By Beth Mechum Staff Writer Seven candidates are running for three seats in this year’s Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education election. Issues affecting the board of education this year include a tight budget, overseeing the expansion of the Carrboro High School arts wing, the construction of a new elementary school in the Northside neighborhood and…
Twins arrive early
Chapel Hill Creamery has a new team on board. Born 15 days premature to 8-year-old mother Allison (above), twin jersey bull calves Breis and Fryer will be trained to pull heavy carts and loads that a tractor might otherwise pull. “We wanted to explore the possibility of applying steers to the program by having them…
Music Calendar
Thursday Aug 13 Blue Bayou: Half Baked Beans. 9:30pm. Free Caffe Driade: Mark Dauman Cats Cradle: Kasey Chambers, Shane Nicholson, Kim Tayor. 8:30pm. $20/23 The Cave: LATE: The Barefoot Movement, Keep Off The Grass. $5 General Store Cafe: J. Freeman. 7-9pm Local 506: The Low Anthem. 8:45pm. $8/10 Nightlight: Embarrassing Fruits, Jason Dove. 9:30pm. $5…
Art Calendar
Carrboro The ArtsCenter Center Gallery: Ginna Diehl “50/50.†East End Gallery: Paperhand Puppet – Donovan Zimmerman. The Beehive Winners of The Beehive Art Challenge. This year’s theme was “Mohawks and Mullets.â€
Fans provided for low-income older adults
The Chatham County Council on Aging has received a donation from Progress Energy to supply electric box fans to low-income older adults. As the summer temperatures rise, the fans can make a substantial difference in the health and well-being of Chatham’s older residents. For more information about the fan program or more information about the…
Town hall meetings
The State Employees Association of North Carolina will host a series of town hall meetings on health insurance reform and U.S. Rep. David Price has confirmed his attendance for a meeting at 6:45 tonight (Thursday) at NCCU’s Miller Morgan Building, 528 Nelson St. in Durham. Fred Foster, a retired DMV employee, will moderate. SEANC and…
WCOM to move
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education will hear feedback at their Aug. 13 meeting on an opportunity to allow WCOM community radio to construct a radio station and classroom at Carrboro High School. WCOM-103.5 FM is a low-power, all-volunteer community radio station located on the corner of N. Greensboro and Weaver streets in Carrboro. The…
McCauley Street traffic and parking
Work to restore McCauley Street between Pittsboro Street and UNC’s cogeneration facility will affect traffic and parking on McCauley for about two months, starting Aug. 17. The work will be done in one-block segments, starting in the 400 block (closest to the cogeneration facility) and proceeding to the east.
Drawings from Wolfe novel displayed
Original drawings for the first illustrated edition of Thomas Wolfe’s novel Look Homeward, Angel are on display through Sept. 30 at UNC. The exhibition by UNC’s Center for the Study of the American South features more than 50 pen-and-brush drawings by artist Douglas Gorsline. The free public display is open from 1 – 4:30 p.m….
Soccer documentary to air Sept. 6
Winning Isn’t Everything, a documentary about UNC’s women’s soccer team, will air on the FOX Soccer Channel at 5 p.m. Sept. 6. The documentary by UNC communication studies professor Hap Kindem follows the 2007 team in their attempt to repeat as NCAA national champions. It also features the team’s national championships in ‘06 and ‘08.
Community Calendar
Friday, August 14 Contra Dance — Contra dance presented by Triangle Country Dancers with live music by Steam Shovel. Please bring clean soft-soled shoes, no partner needed. Carrboro Century Center. Intro lesson at 7:30pm, dance 8-11pm. Saturday, August 15 A Spell of Cold Weather — play for young audiences by Charles Way. Presented by The…
Progress solar plant
Progress Energy and MP2 Capital, an energy financing company, announced a deal to build a 2.3-megawatt solar-energy facility in Laurinburg. The plant would be the largest solar project in North Carolina, which has mandated that the state’s electric utilities must provide at least 3 percent of their power from renewable sources.
Harrington official says bank is healthy
Recent agreement with regulators draws questions By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Harrington Bank is profitable and healthy, its CEO says, adding that reports about the bank’s recent agreement with regulators unfairly portray its financial condition. Larry Loeser, CEO of the Chapel Hill-based bank, said an agreement between the bank and the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office…
H’boro market OK’d for WIC
The Hillsborough Farmers’ Market has received permission from the state to receive payments in WIC senior vouchers. The Hillsborough market, which operates from 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays and 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays in the parking lot of Home Depot, and the Carrboro Farmers’ Market are the only two markets in Orange County certified…
Toben appointed chair of energy council
Gov. Beverley Perdue has appointed Tim Toben chairman of the state’s Energy Policy Council. Toben, a principal in green energy and building ventures, including the Greenbridge development in downtown Chapel Hill, takes over as the council has been revamped to include greater representation by environmental and alternative-energy advocates and refocused on creating green jobs and…