By Rob Thompson According to the Environmental Protection Agency, there are 700 chemical facilities in the United States that put more than 100,000 people at risk of death or serious injury. Stephen Flynn with the Council on Foreign Relations recently described the chemical plant threat as “[t]he equivalent of weapons of mass destruction prepositioned in…
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Denial of service You would think that here in the tenth largest state in the wealthiest country ever that cutting back on children’s’ health care to save money would be off the table. Think again. Then count to ten, because it isn’t. In fact, it’s one of the ways to “balance†the budget that our…
Letter from the editor: I love a mystery
By Kirk Ross Thanks to the efforts of the redoubtable Herb Bresky, I have in my hand an edition of Nyle Frank’s Carrboro Centipede (“Of the Pedes, By the Pedes and for the Pedes) dated Jan 20, 1971. Under the headline “Carrboro Chosen as Capitol of the Invisible Kingdom,†King Nyle I outlines an ambitious…
Music Calendar: 5/31/07 – 6/07/07
Thursday May 31 The Cave: Early: Rose Verhoeven. Late: Fey, Erie Choir, Grammar Debate. $5 Local 506: Chest Pains, Blag’ard, Fighting Poseiden. 10pm Weaver Street Market: The Tim Smith Band. 6pm Friday June 1 Cat’s Cradle: Sage Francis, Buck 65, Alias. 9:30pm. $18 The Cave: Early: Nikki Meets The Hibachi. Late: Rift. $5 Local 506:…
Arts Calendar: 5/31/07
Art & Museums CAROLINA FACES: The Photography of Don Sturkey. Through May 31. UNC Campus: Wilson Library. HOW HIGH THE MOON – by Maggi Grace. Through May 31. Weaver Street Realty, 929-5658. PAINTINGS by Amy White -Through May 31. Nested, 338-8023, www.nestedhome.com. LANDSCAPES NEAR & FAR – works by Julie Eastman. Through May 31. East…
Community Calendar – 5/31/07
Seniors/Wellness Program ORANGE COUNTY SENIORSTRIDERS, a University Mall-walking program designed for all levels of walkers. 8:00am exercise warm-up, breakfast at Bear Rock, and health talk by local health experts on a variety of topics. Orange County residents age 55 and older. Free. 3rd Wed of every month. 968-2073. Groups MEDITATION Practices of Tibetan Buddhism: Shinay,…
It just doesn’t get much slower
The day started around 4:30 a.m. That’s when Miguel Torres and Rudy Rodriguez of Lantern restaurant showed up at the Chapel Hill Creamery to dig a pit and start the coals for the goat and lamb that would be cooked Monterrey style. By 7 a.m. the goat and lamb, wrapped in cactus, banana leaves and…
The good life in a pasture
Audio: Carlo Petrini remarks at the Chapel Hill Creamery, May 23, 2007 While Slow Food USA’s executive director Erika Lesser translates, the international movement’s founder, Carlo Petrini, encourages the crowd to eat well, eat less and respect the earth. Photo by Kirk Ross By Matthew Fiorentino Correspondent In the pasture of the Chapel Hill Creamery,…
Aldermen mull budget, rules for downtown
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer After hearing from part-time employees who would like to see a health care stipend added to their benefits and a group of supporters of dropping the $100 fee for the Town Commons for some kinds of events, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen will take a couple of weeks to study…
OWASA, UNC continue to test for lead in water
By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer OWASA and UNC are testing drinking water after elevated lead levels were found in three new UNC buildings and one that was recently renovated. Testing began after reports that the water tasted unusual in Caudill Labs, Chapman Hall and ITS Manning and in the newly renovated Campus Y.
Remembering the fallen: Local vets honor comrade in D.C.
Perry Harrison looks at Arlington through the bus window. Photo by Meghan Cooke By Meghan Cooke Courtesy of the Carrboro Commons The memories are still here. Memories of battlefields scarred by the loss of friends, family and comrades years ago. Memories to honor their sacrifice. Memories of one soldier, out of many, remembered by comrades…
Schools brace for budget, detail list of cuts
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer This budget season’s back-and-forth is not just another year of budget negotiations, Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools Superintendent Neil Pedersen told parents at a budget meeting on Tuesday. Pedersen outlined a number of potential budget cuts the schools could face if the district does not receive its requested budget, and stressed the…
Wells named new principal for Culbreth
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education named Ephesus Elementary School principal Susan Wells as principal of Culbreth Middle School last week. Before joining the Chapel-Hill Carrboro school district in 2004, Wells was assistant principal of Hawfields Middle School in the Burlington-Alamance school system.
Bill Clinton meets an untimely end after a week on the run
After nearly a week on the run, Bill Clinton, a local pet emu, was caught by Carrboro Animal Control last week and died after reportedly injuring itself during capture. Former director of the Orange County Animal Shelter Pat Sanford owned the emu. Sanford has about 30 birds, including another emu named Janet Reno.
News briefs: 5/24/07
CHHS students bike for cancer research Seven high school students from Chapel Hill will bicycle 3,700 miles across the country this summer to raise funds for cancer research at UNC. The students will ride with the Washington or Bust Cycle Tour, which starts in Maryland on June 10 and ends 10 weeks later in Washington.