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Chatham commission acts on court facility plans

Posted on October 7, 2010October 7, 2010 by Staff

At a work session on Monday, the Chatham County Board of Commissioners provided direction to county staff to include a superior courtroom on the second floor as the Historic Courthouse is rebuilt.

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Two banks robbed this week

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Staff

Police do not believe two bank robberies in Orange County – one in Hillsborough and another in downtown Chapel Hill – are related. Chapel Hill police released a photo of the man who walked into the BB&T at 143 E. Rosemary St. in downtown Chapel Hill and gave a teller a note demanding money. No…

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High school sports reports

Posted on October 7, 2010October 7, 2010 by Staff

By Henry Gargan, Staff Writer Football Riverside 40 – East Chapel Hill 23 East Chapel Hill quarterback Drew Davis angrily paced the sideline during the fourth quarter of Friday night’s game. Injured by an out-of-bounds hit in the second quarter and then again by a sack in the third, he could only watch as the…

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Early voting opens next Thursday

Posted on October 7, 2010October 7, 2010 by Staff

Early voting in Orange County opens next week in an election year that’s seen a wide array of contested races.
Only three of the four usual sites for early voting are in use this season, as county elections officials opted not to open Carrboro Town Hall for early voting.

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Letter: Thanks, music lovers

Posted on October 7, 2010October 13, 2010 by Staff

The 13th annual Carrboro Music Festival took place on Sunday, Sept. 26th, and, for the first time, we had to deal with a serious rainfall.

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Letter: Take time to learn about mental illness

Posted on October 7, 2010October 13, 2010 by Staff

Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) takes place Oct. 3-9. It’s an opportunity to learn more about serious mental illnesses such as major depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

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Chapel Hill workers protest suspension

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Staff

Two Town of Chapel Hill sanitation workers banned from town property while they are under investigation protested with members of several local organizations on Friday in front of Chapel Hill Town Hall. Solid-waste operators Clyde Clark and Kerry Bigelow were joined by members of UE Local 150, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP Labor Committee and UNC…

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Oil spill

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Staff

The strong smell of oil reported by residents near the intersection of Robert Hunt Drive and North Greensboro Street was traced to a spill from an unused 275-gallon underground storage tank, town officials reported. Carrboro crews were not able to determine how much oil leaked out the tank; it was flushed out with groundwater. The…

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Hillsborough picks chief

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Staff

The Town of Hillsborough selected Duane Hampton, a lieutenant with the Durham Police Department, as its new chief of police last week. Hampton will start Nov. 1.

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Quiz time for governments

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Staff

Members of the Chapel Hill Town Council and the Carrboro Board of Aldermen will match wits tonight (Thursday) at the WCHL Quiz Bowl at The ArtsCenter. The competition starts at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast live on WCHL-1360 AM. Neither elected body has taken an official position on the trivia contest; however, one member…

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Carrboro, DOT strike deal on Smith Level Road widening

Posted on September 30, 2010September 30, 2010 by Staff

If you would have told the Carrboro Board of Aldermen circa 1980 that it would take 30 years before their successors and the state Department of Transportation struck a deal on a plan for improvements to Smith Level Road, you might have gotten a few quizzical looks. But it did.

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Remembering ice flowers

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Staff

Thankfully, that near-100 degree first day of fall has been followed by needed rain and cooler temperatures. I’m relishing thinking of those dreadful freezing mornings in January.

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High school sports reports

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Staff

FOOTBALL: Carrboro 22 – Chapel Hill 20; Jordan 36 – East Chapel Hill 7.

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County candidates gear up for election

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Susan Dickson

As Election Day nears, some candidates for local office are putting their campaigns into high gear, while others are running in uncontested races.

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Voices, faces, stories and souls

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Staff

Talking Sidewalks is a literary magazine, one among many in these wordy parts. What sets it apart though is its prerequisite for authorship in this particular magazine — homelessness.

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