Thank you to The Carrboro Citizen for putting the spotlight on poverty in Orange County in its Dec. 9 editorial.
Author: Staff
Letter: Thanks
Thank you, thank you, thank you to the Varsity Theater, Harrington Bank and the community at large for coming out to our first annual Community Night at the Varsity on Friday, Dec. 3.
The ‘Harvest of Shame’ continues
While the modern landscape of North Carolina agriculture may not, at first glimpse, look very “modern,†many of our local growers are, in fact, now operating in a new global agribusiness paradigm.
We have to do a lot better
As I said earlier, and will say again, I think the most effective way to create jobs, and the most important way, is to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure.
On Drew’s shoulders
For the first two years and one month of Larry Drew II’s playing career at Carolina, he often found himself in the same old jam.
A six-pack to go
If you’re thinking of hosting a party this holiday season, a new beer delivery service in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area has erased any good reason for you and your festive sweater to leave the houseguests thirsty.
BIZ Beat : Buy lo-ho-ho-cal!
’Tis the season to give. And not just to the people on your list, but also to local businesspeople. Rather than a nicely wrapped gift, all they want is your business.
OWASA extends public comment period
“The only thing you haven’t done is cut it and float the logs down Cane Creek,†said Patrick Mulkey to the Orange Water and Sewage Authority’s board of directors at the board’s Dec. 9 meeting.
Changing old perceptions a big task in new economic-development push
Call it the Southern Orange 80/20 rule, a kind of informal target for the mix of residential to commercial tax base.
Mistletoe in the news
Mistletoe was in the news last week.
Jags Hoops
Keenan Van Name scored 21 points for Carrboro High School in a 64-44 win over Granville Central, and Diamond Tyson muscled in 24 points in a 54-48 loss to Cedar Ridge. PHOTOS BY TED SPAULDING
Obituary: Julia Durham
Obituary: Nancy Hu
Chief to be sworn in
Chris Blue, a 13-year veteran of the Chapel Hill Police Department, will be sworn in as Chapel Hill Police Chief in a ceremony Friday at the Hargraves Center from 4 to 6 p.m.




