As part of ongoing budget cuts, the Orange County Board of Commissioners must decide which of several proposed health care plans for county employees provides the best care for employees at the best price for the county.
Author: Staff
FLORA: Be certain you know the difference!
As described in last week’s Flora, you want to avoid close contact with ornamental smooth sumac’s viney cousin, poison ivy, Rhus radicans.
Phil Blank, September 1, 2011
Illustration by Phil Blank
Drop-Add, 1963
Around this time of year, if you were a UNC student back in 1963 wanting to drop a class and add another, you went to sweltering Woollen Gym.
BIG CITY: Goodnight Irene
by Kirk Ross
Like a lot of you, I clocked a few hours watching Hurricane Irene roll up the North Carolina coast last week.
In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Vickers civil rights decision
The following is a resolution approved by the Carrboro Board of Aldermen last week.
Culbreth student takes cupcake prize
Paulina Garcia Hernandez, a sixth-grader at Culbreth Middle School, took the top prize of $100 in the Third Annual Horace Williams Memorial Cupcake Festival
Remember New York at CHHS
The Chapel Hill High School Drama Department will present Remember New York on Sept. 9.
Carrboro police complete crisis intervention training
During the first week of August, officers from the Carrboro Police Department completed Crisis Intervention Team training.
IFC receives grant
The Inter-Faith Council for Social Service has received a $5,000 grant from BJ’s Charitable Foundation.
Historic Preservation Award for Miller
Last month, Chapel Hill’s Jay Miller was named the winner of the Gertrude S. Carraway Award of Merit from Preservation North Carolina for the renovation of Murphey School.
Home Trust fundraiser
The Community Home Trust and the Fenwick Foundation will host an Opening Doors fundraiser on Sept. 9.
DSI to raise money for YMCA
DSI Comedy Theater is supporting the Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA’s We Build People Campaign with its annual YLaugh and 24LIVE comedy marathon.
Human relations awards nominations needed
The Orange County Human Relations Commission is soliciting nominations for the 2011 Pauli Murray Human Relations Awards.
Keep the Learning Celebration flowing!
For 22 years, the Haw River Assembly has held its Learning Celebration.



