The Town of Carrboro is now making free prescription discount cards available to residents.
Author: Fernlane
Swim volunteers needed
The Chapel Hill Parks & Recreation Department needs volunteers to work with swim students with special needs in the department’s Adapted Aquatics class.
OWASA reports low risk of water shortage
OWASA announced last week that its water supply reservoirs rose from 78 percent of capacity last Wednesday to 83 percent on Friday.
Budget work session
The Orange County Board of Commissioners will hold a budget work session today (Thursday) at 7 p.m. at the Link Government Services Center on South Cameron Street in Hillsborough.
Free Earth Action Day shuttle
Chapel Hill Transit will provide a free shuttle to Earth Action Day at Southern Community Park on Saturday.
Advise local government
Chapel Hill has more than 20 standing boards and commissions that advise the town council and they are looking for new members.
Job fair
Orange County will host a Job and Resource Fair on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Department of Social Services at 113 Mayo St. in Hillsborough.
Applicants needed for Parks and Rec Council
Orange County is recruiting applicants for the Parks and Recreation Council.
Creek Action Tour
The 2011 Creek Action Tour will be this Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon and will showcase projects that improve water quality in our creeks.
West Drive closed
The UNC Department of Public Safety announced that West Drive will be closed to through traffic through April 18.
Fairview Park opening
The grand opening of Fairview Park will be this Saturday at 2 p.m. The park is located at 195 Torain St. in Hillsborough.
Lobster sale
The 11th annual Chatham County Together! Claws for a Cause lobster sale has begun and will run through May 1.
Chapel Hill man steals, crashes ambulance
A Chapel Hill man stole an Orange County ambulance last Friday after receiving treatment, according to Chapel Hill police.
Rocky flop for Volunteers
The 2010 Music City Bowl between North Carolina and Tennessee was not just another bowl game – not by a long shot.
UNC loses a favorite son
Memorial services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Chapel of the Cross for one of the University of North Carolina’s favorite sons, Douglass Hunt, who died on New Year’s Day in the hospice at the Meadowlands in Hillsborough. He was 86. After a long legal career and a stint as assistant to the…