UNC Health Care will offer free prostate cancer screenings Sept. 21-22 from 1 to 6 p.m.
Online pet licensing
Orange County Animal Services has added licensing to its list of online services available to the public.
Piedmont Laureate applications
Applications for the 2012 Piedmont Laureate are currently being accepted only from writers of works including plays, musicals and screenplays for film, television and video games.
Local midwife to host fundraisers
Reina Galjour of Chapel Hill has been living and working in Haiti as a midwife since February 2010.
Local restaurants honored
Last week, 14 Chapel Hill and Carrboro restaurants were honored for their commitment to local hunger-relief efforts at a reception at Top of the Hill hosted by the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service.
Carrboro Music Festival needs volunteers
Volunteers are needed for a variety of duties at the 14th annual Carrboro Music Festival on Sunday, Sept. 25.
Seventh annual Dog Swim
Orange County’s Animal Services Department will hold its annual Dog Swim on Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the A.D. Clark Pool in Chapel Hill’s Hargraves Community Center.
Phil Blank, September 8, 2011
Illustration by Phil Blank
Lest we forget
Lest we forget … there is another Ground Zero. . .
BIG CITY: Aftermath, part one
Kirk Ross
When I hear people wax poetic about how proud they were of this country on Sept. 12, I can’t help thinking that some of them mean a country with no dissent, a country that doesn’t question its leaders or try to understand the world around us, a country many of us steeped in the ideals of America wouldn’t recognize.
Letter: The best we can do?
Among many changes on the Carrboro development horizon is the disposition of the Lloyd cow farm across from Carrboro Plaza, beside the post office.
New superintendent reception
A reception to welcome new Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Superintendent Thomas Forcella will be held in the Carrboro High School media center this Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m.
Chefs event at the farmers’ market
The Carrboro Farmers’ Market celebrates the chefs who regularly shop at the market with its ninth annual chefs event on Saturday.
Haiku contest
The Village Project is putting on a Haiku Contest for International CarFree Day.Â
Orange County to host community health forums
A community forum will present data from the 2011 Orange County Community Heath Assessment survey and focus groups on Tuesday.