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Make a Splash

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Staff

Orange County Public Libraries in Carrboro and Hillsborough invite kids of all ages to take part in the “Make a Splash … Read!” program this summer. Programs will begin the week of June 14 with Storytime for kids ages 1-6 at the Carrboro Branch Library; Lapsit Storytime for babies 1-2 years, a puppet show for…

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Census workers to visit Chatham this summer

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Staff

U.S. Census workers will visit some Chatham County households from May 3 to July 10. Census workers will primarily visit households that did not return a census form by mail by April 16 or that provided unclear or inconsistent information on their forms. Workers will typically visit households after 5 p.m. on weekdays and on…

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Senior center to host workshop series

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Staff

The Central Orange Senior Center will host an informational series of workshops throughout the month of May. Workshops include: • Essential Legal Steps, May 10; • Long Term Care Financial Planning, May 17; and • What You Need to Know to Manage your Medications, May 23. All presentations will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m….

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Carrboro to host teen talent show

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Staff

The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department will host a teen talent show on May 28 at the Carrboro Century Center. Auditions will be held from 5:30 to 9 p.m. on May 20 at the Century Center. Contestants must perform the same act at both the audition and the performance. Acts with inappropriate language, actions or…

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Women’s center to host family-law workshops

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Staff

The Women’s Center will offer free family-law workshops every Tuesday in May. The workshops will be facilitated by licensed North Carolina attorneys and are open to women and men. Workshops will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at The Women’s Center at 210 Henderson St. Full descriptions and facilitator information can be found on…

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Hog Day

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Staff

Hillsborough Hog Day moves back to its original location at River Park off East Margaret Lane in downtown Hillsborough, June 18 and 19. The annual event features crafters, games, contests, music and great barbecue. Hog Day 2010 will include the first Hog Day Invitational, in which last year’s top cookers will compete for the People’s…

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Really Terrible Orchestra concert

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Staff

The Really Terrible Orchestra of the Triangle (RTOOT) will present its spring concert on May 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Hill Hall on Cameron Avenue on the UNC campus. RTOOT musicians range in age from single digits to past retirement and come from all over the Triangle area. The performance will feature composer Don Gillis’…

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Estes Hills wins Battle of Books

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Staff

The “Courageous Carrots” in Stefanie Janke’s fourth-grade class at Estes Hills Elementary won the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Battle of the Books district championship. Battle of the Books is a voluntary reading-enjoyment program. Students read the same books and practice creating and answering recall questions about the books. For the first time in the history…

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Exhibit highlights refugees

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Staff

The Art Therapy Institute is presenting an exhibit titled “Journey to a Different Landscape: Visual Expression through Art Therapy,” featuring the artwork of children who are recent arrivals to our community as refugees from Burma. This artwork was created during their art-therapy sessions intended to help these children heal from past trauma and express their…

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Forty computers awarded

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Staff

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School’s Community Connection program awarded 40 student households with free computers and Internet access. Eighty-nine students will benefit from the award, which is part of the district’s efforts to eliminate the digital divide among its students. The computers were made available through partnerships with Kramden Institute Inc. of Durham, the Human Rights…

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Man arrested for blinding child

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Staff

Carrboro resident Christopher Ray McBride was arrested last week on charges related to child abuse that resulted in the blinding of his 1-year-old daughter. According to Carrboro police, McBride, 28, of 810 Old Fayetteville Road, was charged with felony child abuse and felony assault. The child’s mother, Darlene April Fernandez, 26, also of Old Fayetteville…

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Construction to cause closures, delays

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Staff

Two of the three lanes of South Columbia Street between South Road and Cameron Avenue will be closed starting this week through Aug. 13 as work continues on the replacement of the steam tunnel serving UNC. The closures are expected to cause traffic congestion and delays. All motorists traveling northbound on South Columbia Street are…

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Driest April on record

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Staff

OWASA said Tuesday that its lakes are 99 percent full, despite the fact that the 0.65 of an inch of rainfall recorded last month made it the driest April in 120 years of local recordkeeping. “In spite of the dry weather, our water supply situation is good for this time of year,” said Ed Holland,…

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Potassium iodide distribution

Posted on May 11, 2010May 13, 2010 by Staff

Chatham County will offer drive-through distribution of potassium iodide tablets to residents living within the 10-mile Emergency Planning Zone of the Harris Nuclear Power Plant on May 15. The distribution will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 pm at Moncure School, 600 Moncure School Road. The distribution is part of a joint preparedness planning…

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Gov. Perdue to speak in Pittsboro

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Staff

Gov. Beverly Perdue will address the upcoming 2010 Opportunity Chatham Annual Meeting on May 14 at 7:30 a.m. at the Barn at Fearrington Village. Perdue will highlight the state’s economic-recovery efforts and small-business assistance to spur local job creation. Keynote speaker Ted Abernathy, executive director of the Southern Growth Policies Board, will talk about “The…

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