If I asked you to go back into your childhood photo album and select a single picture that captured an unforgettable moment, what would it be?
Andrews celebrate 50 years
Billy Wayne and Bonnie Andrews of Chapel Hill celebrated their 50th anniversary at the Angus Barn last week. They were married July 1, 1961 and have four children and six grandchildren.
Budget cuts now will hurt later
Kim Shaffer has lost her job. It’s not an unusual story lately – we probably all know someone who has recently become unemployed. Good employees are losing their jobs every day.
BIG CITY: Facing facts on the immediate future
by Kirk Ross
One of the great voids in life after having been a beat reporter is that three-to-five-hour slot on Monday formerly reserved for observing the very interesting machinations of the Chapel Hill Town Council.
Early recruits bode well for Tar Heel future
By Eddy Landreth
Summer is the established time for college basketball coaches to follow the club-team circuit as if they were touring the country on an old-fashioned circus train.
Election season opens with a bang
Filing season got underway on Friday, with a flood of candidates throwing their hats in the ring for this fall’s municipal elections.
School board race kicks off
Incumbents Jamezetta Bedford and Mia Burroughs and challenger James Barrett have announced their intentions to run for the CHCCS Board of Education.
East Weaver reopens, west block closes
fter nearly four months of closure for construction work, the east block of Weaver Street reopened to vehicle traffic on Tuesday.
Rethink lingering law
By Chris Brook
Why is infringing upon the right to assembly any more appropriate here, when community members’ livelihoods and humanity are at stake?
Red, White and Blue in the Paris of the Piedmont
Carrboro residents young and old celebrated Independence Day at the town’s festivities on Monday.
FLORA: Trumpet creeper, one of our fine native vines
Recently, I was queried by a Citizen reader about why I never write about vines.
Pedersen bids schools farewell after 19 years
By Isaac Warshauer
Reprinted from the Carrboro High School Jagwire
Neil Pedersen has been superintendent for “longer than I have been alive,†said Carrboro High School Student Government President Neel Patel at a May 1 event in Pedersen’s honor.
Peaceful Greenbridge protest held
Saturday’s protest went off without incident, in contrast to a June 18 demonstration.
YMCA, Boy Scouts part ways
The YMCA announced that it will no longer make its facilities available to organizations that don’t have a non-discrimination policy similar to its own.
CHCCS officials respond to concerns at Phillips Middle School
Last week, outgoing CHCCS Superintendent Neil Pedersen and the board of education released the results of an investigation into incidents at Phillips Middle School.