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Author: Staff

Community briefs: Art benefit

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Staff

The Chapel Hill Bible Church will host a benefit art sale on Friday from 6 to 8:30 p.m. featuring art by Murray Handler. More than 40 works will be auctioned off, with proceeds benefitting the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service.

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Community briefs: Civic club holiday show

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Staff

The Carrboro Civic Club will host an arts and crafts show and sale at the Civic Club at 108 on Bim Street in Carrboro on Oct. 25 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wood carvings, pottery, hand-made childrens’ toys, soaps and chocolates are among the featured items. For information, call 932-1026.

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Community Calendar 10/16/08

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Staff

Special Events Carolina Mountain Dulcimer Players — Oct. 16, 7pm. Beginners and experts welcome. ShirleyRay@aol.com, 929-5359 Casino Night — Oct. 18, 6:30pm. Vegas-themed night with games to benefit community programs and a scholarship funded by the Bynum Front Porch and Chatham Arts Council. Includes dinner, bar and acts. Chatham Mills in Pittsboro. Advance tickets $30….

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Land & Table briefs 10/16/08

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Staff

Fire ant control The Cooperative Extension Service will hold a meeting on identification and control of fire ants on farms and in landscapes on Oct. 28 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Schley Grange Building north of Hillsborough.

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The Eater 10/16/08

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Staff

Slow food Italia This month, a sizeable number of the local farm and food community trundle off to the annual Terra Madre — the annual Slow Food event in Italy, which is held in Turin concurrently and right next door to Salone del Gusto.

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For the record 10/16/08

Posted on October 16, 2008October 25, 2008 by Staff

Vote like you mean it First, a reminder that today (Thursday, Oct. 16) is the opening of voting season in North Carolina. Please note that if you want your vote for president recorded, you have to start by marking your choice — a straight party ticket does not record a vote for president. You have…

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Letter to the editor: Wake up call

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Staff

Wake up and smell the petroleum in your drinking water, citizens of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Orange County!

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Letter to the editor: Bad opportunity

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Staff

I read with interest about the recent Orange County development briefing in the 9/25/08 Carrboro Citizen (“Economic Leaders put on a brave face”). Chapel Hill reportedly has 200,000 square feet of building underway with 780,000 of it commercial.

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Letter to the editor: Grassroots growing

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Staff

In 2002, UNC commissioned a consulting firm, Talbert and Bright, to conduct a study for options to relocate the NC Area Health Education Centers’ (AHEC) MedAir flights in preparation for closing Horace Williams airport. In 2005, the consultants recommended RDU as the most economical and least disruptive site.

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A strange 527 in North Carolina

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Staff

Chris Fitzsimon It is virtually impossible to keep up with all the advocacy groups weighing in on this election, running ads for and against candidates for governor, president and Congress. The names of the groups in the database at the Federal Elections Commission reads like a list of vague, focus-group words designed to say nothing.

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We are the light on the hill

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Staff
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Commissioners approve new transfer site rankings

Posted on October 16, 2008October 16, 2008 by Staff

by Catherine Rierson Staff Writer The Orange County Board of Commissioners received a revised list of prospective sites for the county’s solid-waste transfer station at a work session Tuesday night.

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Price, Lawson debate on campus

Posted on October 16, 2008October 16, 2008 by Staff

Kirk Ross Staff Writer Fourth District U.S. Rep. David Price, a Chapel Hill Democrat, faced off against his Republican challenger, B.J. Lawson of Cary, at a debate Tuesday night at UNC, sponsored by the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies. The debate included several sharp exchanges.

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School brief: Exceptional summit

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Staff

The Exceptional Children High School Parent Summit will be held on Monday from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Slant room at East Chapel Hill High School Parents from district high schools will share concerns and suggestions on special-education issues at the summit. For more information, email Linda_Varblow@med.unc.edu. Si necesita un interprete para esta noche,…

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School brief: Special needs

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Staff

The Family Advocacy Network will present “Laws & Programs that Impact Families with Special Needs Children” on Saturday from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Orange United Methodist Church at 1220 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

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