Glenwood Elementary School fifth-grader Neelan Mahadevan and McDougle Middle School seventh-grader Max Mahadevan have been awarded scholarships …
Author: Staff
CHS grad receives Macalester honors
Julianne Ragland has been named to the Macalester College dean’s list for academic achievement during the spring semester of the 2010-11 school year.
Former CHHS student wins VH1 contest
Allen Mask, a graduate of Chapel Hill High School and UNC, recently won VH1’s Save the Music contest.
Obituary: Regina Elandt-Johnson
Obituary: Billy Wall Watts
Obituary: Colleen Clark
The force is with it
When Luke Skywalker needed a fast spaceship to get off Tatooine in Star Wars, he headed to the cantina in the Mos Eisley spaceport – a “wretched hive of scum and villainy.â€
County rejects half-cent transit tax
The Orange County BOC unanimously rejected a half-cent sales tax increase to pay for regional transit improvements…
East Weaver remains closed
Town officials estimate that the block will be opened within several weeks.
Cuts to schools less than anticipated
State budget cuts won’t affect this year’s already-approved CHCC Schools budget nearly as much as district leaders had worried…
Graduation announcement
Grace Meyrin Holtkamp, of Orange County, N.C., will graduate on July 1, 2011, with a First Class Master of Arts in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh, Scotland, after having completed her dissertation on James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake.
Phil Blank, June 9, 2011
Illustration by Phil Blank
Singin’ in the Rain, 2011
Well, we don’t know if our rain dancer is actually singing, but she sure is striking a Gene Kelly pose.
BIG CITY – Like a hurricane
by KIRK ROSS
The governor went up to Washington, D.C., a week or so ago to join the president and the head of FEMA for the announcement of the official start of hurricane season.
In Support of Smart Start and More at Four
A resolution approved by the Orange County Board of Commissioners.





