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Author: Staff

Garden Co-op sponsors grow-down

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Staff

Carolina Garden Co-op is a group of students at UNC that runs an organic garden on the UNC campus. The group is sponsoring a Grow-Down this Friday from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. The event will be informal, family friendly and will feature tours of the garden, games, a bake sale, a cake walk, stepping-stone construction,…

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Arbor Day celebration

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Staff

To celebrate Arbor Day, the Town of Chapel Hill will hold a tree-planting ceremony Friday, Nov. 20 at Southern Community Park. During the ceremony, the town will receive a Tree City USA Award from the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources. Chapel Hill Town council members Jim Ward and Ed Harrison will be present to…

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Legislative update

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Staff

By State Senator Ellie Kinnaird The legislature is not in session now, but interim standing commissions are meeting. Other special commissions are looking at one-time issues. One Special Coastal Commission is looking into the question of whether North Carolina will allow drilling for oil or natural gas off the coast. The environmental community is arguing…

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School board approves learning facilitator positions

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Staff

At last Thursday’s Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meeting, the board approved three high school online learning facilitator positions. The positions (one for each high school) were created to manage online learning scheduling, testing and lab supervision. These positions were created in response to a steep increase in the number of CHCCS students…

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East to perform Rent

Posted on November 12, 2009November 12, 2009 by Staff

Jonathan Larson’s rock opera RENT, School Edition, will be performed Nov. 12-14 at 7:30 p.m. at East Chapel Hill’s Mainstage Auditorium. Tickets are reserved seating and $7 in advance and $9 at the door and went on sale Nov. 3 in front of the Black Box Theater at East during weekday lunch hour, 12:30 to…

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Raffle event to help fund dance program

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Staff

Students from Frank Porter Graham Elementary school will demonstrate what they’ve learned through the high-energy, in-school arts program, North Carolina Arts in Action, this Saturday. Free dance performances will take place at the University Mall entrance to A Southern Season at 10:30 a.m. and noon. Raffle prizes include an overnight stay at the Siena Hotel,…

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Blue Ribbon Mentors

Posted on November 12, 2009November 12, 2009 by Staff

Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate was able to recruit a record 17 mentors for fall training. And for the first time ever, there are more new men mentors than women. Eleven men stepped up to volunteer, and six women joined them. The newest mentors include: Michael McDowell, Kip Gerard, Simon Rose, Grant Berry, Daran Edmonds, Colin Wahl,…

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CHCCS changes medication policy

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Staff

The Chapel Hill -Carrboro City School District has changed its policies regarding dispensing over-the-counter pain medications to high school students. The change in policy now allows the high school nurse to administer acetaminophen or ibuprofen to students without advance notice to parents, after first checking the student’s health information on file. A copy of the…

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Schools employee of the month

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Staff

Marsha Cosgrove of East Chapel Hill High School was named employee of the month for November. Cosgrove serves as the school’s financial secretary. She has worked for the district for 21 years and has been East’s bookkeeper since the school opened in 1996. Cosgrove was cited for the role she played during the last year, when secretary Betsy…

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Tennis results

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Staff

2-A After reaching the 2-A state semi-finals by beating Northwood 5-4 on Nov 3., Carrboro lost to Green Central on Nov. 5. This was the first time the Carrboro women’s tennis team had made the playoffs. Green Central 9 Carrboro 0 Singles: Lauren Carraway (Green Central) def. Alyssa Shuster (Carrboro) 6-1,7-5; Elizabeth McLawhorn (GC) def….

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Footbal playoffs

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Staff

The state playoffs for football begin Friday, Nov. 13. In 2-A, Carrboro (4-7) will play at East Bladen (11-0). In 3-A, Chapel Hill (5-6) will play at West Brunswick (7-3).

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Carrboro women’s cross country wins state championship

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Staff

Cross Country Results Women’s 2-A Carrboro won the 2-A women’s team title with 45 points, while Newport Croatan was second with 88 and North Lincoln third with 125, followed by Salisbury (140) and Black Mountain Charles D. Owen (162).

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Ol’ Roy tells his story

Posted on November 12, 2009November 12, 2009 by Staff

By Beth Mechum, Staff Writer Roy Williams, head coach of the UNC men’s basketball team, is a national figure, but one that North Carolinians call their own. That’s why it’s just perfect that Algonquin Books is the publisher of Williams’ first (and he says only) book, Hard Work: A Life On and Off the Court,…

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Rum’s ready to Rumble

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Staff

By John Holt, Correspondent From Alexandria, Va. to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to Baltimore, Md., Matt Rum has grown and exceled in each spot. A Chapel Hill resident from 1995 to 2005, Rum attended McDougle elementary and middle schools before moving to Baltimore. He now has earned a full scholarship and will play basketball at…

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Voller returned to office in Pittsboro

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Staff

By Taylor Sisk, Staff Writer PITTSBORO – Randy Voller won a third term as mayor of Pittsboro Tuesday night, saying a burgeoning diversity in the community makes this a pivotal moment in defining the town’s future, one that he hopes to shape with smart growth and inclusion. Voller received 392 votes to challenger Bill Crawford’s…

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