Thursday Nov 15 Blue Horn Lounge: Kennebec’s Troy Smith & Jeremy Blackford. 10pm Cat’s Cradle: Buck 65, Bernard Dolan. 8:30pm. $10 The Cave: Late: Galen Kipar Project w/ Western Civ General Store Café: Jazz w/ Tony Galiani Band. 8pm Local 506: Salt To Bitters, Gambling the Muse. 10pm. Free! Nightlight: Michael Hurley. 10pm
Author: Staff
Arts Calendar: 11/15/07
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. Bottles & Bowls – Pottery by Bob Meier. Through Nov 30. NC Crafts Gallery, 212 W Main St,…
No recount
News from the Orange County BOE that there will not be a recount. Cam Hill had asked for one and the board met today to consider it.
The grassroots of environmental justice
 Editor’s note: This story is the first 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 they allege to be an undue burden — 35 years of a landfill and now the threat of a waste…
The birth of a movement in rural NC
In 1978, a trucking company intentionally sprayed more than 30,000 gallons of PCB-laced oil along 210 miles of roadways in 14 North Carolina counties – the largest dumping of PCB that had yet been documented in the U.S. It was four years before the EPA and the state of North Carolina began the clean-up, and…
Recently: Tea with Lee draws happy crowd
 By Valarie Schwartz Although Wednesday had been Halloween, eeriness hung in the air Thursday afternoon as I walked into the Estes Street Post Office to find nobody in line and two clerks waiting to serve me — in a place where there is usually a wait. With a little time to kill before going…
Burroughs, incumbents win school board race
Jamezetta Bedford tosses another campaign sign in the trunk. She has served on the school board since 2003 and will retain her seat. By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Newcomer Mia Burroughs and three incumbents were elected to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education on Tuesday. Board Chair Jamezetta Bedford, Mike Kelley and Annetta Streater kept…
Lavelle wins a seat; Broun, Coleman, Chilton returned to board
Lydia Lavelle (left) shares a laugh with her partner, Alicia Stemper. Lavelle was elected to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen, receiving the most votes of any candidate By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Lydia Lavelle, a first-time officeholder and resident of the newly annexed northern portion of Carrboro, gathered the most votes in the election for…
‘Free men’ reunion recalls civil rights protests
 Photo courtesy of Jim Wallace UNC News Services Participants in and witnesses to desegregation protests that rocked Chapel Hill in the 1960s will speak in a free public program at 5:45 p.m. Nov. 8 in UNC’s Wilson Library. They will recall their experiences and celebrate republication of John Ehle’s The Free Men, a landmark…
Commissioners reopen waste site search
By Taylor Sisk and Susan Dickson Staff Writers The Orange County Board of Commissioners has decided to reopen the search for a solid-waste transfer station after having voted unanimously last March to build the station on the site of a county landfill on Eubanks Road. Residents of the community – led by the Rogers-Eubanks Coalition…
News Brief: Conservation concert
The North Carolina Botanical Garden is hosting a benefit concert for the Stillhouse Bottom Nature Preserve on November 17, 2007 from 6-9 p.m.. The Stillhouse Bottom Band will perform. RSVP by November 13 at 962-0522. A $20 donation is suggested. Limited on-site child care is available for an Owls of Stillhouse Bottom program hosted by…
News Brief: Latino dialogue
Community Dialog Across Borders will be held November 9 and 10. Moderated by UNC professor Maria Deguzmán, with Pulitzer prize-winning special guests Hector Tobar and Jose Galvez, the presentation will combine literary and visual art to generate dialog about Latino immigration. On Friday it will be held from 6:30-9 p.m. at Central Carolina Community College…
News Brief: Holiday donors needed
The Orange County Department of Social Services is currently recruiting sponsors and donors for its annual holiday programs. The programs, sponsored by the Orange County Department of Social Services in partnership with Toys for Tots and Balloons and Tunes, provide new toys and clothing for low-income, at-risk Orange County children during the holidays. In the…
News Brief: Rabid bat found
A bat found in Hillsborough tested positive for rabies last week at the State Laboratory of Public Health. The bat was found in a home near Walker Road and NC Highway 57. The resident had four cats and two dogs, all of which were currently vaccinated against rabies. Because potential exposure could not be ruled…
Chatham, state reject land transfer tax
Voters across the state rejected the proposed land transfer tax, shooting down the referendum in 16 counties. Chatham County voted 8,265 against and 3,715 for. Total voter turnout in Chatham County was about 32 percent. This year the state gave counties a choice between a 0.4 percent land transfer tax or a sales tax increase…