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Author: Staff

Correction

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Staff

For newspaper people, few things are as confounding or as humbling or as infuriating as getting any of the large, dark words above the fold wrong. That noted, we are proud to announce that Daniel Pollitt is the worthy recipient of the Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award.

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Needed now more than ever: The Americans with Disabilities Act

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Staff

Vicki Smith Nineteen years ago, on July 26, 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law. This landmark civil-rights legislation removed many barriers to participation in community life for people with disabilities. Whether the barriers were driven by policy, architectural design, communication or attitudes, the ADA was (and is) intended to guarantee people with…

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Affirming a tradition

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Staff

Michelle Johnson “This is the story of how a person gets radicalized,” said social-justice organizer Barbara Zelter, during her interview with Heirs to a Fighting Tradition. Before immersing myself in work with Heirs to a Fighting Tradition, I’d had the experience of observing people organize, use voice, breed hope and build collective action. But I…

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In a conference all their own

Posted on August 14, 2009August 21, 2009 by Staff

By Beth Mechum Staff Writer High school women’s golf in Orange County finally found a home last year where the players could feel comfortable. Because East Chapel Hill and Chapel Hill highs were the only women’s golf teams in the PAC-6 conference and Carrboro High and Northwood were the only teams in the Mid-State 2-A,…

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By whatever name, Polymnia makes a show

Posted on August 6, 2009August 6, 2009 by Staff

By Ken Moore A great place to see Polymnia, commonly called bearsfoot or leafcup, is along Bolin Creek Trail between the Chapel Hill Police Department and the community center. Walking along that trail last week, I was impressed with the multitude of miniature sunflower-like flowers of this wildflower, common everywhere along roadsides and forest edges,…

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Pollitt receives Long Leaf Pine award

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Staff

by Taylor Sisk Staff Writer Gov. Beverly Perdue has awarded UNC Kenan Professor Emeritus and longtime civil-liberties and civil-rights advocate Dan Pollitt the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, one of the state’s highest honors. Pollitt was nominated for the award by state Sen. Floyd McKissick Jr., whose father, Floyd McKissick Sr., worked with Pollitt…

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Kids put on a hot show

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Staff

By Valarie Schwartz The outdoor conditions fluctuated between steamy and stifling while parents and guests waited unaware through several delay-producing calamities before the children processed onto the stage erected on the brick patio. This was the 2009 Mundo Pequeño Early Childhood Bilingual School graduation ceremony, during which children from ages 2 to 5 performed. Even…

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Candidates for Chapel Hill mayor prepare for marathon

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Staff

By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Chapel Hill — When Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy opted not to seek another term, he set off a predictable wave of speculation about who would replace him. Since mayors run every two years, there are more opportunities for contested elections, but unlike elections for the eight-member town council, there…

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Music Calendar

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Staff

Thursday Aug 6 Blue Bayou: Jaafar. 9:30pm. Free The Cave: LATE: The Mumbles, Doc Aquatic. $5 General Store Cafe: JazzBeau. 7-9pm Local 506: The Duke and The King, Ryan Gustafson. 9:30pm. $8/10 Weaver Street Market: The Guilty Pleasures. 6pm

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Police say car break-in reports on the rise

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Staff

By Beth Mechum Staff Writer There have been a rash of car break-ins in Carrboro in the past couple of weeks, but it’s nothing too out of the ordinary for this time of year. Officer Walter Horton with the Carrboro Police Department said that with the summer coming to a close and students making a…

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Big City

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Staff

A little R&R The entry to NCNB Plaza, aka Nation’s Bank Plaza, aka Bank of America/TARP Plaza, used to be a place for interaction between various types of vendors and passersby. It is, sadly, no longer peopled by the flower ladies and it’s been quite a while since we’ve seen the local Hare Krishnas who…

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Chatham County seeks input

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Staff

The Chatham County Board of Commissioners seeks public input on a proposed new ordinance to extend existing lighting requirements to un-zoned sections of the county. The new ordinance would apply to all parts of the county outside the towns’ planning jurisdictions. The hearing is scheduled for Monday, Aug. 17 as part of the regular board…

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Bolin Creek Trail maintenance

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Staff

The Town of Chapel Hill’s Bolin Creek Trail between Dickerson Court and Bolinwood Drive will be closed for tree work. Work will take place on Wednesdays with the trail closed each Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The work will take about two months to complete. In order to protect the public, dead trees…

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New bus service to Rogers Road

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Staff

Chapel Hill Transit’s HS bus route will be modified beginning on Aug. 24 to provide service to Rogers Road and Morris Grove Elementary School. The expanded route will provide continuous service from 6:15 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Homestead Village stops will move to Seawell School Road and High School Road. EZ Rider and Feeder…

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Aldermen to hold closed session

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Staff

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen will hold a special meeting to discuss ongoing litigation in a closed session today at 7 p.m. at Carrboro Town Hall, Room 100.

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