Pilot Thomas Pitts, 65, of Wilmington, Del., was killed and his friend and co-pilot Jimmy Donahue and passenger Kyle Henn injured when Pitts’ Cirrus SR20 crashed on approach to the airport about 3:15 p.m Monday.
Happy Birthday, Bill
Hundreds of friends and well-wishers showed up at Bill Friday’s birthday party on Tuesday.
ArtsCenter campaign falls short of fundraising goal
The ArtsCenter closed out a three-month fundraising campaign on July 1 at $160,000, less than half of its $350,000 goal.
Durham Tech receives $250,000 from Duke Energy
Durham Technical Community College announced July 10 that it will receive a $250,000 Duke Energy grant to fund the college’s new Sustainability Technologies program at its campus in Hillsborough.
The money drought
There are some indications we may be on a slow, steady climb out of this drought. Unfortunately, its effects will linger.
BIZ BEAT: Mid-year economic outlook
Back in January, I surveyed a handful of local business owners to find out what they thought 2010 had in store for their enterprises. Now that we’ve hit the mid-point of 2010, I wondered how things were going.
Lending workshop
The UNC Center for Civil Rights will hold a brown bag lunch on responsible lending led by Nikitra Bailey, executive vice president for external affairs for the Center for Responsible Lending.
Get listed
Don’t miss your chance to have your Carrboro-based enterprise listed in the annual Carrboro Business and Resource Guide.
Leadership program now enrolling
Leadership Triangle’s Personal Leadership Development Class is enrolling candidates for its next session beginning Sept. 23.
Maze receives recognition
Southern Village-based Maze Financial Planning LLC, a wealth-management firm associated with William H. Bunch CPA PA, was named a Top 100 North Carolina Small Business for 2010 by Business Leader magazine.
Mixing business and politics
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce will host its Fifth Annual State Legislative Briefing on Aug. 10 from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at the Carolina Inn.
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Spinning towards November
The 2010 General Assembly session ended at 5:32 Saturday morning and at 5:33 the politicians and pundits began furiously trying to put their spin on it, and the efforts are not likely to let up until the November election.
Open letter on the Ag-Mart settlement
On behalf of the Farmworker Advocacy Network and 12 other allied health and advocacy organizations, I write to express our dismay at the recent settlement the board approved with Ag-Mart Produce and Jeffrey Oxley.
Letter: Shelters too concentrated
Mrs. Coulter-James’ recent editorial (“More than shelter,†6/16/10) failed to properly describe IFC’s project and also made invalid comparisons.


