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Author: Staff

CHCCS Recognized by Triangle United Way

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Staff

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools have been honored by the Triangle United Way for the Best Sustained Campaign Performance in Orange County. The award was presented Feb. 25 at the Triangle United Way’s 2010 Campaign Awards held in the Durham Performing Arts Center. CHCCS was the only school district recognized at the event. CHCCS employees…

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Unity Dinner at CHS

Posted on March 4, 2010March 4, 2010 by Staff

Carrboro High School held its second annual Unity Dinner on Thursday, Feb. 25. The dinner was the school’s culminating event for the observation of Black History Month. The CHS Jazz Band, under the direction of Frank Jones, provided entertainment during the meal. After dinner, a program was held in the school’s gym featuring the CHS…

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Music and bonanza for charity

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Staff

Partners in Health and Doctors without Borders will be the beneficiaries of a performance event being co-sponsored by Chapel Hill and East Chapel Hill high schools. The event will be held Sunday, March 7 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the Carrboro Century Center and kicks off with a welcome and performance by Chapel Hill…

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Teacher awarded grant

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Staff

Kitty Heller, a teacher at Carrboro Elementary School, was selected to receive an environmental education grant. The award is part of N.C. Beautiful’s Windows of Opportunity Grants and was made possible by a grant from the Duke Energy Foundation. These grants reward teachers in the Duke Energy service area and are a reflection of the…

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Project to encourage community bonding

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Staff

Individuals with disabilities and their allies in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, UNC and the Triangle are being invited to participate in a special art and social networking project by artist Park McArthur. The project, Presence Is Progress, is being organized and sponsored by the Town of Chapel Hill’s Public Arts Office. Presence Is Progress was conceived…

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NCBG plant sale opens

Posted on March 4, 2010March 4, 2010 by Staff

Thanks to warmer weather this weekend, the North Carolina Botanical Garden’s daily plant sale will open for the season on Saturday. The opening will feature the hardiest spring plants. The garden’s selection of native perennials, ferns and woody plants will continue to expand as the weather warms. Hours for the sale are 9 a.m. to…

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Eve Carson memorial garden to be dedicated

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Staff

UNC will dedicate the new Eve Marie Carson Garden on March 4 at 4 p.m. Named for Carolina’s former student body president, the garden is located on Polk Place, off Cameron Avenue behind the Campus Y. A tribute to Carson, the garden also is intended as a place of honor for all Carolina students, past…

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Spring Break transit schedule

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Staff

From March 6-14, Chapel Hill Transit will be ending weekday services earlier in the evenings on the CM, CW, D, J, NU and V routes due to UNC’s spring break. The U and NU routes will not operate on Saturday, March 6 and 13 or on Sunday, March 7. The U and NU routes will…

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Hillsborough seeks lost email addresses

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Staff

The Hillsborough Police Department has started issuing crime reports by email again. The reports give a snapshot of significant recent reports. Due to a computer failure, many addresses from the previous subscription list were lost and are not retrievable. To subscribe to the reports, send an email with your name to ci.hillsborough.nc.us/contact/police-reports The reports also…

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Citizens Police Academy

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Staff

The Chapel Hill Police Department will begin hosting a Citizens Police Academy on Tuesday, April 6. The academy is a 10-week program designed to introduce participants to the inner workings of their police department. Meeting one night per week, Tuesdays from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., participants will receive information on topics including basic law-enforcement training,…

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Community mourns the loss of Tom Robinson

Posted on February 25, 2010March 18, 2010 by Staff

CARRBORO — For four decades, Tom Robinson sold seafood, much of that time out of a little white concrete block shop in downtown Carrboro. While he’s sure to be remembered for that, mostly he’ll be remembered for being Tom Robinson — a sharp-witted, sometimes-acerbic, honest and forthright individual. He was his own man until the end.

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Town council hears concerns on cell phones and driving

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Staff

Beth Mechum Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL — The Chapel Hill Town Council opened a public hearing on cell phone and road safety Monday night, and with it came a flood of anecdotes about what is seen as a growing problem. Council member Penny Rich, who requested the hearing, spoke of an email from a parent…

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Manager lays out budget realities

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Staff

Kirk Ross Staff Writer CARRBORO — Town Manager Steve Stewart isn’t known for overblown hyperbole or prone to wild exaggeration. So when on Tuesday night he called this year and the one ahead two of the toughest he’s faced in 32 years of drafting budgets, it underlined what town leaders are facing, again, as budget…

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Congregations examine issues in mental health

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Staff

Taylor Sisk Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL — Like society at large, faith communities often struggle with the complexities of mental illness – how to know, how to help, what to say. Recognizing the need for better insight, a multi-congregational organization called Faith Connections on Mental Illness convened a forum at Binkley Baptist Church this past…

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Women’s art at heart of fundraising success

Posted on February 25, 2010March 18, 2010 by Staff

Good ideas, like art and wine, improve with time.

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