The fourth annual Pittsboro Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball will be held Saturday from 7 p.m. until midnight at the Historic Chatham Mill.
Author: Staff
Local authors signing
Dave Otto and Richard Ellington will discuss and sign copies of their new pictorial history book, Carrboro.
Monthly Adopt-A-Thons
Starting this Saturday, the Paws4Ever ReSale Store will hold Adopt-A-Thons the first Saturday of each month.
Mentor fundraiser
On March 1, Volunteers for Youth launched a $20,000 fundraising campaign.
AU ambassador speaking
Amina Salum Ali, ambassador to the U.S. for the African Union, will speak at UNC on March 23 at 7 p.m.
Board needs members
The Orange County Board of Commissioners is recruiting for the Orange County Board of Equalization and Review.
Carpets of springtime
During the past week, a number of local folks have been curious about those blue and purple carpets of color on the roadsides and in the medians.
Downtown braces for Weaver Street repairs
Work starts next Monday on the yearlong project to replace Weaver Street’s collapsing roadbed and the 80-year-old sewer line nestled in it.
Jordan Lake plans rankle mayor, board
The Orange Water and Sewer Authority may be based in Carrboro, but that didn’t stop its hometown’s leaders from tearing into a proposal to allow the utility to draw a water allocation from Jordan Lake.
Annexations put on hold
A statewide moratorium on new municipal annexations and tighter rules on how they are conducted are the likely outcome of action in this year’s General Assembly session.
Caution on housing
We ask our leaders to be forward looking about things, to take the next generation or two or seven into account when making decisions.
Come one! Come all!
Perhaps you’ve heard that the town of Carrboro is turning 100 next week.
Letter: Build a Block
The Carolina Library Community is raising $35,000 and 2,000 hours of labor to help build a Habitat for Humanity house this school year.
Letter: Bicycle Friendly City
This fall, Carrboro received the League of American Bicyclists’ Silver Level Bicycle Friendly City award.
Letter: Tablecloths and smiles
Every Tuesday evening, smiles appear on the faces of patients and their live-in caregivers on the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit of N.C. Cancer Hospital …


