SNMNMNM will perform at The Cave on Saturday, July 21. Thursday, July 19 Blue Horn Lounge: Velcro Shoes. 9pm Cat’s Cradle: Slint. 8:30 pm. $20 The Cave: Early: Blake Rainey, John Harrison, Jen Richelson. Late: Terra Cotta Army. Reservoir: Betty and the Boys, The Heist and the Accomplice, Dropsonic. 10pm Weaver Street Market: Carolina…
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Arts Calendar – 7/19/07
Birds, Bats & Botanicals – scratchboards by Renee Seaman Treml. Through July 30. Nested, 338-8023, www.nestedhome.com, Tue & Wed 10 am-6 pm, Thu-Sat 10 am-8 pm, Sun noon-6 pm. Brushes With Life – works by artists with mental illness. Through July 21. Panzanella, 929-6626, panzanella.com. Bushman & Bosch – collages by Amanda Bushman. Through Aug….
Doug Marlette dies in crash
Doug Marlette at his studio in Tulsa. Photo by Tom Gilbert courtesy of the Tulsa World By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Doug Marlette died on Tuesday when a Toyota Tacoma in which he was a passenger hydroplaned off a rain-soaked highway near Holly Springs in northern Mississippi, some 50 miles south of…
Schools to decide changes, cuts for 2007-2008 budget
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Now that the county commissioners have completed their 2007-08 fiscal year budget, the schools must decide the changes, cuts and additions to make to this year’s school budget. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education will consider potential changes to the 2007-08 school year budget at meetings tonight and next Thursday….
Stoplight complicates high school opening
Carrboro High School’s buildings are complete, but the grounds and roadways are sill being prepared. Photo by Robert Dickson By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Carrboro High School athletic teams may be able to use the school’s new athletic fields prior to its opening after all, but students who want to volunteer to get the school…
Hackney says Black’s sentence sends a message
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer House Speaker Joe Hackney says the lengthy prison sentence for his predecessor underlines the consequences of breaching the public trust. Former House Speaker Jim Black was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for accepting $29,000 from chiropractors in exchange for favorable legislation. Black, who served four terms as Speaker…
Filing gets off to a start with familiar names
Carrboro alderman Dan Coleman (right) flips his driver’s license to Director of Elections Barry Garner (second from left) during the opening hours of filing season on Friday. Coleman carpooled with (left to right) Chapel Hill Council members Sally Greene, Cam Hill and Bill Strom. Photo by Kirk Ross By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Carrboro Planning…
Sad about my favorite tree
By Ken Moore One of the childhood memories I hold vividly is the neighbor’s giant mimosa tree, under which I spent many days playing with fragrant silky flowers in summer and twisted little bean pods in the fall. The mimosa, also called silk tree (Albizia julibrissin), remains for me one of the most exotically beautiful…
Band students wanted for Carrboro High
Want to cheer in the Jaguars and participate in the first season at Carrboro High School in style? Carrbro High School band director Frank Jones says he’d like to hear from students interested in being members of the Carrboro High School Drum Line and Color Guard. Interested students are asked to contact Jones by phone…
Weaver Street board rejects call for moratorium
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer After hearing from disgruntled workers earlier this month, the board of directors of Weaver Street Market announced this week that they have decided to uphold a decision by the cooperative’s management to move some operations to Hillsborough. Saying that after a review of workers’ concerns about moving jobs from Carrboro…
Green building workshops offered
Three Triangle businesses will present a green building workshop series, starting with an all-day introductory workshop on July 21. Paul Konove of Carolina Country Builders, architect Alicia Ravetto and Bob and Maria Kingery of Southern Energy Management have formed GreenPros to present workshops on green building design and construction for construction professionals and the general…
News briefs: 7/12/07
County Manager names head of Orange County Human Rights and Relations County Manager Laura Blackmon has named Hillsborough resident Shoshannah Smith as head of Orange County Human Rights and Relations. Smith will coordinate the county’s human relations work, including enforcement of the Civil Rights Ordinance and responses to discrimination and human relations issues. In addition,…
For the Record
For the love of money It would be sad if it were just a slip — a moment of weakness in an otherwise distinguished career. But it wasn’t, and while certainly there are sad parts to the decline and fall of former House Speaker Jim Black, most of the story is and should be an…
Exile on Jones Street: Hot greendogs
By Kirk Ross Did progressives in North Carolina get screwed by Democratic successes in the past election? That’s the uncomfortable question being asked around the state by people who thought that an increased margin would give Dems enough confidence to advance key issues, mainly in the area of health care. But in a turn that…
Exposing the rhetoric on taxes
By Chris Fitzsimon House and Senate leaders continue to make steady progress in resolving the differences between the two chambers’ spending plans as lawmakers continue their push to pass a final budget by Friday. That deadline seems difficult to meet unless they come to an agreement on taxes and a plan for the state to…