Following is the text of a memo from Chapel Hill Town Attorney Ralph Karpinos on the process for council vacancies. Council Member Bill Strom’s term of office is scheduled to run until December, 2011. He has resigned effective August 1, 2009. The procedures for filling a vacancy on the Chapel Hill Town Council are established…
Picnic in the park
by Beth Mechum Staff Writer The Goat Patrol doesn’t need a lunch break. Its entire day is a lunch break. And the business works out such that it benefits all interested parties. The dog park at Hank Anderson Community Park now has a lot less poison ivy and the goats are to be thanked for…
A story of Gray’s lily and mountain balds
By Ken Moore Once in a while, I take leave of the wealth of local natural areas to see North Carolina treasures farther afield. One of my favorite places is the string of Roan Mountain grassy balds striding the border of North Carolina and Tennessee, where there is a very special wildflower. Every time I…
Gaining perspective on a life in athletics
By Beth Mechumhttp://www.marketwatch.com/?dist=ctmw Staff Writer Charlie Adams has the beach on his mind. He’s picturing toes in the sand, fun in the sun, a dive into a seafood basket. But before any of that can transpire, he knows he has a job to finish. Adams has been director of the North Carolina High School Athletic…
Bill Strom resigns from town council
Town Attorney’s memo on council vacancies. Bill Strom’s Resignation Announcement By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Chapel Hill — Bill Strom, who has served on the Chapel Hill Town Council since 1999, announced Wednesday afternoon that he is resigning “to pursue other personal and professional opportunities outside the community.†In a statement emailed to The Citizen,…
Community Calendar
Thursday, July 30 Social Networking Workshop — The Chapel Hill Public Library will offer a free workshop on social networking. 8:30 to 9:30am. 968-2780 for more information. Sunday, Aug. 1 Pittsboro’s First Sunday — Monthly open house for shops and galleries in downtown Pittsboro. Music by Joe Woodson. For infomation visit pittsboroshops.com or call 960-5892….
Sports try-outs at CHS
Carrboro High School fall try-outs are quickly approaching. To try out, athletes must be enrolled in Carrboro High School, have a current physical exam and consent form on file in the athletic office and complete an emergency medical card. The dates are: football, Aug. 1, 8 a.m.; cross-country, Aug.3, 7 a.m.; women’s golf, Aug. 3,…
Hillsborough seeks volunteers
To prepare for the Nash Street sidewalk project, the Town of Hillsborough is generating a list of volunteers available to help local property owners remove items like small brick or stone driveway pillars, flowers or other landscaping from rights-of-way. This may be a good volunteer project for a scout troop, church, organization or business.
Chatham invites input
The Chatham County Board of Commissioners invites residents interested in providing input on a draft joint land-use plan with the Town of Cary to attend a community meeting on Monday, Aug. 10 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in the multipurpose room at North Chatham Elementary School. For more information, call 542-8258.
Construction starts on town’s second fire station
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Crews will begin survey work this week at the Homestead Road site for the town’s new fire station in preparation for the start of construction. Carrboro Fire-Rescue Department Chief Travis Crabtree said the first order of business will be to define areas for tree-protection fencing. Protecting some of the larger…
Warrant for arrest
The Chapel Hill Police have obtained warrants for Jaheem Lashard Watson. Watson is wanted for one count of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury; one count of discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling; and one count of going armed to the terror of the public. Investigators are still…
National Night Out
On Tuesday Aug. 4th, neighborhoods throughout Chapel Hill are being invited to join forces with thousands of communities nationwide for the 26th Annual National Night Out (NNO) crime and drug prevention event. NNO will involve over 15,000 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories, Canadian cities and military bases around the world.
Mental health program receives accreditation
The OPC Area Program recently announced that it has been accredited as a “Services Management Network†by the Commission on Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), an international, not-for-profit organization that accredits human services providers. CARF sent a review team to Carrboro service provider El Futuro (which was cited by CARF for “effectively [addressing] the needs…
For the Record
Over the top We were a little dismayed at a recent Herald-Sun op-ed penned by Orange County Economic Development director Bradly Broadwell about Hillsborough’s exploration of a commercial building moratorium. In a departure from the usual decorum of county officials regarding municipal matters, Broadwell scolded the town for even considering the idea. We’ll give him…
A nation still at risk
Steve Peha It seems like ed reform has been going on forever. But it’s only been 26 years. In 1983, the landmark report “A Nation at Risk†was published, detailing many things its authors thought were terribly wrong with American schools. What interests me about the 26th anniversary of this report is that, as of…