The next Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board of Education meeting will be held at Chapel Hill Town Hall on Sept. 17. Three primary issues will be discussed. First is the home connection support program, which provides low-income students with district-owned loaner computers. Superintendent Neil Pedersen will spend a substantial amount of time providing board members with…
Thousands turn out for Lit Fest
An estimated 12,000 people attended the North Carolina Literary Festival last Thursday through Sunday at UNC. The top-attended non-keynote event was the reading and interactive storytelling by children’s author R.L. Stine, with approximately 450 kids and parents present. Visitors donated approximately 600 children’s books, which were given to the pediatric oncology clinic at UNC Hospitals….
New sculpture on Town Commons
Tamera Mulanix has designed and created a major work of metal art that she installed this summer on the Town Commons outside Carrboro’s Town Hall. The piece—which shines in different colors depending on the viewing angle—replaced a similar, but smaller piece that vandals had ripped down from the same site in early 2009. After the…
Band to perform and volunteer
MAE will be performing at Cat’s Cradle on Sept. 24 as part of a social movement called “12 Songs, 12 Months, 1 Goal: Make a Difference.†MAE is releasing three separate collections of music and partnering with charitable and humanitarian organizations as part of this movement. MAE has aligned with Donors Choose to help teachers…
Immigration Series at United Church
United Church of Chapel Hill is hosting an immigration series called “Building the Beloved Community: Sacred Conversations on Race†on Wednesdays this fall. The church will use the N.C. Council of Churches study guide, For You Were Once a Stranger: Immigration in the U.S. through the Lens of Faith and will have speakers to facilitate…
Khâhari Belly Dance Collaborative
The Khâhari Belly Dance Collaborative will be performing Sunday, Sept. 20 at 3 p.m. at the Carrboro Branch Library in McDougle Middle School. The group is based in Chapel Hill and promotes sisterhood through dancing. Andalee and Seher will be both performing and teaching. Admission is free. For more information, visit khahari.com or call Carrboro…
United Way kicks off fall season
Ice cream lovers and United Way supporters descended upon Maple View Farm in Orange County for a delectable treat on Sept. 15 in support of the United Way. It was the first in a series of eight events during the two weeks of the United Way of the Greater Triangle’s (UWGT) season kickoff. Remaining events…
Obituary: Benjamin Huffman
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Teacher featured in book
Corey Waters, a teacher at Chapel Hill High School, has contributed a chapter in a newly released book titled Teaching Hope: Stories from The Freedom Writers Teachers and Erin Gruwell. Waters is one of two North Carolina authors contributing stories about their triumphs, struggles and anticipations in and outside the classroom regarding their students’ various…
Smith receives grant from CVS/Caremark
The Smith Middle School Peer Buddy Society has received a $3,000 grant from CVS Community Cares Program. The Peer Buddy Society provides opportunities for students with and without disabilities to participate in after-school activities. It meets twice monthly and students participate in various activities, which in the past have included art projects, pizza parties and…
East to participate in art contest
East Chapel Hill High School has been selected as one of 20 schools in Wake, Durham, Orange, Harnett, Johnston and Chatham counties to take part in the “Farm Animal Frenzy†sculpture contest at the North Carolina State Fair. This year’s contest has “gone green.†Each participating school will receive a wooden sawhorse to use as…
Target grant awarded
For the fourth consecutive year, Target has awarded a grant to Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Reading Partners program. Reading Partners is a volunteer program in which partners are assigned to beginning readers in kindergarten through first grade. These volunteers meet with a student on a weekly basis to support the student’s developing literacy skills. The…
Folk performance
Folk artist Jeff Warner will be performing in the auditorium of Cedar Ridge High School at 7 p.m. on Oct. 16. Warner performs his traditional American folk music in schools throughout America and abroad and uses his banjo, concertina and “pocket instruments,†such as spoons, bones and a Jew’s harp, to connect his audiences with…
Bradshaw Quarry center to remain open
Orange County announces that it is keeping the Bradshaw Quarry SWCC open: Orange County Solid Waste Convenience Center at Bradshaw Quarry will Remain Open The Orange County Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting held on September 15, 2009 voted to keep the Bradshaw Quarry Solid Waste Convenience Center open. The Center was scheduled…
