Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and East Chapel Hill High School were honored by state Superintendent June Atkinson last week for posting graduation rates among the highest in the state.
Hamilton to be sworn in tonight
Former Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education member Jean Hamilton will be sworn in to serve on the board again today (Thursday) at 5:55 p.m. at the Lincoln Center.
Lunch Menus
Friday 10/22 Soft Chicken Tacos; Cheese Pizza; Peanut Butter & Apple Roll-up; Wild Greens Salad; Oven Baked Fries; Mexicali Corn; Fresh Grapes MORE
Elegant dog fennel
Beautiful, elegant Eupatorium capillifolium. Now that sounds a lot nicer than “beautiful, elegant dog fennel,†doesn’t it?
Community bids farewell to Rob Hogan
More than 1,000 friends, family members and community residents came together on Wednesday to pay their respects and bid farewell to longtime local farmer and community pillar Rob Hogan.
Carrboro passes on urban deer hunt
At its meeting Tuesday night at Town Hall, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen opted not to pursue a violent end for the town’s rising deer population and followed the lead of its neighbor to the east by authorizing an educational campaign instead.
FOR THE RECORD
Compared to a lot of places, we’re getting just a small taste of the bitter fruit of the Citizens United decision.
School board appoints Hamilton
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education voted 4-2 last week to appoint former board member Jean Hamilton to the vacant seat on the board, straying from its usual practice of making appointments from a pool of applicants.
Council members spar over former library
After rehashing the budget discussion that precipitated the closure of the Chapel Hill Museum, the town council this week debated – and sparred at times – over the fate of the town-owned building that housed it.
How the sales tax would be used
Nov. 2, Orange County voters have an opportunity to express their opinion on whether to enact a one-quarter percent local-option sales and use tax.
How private is your ‘private’ medical information?
Do you know who’s peeking at your private medical information? Who do you think should be?
Letter: Cool contest
When the temperature dropped last week, I wondered how soon it would be before we needed to turn on the heat in our house.
Endorsement Letter: Vote McKee
I can only wonder how the current board would have voted if Earl McKee, the Democratic candidate for the District II seat on the board, had not spoke up for the citizens of Orange County and encouraged the board to table this idea.
Endorsement Letter: Sales tax too much
Several prominent groups in town are supporting the proposed sales tax increase for Orange County residents. Sure, it’s a small increase; but all added up, we’ll have an 8 percent sales tax, and that’s just too much.
Expanding repertoires of assistance
RECENTLY . . . Assistance dogs have come a long way since the days when they only led the blind.