A team of East Chapel Hill High School students was one of 12 teams from around the world invited to participate in the International Space Settlement Design Competition, held July 31-Aug. 2 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Team members are Alexis Cotton, Marc Jutras, Alexander Kampov-Polevoi, Lori Kim and Birger Hennings, with coach…
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Greetings, sports fans
In my position with The Carrboro Citizen, I will try to bring you unique views of UNC sports and the people who coach and play them. The ordinary story of who won and who lost doesn’t excite me as much these days. The personalities of the players and coaches and the heroics they manage to perform before full stadiums and arenas are far more fascinating, to me anyway. — Eddy Landreth
Local dancers advance
Carrboro native Ryan Gaunt is slated to compete in the semifinal round of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent†next week. His act, titled “AscenDance,†is a fusion of climbing and dance and features his fiancé and climbing partner, Isabel von Rittberg.
Break-ins occur across Chapel Hill
A rash of residential break-ins in the area this month has left Chapel Hill Police perplexed.
From Aug. 1-17, there were 20 break-ins in Chapel Hill, including 12 in which force was used to enter the home and eight in which suspects came in through an unlocked door or window.
Dorms open, schools staff up
Public school teachers returned to work this week and schools are gearing up for next Wednesday’s first day of school. Classes at the university begin Tuesday. On campus, residence halls opened for returning students yesterday (Wednesday) and the annual U-Haul rodeo – the move-in of first-year students – takes place this weekend. The annual town-gown…
Chatham narrows landfill search
Chatham County officials announced on Monday that they would hold a series of community meetings to discuss potential landfill sites. The board of county commissioners received a report on Monday from consultant Camp Dresser and McKey detailing potential sites based on the county’s criteria. The group narrowed a list of 564 parcels that fit the…
Hackney, Kinnaird town meeting
The Orange County Democratic Party will host a joint town meeting with N.C. Speaker of the House Joe Hackney and state Sen. Ellie Kinnaird at the Southern Village Club Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The two will discuss the legislative session and the upcoming midterm elections. The club is located at 601 Brookgreen Drive in Southern…
County work session tonight
The Orange County Board of Commissioners meets today (Thursday) at 7 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center on Homestead Road. The board is scheduled to: • discuss Orange County economic development; • discuss proposed uses for the potential quarter-cent sales tax revenues; and • review the Senior Orange County Staff Ethics Policy. To view…
UNC ranks fifth in magazine poll
UNC ranks fifth among the nation’s best public universities for the 10th consecutive year, according to U.S. News & World Report magazine. The rankings appear in the magazine’s annual college guidebook. UC Berkeley ranked first among public universities, followed by UCLA and Virginia (tied for second), Michigan (fourth) and UNC (fifth). Among national public and private…
What’s on the table?
This fall, Chapel Hill and Carrboro face series of critical decisions
Here’s a look at some of the items driving the towns’ agendas
County seeks input on Unified Development Ordinance
The first draft of the Orange County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) is available for review and area residents are invited to submit feedback. A UDO compiles property-development ordinances and regulations, such as zoning, subdivision, flood damage and erosion control, into one cross-referenced document. Area residents are invited to attend a public input session on Sept….
On the road to November
A little downtime might have come earlier had Mills’ top client, N.C. Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, not been faced with a runoff against former state Sen. Cal Cunningham in the race for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.
Weaver Street Market rebounds
According to the market’s board of directors report, the co-op saved about $750,000 by changing the discount model. Weaver Street also found savings by reducing the cost of goods, freezing new hires for certain positions and trimming administrative expenses.
More butterfly magnets
Four weeks ago (Flora, 7/8), I featured swamp milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, because of the pair of milkweed leaf beetles that hung around for weeks and weeks. My milkweeds have completed flowering for this year, and those two beetles, who did finally get together, are now gone.
The return of the trolley
In the twilight of the 20th century, the trolleys still crisscrossed the downtown streets of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Two of them, to be exact.





