Special Events Hawbridge School open house – on February 9 from 2-4 p.m. Inviting all prospective students and families to attend. The school emphasizes environmental sciences and the arts. The open house will include a meeting with current teachers and students and a glimpse at student artwork. More information at www.hawbridge school.org or 336-376-1122
Author: Staff
Community Brief: Platanos play
The Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate Program and the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History will co-sponsor a performance of the off-Broadway play Platanos and Collard Greens on March 1.
Community Brief: Holidays shared
The Orange County Share Your Holiday and Toy Chest programs supported more than 2,500 children and families this past Christmas. Through the Share Your Holiday program, the Orange County Department of Social Services paired 313 community sponsors with children or families and provided gifts to 514 children and elderly or disabled adults in the county.
Local woman joins Peace Corps
Laura McIver Boggess, 25, of Carrboro, N.C. has been accepted into the Peace Corps. Boggess departed for Guatemala on Jan. 9 to begin pre-service training as an environmental education Peace Corps Volunteer. After graduation in April, Boggess will work with rural schools to integrate conservation and environmental awareness into the curriculum.
For the Record: 01/31/08
A few things to keep in mind As has been reported, a formal complaint has been filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleging a pattern of environmental racism on the part of local governments in the matter of the Rogers-Eubanks neighborhood. Such a complaint is serious business and should be thoroughly and properly addressed….
Ask the restaurants
In your “Town’s taco trucks in jeopardy†article on Jan. 24 article, Mayor Mark Chilton and Board of Aldermen member Jacquie Gist [said they] don’t understand why a complaint was filed against trucks selling prepared food from parking lots. Gist writes, “I am worried by the real possibility that hard working entrepreneurs who are adding…
Landfill open letter
Editor’s note: following is an open letter to the board of county commissioners. Congratulations for reversing your earlier decision to unilaterally select the Eubanks Road area as the site for the new waste transfer station. That change of heart was a step in the right direction. You are now embarking on a critical phase in…
Crime and civility in Central America
Robert Dickson Our family’s Honduran holiday vacation was feeling like anything but a holiday. Our bags had first been reported as late, then later, then stolen from the truck on which they had been sent from San Pedro Sula to La Ceiba. “Hijacked†was the term used. And I had contracted the Honduran version of…
Culbreth Middle Boys’ Basketball
(via Mike Harris) We got ‘em! Culbreth 60 – McDougle 51. McDougle had not lost a game all year and did not lose a game all year last year as 7th graders. This was their last regular season game. They were playing at home with a chance to complete an undefeated two years. Culbreth, behind…
Coming matches to test Tar Heels
By Frank Heath Sports Columnist The current North Carolina basketball team has played its way into a situation resembling that of a chicken drumstick in those old Shake ‘N’ Bake advertisements: all covered with delicious coating and ready to be cooked up by the opposition for good eatin’. Cuz if the Tar Heels don’t win…
Town’s taco trucks in jeopardy
Update to story 1/26/08: Mayor Chilton posts a clarification, outline of the zoning issues and possible solutions offered by town planners on Orange Politics. Link. After receiving an anonymous complaint, Carrboro officials notified three property owners that so-called “taco trucks†parked on their properties are not in compliance with local zoning rules and will need…
OWASA to hold water supply forum
The Orange Water and Sewer Authority will hold a public forum tonight (Thursday) regarding “The State of Our Local Water Supply,†to provide information and receive customers’ questions and feedback. The forum will be held at 7 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Town Hall and will be televised live on local cable channel 18. The…
New downtown project said to be short on parking
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer A new five-story mixed-use development slated for the site of the old Andrews-Riggsbee hardware store won’t provide enough parking and will exacerbate a growing downtown parking crunch, residents and business owners told the Carrboro Board of Aldermen Tuesday night. The comments came as the board opened a public hearing on…
Leaders committed to providing the extra help needed
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Ten years ago, Bishop Gene Hatley started thinking about a program run through the church to help educate the members of the African-American community. The program would reach out to children and adults who needed help with reading, math or other skills. Although Hatley – who serves as pastor of…
Robert Frost moments in the Adams Tract
By Ken Moore A small group of us were rewarded with some beautiful and dramatic surprises during our woods walk on the Adams Track this past Saturday afternoon. It was very cold, the rain began to fall, and it was two hours before the Tar Heel basketball game. It’s hard to believe that a small…
