Author: Staff
Music Calendar 11/6/08
Thursday Nov 6 Blue Bayou Club: Blaine Ziglar. 8:30pm The Cave: EARLY: Songslingers Showcase. LATE: Transportation, Dawn Chorus General Store Café: Bernie Petteway Trio. 8pm Local 506: Phosphorescent, Virgin Forest. 9:30pm, $8 Reservoir: Liquid Limbs, The Homewreckers. 10pm
Halloween short on treats for business owners
Margot Carmichael Lester Staff Writer Despite predictions of mind-boggling gridlock and a horde of marauding revelers heading to and from Franklin Street, Halloween 2008 did not deliver as advertised.
Obituary: Adam S. Raleigh
News brief: Bus driver charged in pedestrian death
The Chapel Hill Police Department charged James Willie Orr on Tuesday with misdemeanor death by vehicle in connection with the death of a pedestrian last week.
News brief: Disability and elderly care meeting
Community Connections will host a two-day Orange County community meeting on transitional care on Nov. 13 and 14 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days at the Central Orange Senior Center in Hillsborough. The meeting will focus on strengthening the services for older adults and adults with disabilities during times of transition.
News brief: Commissioners talk tethering
The Orange County Board of Commissioners meets tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 at the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom on East Margaret Lane in Hillsborough.
Community brief: Meet-the-Author Tea
The Orange County Public Library will host an Author Tea with Valerie Raleigh Yow at 3 p.m. on Nov. 16 at the Main Library on West Tryon Street in Hillsborough.
Community brief: Women’s History Symposium
The Women’s History Symposium will be held Nov. 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Burwell School Historic Site on North Churton Street in Hillsborough.
Community brief: Low Income Energy Assistance
The Orange County Department of Social Services will take applications for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program Nov. 3-14 at the department’s Chapel Hill and Hillsborough locations.
Community Calendar 10/6/08
Special Events Orange County Open Studio Tour — Nov 8-9. Exhibitions at artists’ studios throughout the county. 932-3438, www.orangecountyartistsguild.com Latin American Film Festival — Nov. 2 to 21, at different locations in the Triangle and elsewhere. latinfilmfestivalnc.com
New farmer ready with fall goodies
The Eater 11/6/08
Time to order, Turkeys A bittersweet note: one of the best ideas The Eater’s had for a holiday celebration in Carrboro — a tofurkey shoot — has been rejected on the grounds that it would be too wasteful and encourage violence against replicas of birds made out of tofu. Drat. The staff wouldn’t bite even…
Land & Table brief: New market hours
The Carrboro Farmers’ Market will begin operating under its reduced winter hours on Saturday. The market will be open from 9 a.m. to noon every Saturday until March 14. The Wednesday Carrboro Farmers’ Market and the Thursday Southern Village Farmers’ Market are closed for the season. The Wednesday Carrboro market will reopen April 8, while…
Land & Table briefs: Gazebo gourmet
Dorette Snover, owner and chef of C’est Si Bon Cooking School, will cook in the gazebo at the Carrboro Farmers’ Market on Saturday starting at 9 a.m. Snover will share recipes for the holiday season. For more information, visit www.cestsibon.net/biographies.shtml