Mrs. Bessie Lillian Thompson Taylor, 81, of Efland died Tuesday, May 26, 2009 in her home surrounded by her family. She was a member of Fairfield Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Taylor graduated from Efland High School and attended Duke University. She was employed by Centel Telephone until her retirement. Surviving are her children, Elaine Dale T….
Obituary: Joseph Theodore Brugnolotti
Joseph Theodore Brugnolotti, 75, of Chapel Hill died on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 in UNC Hospital. Joseph was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. to the late Aldo and Florence Vassallo Brugnolotti. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and was a retired administrator for UNC Hospitals. He is survived by his brother, Dominick Brugnolotti and wife, AnnMarie;…
Obituary: Pearl Hing Howe
Pearl Hing Howe was born December 6, 1913 in China, one of a family of 13 brothers and sisters. She died Thursday, May 28, 2009 in her home in Chapel Hill, surrounded by her family. Pearl immigrated to the US in 1948 to escape the Communist takeover of China. She and her husband, Lee Fun…
Obituary: David Earl Wright
David Earl Wright was born June 11, 1986 and entered into eternal rest on May 28, 2009 following a lengthy illness. He attended Chapel Hill High School before falling victim to the debilitating symptoms of Lafora epilepsy. He was baptized while a resident at Shady Lawn Group Home. David lived his life to the fullest….
Mrs. Wade’s Sixth Grade, 1951
Thirty-two faces from 58 years ago squint through the sunshine at the Kodak held by Chapel Hill Elementary School sixth-grade teacher Bernice Wade. The camera belonged to shutterbug Janet McAllister Anderson (back row, second from left) who says she used to take so many pictures that her friends nicknamed her “Snapper.†The classic three-story brick…
Estes Hills Elementary’s fifth-grade classes left a piece of the present for future elementary students with a time capsule. The capsule was part of a yearlong celebration of the school’s 50th anniversary. Students placed into the capsule pencils, coins, a fake iPhone, class pictures and a video where students predicted what the world would be…
Reading goal reached
Glenwood Elementary exceeded its read-a-thon goal of 300,000 minutes by reading nearly 500,000 minutes, raising almost $1,400 for classroom and school projects. The kids were rewarded for their reading efforts by getting to watch their parents and teachers play each other in a basketball game.
Gift proposal
East Chapel Hill High School students, parents and community members have proposed a gift to honor David Thaden, East’s first and only principal. Thaden is retiring at the end of June. The proposed gift is a gazebo with benches, a stamped concrete walkway and solar power and will be adjacent to the cafeteria.
Board meeting Thursday
There will be a Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meeting Thursday. The agenda includes a discussion on changing Phoenix Academy’s designation from an alternative program to a high school, background information for a response to the Town of Chapel Hill’s request for feedback about a school site on the Greene Tract and a…
Eriksen named teacher of the year
Kathryn Eriksen, a social studies and AVID teacher at Carrboro High School, has been named the 2009-10 Teacher of the Year by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. Eriksen was selected from a pool of 17 teachers from across the district. She has five years of teaching experience and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from…
Foy says he won’t seek re-election
Updates to follow Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy issued this statement this afternoon:
UNC officials monitoring H1N1 case, possible exposures
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Chapel Hill — A health-care worker with what was described as a mild case of H1N1 — the so-called “swine flu†— has fully recovered after being voluntarily quarantined in her Orange County home. Meanwhile, UNC Health Care officials are closely monitoring 17 patients who may have been exposed to…
Carrboro High supporters in full force at budget hearings
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer At last week’s county budget hearing in Hillsborough and again Tuesday night at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, the color purple and the plans for a new arts wing at Carrboro High School were on display. Wearing Jaguar purple T-shirts with “Build It Now†emblazoned on the…
High school principals chosen
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL — The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education appointed principals for Chapel Hill and East Chapel Hill high schools last week. Board members named Eileen Tully, principal of Phillips Middle School, as principal of East Chapel Hill High School and Jesse Dingle, a staff member at the…
Epic from an inkwell
By Valarie Schwartz Chapel Hill became a mainstay for Kevin Dixon long before he moved to the area in 1983 at age 18, though he was not born here. His mother, artist Beverly Dixon, was raised in Chapel Hill. She met Kent Dixon at UNC and they married then moved to Baltimore, where he studied…