For a guy who’s now residing in Raleigh, John Ensslin sure has kept up his Carrboro bona fides.
Council hears pros, cons of Northside sidewalk
The Town Council has yet to settle on a final priority list for its update to a 2008 master list for sidewalk construction, but members already know there’s at least one tough choice ahead.
North & South
Balancing the roles and responsibilities of overlapping governments has always been a challenge and from time to time, there is considerably more tension in the task than at others.
A few facts to consider
Now that the barrage of misleading political ads is popping up on your television screen and fliers with absurd claims from candidates are filling up your mailbox, here are a few facts to keep in mind when you hear all the hyperbole about issues like health care, taxes, the state budget and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as the federal stimulus plan.
Time to commute N.C.’s death sentences
Across North Carolina, newspapers, defense lawyers, crime victims and even prosecutors are calling for a moratorium on the death penalty.
Letter: Meeting space costs too much
Sometimes you just have to say “NOâ€! That was my reaction to an agenda item before the county commissioners at their Sept. 21 meeting, which, if approved, would have permitted bidding on a proposed board of county commissioners’ meeting room.
Letter: Use park site for new library
I am writing about the front page article of The Carrboro Citizen dated Sept. 16, 2010, “Commissioners postpone library discussion.†There does not seem to be a site owned by the county that would be appropriate or a site that could be leased or purchased for a location of the proposed Southwest Orange County Library.
A win and some smiles
By Eddy Landreth Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL – A season that was supposed to be about championships and making a leap forward as a program has become another 12-game struggle for survival. In Butch Davis’ first three seasons, the coaching staff and players turned a program beaten and battered into a winner again. Throughout this…
Obituary: Mildred Mae “Noonie†Jones
Atwater sentenced to life in federal prison
Demario Atwater was sentenced to life in federal prison last week for the 2008 murder of UNC student body president Eve Carson.
Two suspects in Bailey murder plead guilty
Two of the six defendants charged with the first-degree kidnapping and murder of 20-year-old Joshua Bailey pleaded guilty last week to lesser charges in a plea agreement.
Hogan improving
Local farming-community stalwart Rob Hogan’s health is improving after he was brought to the intensive care unit at UNC Hospitals on Sept. 16.
Club Nova tea room
Club Nova will celebrate national Mental Illness Awareness week Oct. 4-8 with its second annual “Tea Room,†during which community members are invited to come to the clubhouse for lunch, take a tour, view member art and enjoy musical and other performances by clubhouse members.
Osment honored
Ashley Osment has been selected as a recipient of the UNC School of Law’s 2010 Distinguished Alumna Award, the highest honor the UNC Law Alumni Association bestows upon its alumni. Osment, a Chapel Hill resident, died of cancer last May.
Haitian dance troupe to perform
The Resurrection Dance Theater of Haiti will perform at the University Presbyterian Church on Sunday at 5 p.m.