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Green jobs may be one answer to rebuilding the economy
By Margot C. Lester Staff Writer While it may seem like all the news about employment is bad – and a lot of it is – there’s one sector that’s poised for growth: green-collar jobs. From global behemoths like Wal-Mart to small enterprises like Pittsboro’s Piedmont Biofuels, businesses are going green and they need employees…
Preparing Tomorrow’s Green-Collar Workers
As part of Orange County’s quest to grow and nurture its local economy, area economic-development officials are investigating ways to create green-collar jobs and the talent to fill them. “There is a conversation going on right now with the two school systems about how to prepare students for this type of work,†explains James Harris,…
Bringing holly indoors for more than beauty
By Ken Moore Staff Writer When I was a youngster, bringing holly branches indoors for its seasonal beauty just seemed like the thing to do. Now, because of protective land owners and deer hunters, it is difficult, if not downright dangerous, to attempt, like in the old days, to collect a few holly branches from…
Group to challenge decision on transfer station sites
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Orange County — Following a decision by the Orange County Board of Commissioners to narrow the search for a solid-waste transfer station site to two sites on N.C. 54 West near Orange Grove Road, a group of businesses and residents of the Bingham Township has started raising money for a…
Underwear uncovered in Carrboro
By Margot C. Lester Staff Writer You read it on message boards or overhear it being discussed at Weaver Street or the Open Eye. It’s a virulent meme that spread faster than the Andromeda Strain. In fact, Carrboro Board of Aldermen candidate Katrina Ryan mentioned it in this very paper: “The same residents in Carrboro…
Thorp offers assurances on airport
UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp sent a letter last week to Orange County Board of Commissioners chair Valerie Foushee in response to concerns raised by the county over a possible new airport to replace Horace Williams. Barry Jacobs, Foushee’s predecessor as chair, sent a letter on behalf of the board to Thorp last month. In…
Grinch me not
Pardon us for not delving into the controversy on campus over the Christmas decorations. We have it on good authority that the university leadership and the library administration do not hate Christmas and are not a part of the grand conspiracy against it.
Get in the spirit
We get a lot of press releases with lots of holiday season tips and events to consider this time of year. The relentlessness of all the things to do and keep up with wears on us as well. Occasionally, something crosses the desk that just flat out floors you. This week it was one sentence…
Carrboro High School coming into its own
By Mary Lide Parker Staff Writer Only a year and a half after opening its doors, Carrboro High School is well on its way to forming its own identity. In conversation, teachers at Carrboro High often reference the “growing pains†associated with a new school. Alphonso Donaldson, co-chair of the English department, said that while…
Two nagging questions
By Chris Fitzsimon N.C. Policy Watch Is there a business veto over key appointments? The Raleigh rumor mill is working overtime on who Governor-elect Beverly Perdue will appoint to her cabinet and other key posts in her administration. Perdue has named her chief of staff and legislative team but not much else, prompting some anxiety…
Chancellor’s letter on the airport
Editor’s note: Following is a response from UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp regarding questions from the county on a proposed airport authority. Dear Chair Foushee: Congratulations on your election as chair of the Orange County Board of Commissioners. We look forward to working with you in your new role. I am writing to respond to…
Obituary: Louisa Douglass
Louisa Douglass, age 88, of Carol Woods Retirement Community in Chapel Hill, died Dec. 13. Daughter of the late Rev. John Marshall & Ruth Forbes Millard, she was raised in the Old Alamance Presbyterian Church community outside of Greensboro, N.C. Louisa attended Greensboro College, earned her B.A. from Women’s College, and her M.A. Ed. from…
Obituary: Walter R. Benson
Walter R. Benson, Professor Emeritus of Pathology at the UNC School of Medicine, died on Dec. 10, 2008 at Britthaven Nursing Home after an extended illness. Dr. Benson was a native of Tamaqua, Penn., son of the late John and Mary Bengston. He received his undergraduate degree from Duke University in 1941 and his medical…
Obituary: Susan Lutz Allred
Susan Lutz Allred, 70, of Chapel Hill, N.C., passed away in the presence of family at Croasdaile Retirement Village, Durham, NC, on Dec. 10, 2008. Susan was born in Shelby, N.C., on June 14, 1938, to the late John Franklin and the late Nancy Coble Lutz. Susan’s life was committed to the Christian community. From…