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Author: Taylor Sisk

DHHS overhaul to hit home

Posted on June 30, 2011December 15, 2011 by Taylor Sisk

Jim Wells is back in private practice now in Chapel Hill, but until just recently he served as attending psychiatrist for Female Continuing Care at Dorothea Dix Hospital.

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Miranda rule revised

Posted on June 23, 2011June 23, 2011 by Taylor Sisk

In a decision on a case it heard in March involving a Chapel Hill middle-schooler, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last Thursday that age should be a factor in determining if it’s necessary to read suspects their Miranda rights.

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Chatham rescinds ICE vote

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Taylor Sisk

The Chatham County BOC votes to rescind a resolution adopted by the previous board that opposed participation in the ICE program.

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Compromise proposed on pending behavioral health care bill

Posted on June 2, 2011June 2, 2011 by Taylor Sisk

A change has been proposed to that legislation that has won the approval of an influential statewide organization.

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Hands on: Jay Miller and his ‘natural support’

Posted on May 26, 2011May 26, 2011 by Taylor Sisk

It’s not that Jay Miller doesn’t like the government, or the tax dollars it sometimes returns to his community.

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Chatham discusses proposed ICE resolution

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Taylor Sisk

The occasional derisive grunt and a word or two of protest here and there from the gallery notwithstanding, Chatham County residents and a few of their neighbors addressed immigration issues in generally calm and respectful tones Monday night.

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DENR to hold public meeting on contaminant

Posted on April 21, 2011April 21, 2011 by Taylor Sisk

The state Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will hold a public meeting on April 28.

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State investigating contamination on Elm Street

Posted on April 14, 2011April 14, 2011 by Taylor Sisk

The state Department of Environment and Natural Resources is investigating effects on homes and businesses near Main and Weaver streets of a chemical apparently dumped by a now-defunct dry-cleaning business.

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Mental health care agencies merge

Posted on April 7, 2011April 7, 2011 by Taylor Sisk

The UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health and XDS Inc., a nonprofit agency serving adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses in Orange and four surrounding counties, announced Tuesday that they are merging operations.

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Supreme Court hears local case

Posted on March 31, 2011March 31, 2011 by Taylor Sisk

“You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you …”

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Local Miranda case reaches Supreme Court

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Taylor Sisk

A young man who five years ago was in the seventh grade at Smith Middle School in Chapel Hill is the catalyst for a case argued Wednesday before the U.S. Supreme Court that could have deep implications for juvenile justice.

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Town manager upholds firing of public workers

Posted on March 10, 2011March 10, 2011 by Taylor Sisk

“When they realize you’re not going away, that’s the part I like the most.”

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Committee majority supports firings

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Taylor Sisk

By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL – The Town of Chapel Hill’s Personnel Appeals Committee has recommended against rehiring the Sanitation Two. Kerry Bigelow and Clyde Clark, dismissed from the town’s Public Works Department in October for alleged insubordination and intimidating behavior toward supervisors and residents, had appealed their firings to the committee comprised…

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Hearings concluded for fired Chapel Hill workers

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Taylor Sisk

According to the attorney for two Chapel Hill Public Works employees fired for alleged insubordination and intimidating behavior, the town failed to follow its own grievance procedure …

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Citizen panel decides fate of workers

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Taylor Sisk

Kerry Bigelow appealed his termination before the town’s Personnel Appeals Committee last Thursday night.

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