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Local firm lands gigs

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Staff

The Splinter Group has been busy this spring. It was recently hired as the agency of record by the Carolina Railhawks soccer team and University Square and was tapped to provide logo and brand development for The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke and a new logo for Duke Gardens.

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UPS Store promotes literacy

Posted on June 16, 2010June 16, 2010 by Staff

Customers of the UPS Store at Carrboro Plaza raised $237 during a recent fundraising campaign for the Toys for Tots Literacy Program. UPS Stores nationwide raised more than $1 million. Each $1 donation helped the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation buy books for local kids in need.

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Women’s Roundtable

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Staff

Michelle Blackwood of RBC Bank will present “Leveraging Your Most Precious Asset – Your Time” from 8 to 9 a.m. next Tuesday at the Chamber of Commerce offices (104 S. Estes Drive).

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A little more incentive

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Staff

Though it doesn’t get as dead around here as it used to, businesses do note a slow-down in business during the summer months. The folks over at Carolina Brewery have a few things on tap (yes, I said it) to entice diners to the Chapel Hill (460 W. Franklin St.) and Pittsboro (120 Lowe’s Drive) locations.

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Obituary: Jennifer Murphy

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Staff
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A very engaging plant

Posted on June 10, 2010June 10, 2010 by Staff

I have a new favorite plant, Indian hemp, Apocynum cannabinum, sometimes called dogbane because the milky sap is poisonous and is unsavory to dogs, who usually like chewing anything.

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When the White House calls

Posted on June 10, 2010June 10, 2010 by Taylor Sisk

When Marty Rosenbluth received a call summoning him to the White House, his first reaction was that it was a friend goofing around.

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County adds $411k to departments, nonprofits

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Susan Dickson

The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a resolution of intent to adopt a $175.3 million 2010-11 budget, including changes to the proposed budget that would restore funding to several county departments and nonprofit agencies.

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Carrboro murder case from ’84 solved, police say

Posted on June 10, 2010June 10, 2010 by Staff

The wait to see justice done in the 1984 murder of 7-year old Carrie Ann Wilkerson may be over.
For the victim’s family and members of the Carrboro Police Department, the possibility for closure came Monday, when George Richard Fisher appeared at the Orange County Courthouse and was accused of raping and killing the girl and then setting fire to her mobile home at Rocky Brook Mobile Home Park at the bottom of the hill off South Greensboro Street.

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Council passes budget, approves library project

Posted on June 10, 2010June 10, 2010 by Staff

CHAPEL HILL — The Chapel Hill Town Council unanimously approved the town’s annual budget Monday night then quickly pivoted to take up funding for a proposed library expansion, approving $20.41 million in bonds by a 7-2 vote.

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Undocumented high school students face barriers upon graduation

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Staff

Esperanza, a senior at East Chapel Hill High School, is academically successful and respected by teachers and classmates alike. She is also an undocumented immigrant.

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Board of aldermen wants closer look at Harris plant disaster plans

Posted on June 10, 2010June 10, 2010 by Staff

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen said on Tuesday that they want an opportunity to make their opinions known when the county drafts plans for how it would deal with the aftermath of an incident at the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant.

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FROM THE EDITOR

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Staff

For those of you receiving diplomas from one of our fine high schools, let me first offer a hardy congratulation.

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The standardized testing dilemma

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Staff

One of the most interesting parts of the recent House budget debate wasn’t about the budget at all. It was about the state’s standardized testing policy in public schools.

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Health reform: A huge boon to N.C. Adam Searing

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Staff

North Carolinians stand to benefit from national health reform in many ways.

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