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Author: Staff

East to perform Rent

Posted on November 5, 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 will go on sale starting Nov. 3 in front of

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Culbreth specialist named social worker of the year

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Staff

Stephanie Minter, family specialist at Culbreth Middle School, has been named North Carolina’s School Social Worker of the Year for 2009-2010 by the state’s school social worker association. Minter was nominated for the award by Culbreth Principal Susan Wells and Assistant Principal Lynne Goodhand. In their application, Wells and Goodhand noted the numerous roles that…

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Community Connection to give out computers

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Staff

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Community Connection Program continues its efforts to eliminate the digital divide among district students by partnering with Kramden Institute Inc. of Durham to award 60 students with free computers. The computer-award event is part of Community Connection’s ongoing effort to ensure that every district student is equipped with the tools…

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Chilton win; Gist, Haven-O’Donnell, Slade victorious

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Staff

By Beth Mechum, Staff Writer Election season has come and gone, but the Carrboro Board of Aldermen will have a decidedly familiar look. Voters re-elected Mayor Mark Chilton, who garnered more than 70 percent of the votes, with 1,658. They also returned aldermen Jacquie Gist and Randee Haven-O’ Donnell, with 24.84 percent (1,507 votes) and…

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Kleinschmidt wins

Posted on November 5, 2009November 10, 2009 by Staff

By Kirk Ross, Staff Writer Chapel Hill — On Wednesday morning, Chapel Hill Mayor-elect Mark Kleinschmidt was sitting relaxed, coffee in hand, just outside the office now occupied by his predecessor, Kevin Foy. In between receiving congratulations as various staff passed by, he was relating the events of the previous evening with Town Manager Roger…

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Rich, Pease take council seats; Easthom, Harrison re-elected

Posted on November 5, 2009November 5, 2009 by Staff

By Kirk Ross, Staff Writer In the race for four seats on the Chapel Hill Town Council, Penny Rich, who ran unsuccessfully two years ago, was the top vote getter, with 4,278 votes. She was followed by incumbents Ed Harrison, who received 4,081 votes, and Laurin Easthom, who received 4,035. The fourth seat on the…

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Next up: filling a vacancy

Posted on November 5, 2009November 5, 2009 by Staff

By Kirk Ross, Staff Writer Chapel Hill — The swearing in of the new mayor and council members takes place in early December, but the constitution of the town’s governing body will be incomplete until they take up the vacancy left by the resignation of Bill Strom early in the campaign season. Strom, whose term…

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Voller returned to office in Pittsboro

Posted on November 5, 2009November 5, 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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OWASA mistake

Posted on November 5, 2009November 5, 2009 by Staff

OWASA said that it made an error in bills sent on Oct. 16 to 500, or about 2 percent, of its customers. Water use by the 500 non-residential customers in early October was incorrectly charged at the peak seasonal water rate of $7.09 instead of the new off-peak seasonal rate of $3.73, which went into…

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UNC Homecoming this weekend

Posted on November 5, 2009November 5, 2009 by Staff

The UNC Homecoming parade will be held on Saturday, Nov. 7 on Franklin Street. The parade, which will last for approximately 45 minutes, will begin at 11 a.m. at Columbia and Franklin streets. It will proceed east on Franklin Street past the Morehead Planetarium and then turn south onto Raleigh Road and continue into campus…

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Veteran’s Day at UNC

Posted on November 5, 2009November 5, 2009 by Staff

More than 100 ROTC cadets and midshipmen will assemble in dress uniforms at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11 for the annual Veteran’s Day ceremony at UNC. The free public ceremony will be outdoors at the Carolina Alumni Memorial in Memory of Those Lost in Military Service on Cameron Avenue. The memorial honors university alumni killed…

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UNC American Indian Heritage Month

Posted on November 5, 2009November 5, 2009 by Staff

Performances and crafts will take over the Pit on Carolina’s campus midday on Mondays in November, as American Indian Heritage Month is celebrated on campus. Activities throughout November, organized by UNC’s American Indian Center, will range from lectures to films to samplings of foods native to the Americas. Events next week include: • “The ‘Identified…

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Kleinschmidt, Chilton win races for mayor

Posted on November 3, 2009November 3, 2009 by Staff

Mark Kleinschmidt barely beat out his fellow Town Council member Matt Czajkowski in the Chapel Hill mayor’s race, while Mayor Mark Chilton handily won another term in Carrboro. Full results after the jump

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Election results

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Staff

Polls have closed in the municipal and school board races in Orange and Chatham Counties. Turnout was typically light, but may prove slightly higher than in the last municipal cycle. Driving turnout are the large number of open seats and a hotly contested mayor’s race in Chapel Hill.

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Chatham Habitat celebrates 20 years

Posted on October 30, 2009October 30, 2009 by Staff

By Beth Mechum, Staff Writer There have been countless changes over the years at Chatham Habitat for Humanity, but the purpose and message remain the same. Staff members and volunteers alike are a part of Habitat to help families who can’t always help themselves.

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