Grab your Easter baskets –organizations throughout the area are hosting Easter egg hunts and other events this week in celebration of the approaching Easter holiday. Egg hunts start this weekend and continue through Easter Sunday.
Author: Staff
Study questions use, cost of deportation program
A program in which local law-enforcement agencies refer immigrants who are in the country illegally to federal enforcers is resulting mostly in deportation of people arrested for minor offenses.
A solid foundation for our children
Debates on health care, the economy and several other important issues continue at both a local and national level.
Endorsement Letter: Coffey for school board
I have known Donna Coffey personally for a number of years and truly believe in her ability to best represent us on the Orange County Board of Education.
Earth Hour
The Town of Carrboro is encouraging residents to observe Earth Hour, starting at 8:30 p.m. this Saturday.
IFC hosting discussion on shelter
The Inter-Faith Council for Social Service is hosting three community discussion sessions on the proposed new Community House on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and other IFC projects.
Two dead in townhouse fire
A March 19 residential fire at 1816 Legion Road killed two people and left investigators sifting for clues.
Chapel Hill raccoon rabid
In the first confirmed Orange County rabies case of 2010, Orange County Animal Services received a positive rabies result for a raccoon.
Mock car crash
With prom and graduation approaching, three local high schools will host mock car crashes in an effort to educate students about dangerous driving decisions.
Carrboro planning board vacancy
The Carrboro planning board is seeking volunteers, to be appointed by the Orange County Board of Commissioners, for the currently vacant extraterritorial planning (ETJ) board position.
Obituary: Melinda Brock
Obituary: Richard Mazzone
Lakes to open for recreation
University Lake and the Cane Creek Reservoir will reopen for boating, fishing, picnicking, sunbathing and other recreation at 7 a.m. on Saturday.
Prescription drug talk
Robin Zook, a registered pharmacist and former researcher at UNC, will give a talk on prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications at a meeting of the Chapel Hill chapter of the Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees on Friday at 11:30 a.m. at the Seymour Senior Center on Homestead Road.
Schizophrenia symposium
The UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health will host the 17th annual STEP Symposium, “Putting It Together: Integrating Evidence-Based Approaches to Treating Schizophrenia†on Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at the William and Ida Friday Center, 100 Friday Drive in Chapel Hill.
