By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer North Carolina Speaker of the House Joe Hackney’s Wednesday morning visit to Club Nova in Carrboro was a social call, a stop-in by invitation of club members to hear how things are going. Not that he wasn’t already aware, but what Hackney heard was that Club Nova faces some tenuous…
Council to set timeline for Strom replacement
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer When it returns Monday for its first regular meeting since June, the first order of business for the Chapel Hill Town Council will be to nail down a timeline for filling the vacancy left by the mid-term resignation of Bill Strom. The council discussed the matter briefly on Friday at…
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Busy weekend at N.C. Botanical Garden
These are busy times at the North Carolina Botanical Garden with much of the activity focused on getting ready for the dedication garden’s new Visitor Education Center next month on University Day (Oct. 12). This weekend the center will host Orange County’s environmental summit, which will feature the release of the county’s new State of…
Chefs at the market
Mark your calendars for Sept. 19. That’s when you’ll have a chance to meet and talk with some of the area’s top local chefs at the Carrboro Farmers’ Market. Acme’s Kevin Callaghan, Bret Jennings from Elaine’s on Franklin, Glasshalfull’s Ricky Moore, Matt and Sheila Neal from Neal’s Deli, Il Palio’s Adam Rose, Bill Smith from…
Urban farm tour
The second annual Urban Farm Tour, sponsored by Carrboro Greenspace, starts Saturday at 3 p.m. at CarrboroRaw, which is in the old Christmas tree lot between Weaver Street and Main Street across from Weaver Street Market. Maps and details of the 15 stops on the tour will be available along with a schedule for workshops…
Ideas sought on workway plans
A workshop for the Bolin Creek Greenway Sept. 21 will be at the Century Center from 6-8:30 p.m. The community is invited to drop in at any time to provide ideas and learn about the Bolin Creek Greenway plan with greenway commission members, town staff and project consultants. For more information, contact Randy Dodd at…
Lottery funds returned
Gov. Bev Perdue announced on Friday that $37.2 million in lottery funds were being returned to school systems across the state. In February, the governor withheld money from the Public School Building Capital Fund to manage the state’s cash flow during the budget emergency for the fiscal year that ended June 30. Sen. Ellie Kinnaird said…
CHHS volunteer coordinator wanted
This year’s annual Parent Forum will be held at Chapel Hill High School. The forum is a parent education panel discussion presented in cooperation with all Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools. Each year, a relevant topic is selected and professional panelists are chosen. A volunteer CHHS parent is needed to work with the representatives from ECHHS and…
College fair
The annual CHCCS & Orange County High Schools College Fair will be Tuesday, Sept. 22 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Dean Smith Center on the UNC campus. The fair is targeted toward juniors and seniors, but anyone may attend.
Morehead-Cain scholoarships
It’s time for nominations for the Morehead-Cain Scholarship to UNC for high school students. The scholarship includes four years of tuition, room and board and summer programs. Students may be nominated by teachers or be self-nominees. Students should speak to their counselors about the nominating forms. To begin the application process or for more information, visit…
School board approves budget status
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education received an update on state and federal funding and formally approved a set of budget reductions at its meeting last week. The board’s next meeting will be Sept. 17 at Chapel Hill Town Hall.
Election forum
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro chapter of Partners for the Advancement of Gifted Education (PAGE) will sponsor a forum for candidates for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education on Tuesday, Sept. 29 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Public Library. The public is invited. All six candidates for the school board have been invited…
Young coaches looking to compete
By Beth Mechum Staff Writer This season’s local men’s high school soccer programs bring long-standing tradition and young blood to what should be a competitive season. Chapel Hill High School has local soccer legend Ron Benson at the helm, while Carrboro High School and East Chapel Hill have two young guns ready to make a…