erica Eisdorfer Recently, NPR’s Terry Gross commented to The New York Review of Books that it’s hard to interview writers who say they’re motivated by the urge to “tell stories.†She says that very often that’s all there is. They’re full up; they spill. If they’re talented enough, we read. In Sacred Games, the…
Letters to the Editor – March 28
True to Community The best compliment I can give to The Carrboro Citizen, for its first issue, is that it is truly “community.†In an age of increasing media fragmentation of local interest, The Citizen shows that it intends to cover what’s significant for everybody in its community. I have lived in Chapel Hill all…
Obituary – Doris Lohr Mabe Wood
The family of Doris Lohr Mabe Wood, 80, would like to celebrate her peaceful passing on March 24, 2007 in Virginia Beach, VA. Doris was a homemaker and proud of her years of service as a school bus driver for the City of Chesapeake, VA. Doris was twice widowed; widow of James Lee Wood and…
Corrections – March 28, 2007
A story about a ride-along with Carrboro police contained sections that did not happen or happened on a different night. The author of the story did not help police direct traffic as reported and an incident with a person who spray-painted a driveway took place on an earlier evening — not during the ride-along. The…
Orange County Assembly of Governments March 29 Agenda
The Orange County Assembly of Governments meets Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill. The town boards of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough will meet with the Orange County Board of Commissioners. Here’s the agenda: 1) Sustainable economic development a. Update on EDC strategic plan and overview of work plan…
Music week
This week in music March 28 through April 4 This week kicks off with a sold out Leo Kottke show at the ArtsCenter. Bet it was swell. Irish Spring? Fresh on the heels of last week’s Solas show, the center’s Celtic Concert series concludes with Dervish on Thursday, March 29. The next night (that’s Friday,…
County Commissioners March 27 Agenda
The Orange County Board of Commissioners meets Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill. The top item on the agenda this week is the consideration of the solid waste transfer station. Here’s the full agenda: Note: Background Material on all abstracts available in the Clerk’s Office COMPLIANCE WITH THE “AMERICANS…
Agenda for March 27 meeting
Here’s the agenda for the Board of Aldemen meeting for March 27: Public Hearing on the Temporary Street Closing Permit Application for the Carrboro Classic Duathlon Additional Agenda Item Attachment Public Hearing on a Conditional Use Permit Request for the Morgan Glen Subdivision Additional Agenda Item Attachment Public Hearing on a Draft Ordinance that Establishes…
Hitchcock & the Venus 3, Black Lips, Leo Kottke, Solas
Warning: Former Egyptians frontman Robyn Hitchcock is coming to town Friday, and he can steal your girlfriend if he wants. The guy does it all – singer, songwriter, guitarist, abstract artist, short-story writer and thespian. Hitchcock will be joined onstage at the Cat’s Cradle by the Venus 3: R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, the Young Fresh Fellows…