By Chris Fitzsimon Columnist Final approval of the Senate budget came Thursday morning with no discussion. That was guaranteed yesterday when Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand moved to cut off debate for both days. The next round of the budget battle comes as House and Senate leaders try to work out the differences between their…
Author: Staff
Exile on Jones Street
By Kirk Ross Columnist Way sneaky This has been a hard stretch to follow, but as near as I can tell, state Senate leaders have cleverly cornered GOP legislators by putting together a budget that offers up a nice range of tax breaks for high earners and businesses while underfunding soft-hearted issues like health care…
Music calendar
Thursday June 7 Cat’s Cradle: EL-P featuring DJ Mr. Dibbs and The Mighty Quin with Hangar 18, Yak Ballz, Slow Suicide Stimulus 9:30pm. $14 advance The Cave: Early: David Era. Late: The Honored Guests, The Empties Weaver Street Market: Carolina Chocolate Drops Friday June 8 Bynum Front Porch Series: The Bluegrass Experience Cat’s Cradle: Bombadil,…
Potluck in Chatham
The second “Potluck in a Pasture†summer supper will be held Sunday, June 17, from 6-8 p.m. at Holly Hill Daylily Farm in Moncure. ChathamArts sponsors the series of suppers, which take place every third Sunday of each month this summer. Participants can tour the hosting farm and meet local artists. Visitors are asked to…
Steel goes up
 The finishing touches on Mike Bensen’s new Southern Rail are not that far away, now that the steel frame connecting the two railroad cars is in place. If you’ve traveled through downtown Carrboro recently, you might have seen the frame lowering trusses into place. The structure will bridge the two railroad cars. Bensen, a…
Wow, it’s a drought and we have water to throw away!
By Ken Moore Columnist Walking and driving through the downtown and old neighborhoods of Carrboro is a real treat. There are so many wonderful and colorful gardens that reflect an unbelievable diversity of imagination, horticultural expertise and a dedication to gardening in an environmentally friendly manner. One of my favorite such gardens is Pete Lucey’s…
Dear Butch, Please bring back Tailback U
By Frank Heath Columnist Once upon a time, the North Carolina football team was known around the world for its running game. Year in and out, if the Tar Heels could depend upon doing one thing very well, it was rushing the football. During the 1970s and 1980s, and for parts of the ’90s, no…
Review: Without a Map
By Erica Eisdorfer Columnist A happy childhood does not a good memoir make. This isn’t an original thought, and it’s probably true. It may also be a fact that the worse your childhood, the better the book. Someone else’s trauma often makes for zesty reading. Meredith Hall’s Without a Map is, as writer Ivan Doig…
Teacher of the Year
Scroggs Elementary School teacher Shirley Pyon was named Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Teacher of the Year for 2007-08 at the district’s annual recognition banquet on May 31. Pyon teaches third grade at Scroggs Elementary, where she’s been for seven years. She holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and psychology from UNC and is pursuing…
Bunnyville
Bustling Bunny Ville McDougle Elementary School kindergarten classes held their annual “Bunny Ville†event on Friday. For the event, students created businesses and became community helpers to learn about economics, community and social skills. Businesses included a pizza shop, ice cream shop, museum, hospital, flower garden and art jewelry shop. Bunny Ville visitors received $10…
Speediest readers
Speediest readers Frank Porter Graham Elementary School students recently completed the school’s PTA Read-a-thon. Students with the highest number of minutes read by grade level include: • Kindergarten – Michael Heath; • First grade – MarcAndrew Laurenvil; • Second grade –Ke-Rhonda Glenn; • Third grade – Lindsayann Heath; • Fourth grade – Katlyn Edwards; and…
Olympic mathlete
East Chapel Hill High School student Arnav Tripathy will represent the United States at the International Mathematical Olympiad in Vietnam in July. Tripathy earned a spot on the six-member team for the second time. He won a gold medal at last year’s event in Slovenia. The team will train for three weeks prior to the…
Graduation information
Chapel Hill High School graduation will be held June 9 at 2 p.m. at the Dean Smith Center on the UNC campus. Graduating seniors must arrive by 1 p.m. the day of graduation and must attend rehearsal on June 8 at 8:30 a.m. at the Smith Center. East Chapel Hill High School graduation will be…
Town readies park for construction
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer The gold-tinted official shovels turned a bit of dirt Monday, marking the beginning of construction for Southern Community Park. But as most speakers noted during opening ceremonies at the edge of the Southern Village park-and-ride lot, getting to this point took a while. “Sometimes, you have to stick around for…
Grant awarded to new Cedar Grove park
The North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund has awarded Orange County a $500,000 grant for the construction of a new community park in the Cedar Grove township. The county had applied for the grant in order to supplement county funds needed for the expansion of facilities behind the Northern Human Services Center on N.C….