The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education will today (Thursday) consider a possible expansion to the district’s Spanish/English dual-language program. The program, which was first offered in 2002 at Carrboro Elementary, has been very successful in terms of parent satisfaction and language skills. In addition, the district has received a high level of interest in the…
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Land & Table Briefs: 8/09/07
Fourth Potluck in a Pasture summer supper The fourth “Potluck in a Pasture†summer supper will be held Sunday, August 19 from 6-8 p.m. at Harland’s Creek Farm west of Pittsboro. ChathamArts sponsors the series of suppers, which take place every third Sunday of each month this summer. Participants can tour the hosting farm and…
OWASA says conservation efforts paying off
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer The steady pleas for water conservation seem to be having an effect, according to officials with the Orange Water and Sewer Authority. So much so that the areas served by the utility may not see the same kind of mandatory conservation requirements as other locales. As of Wednesday, OWASA’s daily…
Community Briefs: 8/09/07
Meteor shower Watch the Perseid meteor shower at a special skywatching session on Sunday, Aug. 12 at Jordan Lake, hosted by UNC’s Morehead Planetarium and Science Center. Planetarium educators will be at Jordan Lake’s Ebenezer Church Recreation Area (off U.S. 64) from 9 to 11 p.m. for this free public event. Participants can view Jupiter…
The Mill: 8/09/07
Charleen Swansea phoned the other day to remind us that the annual summer documentary film series is spooling up its last set of reels. The American Summer series has shown some dandies this summer on the last Saturday of each month at the Century Center. The final two shorts promise more of the same and…
Music Calendar: 8/09/07- 8/16/07
Thursday August 9 Blue Horn Lounge: Mark Wells & Jil Christensen. 9pm The Cave: Early: Bob Funck. Late: Rift. $5 Reservoir: Caltrop, Backwoods Payback, Blag’ard. 10pm Local 506: The Postmarks, Kaiser Cartel, Missy Thangs. 9pm. $8 Weaver Street Market: The Hushpuppies. 6pm Friday August 10 Blue Horn Lounge: Dave Spencer Band. 9pm Cat’s Cradle: Ted…
Arts Calendar: 8/09/07
Greetings from NC: A Century of Postcards from the Durwood Barbour Collection – Through Sept. 30. UNC Campus: Wilson Library. The Mirror of the Noonday Sun – paintings by Eduardo Lapetina. Through Oct. 21. Panzanella, 929-6626, panzanella.com. Painting for Children – a celebration of play, whimsy, laughter & fun as seen through the eyes of…
Community Calendar: 8/09/07
Farmers’ Markets Carrboro Farmers’ Market – Sat 7am-12pm through Dec 22; Wed 3:30-6:30pm through Oct 17. 932-1641, carrborofarmersmarket.com Southern Village Farmers’ Market – Thu 4-7pm through Aug 30 at Market Street on the Village Green. Hillsborough Farmers’ Market – Wed 3-6pm; Sat 7:30am-noon. Apr-Nov. 732-8315. Fearrington Village Farmers’ Market – Tue 4pm through Nov 20….
Fighting for Greenspace
Members of Carrboro Greenspace on the porch of Casa Grande. Photo by Kirk Ross By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer Granted, even in a community as substantially liberal in spirit as Carrboro, “usufruct†is hardly a word around which the general citizenry will likely clamor to rally. “Usufruct†(according to Webster): “the legal right of using…
Raising health awareness
A little zumba, courtesy of instructor Willa Robinson Allen, is a healthy thing, and great fun, at “Salud es Fiesta,†held at the Southern Human Services Center on Homestead Road. Photo by Kirk Ross By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Members of the Latino community came together on Saturday to dance, eat and learn about fun…
Candidates object to campaign bill
New rules for Carrboro campaigns sent back to House committee, measure will not pass this session By Kirk Ross Staff Writer A campaign finance bill that would limit the amount of contributions and lower the threshold for reporting contributors was pulled from the North Carolina House of Representatives calendar last week, making it unlikely the…
Early-voting site for campus in limbo
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer When a voting site was first opened at Morehead Planetarium in 2000, plenty of students, joined by a host of elected and university officials, lined the steps for the opportunity to cast a ballot on campus for the first time. And while the idea of an on-campus voting site has…
County officials leaning toward transfer tax
Options being studied in wake of state budget bill passed this week By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Orange County commissioners say they’ll take a good, long look at how the recently passed state budget will affect the county’s bottom line before proposing any new taxes, but a majority of the board is at least philosophically…
Fiddler Joe Thompson gets his due
 Joe Thompson near his house in Mebane. Photo by Lissa Gotwals Been a long time coming. One of the things people might not know about Joe Thompson is that he started playing as a very young man, which means that at age 89 his career as a fiddler runs close to eight decades. Thompson…
PlayMakers to explore Middle East conflict with drama, community dialogue
PlayMaker’s producing artistic director Joseph Haj. Photo Courtesy of UNC News Services UNC News Services CHAPEL HILL – PlayMakers Repertory Company is seeking area residents with informed opinions on conflict in the Middle East to present their views in community discussions Sept. 12-16. The professional theater company in residence at the University of North Carolina…