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Author: Staff

Study encourages shared food-processing facility

Posted on December 13, 2007December 13, 2007 by Staff

Commissioners to consider facility for use by individuals, businesses By Susan Dickson Staff Writer A recently completed feasibility study indicated a strong justification for a shared-use food-processing facility in Orange County, according to a report presented to the Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday. The three-month study included surveys of potential users, a site evaluation…

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Doctors ready for move

Posted on December 13, 2007December 15, 2007 by Staff

Photo by Robert Dickson By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Over the past year, the doctors from Carrboro Pediatrics and Internal Medicine have patiently waited to move into their new building as state contractors cleaned up potentially harmful chemicals. But the cleanup is now complete, and the doctors – who have practiced at several locations throughout…

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Business Brief: No Umall P&R lot for game

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Staff

To avaoid parking hassles around the holiday shopping season at University Mall, the Town of Chapel Hill and UNC have selected alternate sites for the park & ride shuttle bus service for the December 22 UC-Santa Barbara basketball game and for the January 12 game against NC State. Those interested in using the game shuttle…

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Business Brief: Forney joins OWASA

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Staff

Damon Forney, who has over 25 years of experience in the water resources and environmental protection fields, has begun work as OWASA’s new Wastewater Treatment and Biosolids Recycling Manager. Forney will manage operations and a staff of 14 employees at OWASA’s Mason Farm Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) on Old Mason Farm Road in southeast Chapel…

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Business Brief: Fearrington earns five diamonds

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Staff

The Fearrington House Country Inn and Restaurant has earned the AAA Five Diamond Award for 2008 for both lodging and dining. This is the 14th consecutive year that the Fearrington House has received AAA Five Diamonds and the only property in North Carolina to receive Five Diamonds for both lodging and dining. “We are extremely…

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Business Brief: Chamber present After Hours

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Staff

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce monthly networking event, Business After Hours, will be hosted by UNC Executive Development at the Paul J. Rizzo Conference Center at Meadowmont on Thursday, December 13th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Business After Hours is sponsored by UNC Executive Development. The Rizzo Center is located at 130 DuBose Home…

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Business Brief: Greenbridge sponsors gift wrapping

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Staff

Greenbridge Developments will make it a little easier for holiday gifters to be a little greener with the opening of a free gift wrap and recycle drop shop at its offices at 405 West Rosemary Street. The shop offers complimentary gift wrapping using post-consumer and post-industrial materials such as newspaper, old posters, print over-stock and…

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For the Record: 12/13/07

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Staff

Truth and numbers The annual high school rankings have been rolled out by the good people at U.S. News and World Report and much to the chagrin of our fellow citizens who are fond of national rankings, less than three dozen schools on the list of 1,591 were from North Carolina. That was a good…

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Exile on Jones Street: 12/13/07

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Staff

Blue Yodel No. 171 Randy Parton said it best the night he was told to leave his namesake theater. Speaking to a couple of reporters upon exit, Parton — brother o’ Dolly — noted that he’d fulfilled his obligations to the City Of Roanoke Rapids and then neatly summed up in a pissed-off-country-singer kind of…

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Saving dollars and lives

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Staff

Chris Fitzsimon State policymakers received some guidance Thursday on how they can reduce crime, save taxpayers’ money and make it more likely that troubled teenagers have a chance to turn their lives around. Reports from Action from North Carolina and the Center for Disease Control call on the state to stop automatically sending 16 and…

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Letters to the Editor: 12/13/07

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Staff

Joint open house As reported in The Carrboro Citizen, our nonprofit agencies recently held a joint open house for the community at our offices in downtown Carrboro. The scores of guests who attended enjoyed food donated by the following local restaurants: Acme Food & Beverage Co., Boleros, Breadman’s, Café Carolina and Bakery, Chipotle, Hardee’s, Jason’s…

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Mary Corcoran, 82

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Staff

Mary Corcoran, 82, of Pittsboro died Saturday, December 8, 2007 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill. Arrangements are by the Cremation Society of the Carolinas.

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Roger Woodrow Ray, 59

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Staff

Roger Woodrow Ray, 59, died on Saturday, December 1, 2007 at his home.  He is the son of Robert Ray, who predeceased him, and Nelmer Bunn of Haw River.   Leaving behind him are people who loved him very much: a daughter,  Tonya St. Clair Parsons of Cary NC; fiancé, Beverly A Jinnette of Hillsborough NC;…

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New board sworn in

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Staff

By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education last week elected board member Pam Hemminger as board chair. Hemminger replaces Jamezetta Bedford. The board also elected Lisa Stuckey as vice chair. She replaces Hemminger. In addition, new board member Mia Burroughs and returning board members Bedford, Mike Kelley and Annetta Streater were…

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Board recognizes sports teams

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Staff

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education recognized several school sports teams last week. The board recognized the Chapel Hill High School football team, which made it to the Elite Eight in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s AAAA Championship. The East Chapel Hill High School women’s tennis team was recognized for their second-place finish…

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