Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools has launched an effort to keep staff, parents and other community members informed about the difficult budget situation facing the district in 2011-12 with three budget communication projects.
Author: Staff
Second forum on sup’t search
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education will hold its second public forum on the superintendent search on Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. in the East Chapel Hill High School auditorium.
Noodles to donate to CHHS boosters
If diner’s today (Thursday) at Noodles and Co. tell the cashier they are there for Chapel Hill High School, the restaurant will donate 25 percent of the proceeds to the Chapel Hill High School Athletic Boosters.
CHHS students interview vets for documentary
Students in Chapel Hill High School’s Information Technology Academy traveled to Bedford, Va., last month to visit the National D-Day Memorial as part of their integrated unit on World War II and documentary about D-Day.
Elizabeth Edwards dies
Elizabeth Edwards, who rose to national prominence as the wife of Presidential candidate John Edwards, but will be remembered here as an author, mother and advocate for health care reform, died Tuesday morning at her home in Chapel Hill surrounded by friends and family.
Board of Aldermen agenda
The agenda for tonight’s Carrboro board of aldermen meeting includes a review of Claremont’s affordable housing plan and a discussion of the board’s 2011 planning retreat. Here’s the list: CONSENT AGENDA 1. Approval of Minutes of Previous Meetings 2. Recreational Trails Program Grant Project Ordinance 3. Physical Activity in the Built Environment Grant Project Ordinance…
Chapel Hill Town Council agenda
An update to the town’s sidewalk construction plan is among the items up for review by the Chapel Hill Town Council at it’s meeting Monday night at Town Hall.
FROM THE EDITOR
Chalk it up to Rep. Verla Insko for a rather prescient comment during her remarks at the opening ceremony of Carrboro High School in 2007.
What small businesses need
Small business clearly needs help, given that half of all start-ups don’t last five years. But the help we really need isn’t in tax relief; it’s with the cost of health insurance.
Gallop & Gorge race draws more than 1,300
More than 1,300 runners showed up Thanksgiving morning to run in the Cardinal Track Club’s annual Gallop & Gorge 8K race.
Exploring with like-minded folk
Thanksgiving Day included a walk in the woods. Lingering fall color and the beautiful beginnings of the winter forest landscape were worthy of giving thanks.
Obituary: Nancy Sitterson
A team that ‘answered the bell’
A Carolina football team held together by spit and tape managed to go 7-5 in the regular season.
Many may not comprehend how big an accomplishment this is.
Residents oppose OWASA logging plan
Tuesday evening, county residents told Orange Water and Sewer Authority administrators they strongly oppose the utility’s forest-management plan for 1,900 acres in Orange and Chatham counties.
Friday holiday traditions
Bill Friday started a Christmas tradition in 1986 after retiring from 30 years as president of the UNC system.



