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Author: Staff

News Brief: Eleven selected as rights educators

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Staff

The Orange County Office of Human Rights and Relations recently selected 11 individuals to serve as Community Civil Rights Educators. They are: Antonia Barbosa, Zina Barnett, John Chapman, Rashida Fearrington, Jesse Gibson, Ashley Harrington, Linda Hill, Berneta Lee, Timothy Miles, Carolina Pence and Alejandra Rivera. The educators will undergo civil rights and human relations training…

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News Brief: Volunteers needed for revenue advisory committee

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Staff

The Board of County Commissioners is seeking volunteers to serve on the Orange County Local Revenue Options Education Advisory Committee in preparation for the May 2008 tax referendum. In this year’s state budget, the Legislature gave counties the option of a 0.4 percent land transfer tax or a quarter-cent sales tax increase to help compensate…

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Scooters Inc. is a smooth ride

Posted on October 18, 2007October 18, 2007 by Staff

  By Elyse Archer Carrboro Commons Writer Does spending $5 a week on gas sound like pure fantasy? For Chapel Hill and Carrboro residents, it’s now a reality, thanks to Carrboro’s new Scooters Inc. The scooter store opened at 211 E. Main St. on Aug. 10. Dave Jansen, the store’s owner, is also the owner…

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Business Brief: Real estate shift

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Staff

The North Carolina Real Estate Commission voted last week to convene a task force to determine whether homebuyers in North Carolina are being made sufficiently aware when the real estate agent showing them a home is being offered a bonus by the seller. As the regulations now stand, agents must tell buyers of such financial…

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Business Brief: Time seminar

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Staff

The next seminar in the Chamber of Commerce’s Seminar Series presented by Progress Energy will be held at 3:30pm on Thursday, October 25 in the Greater Chapel Hill Association of Realtors Conference Room at the Chamber. Ben Quinn of ActionCOACH business coaching will present tangible strategies that will teach how to maximize the return on…

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Business Brief: After hours

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Staff

The 6th Annual Orange County Business Expo will take place on Monday, November 5th from 1:00 to 7:30pm at the Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel. The Expo, sponsored by The Herald-Sun and the Chapel Hill Herald, showcases the businesses of greater Orange County and is open to the public. The event is presented by the Chapel…

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Business Brief: Business expo

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Staff

The 6th Annual Orange County Business Expo will take place on Monday, November 5th from 1:00 to 7:30pm at the Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel. The Expo, sponsored by The Herald-Sun and the Chapel Hill Herald, showcases the businesses of greater Orange County and is open to the public. The event is presented by the Chapel…

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Flying Burrito: the end of an era

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Staff

  By Jack Carley The Flying Burrito was a Chapel Hill landmark for more than 20 years, but now Phil Campbell, the man who started it, has moved on. The Burrito has closed for remodeling, sold by its former owner. The Flying Burrito was, at different times, a ballpark vendor, a hipster hotspot, a corner…

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Letters: 10/18/07

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Staff

Safety first It seems to me that there are more and more people riding bicycles in Carrboro who are not wearing helmets. I find this trend disturbing. Helmets can protect bicyclists from injury and death. Two-thirds of bicycle related deaths are due to traumatic brain injury. A very high percentage of traumatic brain injury can…

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For the Record: 10/18/07

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Staff

Our neighbors in need This community is already reeling from the loss of a true friend, and there was a fitting tribute to Gloria Suarez Tuesday night at Town Hall. She died in the Highland Hills Apartments fire, a fast-moving blaze that left 20 of our neighbors with barely more than the clothes on their…

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Maze welcomes farm visitors

Posted on October 18, 2007October 18, 2007 by Staff

By Emily Buehler Correspondent The weather’s been a bit irregular lately, but whether it’s sunny and hot or breezy and cool, you can’t go wrong spending an October weekend out at a farm. The growing season is wrapping up and many local farms end their season with a harvest festival of sorts, welcoming visitors who…

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Land & Table Brief: Grill off

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Staff

Piedmont Feed and Garden Center is hosting a BBQ Grill-Off on Saturday, October 27 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Four master grilling teams will compete to sell the most and best-tasting barbeque. Supplies may run out, and barbeque must be picked up and paid for by 2 p.m. Any remaining barbeque will be donated…

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Land & Table Brief: Chef Shop

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Staff

Chef Sheri Castle of Creative Cooking will host a “Shop with the Chef” event on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. at the Carrboro Farmers’ Market. Castle will show customers how to shop for and store produce found at the market in the fall. After shopping with customers, Castle will demonstrate how to cook with fall ingredients….

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Land & Table Brief: Buggin’ out

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Staff

The Pesticide Education Project will present “Buggin’ Out!” a film made up of vintage filmstrips about bugs and pesticide. The film will be shown under the stars at Perry-winkle Farm, so bring your own chairs, blankets and drinks. Snacks and popcorn are free. A $5 donation is suggested. The Pesticide Education Project is celebrating its…

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Fourth annual Bolin Creek Festival this weekend

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Staff

Chapel Hill’s Umstead Park will host the Fourth Annual Bolin Creek Festival on Saturday, October 20 from 1 to 5 p.m. The festival is free. A raffle for a painting of the creek will raise money for preservation. Several musical acts will perform. Activities for children will teach them about stream critters with a live-animal…

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