This week I was planning a Flora story inspired by the pressed-flower specimen in Jock Lauterer’s Great Aunt Myra Baldwin’s 1943 diary described in a recent “A Thousand Words.â€
Author: Staff
Opting for order and control over justice
Throughout March and April, the Carrboro Commune, best described as a loose affiliation of people who like gardening and dislike capitalism, gardened and threw tea parties at the site of Garden Everywhere, but without Vincent Gonzalez.
BIG CITY: All silly, all the time
There used to be a period of time that pundits dubbed the “silly season†in politics.
LETTER: Supporting dual-language changes
We are writing to voice our support for the proposed changes to the Spanish/English dual-language program.
LETTER: Magnet proposal needs more discussion
Timing of the opening of the dual-language magnet school needs further evaluation and consideration.
Bocce tournament
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce’s Partnership for a Sustainable Community will hold its sixth-annual Community Bocce Tournament.
Hog Day this weekend
Come to the 30th-annual Hillsborough Hog Day this Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the River Park behind the Courthouse at 140 E. Margaret Lane.
Voices of Action
A free event exploring civic engagement and social-justice issues will be held this Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Public Library’s Program Space in University Mall.
Top youth volunteer
Chapel Hill High senior Kristen Powers was honored at the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards 17th-annual state awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., as one of the top two youth volunteers of 2012.
CHS athletics silent auction
The Carrboro High School Athletic Booster Club is sponsoring a silent auction to raise money for the school’s athletic capital-improvement program.
Annual Recognition Reception honors teachers
At the district’s Annual Recognition Reception held on May 11, Kim Mellor was named District Teacher of the Year.
Phoenix Rising 2012
Phoenix Rising 2012, presented by Phoenix Academy High School, will be held on Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Lincoln Gym on the school’s campus.
Middle College students receive diplomas
Fourteen Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools students who participated in the Middle College High School program at Durham Tech will receive their diplomas Friday.
Commissioners approve transit plan, in principle
Before Triangle Transit even had an opportunity to present an updated transit plan to the Orange County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, a motion was made to postpone making a decision on the plan.
School board to consider dual-language changes
After more than a month of collecting feedback on recommendations about the future of the district’s dual-language program, the team that crafted the plan is ready to present its final recommendations tonight (Thursday).


