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Author: Staff

School Brief: CHS band fundraiser

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Staff

The Carrboro High School Band Boosters will hold a yard sale on August 23 to raise money for the school’s band program. The yard sale will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Southern Village Green on Market Street. The boosters will also sell raffle tickets for a chance to win prizes donated…

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School Brief: Teacher laptops

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Staff

In the next year, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district will put laptops in the hands of all its high school teachers. After Carrboro High opened last year with laptops and docking stations for each classroom, administrators saw unexpected benefits to teacher recruitment and teacher retention.

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For the Record: Statement by Elizabeth Edwards

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Staff

Editor’s note: Following is a statement released by Elizabeth Edwards after her husband, former U.S. senator and presidential and vice presidential candidate John Edwards admitted in an interview last week on ABC’s Nightline to having an affair just prior to his announcement that he would make a run for the Democratic nomination for president. The…

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School Brief: Phoenix Academy move

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Staff

Phoenix Academy will move into a new building in September. Phoenix Academy, the district’s alternative program, has been housed in the three mobile units on the Lincoln Center site. Phoenix Academy will move into the recently renovated pottery shop behind Lincoln Center.

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Sports Brief: Hot Stob tourney

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Staff

Carrboro Recreation & Parks and the North Carolina Horseshoe Pitchers Association sponsored the Hot Stob Horseshoe Tournament and held it Aug. 9 at Hank Anderson Community Park. The winners in each bracket were: Championship class: 1. Rivers Prewette of Eden 6-0 2. Carolyn Lloyd of Chapel Hill 4-2 3. Buck Prewette of Eden 1-5

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Softball standings

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Staff

The Carrboro Recreation & Parks 2008 Fall Co-Recreational Softball League Standings, as of August 12, are: 1. Cliff’s Meat Market/T-Roy’s Towing 5-0 2. Ghost Riders 5-0 3. 300 E. Main St. 4-1 4. Cozart-Seagroves 4-1 5. Bread & Butter 3-2 6. Armadillo Grill 2-3 7. Fearrington 1-4 8. Pink Floyd 0-5 9. Sluggers of Catan…

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A big-leaved threat

Posted on August 7, 2008August 7, 2008 by Staff

by Ken Moore I’m always impressed by those large round leafy stems that seem to have grown six to 12 feet overnight along roadside banks and ditches. This fast-growing plant is promoted by the nursery industry as a miracle tree, the fastest growing one in America. For the homeowner, this exotic (non-native) royal paulownia, royal…

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Park prep continues

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Staff

Chapel Hill is on the verge of opening up Southern Community Park. Well, part of it. Crews at what will be the town’s largest park have finished up or are closing in on completeing picnic areas, a dog park, a connection with the Fan Branch Greenway, play areas, a roller hockey rink, basketball courts, outdoor…

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New Carrboro High School principal chosen

Posted on August 7, 2008August 7, 2008 by Staff

by Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education last week appointed Kelly Batten as principal of Carrboro High School. Batten has served as assistant principal of Leesville Road High School in Wake County for the past six years. Before entering administration, he taught social studies at Sanderson High School, also…

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County opposes nuclear plant expansion

Posted on August 7, 2008August 15, 2008 by Staff

by Kirk Ross Staff Writer The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously last week to pursue objections to the expansion of Progress Energy’s Shearon Harris nuclear plant. The county will seek an extension of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s comment period about the expansion and hold a public hearing, tentatively scheduled for Sept 2., to…

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Aldermen approve cap on towing fees

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Staff

by Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Carrboro Board of Aldermen last week voted unanimously to approve an ordinance that limits the fees charged for towing cars from private property. The move comes amid a towing controversy at Abbey Court Apartments, where in July management began towing vehicles that were parked in the apartment complex’s lot…

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Recently: The fading of red on the head

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Staff

By Valarie Schwartz Fifteen years ago, on the date that I write this (Aug. 4), I sat in a restaurant in Jackson Hole, Wyoming with my eight-year-old son, looking at a newspaper after having ordered our breakfast. This remains a memory because it was the first time I had to adjust the length of my…

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Music Spotlight: Cy Rawls has a posse

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Staff

The local music scene looks after its own. So for our mutual friend Cy Rawls, recently diagnosed with a brain tumor and lacking insurance, money is being raised by Cat’s Cradle and Local 506 with a series of benefit shows. On Saturday, Aug. 16 at 9 p.m., Local 506 will host the WXY-Cy! Dance Party…

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Music Calendar: 08/07/08

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Staff

Thursday Aug 7 Blue Bayou Club: 8 Eyes. 8:30pm The Cave: EARLY: Brandon Hernon & John Pardue; LATE Juanita & The Rabbit w/ Virgo 9. $5 General Store Café: Bernie Petteway Trio. 8pm Local 506: Bowerbirds, Festival, Sharon Van Etten. 9pm, $8 Nightlight: Br’er, The Groves, Hermit Thrushes. 9:30pm Weaver Street Market: Milagro Saints. 6pm…

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South Elliott Road area sees business changes

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Staff

by Rich Fowler Staff Writer Changes are coming to the South Elliott Road area in Chapel Hill, as new stores move to the area, others expand and plans are in the works to add over 58,000 square feet of office and retail space to the area. Phydeaux will open in its new space in the…

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