As a result of rising food and fuel costs, meal prices will increase this year in district cafeterias. Price increases do not affect those students who receive free and reduced-price meal benefits. Breakfast prices increase by 10 cents. Students previously paid $1.10 for breakfast. They will pay $1.20. Adults previously paid $1.55 for breakfast. They…
Author: Staff
Parent volunteers wanted
Parents interested in volunteering in their child’s school or another local school an hour or two each week during the school day should visit chccs.k12.nc.us. Positions include a school reading partner, ESL volunteer, writing coach or general classroom volunteer helping in any grade level with math, science, social studies, home economics, physical education, special needs,…
Poetry Out Loud: national contest
All North Carolina high school teachers and students are invited to become a part of Poetry Out Loud, a national poetry recitation competition for high school students sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Foundation and the North Carolina Arts Council. The contest occurs first at the classroom level, with recitation champions…
District completes summer renovations
For the last two summers, CHCCS has constructed new schools. The opening of these new facilities dominated back-to-school news. With community and economic growth slowing, the focus in the Facilities and Maintenance Department shifted to smaller infrastructure improvements at some of the district’s older buildings. The roof of Carrboro Elementary’s Multipurpose Building was replaced, as…
Bus service to Pittsboro to start
Starting Aug. 24, Chapel Hill Transit will expand its express bus service to provide weekday service between Pittsboro and Chapel Hill along US 15-501. The full trip from downtown Pittsboro to the last stop in Chapel Hill will take less than 45 minutes. For those who want to try out the route, the bus will…
Board of aldermen return
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen will be returning from its summer break and resuming its weekly meetings on Tuesday, Aug. 25. The Carrboro Citizen will post the meeting agenda online when it becomes available.
BOE members sworn in
Three new members were appointed to the Orange County Board of Elections. Selected for two-year terms were Billie J. Cox, chair; Brian Crawford, secretary; and Katherine Knight, member. The board of elections in each county has three members, selected by the State Board of Elections, two of whom are nominated by the party holding the…
Herrera resigns seat
John Herrera, who already had announced he was not planning to run for re-election, has resigned from the Carrboro Board of Aldermen. He has recently remarried and will be moving to Holly Springs. Herrera was first elected in 2001 and won re-election in 2005. He is the second local municipal official recently to resign his…
Castillo murder trial continues
The trial of Alvaro Rafael Castillo, 22, of Hillsborough, who is charged with fatally shooting his father and opening fire at Orange High School, continues this week. Castillo has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the charges, which include first-degree murder. Castillo’s lawyers argue that Castillo suffers from mental illness and did not…
Traffic changes on Hwy. 54
Motorists should be aware of changes to the traffic signal on NC Hwy. 54 (Raleigh Road) at Hamilton Road. The changes include a flashing yellow arrow for left turns on N.C. 54 to notify left-turning motorists that they must yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians before turning. The flashing yellow arrow traffic signals consist of…
Wild oregano
By Ken Moore Don’t go looking for wild oregano, Cunilla origanoides, because you’ll probably become frustrated that you can’t locate it. But you can be aware of it, and then if you do stumble upon it during one of your woods walks it will be a very special moment. I had such a special moment…
Schools look for another $2.8 million in cuts
By Beth Mechum Staff Writer With the final version of the state budget signed into law last week, officials with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school system are studying how to cut an additional $2.8 million. The school board meets tonight to discuss the details of a tentative plan outlined last week by schools Superintendent Neil Pedersen….
School board election a crowded field
By Beth Mechum Staff Writer Seven candidates are running for three seats in this year’s Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education election. Issues affecting the board of education this year include a tight budget, overseeing the expansion of the Carrboro High School arts wing, the construction of a new elementary school in the Northside neighborhood and…
Twins arrive early
Chapel Hill Creamery has a new team on board. Born 15 days premature to 8-year-old mother Allison (above), twin jersey bull calves Breis and Fryer will be trained to pull heavy carts and loads that a tractor might otherwise pull. “We wanted to explore the possibility of applying steers to the program by having them…
Music Calendar
Thursday Aug 13 Blue Bayou: Half Baked Beans. 9:30pm. Free Caffe Driade: Mark Dauman Cats Cradle: Kasey Chambers, Shane Nicholson, Kim Tayor. 8:30pm. $20/23 The Cave: LATE: The Barefoot Movement, Keep Off The Grass. $5 General Store Cafe: J. Freeman. 7-9pm Local 506: The Low Anthem. 8:45pm. $8/10 Nightlight: Embarrassing Fruits, Jason Dove. 9:30pm. $5…