Special Events Friends of Bolin Creek Festival – Sat, Oct 20, 1-5pm at Umstead Park, Chapel Hill. Stream watch, info booths, kids’ activities, delicious food. Free! For more info, visit www.bolincreek.org. St. Paul A.M.E. Church 143rd Anniversary – Sun, Oct 21. Come celebrate this momentous occasion with us. The celebration begins with a Mr. St…
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Suarez Remembered
 By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Before the fire that claimed her life, Gloria Ines Suarez had dedicated much of her life to educating others. Suarez, 55, died in the fire that destroyed a 14-unit apartment building in Colonial Village at Highland Hills off BPW Club Road in Carrboro last week. Suarez worked as a…
Learning the ways of the Haw
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Accompanied by a group of dedicated volunteers, fourth graders from cities and towns up and down the Haw River headed out into the woods and down to the river this month. The Haw River Assembly’s Learning Celebration brings fourth-grade students from Orange, Durham, Alamance, Chatham and Guilford counties riverside for…
West End Poets’ Weekend
The West End Poets’ Weekend comes to the Carrboro Century Center this weekend. Organized by the town Recreation and Parks Department, the Century Center will host a series of local poets and related activities Saturday and Sunday. Groups like Paperhand Puppet Intervention, UNC and Duke professors, creative writing students, various published poets, the NC Haiku…
Spicebush and other encounters on the Haw River
By Ken Moore The second week of the three-week-long Haw River Assembly’s 18th Learning Celebration for area fourth graders was held on the Haw River near Saxapahaw, where spicebush, Lindera benzoin, was showing off its crimson red berries throughout the flood plain. In addition to learning about river ecology, pollution and local animals, the youngsters…
Market rules eyed
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday considered management guidelines for the farmers’ market that will be held at the county’s new Public Market House in Hillsborough. The guidelines, presented by Fletcher Barber, director of the Orange County office of N.C. Cooperative Extension, specify that the market will have a…
Recently: Visitors of the wild
 By Valarie Schwartz A call from Mel Rashkis in June was my first knowledge of Arthur Clark. The men had become acquainted at the Cedars of Chapel Hill, where each resides. Mel thought I’d want to know about his peer, soon to leave on another trip to the Arctic. Clark, 85, has trekked through the…
The Mill: 10/11/07
Nothing like a brisk walk, and it looks like that might be a possibility on Friday around ArtWalk time. Daytime highs Friday are predicted to remain below 70 degrees and temps could plunge to below 60 by the time art wanderers complete their rounds at the 6 to 9 p.m. event. (The northernly acclimated may…
Arts Calendar: 10/11/07
Carrboro 2nd Friday Artwalk – Come out and view a large variety of artwork while socializing with fellow art lovers. Free admission, live music and other art related entertainment. Next event is coming up on Fri, Oct 12, from 6-9pm. For more info, visit 2ndfridayartwalk.com. 4 More Years, 1.20.05-1.20.09, A Chronicle in Cranes – Installation…
Music Calendar: 10/11/07
Thursday Oct 11 Blue Horn Lounge: Blue Diablo. 9pm Cat’s Cradle: Dave Barnes and Matt Wertz, Gabe Dixon. 8pm. $16 The Cave: Early: WCOM Acoustic Fest w/ Shannon O’Connor, Plan B, Grimball & Long. Late: The Walkers General Store Café: Jazz with Club Boheme. 8pm Local 506: Caribou, Born Ruffians. 9pm. $10 Reservoir: Hallelujah the…
News brief: Mental health documentary premiere
The Nothing to Hide Mental Health Coalition will host the premiere showing of a new documentary, Brushes With Life: Art, Artists and Mental Illness, on Tuesday, October 11 at 7 p.m. at the Century Center in Carrboro. It’s the story of an art gallery that solely exhibits the work of those with schizophrenia and other…
News brief: County tax committee
The Board of County Commissioners indicated on Tuesday that they will create an advisory committee to educate the public regarding local tax option referendums that will be put on the May 2008 ballot. 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…
News brief: Breaking and entering
The Carrboro Police Department has charged Aaron Michael Fricke, 20, with several counts of breaking and entering and larceny. The incidents occurred between the end of July and the end of September, mostly to residences in northern Carrboro. Several property owners had recorded serial numbers for many of the stolen items, which assisted the investigation….
News brief: Energy forum
“How can we meet our growing energy needs and be good stewards of the environment?†“How can individuals and institutions become more energy efficient?†A public forum called “Your Energy Future in North Carolina†will discuss these questions at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, October 16 in the assembly hall at Carol Woods Retirement Community. Director of…
Glenwood’s Amy Rickard named Principal of the Year
Amy Rickard, principal of Glenwood Elementary and future principal of the new elementary school, has been named Principal of the Year for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. Rickard will begin her work planning for the new elementary school on November 1. The school is under construction at the intersection of Dromoland and Eubanks roads and is…