The National Collegiate Athletic Association has begun an investigation into possible rules violations by one or more members of the UNC football team.
Author: Taylor Sisk
One-and-done: how to encourage them to stay
If Division I universities don’t want athletes intent on only staying one year, they shouldn’t sign them. But if they want players who’ll stay for a while, they should compensate them.
Mixed news on mental health care
With the passing of the state budget for fiscal year 2010-11, the legislature has returned $40 million that was removed from the budget last year to help communities provide mental health care services.
Farewell to a ‘steady hand’
Robert Wells was mayor the first day Sarah Williamson came to work. That was July 5, 1972, and Williamson was fresh out of Durham Tech and a day shy of 20. She’ll be retiring as Carrboro town clerk at the end of this month.
When the White House calls
When Marty Rosenbluth received a call summoning him to the White House, his first reaction was that it was a friend goofing around.
Ashley Osment: a life for social justice, joy
A bright-eyed, cheerful presence; a force. Skilled legal strategist and tactician. Fierce champion of justice and advocate for an underdog. Pragmatist, optimist, relisher of the richness of life. A musician. A mother.
Carrboro aims to maintain services, jobs and benefits
While acknowledging signs of an upturn in the economy, Carrboro Town Manager Steve Stewart presented his proposed 2010-11 budget at Tuesday night’s Board of Aldermen meeting at Town Hall as one that reflects the reality of lagging property tax and sales receipts.
Two to challenge Chatham commissioners in November
Brian Bock and Walter Petty won Republican primaries for seats on the Chatham County Board of Commissioners and will now face incumbents in the November general election.
Club Nova awaits direction on its future
When state Secretary of Health and Human Services Lanier Cansler addressed the 32nd annual Legislative Breakfast for Mental Health held last Saturday at the Friday Center, he reiterated his belief that mental health care reform, which state government embarked on in 2001, has failed and that an entirely new system must be built.
Changes proposed on new mental health care rules
Lanier Cansler, secretary of the state’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), has proposed four changes to the forthcoming implementation of a new designation of mental health care provider in North Carolina, called critical access behavioral agencies (CABHA).
Chatham County Courthouse gutted by fire
The Chatham County Courthouse, built in 1881 and, since, Pittsboro’s most distinguished landmark, caught fire around 4:30 p.m. last Thursday afternoon, and within two hours was a smoldering skeleton of its former self.
Her own terms
Ashley Osment confronts cancer and the merits of positive thinking.