The Carrboro High School men’s lacrosse team brought its record to 1-1 with a 9-5 win over Orange High on Friday night at home. Coaches Pete Procopio, Kelsey Kihlstrom and Paul Bonnici juggled their young line-up and taught on the fly as the Jaguars went ahead early and never trailed in a hard-fought game. The…
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Sports Brief: Pee Wee rankings
The Carrboro Recreation and Parks 2007-08 Pee Wee Basketball regular season is over. In the West Division, the Sonics clinched the title with a record of 8-1. They’re followed by the Pacers, 7-2, the Spurs, 3-6, the Rockets, 2-7, and the Hornets who went 0-9.
Slew of last minute filings
A quick Web update: The last day of filing season for the May 6 primaries and school board election saw a number of races turn from non-competitive to contested. Among the filings: • Neloa Jones and Mary Wolff joined Bernadette Pelissier in the Democratic primary for the lone at-large county commissioner seat. • Wolff’s husband,…
Splendor in the grass
By Ken Moore I’m lucky to live where neighbors have not legislated against hanging laundry out to air dry. In addition to saving electricity and having sun-fresh clothes, I soak up some natural Vitamin D and have the opportunity to enjoy the late February blooming yard. Many of you have a blooming yard, but you…
Recently: Following her heart after saving one
By Valarie Schwartz When, in the summer of 2004, Maggi Grace learned that the life of her uninsured partner of one year depended upon heart surgery that would cost $200,000, she responded with both reactions to the fight-or-flight response. When fighting with the medical community didn’t work (her logical approach resulted in cold negative responses),…
Buckhorn Village plan draws praise, ire
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer County residents were both strongly opposed to and in support of the proposed Buckhorn Village development at a packed Board of County Commissioners public hearing Monday night. Several residents who live close to the site of the planned development, which is near I-85 and Buckhorn Road at the site of…
Teens take charge
Students, most of them from Cissy O’Neal’s ninth grade social studies class at McDougle Middle School, took up the temporary roles of mayor, members of the board of aldermen and concerned citizens offering their opinions to the board at the annual Town Hall Day for Teens Monday at Town Hall. Wendell Rogers, the recreation supervisor…
Board approves Roberson Square
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer After a long negotiation over parking, a five-story condominium, office and retail project on South Greensboro street won approval Tuesday night from the Carrboro Board of Aldermen. Construction could begin as early as this summer for the 91,575-square-foot Roberson Square project on the site of the old Andrews-Riggsbee hardware store.
Cheating scandal rocks high school
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Chapel Hill High School Principal Jackie Ellis said school officials are investigating a cheating incident that students say involved a stolen master key and that dates back several years. Four Chapel Hill High School students will be suspended and receive zeros on mid-term exams as a result of an incident…
Woman completes 100 trips around the sun
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Madeline Clara Smith spent the first part of her 100th birthday in a way any of us would have it. “I’ve been on the phone all morning,†she said in a voice that was surprisingly strong and unmistakably that of a true Mainer. As the calls from family members kept…
News Brief: Census jobs
The US Census Bureau is hiring census workers for Chatham County. About 300 workers are needed in the next three weeks and can earn from $13.75 to $15.25 per hour. Most of the available positions are part-time and temporary. Potential workers must take a basic skills test and agree to work about 20 hours a…
News Brief: MLK resurfacing
Today (Thursday) a company hired by OWASA will repave part of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Chapel Hill where OWASA recently repaired a water main. The work is expected to last from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. but weather and other factors may affect the schedule. Only one lane will be closed at a…
News Brief: OWASA meets to discuss shortage
At its meeting tonight (Thursday), the OWASA board will discuss declaring a Stage Three Water Shortage, which would include additional restrictions and surcharges for water use. The meeting is at 7 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Town Hall and will be televised on local cable channel 18. Water reserves have steadily dwindled since last summer….
News Brief: Youth charged in shooting
The Chapel Hill Police Department on Monday charged 17-year-old David Earl Ellis Jr. with attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of a 16-year-old victim. Ellis is accused of shooting the victim on Johnson Street on Monday evening. He is being held in the Orange County jail under a $200,000 secured bond and appeared in court…
News Brief: Hillsborough drought workshop
Orange County will hold an informational workshop about ways to cope with the drought for well water users in rural areas on March 5 at 7 p.m. at Stanback Middle School in Hillsborough.
