OWASA swore in a new board member, Terri Buckner, on Aug. 25.
Chatham Board of Health seeks pharmacist
The Chatham County Board of Health has a vacant seat and is looking for a registered pharmacist to fill it.
A welcome from Superintendent Forcella
The following is a letter to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools community from new Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Superintendent Tom Forcella.
Schools open a bit more crowded than anticipated
Across Carrboro and Chapel Hill, nearly 12,000 students will strap on their backpacks and kiss summer goodbye, heading back today for the start of the 2011-12 school year.
BIG CITY: Safe streets require attention
by Kirk Ross
If you’re a regular reader of this newspaper, you’ve heard this before.
In opposition of DOMA
The following is a resolution passed by the Carrboro Board of Aldermen on Tuesday.
Letter: Unchain dogs in Carrboro
I am surprised that an enlightened burg like Carrboro, the Paris of the Piedmont, is still allowing dogs to be chained day in and day out in this brutal weather.
Letter: Republicans causing unemployment
North Carolina Republicans have again failed our families.
Letter: Editorialists ignore Democratic control
In regards to demonizing the new (2010) Republican Legislature in “A job session indeed†and “Letter to President Obama,†your editorialists ignore the 112-year control of the N.C. Legislature by the Democratic Party.
Letter: Davis issue should be over
Staff Writer Eddy Landreth should listen to sophomore offensive lineman James Hurst.
Moving forward: 2011 Heels could win big
By Eddy Landreth
A hot start by Carolina may have many people believing interim head coach Everett Withers pulled a football team out of his hat.
Jaguars 47–36 over Central Davidson
See photos from the game.
The romance of poverty
By Daphne Athas
“I was petrified of Carrboro kids when I moved to Chapel Hill,†a Chapel Hill High School alumnus of the 1940s generation told me at a recent reading where I described Carrboro as a “mill town, with dirt roads stinking of dust and dogs and with rednecks and redbugs living under hot tin rooves.â€
FLORA: Appreciating sumac
I am thankful for the sumac that volunteered along our Carrboro roadside. It’s now well established and I look forward every year to finding where new stems emerge.
County declines proposed Carrboro library site
While declining to pursue the 2.79-acre property at 210 Hillsborough Road, the commissioners reaffirmed their commitment to finding a site for a library branch in the southwest area of the county.