Twelve community members were recognized Friday at the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce’s Salute to Community Heroes and Year-End Awards Gala.
Author: Staff
Volunteer baseball coaches sought
The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department is currently accepting volunteer coaches’ applications for the 2009 Youth Baseball Program. Coaches must exhibit the ability to organize practices and communicate effectively with players (ages 6-14 years old), parents and recreation department staff. They must also exhibit the ability to teach proper playing skills and fundamentals and sportsmanship,…
Chapel Hill High at the top of the Wachovia Cup standings
The Wachovia Cup award, sponsored by Wachovia and the N.C High School Athletic Association, recognizes the high schools that achieve the best overall interscholastic athletic performance within each of the state’s four competitive classifications.
ArtsCenter sampler event
The ArtsCenter will hold its Sample Event on Sunday, Jan. 3, from 1 to 4 p.m. at University Mall. The event is intended to help people find art classes they’ll enjoy by meeting the instructors and participating in a few mini classes. The event is free and open to the public, and those who sign…
Obituary: James McCoy Smith
Obituary: Sally Anne (Henry) Heiney
Obituary: James Wallace King
Obituary: Rudolph Arthur Stock
Obituary: Elizabeth Mauer Dodson
2009 In Memoriam
By Taylor Sisk, Staff Writer Rebecca Clark, champion for justice, community leader and political organizer, died in January at 93. As Howard Lee, who Clark helped elect as the first black mayor of a major Southern town, said, “In many ways, you could say she wrote the book on grassroots politics.†Jeanne Peck, founding chair…
The political year ahead
It may seem like a very short breather, and it is. Relish the next week or so. Because despite the fact that we are at the end of what shaped up to be a pretty intense year of local politics, another year, likely to be even more intense, is fixing to dawn. The filing period…
Timeline: 2009
Following is a month by month timeline of events in 2009. In January Governor-elect Beverly Perdue appoints former Orange County Commissioner Moses Carey as chairman of the state’s Employment Security Commission. Rebecca Clark, champion for justice, community leader and political organizer, dies at 93. Chapel Hill’s Homestead Aquatic Center opens. Saying he’s concerned about the…
2009 in Review: A year of big changes, fading hopes
A year of big changes, fading hopes By Kirk Ross, Staff Writer Early on in January 2009, many in these towns were still focused on the changing of the guard in Washington, D.C. With close to 72 percent of Orange County voters pulling the lever for Barack Obama, the election of the first black president…
Defense in Carson case asks for tipster info
Defense lawyers for the two men charged in the 2008 killing of UNC Student Body President Eve Carson are asking for more information on who tipped off investigators. In a discovery hearing in Hillsborough before Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour , lawyers for Demario James Atwater and Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. asked for information from…
Board of Governors to review tuition proposal, new rules for codes of conduct
The UNC Board of Governors will take up a proposal next week to ask the legislature to approve an alternative to a tuition plan adopted as part of the state’s 2010-11 budget. The General Assembly capped tuition increases at the lesser of $200 or 8 percent for each campus. The board meets next Thursday and…
