In a Dec. 21 ceremony at the N.C. Cancer Hospital, pharmaceutical company sanofi-aventis Chief Executive Officer Chris Viehbacher announced the company’s $2 million commitment to the N.C. Cancer Hospital Endowment. In recognition of the donation, the hospital named the facility’s advanced telecommunications conference center “The sanofi-aventis Conference Center.†N.C. Cancer Hospital, home of the UNC…
CHCCS teachers achieve national board certification
As part of National Board Certification Day, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools announced that 24 teachers from 13 district schools achieved National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification during the 2008-09 certification cycle.Â
Upcoming athletic registration opportunities
The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department will be sponsoring a spring baseball program for ages 6-12, a middle school baseball league for ages 13-14 and a girls’ volleyball program for ages 10-13.
Athletic camps at Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department
The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department is sponsoring the following athletic camps for the summer: basketball camp, June 28–July 2 for ages 9-11; basketball camp, July 12-16 for ages 6-8; field hockey camp, June 28–July 2 and July 12-16 for ages 10-13; Taste of Sports camp, July 19–23 for ages 6-9; Ultimate Frisbee camp, July…
Obituary: William Everett Billingsley
Christmas tree collections
The Town of Carrboro will be collecting Christmas Trees as part of its yard-waste collection schedule. The tree should be placed along the curbside and all ornaments and stands should be removed from the trees. Curbside collection of yard waste is provided about twice per month. A schedule of the collection is available at the…
UNC, CIGNA cut deal
The UNC Health Care System and CIGNA HealthCare of North Carolina announced Monday that they’ve reached agreement on a new contract ending an impasse that threatened to deny CIGNA customers access to UNC and Rex Healthcare services. The new two-year contract takes effect Jan. 1.
Letter: Celebrate the New Year smoke-free
Orange County’s TRU (Tobacco. Reality. Unfiltered.) students welcome the new state smoke-free law, which goes into effect at midnight on Jan. 2. Every year, secondhand smoke causes 35,000 deaths in America. The U.S. Surgeon General has stated that there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. Many restaurant owners in Orange County have…
Durham must stop poisoning Jordan Lake
Julian Sereno Something is rotten in Durham, and much of the rot seems to be ending up in Jordan Lake. It’s time to put a stop to it. It began way back in the early ’90s when Walmart wanted to build a store near the intersection of I-40 and U.S. 15-501, a few miles from…
Frank Heath Football … Early during the Meineke Bowl matchup between North Carolina and Pittsburgh, fans watching the game were treated to two spectacles in succession – both courtesy of UNC wide receiver running back Greg Little. On the field, Little made perhaps Carolina’s most sensational offensive play of the season, out leaping a couple…
Shelter’s future in limbo
By Charlie Tyson Staff Writer For many, the approach of winter holidays invokes images of warm fireplaces, brightly colored wrapping paper and steaming mugs of hot cocoa savored with friends and family. The hundreds of homeless in Chapel Hill face a completely different holiday season. For Chapel Hill’s homeless population, mid-December brings cold, wet streets…
Police to receive mental health training
Crisis intervention team training will be offered in January to 27 local law-enforcement officers. The purpose of the training is to better prepare officers for encounters with people with mental illness and to increase the chances that those with serious mental illness will receive treatment rather than incarceration. The Mental Health Association in Orange County…
Fire marshall reminds you to be careful
By Charlie Tyson Staff Writer While the film Home Alone has cemented the idea of Christmas crime into popular culture, Carrboro’s holiday season offers less break-ins and slightly less slapstick, with the town’s fire-rescue department reporting a quiet season so far. However, along with colorfully wrapped gifts and time spent catching up with friends and…
Strowd Roses Foundation awards grants
The Strowd Roses Foundation is now accepting applications for grants to be distributed in the first quarter of 2010. The deadline for submitting requests is Jan. 31. Guidelines and application forms are available at strowdroses.org. The foundation awarded grants to 14 local organizations for the last quarter of 2009, bringing more than $470,000 the total distributed for…
Cornucopia House names board
The Cornucopia House Cancer Support Center board of directors elected new officers for 2010. John Grubenhoff was elected chair; Moyer Smith as vice chair; Charlotte Leidy, board secretary; and Pegi Brady, treasurer.