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Not mulch

Posted on July 7, 2010July 7, 2010 by Staff

The Orange County Solid Waste Management Department announced this week that it expects to be sold out of yard-waste mulch through the end of August.

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SPOTLIGHT: 2nd Friday Artwalk

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Staff

When most people think of viewing art, they often remember standing in a moonscape of an art museum in stony silence, pausing at each piece just long enough to be courteous. Carrboro’s 2ndFriday Artwalk, however, makes the practice of appreciating art a much more social and relatable experience.

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SPOTLIGHT: 10 by 10 Festival in the Triangle

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Staff

It’s 10 by 10 season. The ninth 10 by 10 Festival in the Triangle will be performed at The ArtsCenter from July 8 (today) through July 25.

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Town seeks Centennial Committee volunteers

Posted on July 7, 2010July 7, 2010 by Staff

Here’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: The town’s Carrboro Day Steering Committee is seeking volunteers with a variety of skills to help plan the Carrboro Centennial Celebration for the year 2011.

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N.C. 54 lot to require permits

Posted on July 7, 2010July 7, 2010 by Staff

On Aug. 15, the N.C. 54 Park-and-Ride lot off Friday Center Drive will become a university permitted lot. A valid UNC permit will be required to park in the lot.

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Carmichael Street to close

Posted on July 7, 2010July 7, 2010 by Staff

Drivers are advised that a stretch of Carmichael Street near St. Thomas More Church will be closed until the end of the month due to construction. A detour route will be provided.

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Orange County receives grant for healthy living

Posted on July 7, 2010July 7, 2010 by Staff

The N.C. Department of Public Health recently awarded Orange County a two-year grant to promote physical health in middle schools.

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Near-record heat wave

Posted on July 7, 2010July 7, 2010 by Staff

As The Citizen goes to press, the area is engulfed in yet another heat wave, with temperatures cresting the 100 degree mark and a heat index of 105 and rising.

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Chapel Hill Transit recognized

Posted on July 7, 2010July 7, 2010 by Staff

Local transit operators came home from the annual N.C. Bus and Van Rodeo victorious. The June contest gathered dozens of transit operators to determine the state’s best drivers.

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Nature on the Bolin Creek Trail

Posted on July 6, 2010August 11, 2010 by Staff

I last walked on the Bolin Creek Trail in Chapel Hill in August, when I was excited to discover Polymnia uvedalia, bearsfoot, all along the woodland edges. Bearsfoot was well past peak flower when I described it in Flora on Aug. 6.

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‘Heroic imagination’ in a ruthless world

Posted on July 4, 2010July 4, 2010 by Staff

The temptation is to shrug and ignore it all. But these are symptoms – clues, perhaps – of how upside-down we’ve become and how astoundingly-unchallenged a culture we’ve allowed to flourish.

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Thanks for Flora

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Staff

I wanted to let you know how much I enjoy Ken Moore’s Flora column. It’s always well presented and informative, and it’s one of the reasons I look forward to reading The Citizen each week. His recent columns on pollinators made me pay special attention to a spectacle I have always enjoyed, that of watching…

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Study the Bolin Creek plan

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Staff

The outcome of debate on Carrboro’s Bolin Creek Greenway Plan will last for generations. Participation by a well-informed citizenry is very important. Reading and understanding the plan is critical. The full report is available from the Town of Carrboro online and at advocatesforcarrborogreenways.org. The advocates’ website also contains a link to the Carrboro staff analysis…

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On environment and competing interests

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Staff

I’m writing to express my dislike of the idea of paving the route along the most sensitive parts of Bolin Creek, as recommended to the Carrboro Greenways Commission by Greenways Inc. of Durham. My first reaction on hearing news of this plan was, “If you want that, move to Cary.”

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Firefighter conducts cooking class

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Staff

Capt. Byron Greeson became the first Chapel Hill firefighter to conduct a cooking class at A Southern Season on June 8. With an audience of about 25 students, Greeson cooked baby back ribs, rosemary potatoes, grilled vegetables and apple crisp. A Southern Season invited Greeson back for a second program later this year.

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