By Jack Carley Staff Writer The Farmers’ Market will come to a close right before Christmas this year, as usual. But the subsequent winter months may now seem less bleak: The “locally grown, nationally known†Carrboro Farmers’ Market will open year-round beginning January 5, the first Saturday of 2008. From January until March, the market…
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Exile on Jones Street: 11/29/07
By Kirk Ross Seeing Red George W. Bush may have carried the Southeast by a wide margin in 2004, but the only category he’s outdoing others in these days is in the percentage of southeasterners who say his job performance sucks. A recent Elon Poll puts it more nicely, of course, but Bush, whose job…
For the record: 11/29/07
Odoriferous harbinger? The Town of Carrboro estimates that roughly 10,000 gallons of sewage leaked into the stormwater system from an iron pipe that runs from Wendy’s to the sanitary sewer that runs down Greensboro Street. To the company’s credit, the pipe was quickly repaired and by last week another 20,000 gallons were collected by the…
Obituary – Francis Marie Meredith Chambers
Frances Marie Meredith Chambers, 67, of Chapel Hill passed away at UNC-Hospital on Wednesday, November 21st after an extended illness. She was preceded in death by her father David C. Meredith and parents Mary and Ennis McBroom. She was a housewife and homemaker who was married to her husband Theodore for 48 years. She also…
Obituary – Rosa Helen Gates
Rosa Helen Gates, age eighty-two, died November 22nd after a short illness. Helen “MeMa†was born June 2nd, 1925 in Carrboro, NC. She was preceded in death by her husband Willie A. Gates Sr. and her son, Herald Kent Gates. She is survived by her childen, sons Ronnie Gates and wife Shirley, Billy Gates and…
Elementary school construction faces obstacles
 By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Construction of the new Chapel Hill-Carrboro elementary school could be delayed because a neighboring developer has not yet granted a necessary easement. The school is under construction on the corner of Dromoland and Eubanks roads. Orange County officials and M/I Homes, the developer of the neighboring property, have not…
School brief: School system to hold third annual Financial Aid Night
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will hold Financial Aid Night for students and their parents tonight (Thursday) at 7:00 in Chapel Hill High School’s Hanes Theater. The program will provide information on how to apply for financial aid for postsecondary institutions, including four-year colleges, community colleges and technical schools. Representatives from a university financial aid office,…
School brief: CHHS orchestra to hold third annual auction
The Chapel Hill High School Orchestra Philharmonic Foundation will hold its third annual tea and silent auction on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at the Carrboro Century Center. The Chapel Hill High Orchestra will perform classical and holiday music in addition to featured solos and ensembles. Tea and desserts will be available throughout the afternoon during…
School brief: Upcoming high school concerts
Chapel Hill-Carrboro high school music groups will perform winter concerts over the next several weeks. • The Chapel Hill High School orchestra will perform a concert on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Hanes Auditorium at Chapel Hill High. The concert will feature the world premiere of “A Singular Continuity†by Michael Kosorok, who earned…
School brief: Emerson Waldorf to hold annual Holiday Faire
Emerson Waldorf School will hold its annual Holiday Faire on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The fair, which will be held on the school’s campus on New Jericho Road, will feature crafts, puppet shows, games, food, music and more. In addition, students, led by the Paperhand Puppet Intervention, will present a holiday pageant…
Carrboro High Basketball Schedules
Men’s Varsity Nov 30    at Bartlett Yancey 7:30pm Dec 4    Graham at Home 7:30pm Dec 7    at Cummings 7:30pm Dec 11    Orange High at Home 7:30pm Dec 14    at Durham School of the Arts Dec 27-29 Holiday Tournament in Clayton Jan 4    Raleigh Charter at Home 7:30pm Jan 8…
Fearrington Barn to be scene of wonder, amusement
The long tour of readings in support of his latest book, Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician, is behind him, but author Daniel Wallace is not putting his feet up — not yet anyway. This weekend, Wallace and a handful of co-conspirators have banded together for “A Feast of the Five Senses,†specifically a show…
The holiday spirit
Chris Fitzsimon The news is always full of heartwarming stories this time of year, somebody helping a stranger, going the extra mile to help people less fortunate. Then there’s the North Carolina “Education†Lottery, which teaches us all a much different lesson, even in this holiday season. Lottery revenues continue to fall short of initial…
Corrections & Clarifications: 11/29/07
Occasionally I make a mistake that’s just breathtaking. I knew the chances were good that someone would get left out of the advertiser appreciation ad we ran last week, but through the magic of cut and (not) paste I managed to leave out one of our oldest and best advertisers.
Letters to the Editor: 11/29/07
Coal. It’s dirty and unsustainable: the first and foremost air polluter in the U.S. Why, then, are there plans to build an 800-megawatt coal generator in Rutherford County’s Cliffside Coal Plant? The new Duke Energy generator would use conventional, pulverized coal technology. Such technology does not allow for capture of carbon dioxide and emits a…