Small fire set in bathroom at CHHS A small fire was set in a restroom toilet paper dispenser at Chapel Hill High School last Thursday. All students were evacuated and no one was injured. School officials are investigating the incident to identify the individual or individuals responsible for setting the fire. According to school officials,…
Author: Staff
For the Record: 9/06/07
Settle in — this is going to be a long struggle. Orange County is going to spend the next ten years trying to end homelessness. While it’s an admirable goal, it’s an optimistic one, and means not just talking about the issue, but action. There is cause to be optimistic, though, not only because those…
Exile on Jones Street: 9/06/07
By Kirk Ross The General Assembly is contemplating a return engagement in Raleigh next week with the intent of taking up Gov. Mike Easley’s veto of an incentives bill for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Easley’s objection, which reportedly came as a shocking twist to legislators after a two-year negotiation over the package, was…
Letters to the editor: 9/06/07
Here are some stories I read where you’d like some letters to the editor on some stories: You pick up Valarie Schwartz. She writes one of the most enjoyable pieces she has written in the 10 years that I remember her writing. You inform me that my daughters’ new principal, Nathan Hester, speaks French… expect…
Professional reform: A path to better policy in education
Steve Peha & Margot Charmichael Lester For all the controversy surrounding education these days, most people agree that our schools continue to need significant improvement. This isn’t to say we haven’t been working on the problem. But after years of reform, we’re still unclear about whether our current approach is producing the results we require….
The Mill: 9/07/07
You don’t get a lot of feel-good stories from a drought, but here’s one: A friend of ours keeps a good many ducks, geese and chickens and, as you might expect, collects a good many eggs. Most of the year, the ducks and geese spend time on a lovely pond near her house doing what…
Music Calendar: 9/6/07 – 9/13/07
Thursday Sep 6 Blue Horn Lounge: VELCRO SHOES. 9pm The Cave: Early: Dan Montgomery. Late: The Jack & Jim Show. $10 General Store Café: Bernie Petteway Trio. 8pm Local 506: Jason Isbell & The 400 Hundred Unit, Sons of Roswell. 10pm $5 (advance only) Friday Sep 7 ArtsCenter: Coastal Cohorts: Simpson, Dixon and Wann. 8:30pm….
Arts Calendar: 9/06/07
Carrboro Chapel Hill/Carrboro 2nd Friday Art Walk – Visit local galleries to enjoy live music, food & art-related activities. See website for galleries, maps & brochures. 2nd Fridays, 6-9pm. Free. 2ndfridayartwalk.com Paintings & Sculpture by Luna Lee Ray & Joanne Andrews – Through Sept 30. The ArtsCenter, 300-G E Main St, Carrboro. 929-2787, artscenterlive.org Background…
Community Calendar: 9/06/07
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 – James Eber “Jim†Lash
James Eber “Jim†Lash died peacefully at Carolina Meadows on August 31st. He was 92. Jim was born on November 22, 1914, in Rialto, California. After graduating from UCLA, he pursued an early interest in better housing for underprivileged populations by becoming a city planner. He served as the first Director of the San Francisco…
Obituary – George M. Norwood Jr.
George M. Norwood Jr., 86, of Carolina Meadows, Chapel Hill, died peacefully at home on Friday, Aug. 31, 2007. A former hospital and university administrator, he was born in Goldsboro on July 15, 1921, to the late George and Helen Norwood. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Zabelle Corwin Norwood. In 1978…
Obituary – Charles William “Will†Steiner, II
Charles William “Will†Steiner, II, age 43, died at his home on September 1, 2007. Steiner was proprietor of several Outback restaurants over the years, and will be remembered by those who worked for him as a caretaker whose kindness, integrity and generosity were unfailing. His outreach into the community took the form of charity…
John McCormick arrested
Missing Chapel Hill attorney John McCormick was arrested Friday in Phoenix. Via WRAL: John Gregory McCormick, 59, was arrested by Phoenix police officers at about midnight, authorities said. He was being held without bond in Arizona, pending extradition to North Carolina. McCormick turned over his driver’s license to a Phoenix officer who asked three men…
School bells ring
 There were plenty of officials and dignitaries on hand, but school board chair Jamezetta Bedford got the honors at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Carrboro High School last Thursday. Photo by Jock Lauterer By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Despite enrollment being somewhat higher than projected, the first day of school across the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City…
Recently: 8/30/07
By Valarie Schwartz Like the poplar leaves starting to pile as the drought yellows and drops them to the ground, people are starting to pile around town. First the university students arrived, piling their stuff into their living spaces and their young selves out onto streets. About 35 students learned that first weekend that drinking…