By Beth Mechum Staff Writer Ten thousand of the more than 18,000 homes Orange County Recycling provides services for will have their routes changed starting Sept. 14. Those impacted by the route changes will have postcards mailed to them. In the past eight years, residences serviced for recycling have increased by about 3,500 units. The…
Read aimed at raising awareness about homelessness
Orange County’s Partnership to End Homelessness invites the public to participate in discussions on the community read of the book The Soloist by Steve Lopez. The collective reading is the first in a series of community education activities exploring the issues of homelessness. The Soloist is the true story of the friendship between Steve Lopez,…
911 system down — again
update: 911 system back up as of noon. Orange County’s 911 system is down for the second time in a month. The alternative number is 919-732-5856.
Council to meet Friday on Strom replacement
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer The Chapel Hill Town Council will hold an early-morning meeting Friday to review a plan and timeline for naming a replacement for former council member Bill Strom. Strom, whose term would have expired in 2011, resigned Aug. 1, after the end of the filing period for this fall’s municipal election…
Wallach leaves school board race, endorses Brownstein
Gary Wallach has officially taken his name out of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education race. He was running for a second time. Click more to read his entire statement.
Agreement reached in Town v. Kille
By Beth Mechum Staff Writer After a two-year battle between the Town of Carrboro and horse trainer Marilyn Kille concerning a residential apartment on her property, a resolution has been reached and was reported to the public at Tuesday’s board of aldermen meeting. In June 2007, the town brought a case against Kille, in which…
Test scores are up? Kind of? Maybe?
By Steve Peha This past school year, almost every school in North Carolina made test score gains in reading, math and science. So what accounted for this? Did we: (A) implement new instructional methods? (B) lengthen the school day or the school year? (C) buy more computers? (D) none of the above.
Was 2000-2007 the U.S.’s new Gilded Age? Try platinum.
By Elaine Mejia In American history, the “Gilded Age†refers to the late 19th Century period in which the nation’s population grew rapidly, along with the wealth and excesses of America’s upper class. The wealth gap between the richest and poorest Americans soared as corporate “robber barons†hoarded vast fortunes. After a brief improvement during…
Letter: Wrong on goats, wrong for Carrboro
I am one of many urban homesteaders in Carrboro. My two backyard fainting goats have reduced decades of overgrown ivy and honeysuckle to a non-invasive status. We chose fainting goats for their gentle, non-climbing reputation. Goats have been allowed in Carrboro for decades. On Aug. 25, the board of aldermen voted to change the tract…
Letter: In support of Brownstein
My family moved to Chapel Hill six and a half years ago from Florida. My husband and I have two children who attend the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district. After a recent article (8/13) on the candidates running for the district school board, I felt the need to make known and clarify the qualifications of Michelle…
County sets timetable for transfer site pick
By Kirk Ross and Taylor Sisk Staff Writers The Orange County board of commissioners voted 4-3 Tuesday night to draw its attempt to find a site for a waste transfer station to a close, setting a timetable of 60 to 90 days for reaching a decision. The board approved a plan to continue to investigate…
Area cross country teams set to compete
By Beth Mechum Staff Writer Orange County has always been a place where runners flourish. There are a number of races (both road and trail), enough teams where anyone can find a place and even a local running celebrity – former Olympian Joan Nesbit Mabe. It’s therefore fitting that there will be an Orange County…
Aldermen set hearing on Deer St. project
Beth Mechum Staff Writer Overgrown grass and woods filled with cinder blocks, broken bricks, orange tape and stumps at 100 Deer St. could become a 16-dwelling subdivision. At its meeting Tuesday night, the Carrboro Board of Alderman approved the request to hold a public hearing on the subdivision at the Sept. 22 board meeting.
Carrboro High Scores:
Football: Aug. 28: Orange 28–Carrboro 7 Soccer: Aug. 31: Chapel Hill 3–Carrboro 0 Carrboro set the pace for most of the game but was unable to score. Two goals by Chipper Root and another by Alex Steiner sealed the deal for the Tigers. Field Hockey: Aug. 28: Chapel Hill 4-Carrboro 1
East Chapel Hill High Scores:
Football: Aug. 28: Cardinal Gibbons34–East 7 Field Hockey: Aug. 27: East 2–Forsyth County Day 0 Soccer: Aug. 27: East 3-Durham Academy 0 Chris Jaques scored all three goals for the Wildcats, rounding out a week in which he scored five overall.
