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Author: Staff

Recently: Give me two a’s with an e on the end

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Staff

By Valarie Schwartz Besides the story of how they met, my favorite story about my parents is the one where they named me while sitting on the pale yellow “glider” that now sits on my front porch. During a visit in 2002, my mother told my partner, John, and I the story while we repainted…

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Transfer station siting criteria examined

Posted on February 21, 2008February 25, 2008 by Staff

By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer The Board of County Commissioners reviewed site selection criteria for a solid-waste transfer station this week, settling on a process that starts by eliminating environmentally sensitive areas and that looks for sites close to major roads and heavy trash generation.

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News Brief: Rabid raccoon found

Posted on February 21, 2008April 1, 2008 by Staff

A raccoon found in Efland tested positive for rabies on Monday at the State Laboratory of Public Health. Residents in the vicinity of Carrington Lane and Chestnut Ridge Church Road on Monday found their three dogs attacking the raccoon.

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News Brief: Burning ban

Posted on February 21, 2008February 25, 2008 by Staff

The Orange County Fire Marshal has issued a countywide open-burning ban. The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources issued an open-burning ban for all 100 counties in the state last week. The state ban prohibits all open burning 100 feet or more from an occupied dwelling. Orange County expanded the ban to all…

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News Brief: Youth poetry contest

Posted on February 21, 2008February 25, 2008 by Staff

The Town of Carrboro is accepting submissions for the Carrboro Youth Poetry Contest. Participants must be 18 or younger, a resident of Carrboro and a poet. The contest will be divided into elementary, middle and high school levels, and each level will have one first-place winner and one honorable mention.

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News Brief: UNC law school to relocate

Posted on February 21, 2008February 25, 2008 by Staff

The UNC School of Law plans to relocate to Carolina North by fall 2012, Jack Boger, dean of the law school, announced Friday. The decision to leave main campus came after architectural reports by the SmithGroup concluded that construction of a new building to facilitate growth within the law school would be more practical than…

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Community Brief: Pauli Murray Awards

Posted on February 21, 2008February 25, 2008 by Staff

The Orange County Human Relations Commission and the Office of Human Rights and Relations will host the 2007 Pauli Murray Human Relations Awards on February 24 from 3 to 5 p.m.

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Community Brief: Dance Marathon

Posted on February 21, 2008February 25, 2008 by Staff

More than 1,100 UNC students have committed to stand on their feet for 24 hours on Friday at the 10th annual UNC Dance Marathon. The event celebrates the conclusion of the participants’ yearlong fundraising efforts in support of North Carolina Children’s Hospital.

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Community Brief: Tie and tails

Posted on February 21, 2008February 25, 2008 by Staff

The Carnivore Preservation Trust will host its inaugural Black Tie and Tails Ball on Saturday at the Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh. The event will start at 7 p.m. with hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction, which will feature more than 70 items, including artwork, jewelry, iPods and more. A seated gourmet dinner and a…

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Community Calendar: 02/21/08

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Staff

Special Events 1st Annual Collectors Fair hosted by the Town of Carrboro and the N.C. Recreation and Parks Department. Sat, Feb 23, 9am-3pm. Century Center, 100 N Greensboro St. Collectible items such as coins, stamps, trading cards, comic books, dolls, toys & more will be on hand. Vendor booths available for $25-$35. Call Brendan Moore…

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Farm marketing workshop

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Staff

NC Cooperative Extension Service and NC Choices will hold a farm marketing workshop tonight (Thursday) at 6:30 at the Schley Grange Hall, about five miles north of Hillsborough. Mac Baldwin of Baldwin Family Farms in Yanceyville will discuss his marketing strategies for his grass-fed beef. In addition, Annie Baggett of Sunshine Lavender Farms in Schley…

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Commissioners decide county should run Hillsborough market

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Staff

By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a plan for the county’s interim management of the farmers’ market at the new Public Market House in Hillsborough. In August, two opposing groups appealed to the board for control of the Hillsborough Farmers’ Market and have since split into separate markets….

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Correction: 02/21/08

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Staff

Our story last week incorrectly reported the stormwater mitigation cost estimate for a potential town-leased parking lot behind the KFC on East Main Street. The cost is estimated to be between $100,000 and $200,000.

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Letters to the editor: 02/21/08

Posted on February 21, 2008February 25, 2008 by Staff

The cyclists’ life Thank you so much for the picture and caption highlighting recent autos hitting bicyclists. As a daily commuter to work through Carrboro and Chapel Hill, I am aware that we bikers can be hard to see and seem annoying to car drivers. But, it can be annoying to us bikers to have…

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Inspiring program helps suspended students

Posted on February 21, 2008February 25, 2008 by Staff

By Isabel Geffner The recent attention given to the Report to the Joint Education Legislative Oversight Committee on the Annual Report on Dropout Events and Rates in North Carolina has brought into clear focus many of the challenges that lie ahead of us for addressing the needs of our state’s most at-risk youth. Too many…

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