Superintendent Neil Pedersen was honored last week at the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce Local Government Appreciation Reception
Author: Staff
ECHHS student gets medicine scholarship
Chi Le received a $2,500 scholarship to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine
School construction underway across district
Construction has already brought marked changes to familiar campuses.
Rashkis’ Moore named Data Manager of the Year
Tasha Moore, Rashkis Elementary School’s data manager, was selected as the 2010-11 Data Manager of the Year.
Hagen weds Dean
Noelle Marie Dean and Colby Donald Hagen, both of New York, N.Y., were united in marriage on May 14, 2011, at 5 in the afternoon.
BIG CITY: Let’s go for a ride – Part 2
by Kirk Ross
We stood at the top of the levee and pondered the course of the river by the little town where my father grew up.
Letter: Disdain for working families
Politicians are fond of comparing a state spending plan to a family budget. But the Republican budget passed earlier this month shows a disdain for working families.
Letter: Anti-loitering law unconstitutional
The Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) has sent a letter to Carrboro Town Attorney Michael Brough …
CORRECTION
An article in last week’s Citizen about a possible ban on the use of cell phones while driving in Chapel Hill incorrectly identified the source of allegations in a case involving an accident where a pedestrian was injured. A witness to the accident, Joe Capowski, alleges that the driver was using a cell phone when…
FLORA: Bottlebrush grass
For years and years, I’ve been admiring bottlebrush grass, a wild grass of the open forests and woods’ edges, and now I enjoy it all around me day after day.
Sweet sounds of the NBA draft
The sweetest sound in the NBA draft on Thursday will actually be the silence of unspoken words, at least for Carolina fans.
Project could bring big-box
A proposed development could bring hotels, large-scale retail stores and residential development to an area of northern Chapel Hill.
County details plans for potential sales-tax funds
Voters deciding whether to support a sales-tax increase on November’s ballot got a bit clearer input from county leaders …
NCAA details football charges
In a letter to Chancellor Holden Thorp, NCAA enforcement officials allege nine violations of the group’s rules.
AKG deal sealed; plan would create jobs
Orange County has entered into a deal with AKG North America to expand the Germany-based firm’s Mebane facility.



