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Author: Staff

Community Brief: Healthy party

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Staff

The Orange County Partnership for Young Children will hold “The Healthy Kids Campaign Celebration” on Saturday, June 7 at Carrboro Elementary from 3 to 5 p.m. Refreshments will be served and events include a review of the campaign projects, a cooking demonstration and a community garden tour. To attend, RSVP by Friday May 23 to…

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Music Calendar: 5/22/08

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Staff

Thursday May 22 Blue Horn Lounge: Tennessee Jed 9pm The Cave: Chop Chop, Reid Johnson, Filthy Bird, Soft Company 9pm $5 General Store Café: Bo Lankenau & Friends 8pm Local 506: Northern State, American Princess 9pm $8 Nightlight: Veronica Blood, Dead to Society 9:30pm $3 Weaver Street Market: After Hours 6pm

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Residents, officials question biosolid plans, regulations

Posted on May 23, 2008May 26, 2008 by Staff

By Kirk Ross Staff Writer A request by the City of Burlington to renew its expired biosolid applications permit has environmentalists and officials from Orange and Chatham counties asking for better studies and tighter oversight of the program. Orange County has more than 3,000 acres of farmland that are regularly sprayed with biosolids — a…

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Severe weather

Posted on May 20, 2008May 21, 2008 by Staff

Strong storm headed east. Golfball sized hail in Siler City. WRAL Map National Weather Service: AT 440 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF PITTSBORO…MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. IT HAS PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL NEAR SILER CITY.

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The catalpa of blackberry winter

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Staff

By Ken Moore As usual, Mother’s Day and the university’s commencement have been accompanied by the typical cool stormy weather of “blackberry winter,” signaled by the flowering of wild blackberries along roadsides and woodland edges. This past weekend’s blackberry winter weather was particularly stormy, as it delivered more needed rainfall, hopefully not the last before…

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Budget cuts can’t match sluggish economy

Posted on May 19, 2008May 21, 2008 by Staff

Manager calls for 3.23 cent tax increase by Kirk Ross Staff Writer The town is cutting expenditures by close to 6 percent, but taxes are headed up under a budget proposal detailed for the Carrboro Board of Aldermen at Town Hall Tuesday night. Town Manager Steve Stewart outlined a $18,476,375 budget that delays vehicle purchases…

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Recently: Tar Heel born, bred and moving to Richmond

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Staff

By Valarie Schwartz Last Friday, Stephen Allred looked comfortable and relieved in his office on the west side of South Building, where he has been executive associate provost since March 2004. The day before, it had been announced that colleague, friend and fellow Equinox band member Holden Thorp would begin occupying the offices on the…

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IFC makes plans for new shelter after deal with town, UNC

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Staff

by Rich Fowler Staff Writer The Inter-Faith Council finally has the land it needs to build a new men’s residential facility, thanks to an agreement between UNC and the Town of Chapel Hill. The university is buying 13 acres of land on Homestead Road from Duke Energy and will lease about one and a half…

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Century Center buzzing

Posted on May 16, 2008May 19, 2008 by Staff

by Kirk Ross Pardon the pun, but it didn’t take too long last Tuesday for the buzz downtown to get around. Late Tuesday morning, calls and emails poured into The Citizen offices about a large number of bees swarming next to the Century Center, specifically in the Foster Holly (Ilex x attenuata) on the northeast…

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School budget fueling tax increase

Posted on May 15, 2008May 19, 2008 by Staff

by Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district has requested a budget increase of more than $6.8 million this year, including more than $2.4 million to fund salary and benefit increases and other state mandates. This would be a 12.5 percent increase over last year’s budget.

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Obituary – Irina Yarmolenko

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Staff

Irina “Ira” Yarmolenko had a sunny spirit, a quick smile and friends everywhere she went. She wasn’t supposed to die at age 20. The UNC Charlotte sophomore was found Monday, May 5, 2008 next to her car on the banks of the Catawba River in Mount Holly. Yarmolenko was born in the Ukraine but grew…

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Obituary – Samuel Moyle Boone

Posted on May 15, 2008May 15, 2008 by Staff

Samuel Moyle Boone 89, of Chapel Hill, died Monday May 5th, 2008 at UNC Hospital. Mr. Boone was a native of Gates County, NC, son of the late William Jordan and Minnie Belle Williams Boone. He was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. He was retired from UNC-CH Academic Affairs Library…

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Fires strike Carrboro residences

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Staff

A lightning strike caused a fire to burn through the attic of a Carrboro home early Saturday, May 10, according to the Carrboro Fire-Rescue Department. No injuries were reported. Emergency personnel were dispatched to the home at 1604 Pathway Dr. just after midnight and firefighters had controlled the fire after approximately 23 minutes. The home,…

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Obituary – Marvin Poythress

Posted on May 15, 2008May 15, 2008 by Staff

Marvin Poythress, 78, passed away Saturday May 11, 2008 after several years of declining health. A Chapel Hill native, Marvin was the son of the late Ila and Furman Poythress. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 50 years, Ann Phelps Poythress, and by his brothers Robert Poythress and Durrell Poythress. Marvin…

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School board to approve CHHS walk zone

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Staff

by Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education is expected to approve a plan tonight (Thursday) that will create a walk zone around Chapel Hill High School and eliminate bus stops for 66 students. A sidewalk network on Homestead, High School and Seawell School roads was completed in December, allowing…

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