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Author: Staff

Redistricting in limbo

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Staff

By Susan Dickson Staff Writer After hours of heated discussion, tears and pleas for equity across the district, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education postponed a decision on a redistricting plan and instead voted to rework one of the four proposed plans while rejecting the other three. The board is redistricting in order to move…

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Mary Scroggs, 85, schools advocate

Posted on April 18, 2007April 30, 2007 by Staff

By Susan Dickson Staff Writer Longtime board of education member and outspoken schools advocate Mary Scroggs died last week. She was 85. Scroggs, who served on the school board from 1961 until 1977, is known for her work toward desegregation as well as for the construction of several schools at a time when schools were…

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School briefs: 4/19/07

Posted on April 18, 2007April 18, 2007 by Staff

Carrboro High names football, basketball coaches The school board on Thursday approved the hiring of the men’s head basketball coach and head football coach at Carrboro High School, which opens in August. Jason Tudryn was named head football coach and exceptional education teacher. Tudryn comes to Carrboro from Gulf Coast High School in Naples, Fl.,…

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Letters to the editor – April 19

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Staff

Compassionate friends Our wonderful 27-year-old son died as a result of a car accident in Australia in 2003. Our grief will never go away but healing has been taking place in our hearts and minds. One of the big reasons we have been able to heal is due to our involvement with the local chapter…

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Carolina Performing Arts announces new season

Posted on April 18, 2007April 18, 2007 by Staff

Joshua Bell UNC News Services Aretha Franklin, Yo-Yo Ma, k.d. lang and Brazilian vocalist Caetano Veloso will be among artists presented in the 2007-2008 Carolina Performing Arts season at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Three major international orchestras also will perform during the organization’s third season in Memorial Hall – including the…

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Obituary – Bernice M. Senour

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Staff

Mrs. Bernice M. Senour, 98, of Chapel Hill died Thursday, April 12, 2007 at her home. She was born September 23, 1908 in Marion County, IN to the late Harry M. and the late Phoebe Jane Shannon Murphy. She was a retired nurse of public health and she was of the Methodist faith. Surviving are…

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Obituary – Lucy Whittlesey Straley

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Staff

Lucy Whittlesey Straley died peacefully at home on March 29, 2007. Born Jan. 28, 1914 in Brownhelm, OH to Hayes and Elsie (Cooper) Whittlesey, she always valued her father’s humanism and her mother’s efficiency. Helping her father on their farm, she developed a respect and a capacity for physical labor. As a teen she was…

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Obituary – Doug O’Dell

Posted on April 18, 2007April 18, 2007 by Staff

Doug O’Dell, a 35-year resident of Chapel Hill, passed away on March 23, 2007, at the age of 53. He was a Morehead Scholar, a graduate of the University of North Carolina, and, for over 25 years, the owner and operator of Chapel Hill Rare Books. He is survived by his wife of 32 years,…

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Schools ready to pick plan

Posted on April 11, 2007April 16, 2007 by Staff

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board was scheduled to settle on a redistricting plan Thursday that would move roughly more than 1,000 elementary students The plan (above), 9D, has been recommended to the board by school officials. Click the map for a larger image. UPDATE: After more than three hours of public comment and discussion, the…

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The Story . . . on ice

Posted on April 11, 2007April 11, 2007 by Staff

  Orange County Secret Clown Dick Gordon refuses to take another loss to heart–playing the game is about building community. Photo by Isaac Sandlin By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer Whether Dick Gordon is a different guy when outfitted in hockey gear seems to be a matter of debate. According to at least one associate, in…

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Organizers gear up for Carrboro Day

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Staff

This year’s plan for annual town festival: Don’t change a thing By Kirk Ross Staff Writer If you need help remembering what day Carrboro Day is, take a glance at the calendar and check out the first Sunday in May. That’s the day, this year and every year. “That date is chiseled in stone. Then…

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Board studies OWASA fee hike

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Staff

By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Members of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen offered a courteous but thorough grilling of OWASA officials Tuesday night at Town Hall over the utility’s plan to raise service access fees this year. OWASA is planning a comprehensive rate restructuring including a jump in some accessibility fees by more than 40…

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New senior center will expand weekend schedule

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Staff

By Susan Dickson Staff Writer When it opens in less than three weeks, the new Robert and Pearl Seymour Senior Center will have more than just more space. The Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday approved staff positions for the new Seymour Center for seniors in Chapel Hill, enabling the center to provide expanded evening…

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Town faces Lot 5 cleanup

Posted on April 11, 2007April 12, 2007 by Staff

  Source: ECS Carolinas / Citizen Graphic by Michelle Langston By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer The Town of Chapel Hill has released the results of an environmental assessment on downtown Parking Lot 5, along with an initial estimated cost of cleanup for the site of $232,000. A Phase II Environmental Site Assessment and Limited Soil…

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Chilton asks legislators to oppose de-annexation bill

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Staff

By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton has sent a letter to Reps. Joe Hackney, Verla Insko and Sen. Ellie Kinnaird asking that they oppose a bill introduced by Rep. William Faison to undo an annexation of the Highlands neighborhood. Residents of the neighborhood, annexed along with several other neighborhoods in 2005, had…

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