Innovation Center Alexandria Real Estate Equities and UNC staff members will present drawings of the proposed Innovation Center for the Carolina North campus to the community at a meeting Nov. 29, 5:30 to 7 p.m., at the Robert and Pearl Seymour Center, 2551 Homestead Road. The public is invited to attend this meeting. Free parking…
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School briefs: 11/21/07
Colonial Day at Rashkis Elementary On Nov. 15., Rashkis Elementary School students celebrated the first Rashkis Colonial Day. Fifth graders recently completed their study of the American colonial period. As part of the colonial unit, students wrote reports, made presentations and created other projects.
Music Calendar: 11/21/07
Wednesday Nov 21 Cat’s Cradle: Jon Shain, Kenny Roby, Jule Brown, Michael Holland, Big Medicine, Edsel 500. 7:30pm. $10 Nightlight: Film Extravaganza: Troma presents Aiden Dillard’s Meat Weed America. 9:30pm. $3 Thursday Nov 22 The Cave: 30th Annual Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner & Open-Mic. 5pm
Arts Calendar: 11/21/07
Carrboro Emma’s Kids Art Exhibit & Fundraiser – Works by kids dying of AIDS in Glendonald, Meyerton, South Africa are sold to help the kids. Through Dec 1. Carrboro Century Center, 100 N Greensboro St, Carrboro, 918-7385. NC Car Yard Series – Works by Linda Margolin & Barnett Parker. Through Nov 30. Nested, 118-B E…
UNC, Duke, State cooperate on energy
UNC News Services UNC, NC State University, Duke University and RTI International have joined to form the Research Triangle Energy Consortium (RTEC), combining their research strengths to focus on “solving the technical, environmental, economic, societal and public policy problems related to the use of energy,†according to the operating agreement. “We can do things together…
Study shows African-Americans add $44.7 billion to state economy
UNC News Services North Carolina’s growing African-American population contributes more than $44.7 billion to the state’s economy through its purchases and taxes – $22,272 per black resident – while costing the state budget $4.5 billion – or $2,498 per black resident – for health care, education and corrections, according to a new report by researchers…
Obituary: Allan T. Slatt
On November 11, 2007, Allan T Slatt, recently of Cary, NC, departed this life to rejoin his beloved wife, Louise. At her death in 2002, they had been married 60 years. Mr. Slatt was 92 years. The only child of Gustav and Anna Nielsen Slatt, recent arrivals from Sweden, Mr. Slatt was born in 1915…
Community Briefs: 11/21/07
Pajama donation The North Carolina chapter of the Pajama Program recently donated more than 200 new sets of children’s pajamas to the Orange County Department of Social Services’ holiday programs. The department donated the pajamas to low-income, at-risk children in Orange County. The Pajama Program is a national not-for-profit organization that provides new pajamas and…
Community Calendar: 11/21/07
Special Events Potluck Dinner & Open-Mic – 30th Annual. 5pm, Thanksgiving Day at The Cave. 452 1/2 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill. www.caverntavern.com. Country’s Largest Vegetarian Thanksgiving – Hosted by the Triangle Vegetarian Society. Thanksgiving Day, 12:30-4pm at Café Parizade, 2200 W Main St, Durham (Erwin Square). For tickets, menu, and raffle info, visit www.trianglevegsociety.org/thanksgiving07.
Film Festival ready for action
Photo courtesy of Carrboro Film Festival By Susan Dickson Staff Writer From the looks of Chapel Hill filmmaker Todd Tinkham’s latest project, you’d think he’s been in the movie-making business for decades. But Tinkham — whose short film will be shown in the second annual Carrboro Film Festival — has spent most of his life…
Fitch turns 100
 Four generations of the family have kept the locally owned, service-focused lumber and hardware store in Carrboro thriving. By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Doesn’t look 100, maybe more middle-aged, still sporting a kind of ‘70s look. But there’s a lot more to Fitch Lumber than the familiar mod logo on the front of the…
Patterns emerge on race and environment
National studies and federal action cause changes in how environmental justice issues are determined and addressed By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer Editor’s note: This story is the second in a series that will examine issues related to environmental justice and to the fight of the Rogers and Eubanks roads community to be relieved of what…
Recently: Celebrating a reservoir amid a downpour
 By Valarie Schwartz Kevin Brice could have complained. It was Friday, the third of three days of rain we had in October. He stood in a recently completed open-sided shelter containing four large picnic tables (made of recycled plastic). A cold breeze blew the rain around him overlooking Cane Creek Reservoir and he looked…
Are we at ‘peak color’ yet?
By Ken Moore I believe we humans have lost the ability to step back and fully appreciate what we have around us. In the fall, folks look forward to the brilliant display of deciduous trees as the greens give way to an arsenal of other colors before the seasonal falling of leaves. And every year…
Concert raises cash for conservation
 Stillhouse Bottom is an ecological singularity. The only undisturbed natural area of its kind in Orange County, it hosts a wide variety of plant and animal life along with centuries-old trees. The North Carolina Botanical Garden is raising money to add 35 undeveloped acres of this special area to an already-preserved 17 acres. The…