The Triangle Land Conservancy, an environmental group responsible for keeping over 10,000 acres of local wilderness undeveloped, recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. The conservation group is also using the opportunity to initiate a new fund entitled “Our Water, Our Land,†which will be used to conserve wilderness in imminent danger. The group has raised over…
Author: Staff
Taking responsibility for integrity
By Neil Pedersen “Cheat or repeat.â€Â That’s the response from one of my high school students when I, as an English teacher, was sharing my zero tolerance standard for cheating on the first day of school. For some reason, I still vividly remember this utterance 35 years later. Perhaps, it was because at my undergraduate…
Unconventional wisdom
By Chris Fitzsimon In 1992, a prominent Democratic state senator was talking to a small group of people waiting for a political rally to start when the subject turned to an effort by progressives to repeal the state sales tax on food that had been imposed in the early 1960s by Gov. Terry Sanford to…
Letter to the Editor: Horror and apathy
George Bush for torture. Yes, alas. And we stand by, in horror and in apathy. I speak for myself in this. I earlier organized a web revolt (Yes, I am revolted!) at the fact that we Americans condone torture – see tort.wikispaces.com. And I had planned on becoming a lot more active in promoting the…
Letter to the Editor: Welcome to Carrboro
Congratulations to the owners of the Andrews-Riggsbee site, soon to be Roberson Square, on approval of their project. I can’t wait to see their cool-looking mixed-use building in place of the vacant lot that is there now! I’m disappointed they didn’t include a restaurant, any child-related structures, and that their garbage entrance will face their…
For the Record: 03/06/08
On to Stage Three [Editor’s note: While recent rains have helped, we are entering the warm weather months with extremely low water supplies. We cannot will a change in the weather, but we can improve conservation. To that end, Stage Three restrictions were approved at the beginning of this month. Following are the new restrictions.]…
School board field crowded
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Six candidates have filed for election to the Orange County Schools Board of Education. Incumbent Al Hartkopf is running for re-election, challenged by newcomers Eddie Eubanks, Steve Halkiotis, Tony McKnight, Jeff Michalski and Stan Morris. Three seats on the board are available. School board member Dennis Whitling resigned last month,…
Flurry of filings changes primary races
Last Friday marked the last day of filing season for the May 6 primaries and school board election and a final-day flurry of filings resulted in a number of races turning from non-competitive to contested and perhaps the first time in county history where a husband and wife could find themselves running against each other.
School Brief: Internship scholarship
Britney Rider, a student in the Academy of Information Technology, recently received a $2,000 scholarship to recognize her work in an internship experience. The National Academy Foundation selected Rider from more than 130 entries. To enter, students had to tell the story of their internship through essays, photos, videos, websites and PowerPoint presentations.
School Brief: Superior jazz
The Culbreth Middle School Jazz Band received a superior rating at the Elon University Jazz Festival on February 22. The band performed three different jazz-style selections to earn the superior rating from the festival’s adjudicators.
School Brief: Leader award
Stephanie Knott, assistant to the superintendent for community relations for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, was recently named Orange County’s Campaign Leader of the Year by Triangle United Way. Knott will receive the award on March 18 during the Triangle United Way’s Annual Awards Celebration.
School Brief: Arts education
Third-grade students at Seawell Elementary recently participated in a residency designed to explore curriculum through drama and poetry, while simultaneously preparing them to see the play Jackie Robinson: A Game Apart by Mike Wiley at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro. The ABLE (Arts-Based Learning Experiences) residency, hosted by the ArtsCenter with funding from The Grable Foundation,…
School Brief: Technical open house
Middle College High School at Durham Technical Community College will host open houses on March 7 and 14, from 3 to 5 p.m. The program offers honors-level high school courses on a community college campus. The open houses will be held in Room 45 of the White Buidling at 1637 Lawson St. in Durham. Refreshments…
School Brief: Seussical musical
Carrboro High School’s traveling production of Seussical the Musical will open the weekend of March 15. Performances will be held at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on March 15 and at 3 p.m. on March 16. Tickets are $5 for students under 18 and $10 for adults. Tickets can be purchased at the door or…
School Brief: Summer camp
Registration is underway for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Summer Camp and Summer Youth Enrichment programs. Summer Camp is a full-day program for students who have completed kindergarten through fifth grade. Activities include swimming, crafts, music, cooking and weekly field trips. One-week sessions run June 23 to August 1 at Carrboro, Estes Hills and Glenwood…
