Two students from Smith Middle School placed in this year’s Sallie Markham Michie Trust Essay Contest.
Author: Staff
New IT class
The Microsoft IT Academy is a new class offered by all CHCCS high schools.
Culbreth jazz students honored
Mia Morrell and Avery Logan of Culbreth Middle School were selected for the North Carolina Honors Jazz Band.
CHHS problem-solving challenge
Earlier this month, two teams of four students from Chapel Hill High School competed in the Moody’s Mega Math (M3) Challenge, an internet-based applied-math modeling contest organized by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Jags defeated in season opener
The Carrboro High School women’s lacrosse team took on powerhouse Ravenscroft in their season opener on Monday, with Ravenscroft defeating the Jags, 17-5.
Time for action arrives
The NCAA Tournament is here, and along with it comes the end of reflection.
We’re 5, thanks to you
Sometime near the end of our first year of publishing The Citizen, I was all by myself in our small office off Weaver Street, pondering then, as I still do, the wisdom of providing a weekly newspaper in our media-rich, highly connected community, when my reverie was thankfully interrupted by a visitor, an uncommon occurrence back in those days.
BIG CITY: Don’t just say ‘no,’ say ‘hell no’
Deep into the night of Election Day 2010 I was right about where you’d expect any crusty newspaper editor to be — sitting mid-bar downtown watching ice melt in a short glass and talking politics with no one in particular.
Celebrate human rights and support the HRC
Admittedly, human rights – like virtue, impeccably good citizenship, brilliance and extraordinary creativity – are aspirations; sometimes not realized, sometimes a little roughed up, sometimes a lot.
Amendment One threatens N.C. families
“We couldn’t live under the constant threat,†was how she started her story.
House Calls, March 8, 2012
This week we respond to questions about IUDs and tanning.
Phil Blank, March 8, 2012
Illustration by Phil Blank
Street theater, 1970
Here’s a revealing look back in time submitted by Dr. Bill Burlingame, a resident of Orange County for 40 years and retired faculty member from the UNC Department of Psychology.
Local charter school approved
Despite district backlash, the State Board of Education unanimously approved the Howard and Lillian Lee Scholars Charter School last Thursday.
Tar Heels look to move ahead
Between now and the beginning of the NCAA Tournament, Carolina must find a way to put aside its grand finish to end the regular season, fight off the lure of satisfaction and move ahead with a determination to accomplish more.





