Patty Berge, a science teacher at East Chapel Hill High School, has been named the 2010-11 Teacher of the Year for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools.
Phoenix Academy Field Day
Chapel Hill’s Phoenix Academy High School will host its first-ever field day Friday, and they need your help.
Hands for Habitat expo
Orange County Schools will hold an event to celebrate the district’s Hands for Habitat program Thursday from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at Sports Endeavors.
Students earn Chinese honors
Students from Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools’ Chinese Dual-Language Program won top honors at the N.C. Chinese Speech Contest held May 7 at N.C. State University.
Teens support wellness
Local teens recently attended a rally in Raleigh to convince the N.C. Senate to preserve the NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund.
Students win NAACP scholarships
Four high school seniors in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will receive scholarships at the Chapel
Hill-Carrboro NAACP’s annual Freedom Fund Banquet and Dance on Friday.
Food trucks may well be in Chapel Hill’s future
Food trucks may be on the horizon for Chapel Hill. . .
BOA mulls water supply, growth limits
Following a March vote to deny the OWASA’s request to use its Jordan Lake water allocation, members of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen on Tuesday said they would consider limiting growth …
Unequal justice from NCAA officials
Officials who reside at the home office of the NCAA in Indianapolis, those figures perched atop the basket of snakes known as the collegiate sports bureaucracy, have suddenly decided, or so they say, to get tough with cheaters.
Landfill mitigation approved
The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday night to create a special fund to help pay for community projects in the Rogers Road area …
Chatham discusses proposed ICE resolution
The occasional derisive grunt and a word or two of protest here and there from the gallery notwithstanding, Chatham County residents and a few of their neighbors addressed immigration issues in generally calm and respectful tones Monday night.
Big Smiles, kids win
Laughter and cheers filled the air as more than 800 children crossed the finish line to receive medals and prizes in the Swim for Smiles Foundation’s triathlon at Chapel Hill Country Club on Saturday.
Keep your children well
Given the outrage some have expressed at the contest being held as part of the Adolescents Get Immunized campaign, this is a good time to remind everyone of the public health benefits of childhood immunization.
BIG CITY
Imagineering downtown; Revenue suggestion; Radishes
County manager proposes no tax hike for now
Property taxes won’t have to go up this year, but inevitable increases are looming next year, County Manager Frank Clifton told the Orange County Board of Commissioners Tuesday night.