PTA Thrift Shops recognized its volunteers at the organization’s annual volunteer appreciation day. From left: Volunteers Donald Cooper, Kelly Bennett, Dorothy Horton, Karen Trocke-Kandah and Sheryl Emch. Photo by Barbara Jesse Black By Susan Dickson Staff Writer With volunteers contributing more than 14,000 hours in 2006, it’s no surprise that the PTA Thrift Shops’ annual…
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14th annual Project Graduation planned
Project Graduation co-chairs Emily Leadon (left) and Lindsay Clendaniel have been working since September to ensure this year’s celebration is a success. Photo by Susan Dickson By Susan Dickson Staff Writer After graduation on June 9, seniors from Chapel Hill High School and East Chapel Hill High School will gather for one last hurrah. Thanks…
School briefs: 5/24/07
Schools receive grants to fund projects Two Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools have received grants to fund school projects. Carrboro High School received a $5,950 grant from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. Science teacher Robin Bulleri applied for the grant to fund a biotechnology project at Carrboro High.
For the Record
The following is a statement from Speaker Joe Hackney on the House budget. Just months before the start of this decade, Hurricane Floyd slowly pushed through eastern North Carolina. The storm pulled heavy rains along with it, but at first appeared to be nothing more than another relatively anonymous hurricane. The truth proved to be…
The real cause of high Medicaid costs
 By Adam Searing North Carolina Medicaid is the state health program that covers almost one million children from very low-income families. It also covers another 600,000 people, but only if they fit into very specific categories such as lower-income pregnant women, parents in poverty, very low-income elderly folks and poor people with serious disabilities. In…
Exile on Jones Street
By Kirk Ross After a long weekend of negotiation between my conscience and my palate, I’ve finalized an internal agreement to give up corporate pork. I know, I know, it seems impossible given the general pervasiveness of wonderful barbecue — not to mention that we are at the dawn of another grilling season. But based…
Reform not privatization
Thank you for reporting on the situtation with the Caring Family Network consolidation of services in Orange County. This is a disturbing development, and you did a service to the general public by bringing this to our attention. I think it’s important to add a few key points to your coverage, however.
Why we should support our hometown newspaper
Jock Lauterer By Jock Lauterer Look, I’ll be straight up with y’all: this ain’t spin. While I have no financial capital invested in this paper, I do have a vested interest in the well-being of The Carrboro Citizen. Because I was present at the moment of conception and birth, if you will, I consider myself…
Fire station on the Holly tree site
Holly tree that is located at Carrboro’s future fire station site is estimated to be 200 years old. Photo by Ken Moore By Ken Moore Please Note: In my enthusiasm last week for “hugging†that 200-year-old Persimmon tree on the university campus, I failed to credit Betsy Green Moyer, photographer and co-editor of Paul Green’s…
Obituary – Linda Hazel Rickman Comer
Linda Hazel Rickman Comer, age 66, died Sunday, May 20, 2007, in Chapel Hill, NC, from complications related to Alzheimer’s Disease. Linda was born August 14, 1940, in Durham, NC. Her parents were Aylor Louis Rickman and Hazel Dowdee Rickman. She was a graduate of Durham High School and Watts School of Nursing. She was…
Loss of mural has many asking ‘why?’
Joe Patillo didn’t know he was part of an unauthorized painting crew that destroyed a community mural. Patillo says he was duped and, to top it off, didn’t even get paid. Photo by Kirk Ross By Kirk Ross Staff Writer A bizarre chain of events Tuesday erased a mural painted five years ago by scores…
Foushee takes a seat
Braxton Foushee is back in action. He rejoined the OWASA board as Carrboro’s representative last month. Photo by Kirk Ross By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer Once – when there was no Caribou Café, nothing in the way of a sandwich that wraps, and certainly no luxury boutique hotel – Braxton Foushee sat down at Colonial…
The Persimmons are flowering
Giant 200-year-old Persimmon tree on UNC campus’ Polk Place By Ken Moore “Wow, how about that Persimmon flower!†“I don’t see any flower!†“There it is, right there in that little angle, where the leaf is attached to the stem.†“All I see is a little green thing!†“Yeah; that’s it! A tiny little green…
Town, DOT look at new Smith Level widening
New turn lanes are being added now, but Smith Level Road is in for even more changes under a new widening plan. Photo by Kirk Ross By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Roundabout proposed near Carrboro High After years of difficulties reaching an agreement, the Town of Carrboro and the state Department of Transportation have a…
Mental health clinics closing
By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer Local elected officials are concerned with the recent announcement of a restructuring of services for mental health, developmental disability and substance abuse in Orange, Person and Chatham counties. The Orange-Person-Chatham (OPC) Area Program – the local government agency tasked with providing oversight and management of these services – has announced…