Smith Middle School teacher Nicholas Von Hoene was named a 2009-10 Outstanding Secondary Math Teacher at the last N.C. Council of Teachers of Mathematics annual conference last month.
CHCCS raises $41K for United Way
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools employees raised more than $41,000 for Triangle United Way during the 2010 campaign.
Students to hold hunger banquet
Carrboro High School students will hold a Hunger Banquet at CHS on Nov. 16.
Dust yourself off
It sure was a pretty day for the end of civilization as we know it, or whatever description you’ve settled on to define the historic takeover of the state General Assembly and various other whuppins delivered to Democrats through the collective will of people who cared to vote.
No time to quit
This was an election of negative votes, not a question of people voting for very much.
Get involved in CVS development
This development is obviously of great interest to everyone who lives in Carrboro, since the corner of Weaver and Greensboro streets is the gateway to the rest of our community and a critical component to a vibrant Carrboro of the future.
Time to stop joking about mental health
There’s nothing funny about our state’s imploding mental health system.
Thanks for murals project
I want to thank Peter and Mary Anne for the blood, sweat and tears they put into helping downtown Chapel Hill remain a colorful and unique place. But more than just great outdoor works of art, these murals attract visitors, tourists and even residents by demonstrating that downtown has vitality and life. What message would fading, peeling and deteriorating murals send?
A trail just for walkers!
Three cheers for the guys who manage UNC Carolina North’s 20-plus miles of trails! There is now a footpath reserved exclusively for walkers. Believe it or not, the markers at the trailheads state that the trail is for “walking only, no dogs, no runners, and no bikes.â€
Nothing personal
Carolina’s best may not be good enough on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. before a packed house in Florida’s capital city of Tallahassee. And that is if the Tar Heels can locate their best game.
FSU can reasonably be expected to bring its best to the game. The Seminoles lost their last time out against N.C. State in Raleigh, blowing an early lead to lose 28-26, so they have some business to take care of themselves.
High school sports reports
Durham Hillside 47 – East Chapel Hill 8
Carrboro 49 – Granville Central 7
Southern Vance 41- Chapel Hill 13
Celebrating the struggle
At the conclusion of the “The Unfinished Work: A conference in honor of Julius L. Chambers,†hosted this week by UNC’s Center for Civil Rights, social-justice activist and lawyer Elaine Jones shared with the audience a few words from a Swahili warrior song: “Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle!â€
Big night for the GOP — except in Orange County
Every election makes a little bit of history. Some are historic.
Tuesday’s election fell into the latter category, with Republicans taking control of both houses of the North Carolina legislature for the first time since 1898.
McKee wins, sales tax rejected in close referendum
Going into this election season, Rougemont’s Earl McKee knew next year would be a tough budget year for anyone on the Orange County Board of Commissioners.
McKee, a Democrat, won his race, but another outcome of Tuesday’s election made his new job a little more difficult.
Sales tax defeated
Orange County voters narrowly rejected a proposed quarter-cent sales tax on Tuesday’s ballot, with 51.24 percent of voters against the referendum.