“Look what’s in my garden!†That email last week from friend Pete accompanied an image of a beautiful milkweed leaf beetle.
Mixed news on mental health care
With the passing of the state budget for fiscal year 2010-11, the legislature has returned $40 million that was removed from the budget last year to help communities provide mental health care services.
Carrboro updates invasive plants list
English ivy? No. Chinese privet? Definitely not. Mimosa? Lovely in blossom, perhaps, but insidious. The same goes for bush honeysuckle and Chinese wisteria.
UNC planning massive expansion in Bingham
University officials announced last year that the facility would be home to a new $14.5 million project to be funded through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds, but since then the list of proposed new infrastructure and animal research labs has grown, and the university now says it will move the Carrboro-based Frances Owen Blood Research Laboratory out to Bingham as well.
Miniature Art Exhibition
A Miniature Art Exhibition is on display at the Hillsborough Arts Council through July 23. The show will include all media and feature 149 pieces by 40 artists.
Hillsborough holds Family Fun Day
The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough will hold the second Hillsborough Family Fun Day on Saturday.
Women’s Chorus for cancer center
Women’s Voices Chorus is performing a concert to benefit the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center titled “Strong, Triumphant Women-A Concert to Fight Cancer on Saturday at 4 p.m.
Library celebrates centennial
The Orange County Public Library will hold an exhibit to celebrate 100 years of service beginning July 23 and running through October.
Community Home Trust closes on 19 units in June
The Community Home Trust closed on 19 affordable homes in June, about the same number that the organization usually sells in a year.
CHHS student recognized at White House
When Kristen Powers was little, her father encouraged her to turn off the lights when she left a room and to make sure the water was off while she brushed her teeth.
Those simple acts “kind of just became a habit,†Powers said. A habit, though, that brought the Chapel Hill High School junior – the founder of the CHHS GreenTiger Campaign – all the way to the White House.
Scott Conary: barista judge
Scott Conary is enthusiastic about coffee, and it’s not just because he has trouble waking up in the morning. Conary’s selection as head judge at the 11th annual World Barista Championship attests to this.
DÃa del Tomate
The Carrboro Farmers’ Market will hold its 13th annual Tomato Day on July 17, with a special emphasis this year on the much-honored vegetable’s humble beginnings in the Americas.
Master gardener classes
Master gardener training will be held at the Orange County Extension Center, 306 Revere Road, Hillsborough. The 15-week program will be held on Wednesdays from Sept. 14 through January 2011, with sessions running from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
Farmer wanted
The Orange County Board of Commissioners is looking for an Orange County farmer to serve on the Piedmont Food and Agriculture Processing Center steering committee.
Owl Prowl on the Haw
The Haw River Assembly will hold a paddling fundraiser July 17, exploring Big Alamance Creek and the birds along its shoreline, including the many barred owls whose hoots filled the night.