The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation has established a fund in honor of Jeanette Blackwell, a Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools teacher who passed away in September, to provide an annual award to a mentor teacher. Blackwell served Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools for more than 30 years as a fifth-grade teacher at Glenwood and McDougle elementary schools….
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For the Record: A note from the editor
Saying goodbye to Rebecca Clark will not be easy. She was a larger than life figure, determined and sharp, with an infectious smile to the end of her days. The last time I spoke to her was on Nov. 5, the day after the election of the first black president. I asked her how Wednesday…
Letter: Story needed facts
I am very distressed about the portrayal of some of the events at Carrboro High School outlined in your piece “A hard year for the schools.†Although Mr. Thomas was ousted from Carrboro High School, it shouldn’t be overlooked that Mr. Thomas worked diligently for Carrboro High. While there were areas in which Mr. Thomas…
Letter: Lab expansion wrong
UNC is expanding its animal research labs and storage facilities. This is as backwards as ignoring solar energy to build more coal-burning power plants, since medical advances have rendered most animal research outdated. In 2008 Medical News Today reported advancements in human brain imaging were proving better at devising pain management for conditions like osteoarthritis…
Projects could harm Bolin efforts
Sharon Cook The Carrboro Board of Aldermen will soon be voting on a project that could negate countless hours of work by the Friends of Bolin Creek, along with wasting thousands of dollars of Carrboro taxpayer money that has already been spent on staff hours used to help identify conservation areas in the Upper Bolin…
Not so much change yet
Chris Fitzsimon The economy was center stage in Raleigh Monday, as Governor-elect Beverly Perdue announced the appointment of what she called her economic team and addressed state business leaders at the annual Economic Forecast Forum held by the North Carolina Chamber and the North Carolina Bankers Association.
Paperboys, 1954
Many a future journalists’ first job in journalism began humbly on the streets, selling or delivering the hometown afternoon paper. But in the ‘70s when newspapers began shifting to pre-dawn delivery, “boys†could no longer ride their neighborhoods, tossing rolled papers from their bicycles — and thus, a whole farm-team generation of future writers, photographers…
Music Calendar 1/08/09
THURSDAY JAN 8 Blue Bayou: Butter (JazzFunk). 8:30pm The Cave: EARLY: Johnny Cook. LATE: Waumiss with Tin Star General Store Cafe: Jazz with Bernie Petteway. 7-9pm Local 506: Christabel & The Jons, The Jackets. 9:30pm, $7 Nightlight: Box Elders, Whatever Brains. 9:30pm Resevoir: Social Memory Complex, Studio Gangsters, Most High
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Here’s our annual Year in Review along with some features tailored to round out your New Year’s Day. A Year of Major Events, Great Elation and Stunning Loss A Hard Year for Schools 2008 Month By Month Editorial: Shock and Sorrow In Memoriam For the New Year: Hometown New Year’s Resolutions New Year’s Food Lore…
New Year’s Food Lore
By Margot Carmichael Lester Staff Writer Growing up here in the South, I never gave much thought to why my mother always served oysters when it was her turn to host the New Year’s Eve dinner, or we had collards and hoppin’ John on New Year’s Day. We just did. It seemed so not a…
Collards promise wealth, and health
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer As 2009 rolls in, many of us will raise our glasses, make New Year’s resolutions and wish for a happy and prosperous New Year. With the financial industry gasping to survive and more home foreclosures than we can shake a stick at, we could all use a little help in…
A year of shock and sorrow
In many communities throughout the land, this year will be remembered mainly for the historic election of the first African-American president. In North Carolina, it will also be remembered as the year the state elected its first woman governor. For the first time in a generation, the state played a significant role in choosing a…
2008 In memoriam
Among the notable deaths of 2008 are: Joshua Bailey, a gentle soul who loved the outdoors, was taken from his loving family too soon. Margaret Ellen Barrett left this world at age 60 after passing her time baking, teaching, reading and befriending all those she met along the way. Eve Carson was a young leader…
Community Q&A: What is local?
Last week in our editorial, we asked the question “What is Local?†Following are some our readers’ responses. Send your thoughts to editor@carrborocitizen.com You can read the editorial on our web site.
Year in Review: 2008 by the month
A look at 2008 with more than 100 top stories from the pages of The Citizen. Read the list after the jump.