By Susan Dickson Staff Writer After months of uncertainty, questions surrounding the death of Chapel Hill High School senior Atlas Fraley remain, despite the release of the autopsy report and a statement from Orange County officials. Orange County released a statement regarding Fraley’s death last week, along with the autopsy report from the Office of…
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N.C. Fund’s Fuller to visit
Howard Fuller, an activist for economic and educational equality in North Carolina in the 1960s and ‘70s, will participate in two events as part of the third-annual Poverty Awareness Week at UNC. Fuller will be part of a panel discussion that will follow the screening of the film Change Comes Knocking – The Story of…
Shout out against sexual violence
The Orange County Rape Crisis Center will hold the seventh annual Shout Out Against Sexual Violence on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Seymour Center on Homestead Road. The event is part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month and will feature readings and performances by survivors of sexual violence. Other activities during the month include “Hablando…
Train lecture
Chad Bryant, UNC associate professor of history, will present “On the Train: Time, Space and the Modern World†tonight (Thursday) at 7 as part of the Ackland Art Museum’s ongoing series “Perspectives on Progress.†The lecture series offers unique perspectives on the Ackland’s exhibition “At the Heart of Progress: Coal, Iron and Steel since 1750-Industrial…
Tar Heel politics discussion
News & Observer columnist Rob Christensen will speak on “The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics†on Friday at 11 a.m. in the meeting room of the Church of the Reconciliation, 110 N. Elliot Road. The event is free and open to the public.
Carrboro business owners to meet
The Carrboro Business Association will meet on at 8 a.m. on April 6 in the Board Room at Town Hall. Mayor Mark Chilton and Jesse Kalisher will speak on the Walk Carrboro initiative and downtown banners. Green jobs training also will be discussed.
Birdsong class
Piedmont Wildlife Center will host “The Language of the Birds,†a celebration of birdsongs and calls on Saturday from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at 364 Leigh Farm Road in Durham. It’s $10 for PWC members and $15 for non-members. For more information, visit piedmontwildlifecenter.org or call 489-0900.
Short film screening
ChathamArts will feature a short film screening about outsider artists Clyde Jones and Mary Paulson and the documentary Key West Cock Tales on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Barn at Fearrington Village. General admission is $5 and $3 for students. For more information, visit chathamarts.org or call 542-0394.
Civil rights lecture
Author Thomas J. Sugrue will discuss “Jim Crow’s Last Stand: Fighting Educational Inequality North and South,†on April 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture on the UNC campus.
Boys & Girls Club seeks tourney help
The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Orange County will hold its inaugural Dre Bly Celebrity Golf Classic on May 11 at UNC’s Finley Golf Course. Proceeds from the event will be used to be used to open a club facility to benefit Orange County youth. Supporting the tourney is an opportunity for businesses and…
Rogers Road petition to be presented
By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer At its quarterly meeting tonight (Thursday), the Orange County Assembly of Governments will receive a petition from residents of the Rogers-Eubanks roads community calling on the Chapel Hill Town Council to pass a resolution to provide water and sewer connections to all residences in the community. The Assembly of Governments…
Now is the time
For everyone who roots or plays for the UNC Tar Heels basketball team, this is the moment. Here we are prepping – as fans and as players – for a Round of 16 match-up on Friday night against mid-major poster boys Gonzaga, a team that actually whipped Carolina (82-74) the last time the two teams…
Why we watch
• North Carolina will be making its 26th appearance in the NCAA Round of 16 since 1967. I don’t know if this is an NCAA-leading number, but it sure sounds good to me. • The Tar Heels won the ACC regular season in 2009 for the 27th time. That is eight more titles than Duke…
Equity, fiscal and otherwise
At the end of this month, the university presents a fiscal impact study on Carolina North, and with it the focus of the next phase of discussions on the project shifts to the sometimes concrete and often ethereal financial intertwining of town and gown. How the towns support the university and the university supports the…
Please don’t plant exotic invasives
By Ken Moore Except for the infamous kudzu, most destructive exotic invasive plants grow unnoticed, except for the few days they flower. Noticeable now is the ubiquitous Bradford pear, Pyrus calleryana, not just where planted in residential areas and parking lots, but along roadsides, in forests and, most dramatically, filling abandoned fields.