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Author: Staff

Community Calendar: 11/29/07

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Staff

Special Events SHAC Benefit Show – Music fundraiser event with Mary Johnson, Miriam Chicurel, & Shannon O’Connor. Fri, Nov 30 at 7:45pm. The ArtsCenter, 300 E Main St, Carrboro. Tickets: $14 at the door or $12 in advance at CD Alley or Jennifer_lee@med.unc.edu. Proceeds go to UNC Student Health Action Coalition. www.med.unc.edu/shac/. Holiday Shoppe Craft…

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Music Calendar: 11/29/07

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Staff

Thursday Nov 29 Blue Horn Lounge: Randy Whitt & Anthony Lener. 10pm Cat’s Cradle: Will Hoge, Hoots & Hellmouth, The War. 9:30pm. $10 The Cave: Early: Blake Tedder. Late: Blue Moon Revue, TBA General Store Café: Bo Lankenau. 8pm Local 506: Dry Heathens, Bull City, The Pneurotics. 9pm. Nightlight: Lylas, Kellie Shae Hicks. 9:30pm

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Arts Calendar: 11/29/07

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Staff

Carrboro Elementals of the Carolina Seasons – Paintings by Karen Sorensen from The Gallery of Maya. Through Dec 9. Main Street Gallery, 405 E Main St, Carrboro, 967-7005. Works by the Chatham County Arts Guild – Through Dec 12. The ArtsCenter, 300-G E Main St, Carrboro. 929-2787, www.artscenterlive.org Works by Paul Friedrich – Through Dec…

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IFC feeds families

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Staff

Catherine Mitchell, a freshman at UNC-Chapel Hill, checks the list of groceries for a local mother and her two children at the IFC Food Pantry on West Main Street in Carrboro. Photo by Emily Burns By Emily Burns Carrboro Commons Staff Writer Every year, the Inter-Faith Council for Social Services’s Holiday Meals program provides hundreds…

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New sign points to a great man

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Staff

Three of Paul Green’s children, Byrd Green Cornwell, Betsy Green Moyer, Paul Green Jr., and his grandson, Paul Green III get their picture taken at the unveiling of the Paul Green historic marker just south of town on U.S. 15-501.  By Valarie Schwartz PAUL GREEN 1894-1981 Playwright, teacher, & humanitarian. Awarded Pulitzer Prize, 1927. His…

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Damaged sewer line sends waste into storm drains

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Staff

A corroded cast iron drainpipe leaked sewage from Wendy’s into a drainage ditch on Old Pittsboro Road. Photo by Kirk Ross By Kirk Ross Staff Writer A corroded pipe that runs from Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers to the sanitary sewer underneath Greensboro Street leaked an as yet undetermined amount of sewage that found its way…

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County seeks new transfer site

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Staff

By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously last week to re-launch the search process for a new solid-waste transfer station site. In addition, commissioners decided to contract with a consulting firm to identify and evaluate potential transfer station locations. Earlier this month, the board reopened the search for a waste…

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Time to harvest a Carolina Bay wreath

Posted on November 21, 2007November 21, 2007 by Staff

Wreath of bay leaf branches woven into grape vine. Photo by Ken Moore By Ken Moore Back in the mid 1970s, UNC botany professor Dr. C. Ritchie Bell got an idea while teaching an Economic Botany class. In addition to teaching, Dr. Bell liked to cook, and he discovered that the leaves of a native…

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Land & Table briefs: 11/21/07

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Staff

Preservation photos The Orange County Historic Preservation Commission and the Historical Foundation of Hillsborough and Orange County are sponsoring a photography competition. The theme this year is “Heritage Corridors” and includes photographs of old roadbeds, scenic byways and street landscape scenes throughout Orange County.

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For The Record: A note of thanks

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Staff

It was around this time last year that we made a commitment to begin publication of The Carrboro Citizen. And though it took until spring to gear up and actually start printing, this is a good time to thank the many people who have kept us going. To start, on the back page of this…

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No Child Left Behind: Upon closer inspection

Posted on November 21, 2007November 21, 2007 by Staff

Steve Peha & Margot Carmichael Lester No Child Left Behind is up for reauthorization. Those in favor of NCLB say it’s improving public education; those against say it’s ruining public education. Upon closer inspection, neither position seems right. And the fact that we have but two extremes to choose from indicates that we have closed…

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A choice no one should have to make

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Staff

Louisa Warren Soaring crude oil prices don’t just mean an increase at the fuel pumps; they also will result in bigger utility bills for many North Carolinians this winter. Some of us can afford to cut the bigger check and avoid draping ourselves in blankets and wool socks indoors. But for the more than 200,000…

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The Oak Avenue Traffic Calming Report

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Staff

By Chris Frank  The citizens of south Oak Avenue have good news and bad. What’s good for some is bad for others. Or, “One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.” Closely following the “Town of Carrboro Residential Traffic Management Plan for Speed Control,” a neighborhood group of us jumped through the hoops toward the goal…

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Raging Grannies are fearless activists

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Staff

By Meghan Cooke Correspondent Sitting at a picnic table in front of Weaver Street Market, Lori Hoyt sipped on ice water and chatted about her grandchildren, church and friends. But this 73-year-old from Carrboro is not the average grandmother. She’s a Raging Granny. Hoyt, a retired social worker, is a member of the group of…

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Board of Trustees honors alumni

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Staff

UNC News Services The UNC Board of Trustees on Wednesday presented four alumni with the William Richardson Davie Award, the board’s highest honor. Chancellor James Moeser and the trustees honored the following recipients at a Carolina Inn dinner: Rep. Joe Hackney of Chapel Hill; Mike Overlock of Greenwich, Conn.; Ken Thompson of Charlotte; and Patricia…

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