Patricia A. Kiefer departed this life June 19th at home, with her family present, after a heroic four-year battle with an incurable cancer. She was the daughter of Herbert J. Lyons and Ethel Anna Hartman of Milwaukee, Wis. An excellent homemaker and mother, she began to home school her first child in 1986 and went…
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Celebrating and helping pollinators
It’s National Pollinator Week and the third annual National Pollinator Week Celebration at Chatham Market Place in Pittsboro is this Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This family-friendly celebration with special activities for children includes a treasure hunt, story telling, beekeeping demonstrations and guided tours of the onsite pollinator garden (for more information, ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/workshops.html).
Agencies helping those facing foreclosure seeing high demand for services
By Rich Fowler Staff Writer Unfortunately for Miles Wright, CEO of Triangle Family Services in Raleigh, business is booming these days. His agency is one of 26 statewide that try to help owners save their homes as part of North Carolina’s Foreclosure Prevention Project. “This is one of those bittersweet things,†Wright said. “The program…
Carrboro champion skates against the grain
By Beth Mechum Staff Writer On the winner’s podium, it was obvious. Get her talking and it’s even more so. Amy Entwistle is not your typical figure skater, and her authenticity and unique approach have carried her to the top. In late April, in Grand Rapids, Mich., Entwistle won the adult figuring skating championship. It’s…
Carolina North plan approved
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Chapel Hill — After nearly three decades looking at various options and more than a year of intense negotiations and discussions on the latest plan, the Chapel Hill Town Council approved an agreement with UNC that clears the way for developing the Horace Williams tract. The plan calls for developing…
A home not so far away from home
By Valarie Schwartz Something’s going on in the Heritage Hills neighborhood that may be the wave of the future. Two years in the process, movement afoot indicates that perhaps the neighborhood will soon be welcoming residents of the first Charles House Association ElderCare home. Since 1990, the Charles House Eldercare Center in Carrboro has provided…
Music Calendar
Thursday June 25 Arts Center: Summer Concert Series with Steve Jack Band. 300 East Main. 4:30pm Blue Bayou: Andy Coats. 9pm The Cave: EARLY: Davis Stillson. LATE: Salt To Bitters, Twilighter General Store Cafe: Marie Vanderbeck Trio. 7-9pm Local 506: Black Hollies, Violet Vector and The Lovely Lovelies, The Huguenots. 9pm. $6
Big City
Hive buzzing The Beehive held its grand re-opening coinciding with 2ndFriday Artwalk. The hair salon has added space, chairs, sinks and product displays. They’ve also added art, and plenty of it. In celebration of the re-opening, this month’s art was lovingly made by those employed at the salon. The walls are lined with odd snapshots,…
Eagle Scouts
Two Carrboro High School graduates have achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. Daniel Pierce and David Hare are both members of Troop 845 at Carrboro United Methodist Church.
Millhouse discussions postponed
County officials and residents of the Millhouse Road and Rogers Road neighborhood will have to wait a little longer to see whether the Town of Chapel Hill is willing to officially offer a parcel on Millhouse Road as a site for a waste transfer station. The Chapel Hill Town Council opted not to take up…
Positive rabies results
Two positives rabies results for foxes have been received by Orange County Animal Services from the North Carolina Rabies Laboratory. On Tuesday, a woman was bitten by a fox in the vicinity of Weaver Dairy and Kingston roads in Chapel Hill. Later that day, in the immediate vicinity, another woman was bitten by what is…
Roy Williams, author
Roy Williams, head coach of the University of North Carolina men’s basketball team, is writing a book with Tim Crothers, former senior writer for Sports Illustrated and a UNC graduate, entitled Hard Work: My Life On and Off the Court. The autobiography, which will include a foreword by John Grisham, will be published by Algonquin…
Community Calendar
Thursday, June 25 Rogers Road Panel — A panel discussion will accompany the opening reception for “Documenting Neighborhood History in the Rogers Road Neighborhood of Chapel Hill†in Wilson Library’s Special Collections Library at UNC. Reception at 5pm, program at 5:45pm. 962-1172 for more. Saturday, June 27 Healthcare and Diet Talk — Join the Orange…
Blood Done Sign My Name
Fearrington Village will present Mike Wiley’s performance of Blood Done Sign My Name, a memoir by Tim Tyson, in the Fearrington Barn on Saturday and Sunday, July 11 and 12. Blood Done Sign My Name tells the story of the violent reprisals following the acquittal of three men for the murder of Henry “Dickie†Marrow…
Rabies vaccinations offered
Orange County’s Animal Services Department is offering $5 (cash only) rabies vaccination clinics June 26 to ensure that cats and dogs are current on their vaccinations. The clinics will be held at Orange County’s Animal Services Center, 1601 Eubanks Road, Chapel Hill. It’s for one-year rabies vaccinations only. Dogs must be on leashes and cats…