On March 7, the Phillips seventh- and eighth-grade orchestras performed at the Eastern Regional Music Performance Adjudication in Fayetteville.
Author: Staff
CHHS coach named Coach of the Year
Chapel Hill High coach Sherry Norris has been named the 2012 NCHSAA Toby Webb Female Coach of the Year.
Odyssey of the Mind
Odyssey of the Mind is an international educational program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students from kindergarten through college.
A RESOLUTION
CONSIDERING WRDU RUSH RADIO
BIG CITY: The lay of the land
On political maps, Orange County is blue, with about a third of it – the southeastern corner – deep, deep blue. That’s blue, as in leans heavily Democratic in registration and voting patterns.
LETTER: Dumpsite vote rushed
Decades of disrespect of a historic community were continued in the rushed vote by the Orange County Commissioners to avoid cleanup of debris in the Rogers Road community.
LETTER: Fracking study doesn’t support conclusion
There’s a significant disconnect between state officials who claim fracking can be conducted safely in North Carolina and the evidence, or lack thereof, contained in their own recently released 350-page study.
CH library selling pavers
The Friends of Chapel Hill Public Library is selling personalized stone pavers to be installed in the front plaza terrace of the expanded and renovated library in Pritchard Park.
Mentoring training for attorneys
Local attorneys of the N.C. Judicial District 15B Bar comprising of Orange and Chatham counties will conduct a training program for its members who are serving as mentors in the Bar’s inaugural mentoring program in the Chapel Hill court room at 3 p.m. on Friday.
No Shame Theatre opens
No Shame Theatre Carrboro will have its official opening Saturday at 10 p.m. at The ArtsCenter, presenting short performances by writers and performers who sign up on the spot.
Field day PORCH benefit
The businesses of Southern Village, led by The Tumble Gym, will hold their third annual field day for children to celebrate the first day of spring from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday on the Village Green in Southern Village.
Carrboro native develops “EcoRoomâ€
Alexis Goldman of Carrboro, a senior at Guilford College, developed a program called EcoRoom to consult with students on how to decrease energy consumption in their dorm rooms, and will attend the Clinton Global Initiative University in Washington, D.C., at the end of the month.
House Calls, March 15, 2012
This week we respond to questions about dog bites and allergy testing.
Phil Blank, March 15, 2012
Illustration by Phil Blank
Healing with yoga
In January, Michelle Johnson found herself in an unlikely place – in Kenya, crossing a stream that reeked of raw sewage and trash, to join villagers convening in an open field to participate in a yoga class.



