The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department seeks volunteers to assist with its July 4 celebration. Volunteers are needed to help with tasks that include children’s activities, T-shirt and raffle ticket sales, providing information to festival goers, loading and unloading equipment at the stage, litter pick-up and recycling and hospitality. The event will run from 9:30…
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Community garden ribbon cutting
The Orange County Partnership for Young Children will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its James Street community garden on Saturday at 10 a.m. The James Street garden, located on a Duke Energy easement, will serve approximately 25 families, mostly affiliated with local churches. They will receive assistance in growing and harvesting fruits and vegetables and…
School Lunch Menus May 22 – 28
Elementary Friday — Spaghetti & Meat Sauce w/Garlic Bread; Hot Dog w/Chili; Coleslaw; Garden Salad; Strawberry Cobbler Monday — Cheeseburger on a Bun; Fishwich; Seasoned Potato Wedges; Peas & Carrots; Chilled Peaches Tuesday Beef Lasagna w/Garlic Bread; Chicken Tacos w/Salsa, Cheese, Lettuce & Tomato; “Fun on the Runâ€; Seasoned Pinto Beans; Mexicali Corn; Fresh Orange…
Exhibit to showcase newcomer art
Students in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Newcomer Center will exhibit their artwork at University Mall, June 2 to 14. The exhibit, “Journeys to a Different Landscape,†will showcase visual expression through art therapy by students from Burma. An opening reception will be held on June 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the mall.
Project Graduation fundraiser
Project Graduation, the parent-funded celebration for all Chapel Hill-Carrboro graduating seniors, will be featured at A Southern Season on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Stop by to learn more about the annual event that celebrates the graduating classes of Carrboro High, Chapel Hill High and East Chapel Hill High. Donations will be accepted….
Board appoints exceptional education director
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education appointed Lorraine Detrude as executive director of exceptional education and student services. Detrude has served as director of exceptional education children services for Chatham County Schools since 2006 and previously held a similar position in several school districts in New Hampshire. She holds a bachelor’s degree in…
Honors orchestra students
Chapel Hill-Carrboro students recently participated in the Eastern Regional Junior Honors Orchestra in Swansboro. Students were selected for the honors orchestra based on auditions in March and performed a concert on May 2. Honors orchestra students include Jonathan Dolan and Loreanne Oh, Culbreth Middle; Laura Finnerty, Carrboro High; Kelly Jiang, Sophie To, Ashley Mizuno, Eric…
CHHS art students join Memory Project
Chapel Hill High School art students recently joined the Memory Project, a nationwide initiative in which art students create original portraits for children living in orphanages around the world. The school’s art club members receive pictures of children waiting for portraits and complete the pieces in their free time and at club meetings. The project…
Orange County/UNC H1N1 case update
Orange County Health Department updated the H1N1 case this evening. Here’s a recap via the Orange County web site: • On Friday evening, the Orange County Health Department received notice of an Orange County resident with laboratory confirmed novel influenza A (H1N1). This marks the 13th confirmed case in North Carolina.
UNC reports H1N1 case
Updates: • Statement from Orange County Health Department. The adult case is a health care worker, with mild illness and is self-isolated at home. To protect the privacy of the case and contacts we are limited in the release of protected health information. • Dr. Brian Goldstein, chief of staff at UNC Hospital, said there…
Big City: May 14-21
Move over Clyde Jones A tree grew in Chapel Hill. Then the Heels won another national championship and that night some (probably drunken) idiots snapped its crown. The tree, formerly an 11-foot green ash, grew in front of Spanky’s. Like a lot of urban trees, it was in a struggle for survival even before the…
Town wants library to stay
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer With the Orange County Board of Commissioners set to open public hearings on a budget that calls for the closing of the Carrboro Branch Library at McDougle School, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen is joining with library supporters to officially oppose the move.
Town to purchase land
At its meeting Monday night at Town Hall, the Chapel Hill Town Council agreed to the purchase of a 10-acre parcel adjacent to the Town Operations Center on Millhouse Road. The town has been interested in the parcel for years since it is between its transit and public works facilities. Purchase price on the property…
Bryan wins bar selection
Former Carrboro Board of Aldermen member Jay Bryan was the top vote-getter in last week’s 15B Judicial Bar selection of who will serve out the rest of Judge Alonzo Coleman’s term. At a meeting last week at the Institute of Government, Bryan won the vote with 115 votes, followed by Glenn Gerding with 114 and…
Memorial Day trash collection
Most municipal offices in Carrboro and Chapel Hill will be closed on Monday in observance of Memorial Day and trash collection scheduled for Monday will be rescheduled.