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.
UPS Store promotes literacy
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.
Women’s Roundtable
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).
A little more incentive
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.
Obituary: Jennifer Murphy
A very engaging plant
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.
When the White House calls
When Marty Rosenbluth received a call summoning him to the White House, his first reaction was that it was a friend goofing around.
County adds $411k to departments, nonprofits
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.
Carrboro murder case from ’84 solved, police say
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.
Council passes budget, approves library project
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.
Undocumented high school students face barriers upon graduation
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.
Board of aldermen wants closer look at Harris plant disaster plans
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.
FROM THE EDITOR
For those of you receiving diplomas from one of our fine high schools, let me first offer a hardy congratulation.
The standardized testing dilemma
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.
Health reform: A huge boon to N.C. Adam Searing
North Carolinians stand to benefit from national health reform in many ways.


