The Orange County Animal Services Department has taken in 10 cats from a Hendersonville adoption facility that was recently shut down. A district court ordered the All Creatures Great and Small facility to close and make immediate improvements and to release 350 animals to other animal rescue and shelter organizations. Most of the cats taken…
Author: Staff
News Brief: Rabid raccoon found
A raccoon found in Chapel Hill tested positive for rabies last week at the State Laboratory of Public Health. The raccoon was found dead in the yard of a home in the vicinity of Albert and Dairyland roads. The resident found the raccoon after discovering blood on one of her three dogs.
News Brief: New home repair program launched
Homeowners who live in the Northside and Pine Knolls neighborhoods can receive no-interest, forgivable loans to repair their houses through the Town of Chapel Hill’s Comprehensive Housing Rehabilitation Program. EmPOWERment, Inc. will host an information session on the program on Wednesday, February 13th from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the Pine Knolls Community Center, 107…
News Brief: Rabies vaccination clinics
The Orange County Animal Services Department will offer four low-cost rabies vaccination clinics during February. The vaccination fee is $5 and must be paid in cash. To receive a three-year vaccination, bring your pet’s most recent vaccination certificate. Dogs must be on leashes and cats must be in carriers. Animals that might be nervous or…
News Brief: Artwalk this Friday
Galleries and businesses throughout Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Southern Village will open their doors for those in search of art. Event times and openings vary from place to place, but 6 to 8 p.m. is the standard time for most places. Among the shows featured this month is “Because We’re Still Here and Moving: Mapping…
Coaches’ Reports: 2/7/08
Carrboro High Swimming and Diving (via Carrboro High website) Our Swimmers & Divers competed in the 1A/2A state meet this past weekend. The competition was tough, with over 700 student-athletes representing 76 of the 89 1A/2A schools in North Carolina. Our Jaguar Swimmers & Divers stepped up to the competition and finished our first season…
Carrboro Varsity Lady Jaguars, Jan. 30
Liz Holman (10) of the Carrboro Lady Jaguars varsity ignores a horde of Lady Bulldogs and takes her shot during the Wednesday, Jan. 30 game against the Durham School of the Arts. Photo by Georg T Gordon.
Carrboro Varsity Jaguars, Jan. 30
Brad Dimac (10) of the Carrboro Jaguar varsity drives through the defense of the Durham School of the Arts during the Wednesday, Jan. 30 game in Carrboro. Photo by Georg T Gordon.
Blind photographer sees the big picture
By Eve GreeneCarrboro CommonsPhoto Editor Georg Gordon’s personal goal is to photograph every home basketball game this season at Carrboro High School. This may not seem like a remarkably ambitious goal — except that Gordon is legally blind. After multiple surgeries to correct developing macular holes, cataracts and the loss of pigment in his retinas,…
Annual Agricultural Summit Feb. 12
The 10th Annual Orange County Agricultural Summit will be held Tuesday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Orange Enterprises Building on Valley Forge Road in Hillsborough. The summit will provide agricultural producers in Orange County and surrounding counties with strategies for preserving their farms during a time of agricultural transition.
For the Record: 02/07/08
Schools take a stand In a year where election posturing is fueling an already overheated debate over immigration policy, most officials not in the running are inclined to fly low. So credit the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education for having the guts to step into the debate over whether undocumented individuals are eligible to receive…
The real class warfare continues
Chris Fitzsimon The post-mortems on the Edwards campaign continue, with most political analysts attributing the failure of his candidacy to his embrace of what the pundits insist is class warfare, the focus on the country’s staggering and growing economic inequality. A secondary analysis focuses on Edwards’ ambition. A prominent North Carolina columnist wishes Edwards had…
Letter from the editor: 02/07/08
With apologies to Mr. Wolfe Now that he’s not working the campaign trail, John Edwards and family are a lot more visible around town. He was close to courtside in the comfy seats at the Smith Center during last week’s Boston College game and he’s been making the rounds lately to thank the staff and…
Martha Kathryn Smith
Martha Kathryn Smith, 90 died on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill. Mrs. Smith was a longtime resident of Carolina Meadows in Chapel Hill, NC. Kay was born March 24, 1917 in Hamilton, Ohio to Ida James and James Millspaugh. She was the loving and caring wife of Edwin James Smith, who…
Tracy Teague Hackney
Tracy Teague Hackney, 71, of Carrboro died Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 at his home. Surviving are his wife Alice Lockamy Hackney, three children — Jessica Hackney Williams and husband Ricky, Camilla Hackney, Tracy T. Hackney, Jr. and wife Julie, grandchildren Bailey Hackney and Jacob Williams, and a sister Trillis Hackney Sparrow and husband Lindy.
