Strowd Roses is accepting applications for grants to be awarded in May 2010 to tax-exempt organizations for projects that improve the quality of life for residents of Chapel Hill or Carrboro.
Author: Staff
Student film event
ChathamArts Sustainable Cinema Series will present college students’ short films from around the state on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Barn at Fearrington Village.
Aveda to offer free haircuts
The Aveda Institute Chapel Hill will provide complimentary haircuts, makeup applications, express facials, polish changes and stress relieving treatments on Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. to raise awareness for its Earth Month fundraising activities.
Walk the labyrinth
Carrboro United Methodist Church invites the public to experience a labyrinth at the church during Holy Week, March 29 to April 3.
Youth orchestra concert
The Mellarme Youth Chamber Orchestra will perform a concert at the Friends of the Chapel Hill Public Library’s next Beyond the Book Series program at 4 p.m. on April 3 at the Chapel Hill Public Library.
Best of Broadway performances
Chapel Hill-based musical director and singing coach Richard Wall will present two free performances, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. and April 11 at 2 p.m. at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Reception Hall at 300 E. Rosemary St.
Scout leader honored
Boy Scout leader Terry Hackett received the Silver Beaver Award from the Occoneechee Council of the Boy Scouts of America earlier this month.
Learn more
Adult role models can play an important part in a child’s development and success. If you have a school-aged child, contact the principal or family-school specialist to see what volunteer opportunities exist at your child’s school.
Carrboro Elementary teacher receives grant
Stephanie Wilkins, a first-grade teacher at Carrboro Elementary, was awarded a $3,000 technology grant from the North Carolina Technology in Education Society (NCTIES).
CHCCS accepting Teacher of Year nominations
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is now accepting nominations for its 2010-11 Teacher of the Year.
Orange Charter breaks ground on expansion
Second-grade singers, eighth-grade speakers and kindergarten “diggers†gathered with faculty, staff and parents for a groundbreaking ceremony on March 12 at the Orange Charter School.
CCCC hosts robotics workshop
You don’t have to be a scientist to have fun with robotics.
This Saturday, Central Carolina Community College’s electronics engineering technology program is sponsoring a high-tech, high-touch robotics workshop for middle school-age students.
Culbreth student to compete in geography bee
Aidan Marshall, an eighth-grader at Culbreth Middle School, has been named a semifinalist in the North Carolina National Geographic Geography Bee.
Little gardens beneath our feet
Signaling spring’s arrival, those blue speedwells are flowering now in many yards throughout our neighborhoods. You may even spot patches of blue in the medians as you drive around our towns on Fordham Boulevard.
New zoning rules could boost range of affordable homes
The Chapel Hill Town Council looks at an inclusionary-zoning ordinance aimed at expanding the range of housing stock and making more of it available to low- and moderate-income families.

