By Kirk Ross Staff Writer The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees got their first look at the latest plans for Carolina North last Thursday and approved a new site for a proposed Innovations Center, which would become the first project at the school’s new campus. Trustees also voted in Roger…
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Carey to run for Senate
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Saying he’s ready to move to the next level of public service, Orange County Commissioner Moses Carey announced last week that he’ll seek the Democratic nomination to the Senate seat currently held by Sen. Ellie Kinnaird. Though she has not made it official, Kinnaird has spoken openly about retiring after…
IFC fires employee over alleged theft
The Inter-Faith Council for Social Service has fired an employee for allegedly stealing money from the agency’s crisis intervention fund. The IFC, which runs the county’s homeless shelter, deposits about $150,000 into the crisis intervention fund each year. The fund helps people in crisis pay their rent and utility bills.
Blood supply status at critical level
The American Red Cross Orange County Chapter blood supply is at critical status levels. In addition, as of July 27, the O-positive and O-negative blood supply was at emergency status levels, with less than a day and a half of supply on hand.
News briefs: 8/02/07
Information session on plan Orange County will hold a public information meeting on Tuesday, August 7 to provide information and collect input for the county’s comprehensive plan. County staff will present the comprehensive plan update process. In addition, participants will be able to ask questions and provide input on draft goals and data that can…
Tan Schwab honored
Photo Courtesy of the Dispute Settlement Center The Dispute Settlement Center in Carrboro recently held a reception to honor Tan Schwab, who along with Beth Okun and the late Charlotte Adams founded the center in the early ‘70s – the first mediation center in North Carolina. Board president LeAnn Brown praised Schwab for her vision…
Community Briefs: 8/02/07
Rogers Road Back-to-School Bash The Faith Tabernacle Oasis of Love Church will be holding its annual Back to School Bash on Saturday, August 11 to provide children with supplies as they return to school for a new year. Your donations are encouraged.
McCracken, veteran law enforcement officer, tapped for UNC public safety post
UNC News Services Lt. Col. Jeff McCracken, deputy director of the Department of Public Safety at UNC, has been named the university’s director of public safety and chief of police. McCracken, a law enforcement veteran with more than 15 years’ experience, will on August 1 take the helm of a department with a $25 million…
Global center to display Indian, Kenyan handiwork
“When Artistic Expression Becomes a Livelihood: The Stories and Handiwork of Indian and Kenyan Women†will be displayed Thursday, Aug. 2 through Sept. 20 in UNC’s FedEx Global Education Center. Visitors can see embroidered pieces by women in India and hand-dyed and woven wool rugs by women in Nairobi, Kenya. Photos and written stories of…
Opening soon in a woods near you
A hand lens or magnifying glass is helpful for viewing the Crane-fly Orchid flower. Photo by Ken Moore By Ken Moore They’re late this year. The specimens in my parched woodland have not yet shown themselves. Over in the middle of Carrboro – more showers over there – they’re up but not in flower, and…
Carolina Brewery ready to open Pittsboro location
 New facility will also be a focus for company’s retail brews Next week is another first for Pittsboro, as Chapel Hill-based Carolina Brewery opens a new 9,000-square-foot restaurant and brewpub near the new Lowe’s Home Improvement store at the intersection of U.S. 15-501 and U.S. 64 bypass. The location, the company’s second, will house brewing…
Land & Table Briefs: 8/02/07
Cooking demo Marilyn Markel of A Southern Season will demonstrate cooking with farmers’ market products at the Carrboro Farmers’ Market on Wednesday, August 8, at 4 p.m. Markel, who manages Culinary Lessons at A Southern Season, will use in her demonstration ingredients found at the market that day. For more information, visit carrborofarmersmarket.com.
For the Record: 8/02/07
(Good) drivers wanted Where did you learn how to drive? Yeah, you, the guy in the black Camero that skidded around two lanes of traffic, veered left and cut everyone off, then sped up the N.C. 54 on-ramp scraping the curb along the way. And you in that gray, beat–up Tercel — what the heck…
Campus needs an early-voting site
Eve Carson and Mike Tarrant The Orange County Board of Elections may present UNC students with two alternatives for early voting in this fall’s municipal elections: Hitch a ride to the closest poll, or simply don’t vote. In an email last Monday, Orange County elections director Barry Garner informed UNC-Chapel Hill administrators that he had…
A disreputable process, a public groundswell
 Jim Warren North Carolina has been harmed by a disreputable process that gives powerful corporations even more control over our energy and environmental future – at the worst possible time for our climate. It’s deplorable that a $10,000 per legislator investment by the power companies – and far more to their key supporters – could…