The Chapel Hill Police Department completed its second Citizen Police Academy on Oct. 25 after eight participants completed a 10-week program.
Low-cost rabies vaccine clinics
Chatham County Animal Control will partner with several veterinary clinics across the county in offering low-cost rabies vaccinations for cats and dogs during mid-November.
Bluegrass Experience anniversary
The Chatham County Arts Council will host The Bluegrass Experience’s 40th Anniversary Concert at the Barn in Fearrington Village in Pittsboro on Friday at 8 p.m.
Chatham nonprofits eligible to apply for preservation grants
The Chatham County Soil & Water District has set aside $1.7 million for each of the next two budget years for farmland preservation grants.
‘Paint your Pet’
Orange County Animal Services will kick off their annual Home for the Holidays campaign with an art event called “Paint Your Pet†on Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon.
Phil Blank, October 27, 2011
Illustration by Phil Blank
Postscript to a protest, University Day redux
As a postscript to the Speaker Ban marker dedication on the UNC campus: There were so many magical moments from that University Day celebration, but here’s one “decisive moment†that will resonate with this photographer for a long time.
Flora: Remembering Persimmon Pete
Right here in the middle of persimmon season, I’m realizing that I don’t remember ever seeing such a bountiful crop from our native fruit tree, Diospyros virginiana.
Sweet potato sliced, center opens
Instead of cutting a ribbon, U.S. Rep. David Price slices through a sweet potato to celebrate the grand opening of the Piedmont Food and Agricultural Processing Center in Hillsborough last Friday, while center manager Matthew Roybal looks on.
Carrboro upholds anti-lingering law, for now
Following a Tuesday morning press conference at which concerned citizens called for the repeal of Carrboro’s anti-lingering ordinance, a motion to rescind the ordinance by Carrboro Board of Aldermen member Sammy Slade failed, 4-3, at the board’s Tuesday night meeting.
Armed robbery on Pleasant Drive
Like many crimes, the prevalence of daytime home break-ins in Carrboro rises and falls throughout the year, with most being isolated incidents.
Candidates discuss justice issues
While most candidate forums focus on only one election, Justice United broke the mold by inviting candidates running for all three local races to their fall assembly on Monday.
Fliers say homeless shelter will be a danger to children
A flier attributed to Kevin Wolff’s campaign for mayor of Chapel Hill has been circulated the past week, alleging that if a men’s shelter is sited at 1315 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., near Homestead Park, children will be endangered.
Police arrest break-in suspects
Police arrested three suspects last week after a local business owner reported a customer trying to sell suspected stolen goods.
School board candidate withdraws
Brian Bower, a candidate for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education, withdrew from the race last week.