CARRBORO — The Carrboro Board of Aldermen on Tuesday night reviewed an extensive master plan for additional phases of the Morgan Creek Greenway, including a possible pedestrian bridge under Smith Level Road near Frank Porter Graham Elementary School.
Author: Staff
Greenways discussion continues
Tensions brewing over the proposed paved path along Bolin Creek broke out among members of the Carrboro Greenways Commission at Town Hall Monday night.
FPG brings reading to life
Students at Frank Porter Graham Elementary School took advantage of an extra hour of daylight Monday by attending the school’s Readathon night. The Readathon has been an …
Obesity impairs body’s ‘memory’ of how to fight flu
UNC study says obesity may limit the body’s ability to develop immunity to influenza viruses.
When immigration and job creation collide
A couple weeks ago, U.S. senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) introduced the “Start-up Visa Act†to promote job creation in businesses owned by non-U.S. citizens. The proposal …
Changes afoot
You may have noticed it already, but you’ll be starting to see a certain byline a little more frequently — mine.
Only 101 years to go.. . .
I have under my care two community newspapers. The Citizen is one of them, and the other is The News-Journal, which tells the story of Raeford and Hoke County in southeastern NC, where …
The life-threatening budget cuts
The state budget crisis has turned into a matter of life and death for more than 200 people in North Carolina living with HIV/AIDS. The state’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program …
The transition initiative
So what the heck is “transition,†anyway? Well, this guy from the UK, Rob Hopkins, found that his “design†work with permaculture consistently showed our current energy use in the modern world to be unsustainable. One of the primary reasons is that we’re addicted to oil. With oil as the energy component of most processes…
Whose right?
In addressing Paige Johnson’s column, there is no issue in the world more complex than that of abortion. The issue is framed by two powerful yet succinct rally cries: freedom of choice and the right to life. I have always and will always be a proponent of the freedom of choice. However, after 50 years…
Robinson memorial clinic inoculates 62 against flu
Orange County health officials report that 62 individuals received 82 H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccinations at last weekend’s free flu shot clinic at Carrboro Town Hall held in honor of the late Tom Robinson. The county will continue to offer free vaccinations at the following times and locations: Hillsborough – 300 W. Tryon St. Tuesdays…
March is chlorine month
If you notice that your tap water tastes a little different, please note that March is the month when the Orange Water and Sewer Authority switches from it usual chloramination disinfection process to chlorine. The utility will switch back to its usual process on April 1, but residents may still experience the taste difference through…
Towns, UNC agree on Google plan
Chapel Hill, Carrboro and UNC will coordinate an application to Google to be a pilot area for the Internet search giant’s high-speed fiber optic project. The company is seeking local government partners to assist in the installation of a faster network infrastructure. The local partnership is one of several in North Carolina and dozens nationwide…
Wilson gets life without parole
Louis Ephraim Wilson III was sentenced Friday to life without parole after being convicted of first-degree murder in the bludgeoning death of Tracey Baldwin in May 2007. Baldwin, 38, was attacked and brutally beaten in her home in Chatham Subdivision. An autopsy revealed she had been sexually assaulted, strangled, bound with fishing line and bludgeoned…
Arrest made
The Orange County Sheriff’s office announced the arrest Tuesday afternoon of Larry Johnson Edwards at #16 Alston Drive in the Dogwood Acres neighborhood. Edwards was wanted for two counts of second-degree sexual offense and one count each of assault with a deadly weapon, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious bodily injury and first-degree kidnapping….
