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Author: Staff

School Brief: Toy donations

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Staff

Carrboro High School chorus and orchestra parents will co-sponsor a toy sale with Carrboro Elementary School on Saturday at Carrboro Elementary from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. The schools need toy donations for the sale. Donations may be made at the Carrboro High front desk by Friday or at Carrboro Elementary. Soft, cuddly toys will…

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Carrboro Varsity Lady Jaguars

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Staff

The Carrboro varsity Lady Jaguars basketball team poses at a pep rally. They lost Friday’s game to Cardinal Gibbons, 65-27. Photo by Georg T Gordon.

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Carrboro Varsity Jaguars

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Staff

The Carrboro varsity Jaguars basketball team goofs off in front of the camera at a pep rally. They lost to Cardinal Gibbons on Friday, 62-56. Photo by Georg T Gordon.

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Sports Brief: College sports seminar

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Staff

The East Chapel Hill High School Booster Club will host a seminar for district parents and high school students who are considering playing a sport in college on March 3 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The program will feature the personal experiences of a parent, student-athlete and a coach/administrator. Presenters will discuss recruiting and the…

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Community Calendar: 02/14/08

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Staff

Special Events Lunchbox Concert Series — Thursdays, Feb 14-Mar 6. Bring lunch to the Century Center and hear live music from noon to 1pm. Free coffee provided by Open Eye Café. 100 N Greensboro St. Call 918-7385 or visit townofcarrboro.com/rp/cc.htm for more info. Old Time Dixieland music by The Decatur Street Band. Sun, Feb 17,…

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Music Calendar: 02/14/08

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Staff

Thursday Feb 14 Blue Bayou Club: Lucy Summer & Bo Lankenau. 8:30pm Blue Horn Lounge: Paleface. 10pm Cat’s Cradle: Young Neil and the Damage Done, Heart of Glass. 9pm. $8 The Cave: Early: Davis Stillson. Late: Dirty Little Heaters, The Pneurotics, Virgo 9. $5 General Store Café: Club Boheme. 8pm Local 506: Tripp, Jason Adamo,…

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Arts Calendar: 02/14/08

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Staff

Carrboro Because We’re Still Here (and Moving): Mapping a World of Black History in Our Own Backyard — photography exhibit & interactive installation, Center Gallery. Acrylic paintings by DiGiulio, East Gallery. The ArtsCenter, 300-G E Main St. 929-2787, artscenterlive.org. Mixed media by Chief — a tribute to the artists’ new daughter. The Beehive Salon, 102…

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Filing starts Monday for May 6 primary

Posted on February 7, 2008February 11, 2008 by Staff

By Kirk RossStaff Writer Although the contenders on the national portion of the ticket are already campaigning, the 2008 state primary season officially starts Monday with the opening of the three-week filing period. Candidates can file at the Orange County Board of Elections office in Hillsborough from noon on Monday, Feb. 11 till noon February…

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Commissioner race gets rolling

Posted on February 7, 2008February 9, 2008 by Staff

By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board Chair Pam Hemminger and Orange County Planning Board member Bernadette Pelissier say they plan to file soon for the May Democratic primary for Orange County commissioner. They’ll join incumbent commissioner Valerie Foushee who has indicated previously she’ll seek another term. Filing season starts Monday at noon…

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Signs of spring and birds’ nests

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Staff

By Ken Moore The familiar signs of spring for most of us are already evident. Crocuses and Japanese Apricot, Prunus Mume, are in flower and daffodils are showing flower buds. But these are foreigners, long ago established in our cultivated gardens. True signs of spring are the deepening stem colors and swelling flower and leaf…

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Board wants to alter rules to allow for taco trucks

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Staff

By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Don’t call it a reprieve, more like a pause in the action, but for operators of Carrboro’s taco trucks there was good news Tuesday night from the Carrboro Board of Aldermen. At the close of the board of aldermen meeting at Town Hall, Mayor Mark Chilton asked the town’s planning…

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Effort to celebrate Carrboro’s architectural heritage moves forward

Posted on February 7, 2008February 7, 2008 by Staff

Seeing Double? These houses, which are home to the Red Hen and Provence are two of many built by Thomas Lloyd. Photo by Kirk Ross. By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Old mill houses are scattered throughout downtown Carrboro. And while probably few passing by notice, dozens of them are almost exactly the same, built by…

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Recently: School project an atypical lesson in problem solving

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Staff

By Valarie Schwartz As much as any other knowledge, high school students seek to know who they are and where they want their next steps in life to take them. Teachers like Rob Greenberg, who teaches Earth and environmental science at Chapel Hill High School, help them explore beyond typical parameters, and with the “Celebration…

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School board to affirm undocumented students’ rights

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Staff

By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education tonight (Thursday) is expected to approve a recommendation to support the recent ruling that requires North Carolina Community Colleges to admit undocumented individuals who meet admission requirements. The North Carolina Community College System in November directed all community colleges to begin admitting undocumented individuals,…

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Residents ask commissioners to drop Eubanks Road site

Posted on February 7, 2008February 11, 2008 by Staff

With supporters, some carrying signs, lining the back wall of the room, members of the Rogers-Eubanks roads community urged the Board of County Commissioners at Tuesday night’s commission meeting to remove Eubanks Road from consideration as the site of a proposed solid-waste transfer station. But the commissioners said that because of an administrative complaint filed…

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