A northbound lane of U.S. 15-501/Fordham Boulevard will be closed intermittently for about four months during the construction of a sidewalk on the east side of Fordham Boulevard between Manning Drive and Old Mason Farm Road. In addition, the outside left turn lane from Manning Drive to Fordham Boulevard will be closed during these times….
News offices sold
The News and Observer Publishing Co. announced the sale of its Franklin Street headquarters for its Chapel Hill News and Durham News newspapers to Scott Maitland. Maitland, owner of Top of the Hill restaurant and brewery plans to turn the former press room into a liquor distillery. He paid $2.15 million for the 0.8-acre site,…
El Centro Latino
El Centro Hispano of Durham plans to open a Carrboro branch to fill the gap left by the closing of El Centro Latino in Orange County. A public meeting to talk about the collaboration and meeting the needs of the Latino community in Orange County will be held Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. in the…
Black comic heroes
African-American comic book heroes will be the topic of a free public lecture Feb. 22 at Wilson Library at UNC. Randall Kenan, associate professor of English, will present “It’s Clobbering Time! Comic Books and Creating the Idea of Black Masculinity†at 5:45 p.m. in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room. A reception at 5 p.m. in…
Crumbs from the Table re-scheduled for this weekend
The East Chapel Hill High School theater department will present Crumbs from the Table of Joy this Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. It’s 1950 in the South and Godfrey Crump has just lost his wife. Finding solace in Father Divine and the Peace Mission Movement, he pulls up stakes and moves his teenage daughters…
Armadillo Grill receives certificate of appreciation
Students participating in Chapel Hill High School’s Tobacco Reality Unfiltered (TRU) Crew presented the manager of Armadillo Grill in Carrboro with a certificate of appreciation for the restaurant’s compliance with the new smoke-free law. The TRU Crew at Chapel Hill High School recently earned the distinction of being the most active TRU group in Orange…
Documentary featuring CHCCS aired Monday
The documentary High Five: Achieving the Dream premiered on UNC-TV on Monday, Feb. 1. The original special profiles the professional learning community initiative and examines how the Triangle High Five Regional Partnership works to improve public education in Triangle-area schools. The High Five Regional Partnership was formed in April 2004 as a union of five…
Board of education meeting Thursday
There will be a Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meeting this Thursday at Chapel Hill Town Hall. The work session includes discussions on the honors course options for social studies and science for 2010-12, delaying expansion of the Dual Language Program to McDougle Elementary for an indefinite period of time and the Capitol…
Wedding dress display
A charming collection of dresses and memorabilia will be displayed at University Baptist Church in Chapel Hill as part of Chapel Hill student Ellie Simpson’s fundraiser on behalf of Rock Against Cancer this Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. The display will include items belonging to several generations of church members and will include dresses,…
Calligraphy class at Chapel Hill public library
UNC sophomore Zoe Wei, a gold medal winner at the National Youth Calligraphy Competition in China, will conduct a class in East Asian Calligraphy at Chapel Hill Public Library this Saturday from 4 to 5 p.m. The class is free, but advance registration is required to ensure enough brushes and ink for everyone. RSVP to…
Chapel Hill High School teacher wins national honors
History teacher William V. Melega received the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) National Citizenship Education Teacher Award. The VFW chooses three teachers each year for the award, one each from elementary, middle and high school. Teachers are nominated by their peers and enter into local and statewide competition. Each teacher receives $1,000 dollars for their…