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Author: Staff

Compassion will guide Smith Middle

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Staff

Compassion is the word at Smith Middle School, as teachers, students and staff prepare for Global Connections Night, Nov. 19, from 7 to 9 p.m. Because “compass” and “passion” are words found in “compassion,” the school’s theme has become “Compassion: A Compass to Guide You … The Passion to Drive You.” Student exhibits on Nov….

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Local educators honored

Posted on October 8, 2009October 8, 2009 by Staff

UNC’s School of Education honored five exceptional alumni, two with local ties, at the its annual Alumni Awards Ceremony on campus. Barnett Wayne Berry of Hillsborough, who received a doctorate from the school in 1984, received an Alumni Achievement Award. He is president and CEO of the Center for Teaching Quality Inc., a research-based organization…

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State NAACP calls for action in Brown case

Posted on October 8, 2009October 8, 2009 by Staff

By Rich Fowler Staff Writer Surrounded by local supporters, Rev. William Barber, president of the NAACP of North Carolina, spoke out Tuesday against the Chapel Hill Police Department’s findings in the Charles Brown case during a news conference at the Peace and Justice Plaza in Chapel Hill. “To even hear in this time in which…

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Clifton appointed Orange County Manager

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Staff

Frank W. Clifton Jr. was appointed Orange County Manager, effective immediately.  Clifton has been serving as interim manager since June 15, after replacing Laura Blackmon. The vote by the Orange County Board of Commissioners to appoint Frank Clifton was unanimous.

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Field hockey season intense

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Staff

By Beth Mechum Staff Writer Typically, field hockey powerhouses are located in northeast cities. New York and Massachusetts are havens for field hockey successes. But teams in Chapel Hill have worked hard to have their names included in such discussions. East Chapel Hill High and Chapel Hill High are consistently fighting for North Carolina state…

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UNC can do better

Posted on October 6, 2009October 6, 2009 by Staff

University Day rolls around next week with a big to-do celebrating Lux Libertas and all that. The speeches are usually inspiring – and the various congratulations of the stalwarts and the bright young minds that follow in their footsteps, equally so. This year, the university could use a good bit of another rhetorical spice, one…

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NAACP calls on council to hear case

Posted on October 6, 2009October 8, 2009 by Staff

Rev. William Barber, Jr., head of the state NAACP, held a press conference in downtown Chapel Hill today, calling on the Chapel Hill Town Council to allow the organization to present Charles Brown’s side of the recent incident with Chapel Hill Police. Brown was stopped by police June 1 while heading home from work. He…

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Council rejects waste-site plan for Millhouse Road

Posted on October 2, 2009October 3, 2009 by Staff

By Kirk Ross, Staff Writer The Chapel Hill Town Council put an end to months of speculation about whether the town might provide a site it owns on Millhouse Road for a new waste transfer station. At its meeting Monday night at Town Hall, the council voted 5-2 to reject a plan to look at…

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WCHL sale announced

Posted on October 2, 2009October 2, 2009 by Staff

Barry Leffler, General Manager of NBC-17, has purchased a minority ownership share in WCHL and plans to purchase complete ownership, according to a release sent out by the station this afternoon. Here’s the statement: LEFFLER PURCHASES SHARE OF WCHL, WITH PLANS FOR FUTURE PURCHASE OF ALL 1360WCHL, Chapel Hill’s only local radio station, has sold…

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Ed Matters: When the good is the enemy of the better

Posted on October 2, 2009October 2, 2009 by Staff

By Steve Peha, Columnist If you follow education – and you follow it on TV, the radio, the Internet or just about anywhere else – you probably think our schools are goin’ to hell in a handbasket. Truth is, it’s hard to tell, given the monkey business states have engaged in with their test scores.

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A taste of Carrboro in Africa

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Staff

By Beth Mechum, Staff Writer Carrboro and Sakina are similar, and very different. Sakina is a small village on the outskirts of Arusha, Tanzania. Carrboro is a small town on the outskirts of Chapel Hill.

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Recently: The market with a soul

Posted on October 2, 2009October 2, 2009 by Staff

By Valarie Schwartz, columnist The Carrboro Farmers’ Market continues bridging divides, as it brings the dream of a new locovore paradigm closer to reality. Thanks to a woman who was willing to be the axle, a wheel of food for the needy began to spin 15 weeks ago, but a new revolution began last Saturday.

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School board candidates discuss gifted students

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Staff

By Beth Mechum, Staff Writer It was a well-attended forum Tuesday night at the Chapel Hill public library as Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education candidates argued for why they should be elected. But the variety of issues discussed left something to be desired.

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UNC Climate Action Plan: Netting out at zero by 2050

Posted on October 2, 2009October 2, 2009 by Staff

UNC releases its first Climate Action Plan detailing the path to a carbon-neutral future.

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Council wants more info on landfill gas pipeline

Posted on October 1, 2009October 3, 2009 by Staff

By Kirk Ross, Staff Writer Members of the Chapel Hill Town Council say they’d like to see more details on a plan to run an eight-inch gas pipeline from the county landfill on Eubanks Road to a new generating facility to be built on the corner of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Homestead Road.

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