Editor’s Note: Following is the statement read by Neloa Jones at the Sept. 20, 2007 Orange County Assembly Governments Meeting on behalf of the Rogers-Eubanks “Coalition to End Environmental Racism†(CEER). For nearly one hundred and fifty years, African-American families have lived in what is now known as the Rogers-Eubanks Community. In the late 1800s,…
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Exile on Jones Street: 9/27/07
By Kirk Ross Exile on ’08 Race: U.S. Senate Incumbent: Elizabeth Dole (one term) Possible Challengers: State Rep. Grier Martin (Wake), State Sen. Kay Hagan (Guilford), State Board of Education Chair Howard Lee. At least one other major name is considering the race. Conventional Wisdom: National handicappers Cook, Rothenberg and Congressional Quarterly all report the…
Solid-waste transfer station issues endure
By Mark Chilton In 1997, the Landfill Compensation Working Group, a group of elected officials of the Rogers Road residents, proposed 14 compensation items that we believed our local governments owed to the neighbors of the landfill. The Assembly of Governments met on October 30, 1997 to discuss the Working Group’s recommendations. The governments assembled…
Letters to the Editor: 9/27/07
Cook for alderman Please join me on Tuesday, November 6th and vote for Sharon Cook for election to the Carrboro Board of Alderman.  Sharon has been an active member of this community for over a decade. She’s served as a volunteer in our schools, churches and social service agencies.   Â
The Mill: 9/27/07
Loveless in Seattle They gave it a shot, but word out of Seattle is that “Lone Star Love†— a wild-west-post-civil-war musical inspired by The Merry Wives of Windsor and featuring The Red Clay Ramblers — is closing its run and won’t be headed to Broadway after all. According to Playbill, previews scheduled to start…
Music Calendar: 9/27/07 – 10/04/07
Thursday Sep 27 Blue Horn Lounge: The Second Experience. 9pm Cat’s Cradle: Animal Collective, Tickley Feather. 8:30pm. $15 The Cave: Early: Aaron Berg. Late: The Delta Drift w/ Memphis. General Store Café: Jazz with The Second Third Thursday. 8pm Local 506: VHS or Beta, Walter Meego, Ex-Members. 9pm. $10 Nightlight: Alina Simone, Nathan Oliver, Adam…
Arts Calendar: 9/27/07
Carrboro Paintings & Sculpture by Luna Lee Ray & Joanne Andrews – Through Sept 30. The ArtsCenter, 300-G E Main St, Carrboro. 929-2787, www.artscenterlive.org Background Music for Birds – Mixed media paintings by Renee Seaman Treml. Through Sept 30. NC Crafts Gallery, 212 W Main St, Carrboro. Mon-Sat 10am-6 pm, Sun 1-4pm. 942-4048, www.nccraftsgallery.com Turned…
Community Calendar: 9/27/07
Farmers’ Markets Carrboro Farmers’ Market – Sat 7am-12pm through Dec 22; Wed 3:30-6:30pm through Oct 17. Carrboro Town Commons. 932-1641, www.carrborofarmersmarket.com. Hillsborough Farmers’ Market – Wed 3-6pm; Sat 7:30am-noon. Apr-Nov. 732-8315. Fearrington Village Farmers’ Market – Tue 4pm through Nov 20. 8 miles south of Chapel Hill on US 15-501, Fearrington Village, Chapel Hill. 542-4000,
Obituary – Virginia Fant Hamm
Virginia Fant Hamm, 87, of Chapel Hill and Pittsboro, NC, passed away Friday, September 21, 2007 at Cambridge Hills Assisted Living Home in Pittsboro. Mrs. Hamm was a native of Pendleton, South Carolina and was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Charles W. Hamm, Sr. and three brothers Ernest S. Fant, Marshall…
Election season lurches to a start
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer With Election Day just seven weeks away, the Carrboro municipal races shifted into high gear with the first in a series of election forums and a candidate for Carrboro mayor calling for Alderman Dan Coleman to step down. The first forum of the season was held at Carrboro Town Hall…
Residents say new store will worsen traffic
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Plans for a Harris Teeter and commercial center at the corner of Jones Ferry Road and Barnes Street took a tentative step forward Tuesday night, but not before several neighbors complained that the store would add traffic to an already dangerous intersection. At its meeting at Town Hall, the Carrboro…
A late-summer flower for the shade
 In a shooting star-like pose, the golden ray flowers point down from the greenish central cone of the green coneflower. By Ken Moore I had something totally different planned for this week until I visited the opening of the Botanical Garden’s 20th Anniversary “Sculpture in the Garden†show. If you have never visited this…
Not in the job description
 Photo by Jock Lauterer Carrboro High School band director Frank Jones, left, serves as a music holder for members of the Jaguar band during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner at Monday night’s football game with Cedar Ridge.
Rogers Road coalition pushes for change
By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer The newly formed Rogers-Eubanks Coalition to End Environmental Racism will hope to get the attention of the Assembly of Governments at the assembly’s meeting tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 at the Southern Human Services Center (2501 Homestead Road). The coalition was formed to attempt to reverse the decision of the Orange…
Music fest gets ready for a landmark year
 By Cody Braun Courtesy of the Carrboro Commons The night before the Carrboro Music Festival ten years ago, Gerry Williams was scared. “Lots of professionals said we couldn’t do it,†the music festival’s creator and organizer says. Despite this advice, Williams went forward with the project, which he says has been a great success….