The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, in partnership with the Orange County Department of Social Services, will hold a toy drive at Borders Books on Fordham Boulevard on Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. All toys collected will go to Orange County children in need through the first annual Orange County Toy Chest. The Toy Chest…
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News Brief: Rain barrels
OWASA is hosting a workshop in which attendees can construct their own rain barrels made from recycled materials. The workshop is Wednesday, Dec. 12 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the OWASA Community Room at 400 Jones Ferry Road in Carrboro. Materials and instruction will be provided for the assembly of one or more rain…
Board considers elementary school name
 By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education will tonight (Thursday) consider possible names for the district’s tenth elementary school. The school is under construction on the corner of Eubanks and Dromoland roads and is expected to open in the fall of 2008. The district’s school naming committee collected public input…
School Brief: Teachers certified
Thirteen Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools teachers from eight schools achieved their National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification during the 2006-07 cycle. The recipients were announced on Tuesday as part of National Board Certification Day. The teachers are: Ginger Brooks, Seawell Elementary; Briana Corke, Carrboro Elementary; Denise Cowan, Seawell Elementary; Al Donaldson, Carrboro High School;…
School Brief: School concerts
Chapel Hill-Carrboro high school music groups will perform winter concerts over the next several weeks. • The Chapel Hill High School symphonic band and percussion ensembles will present an evening of multicultural music at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday). The groups will perform music from Spanish, Caribbean, African, Korean and Russian musical traditions. The performances are…
Chapel Hill Community Center reopens
The Chapel Hill Community Center, closed for renovations since January, re-opened Wednesday. The center is at 120 South Estes Drive, across from the Post Office. Renovations that cost about $2 million include a pool overhaul, a new roof, a new gym floor, new air conditioning and amenities for the handicapped. The climbing wall is expected…
Sports Brief: Aquatic victories
The Carrboro High School Jaguar swimmers and divers won their first meets of the season. Last Thursday, Jaguar swimmers defeated Cedar Ridge High School at the Triangle Sportsplex. The men won 178-63; the women, 180-78. Individual event winners included Shelby Banning-Arndt, Ty Fenton, Natalie Hoge, Abby May, Troy Morelli, A.J. Poole, Ken Ryan, Rosemary Scanga…
Sports Brief: Booster meeting
The Carrboro High School Athletic Booster Club will meet December 17 at 6 p.m. The meetings will be held in the Carrboro High School Dining Commons. All members of the Carrboro High School community are welcome to attend.
For the Record: 12/06/07
[Editor’s Note: In honor of December 15, Bill of Rights Day, we present to you the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, collectively known as the Bill of Rights.] Preamble Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred…
Update from the mental health mess
Chris Fitzsimon When last we checked in on the disaster in North Carolina called mental health reform, things weren’t going so well. Families were struggling to find services for loved ones with mental illness, two state hospitals were scheduled to close even though admissions were up and a new hospital is already overbooked and it…
Exile on Jones Street: 12/06/07
The Guv gets it Affix blame, if you would, firmly with the campaign class — the pollsters, consultants and money folks — and shame to the candidates who listen to them. I’m talking about the reaction of our gubernatorial candidates to a ruling that allows undocumented immigrants the opportunity to a community college education in…
Letters to the Editor: 12/06/07
Thank you note EmPOWERment, Inc. would like to thank everyone who made our Build-a-Home Fundraiser on Nov. 13 such a success. The Carolina Inn provided an elegant setting and spectacular food as we celebrated EmPOWERment’s 11 years of service through affordable housing, community organizing and grassroots economic development in Orange and Chatham Counties.
Community Briefs: 12/06/07
Senior theater The Prime Time Players company will present two one-act plays geared for a senior audience on Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 9 at 2 p.m. at the Robert and Pearl Seymour Center at 2551 Homestead Road in Chapel Hill. “Life Begins at Eighty†is a play by local writer Charles Stern…
Community Calendar: 12/06/07
Special Events Mark Hewitt Pottery Holiday Kiln Opening – Sat, Dec 8, 9am-5pm; Sun, Dec 9, noon-5pm. For directions, visit www.hewittpottery.com or call 542-2371. Coalition for Peace with Justice – Open house fundraiser with door prizes, items for sale. See the new office and resources available. Sat, Dec 8, 2-6pm. 1821 Green St, Durham (near…
Obituary – Paul T. Baker
Paul Thornell Baker, Emeritus Evan Pugh Professor of Anthropology at The Pennsylvania State University, died on Thursday, November 29, 2007, at the age of 80 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Baker was a pioneer in the field of physical anthropology and human population biology and ecology. He is survived by his wife of fifty-eight…