Madison Jackson was a year old when her parents, Corrine and Nick Jackson of Apex, learned that she could not hear.
A wildflower to know and grow
Driving through the center of campus on Cameron Avenue last week, I noticed hundreds of flowers of seashore mallow, Kosteletzkya virginica, stretching up over the stone wall next to Coker Arboretum’s arbor. The vivid pink of those flowers caused me to slow down for a brief closer look.
Perry Deane Young’s return
The distance from Phnom Penh to Saigon has diminished. Actually, you no longer can go from Phnom Penh to Saigon, as there no longer is a Saigon. But the last time Perry Deane Young was in the region, in 1972, the distance from Phnom Penh to what’s now called Ho Chi Minh City seemed considerable. War has that effect on distances.
Board deadlocked on banking services
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen returned to Town Hall Tuesday night with the top item on the agenda a lingering discussion of whether to switch banking services from Bank of America to either BB&T or Harrington Bank, but wound up deadlocked 3-3 after about 40 minutes of discussion and once again tabled the issue for a later meeting.
PTSD and the Veterans Administration: Just who’s malingering?
In 1944, when an uninjured private, Charles H. Kuhl, said he “couldn’t take it any more,†Gen. George S. Patton called him a “yellow coward,†slapped him and threw him out of the hospital tent.
The push to portray N.C. as the worst
You don’t have to spend much time reading the conservative blogs and the reports from the right-wing think tanks to figure out what they want us to believe.
Cheating our way to the top
It is the spring of my senior year. I am staring out the second-story window of Chapel Hill High School at the crystal clear Carolina blue sky and blooming trees, wishing I did not have to take the quiz that my teacher had just placed in front of me.
Reports say Ross to lead UNC
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors is holding a meeting this morning (Thursday) at 11 a.m. at which it is expected to vote on its pick for the successor to UNC system President Erskine Bowles.
Fire station dedication
Carrboro has scheduled the dedication of its new fire station on Homestead Road for Sept. 7. The dedication ceremony and ribbon-cutting start at 5:30 p.m.
Aydan Court returns for review
Almost a year and a half after a heated exchange between developer Carol Ann Zinn and then-Mayor Kevin Foy and the subsequent rejection by the Chapel Hill Town Council of the proposed Aydan Court housing project, a redrawn proposal is working its way through the town’s review process.
Fox, bat, raccoon found to be rabid
Orange County animal-control officials recently announced three incidents of rabies in the county, the first cases in 2010.
Katrina anniversary
Five years ago, a storm named Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, leaving thousands homeless and calling into question the future of an entire region.
Last Fridays event
The Hillsborough Arts Council’s monthly Last Fridays event will be held this Friday from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in downtown Hillsborough.
Animal Services raising funds for tub
Orange County Animal Services will hold a raffle on Sept. 15 to raise funds for a much-needed grooming tub that will allow volunteers and staff to provide baths to animals.
Med Center staff cheers artist
UNC student artist Gabby Seider was recognized last week for her volunteer work at the UNC Family Medicine Center. Seider, a studio art and chemistry double major, spent her summer painting a two-wall mural in one of the clinic’s waiting areas.


