The N.C. Ceramics Student Exhibition 1: High School is now open at the N.C. Pottery Center in Seagrove, and features pieces from two CHCCS students.
Congressional art honors
Five local high school visual-art students were honored at a reception on May 3 as participants from Chatham and Orange counties in the Fourth District Congressional High School Art Competition.
Football foundation scholars
Jared Lennon and James O’Grady from Carrboro High were named recipients of a National Football Foundation Scholarship.
Chemistry Olympiad
National chemistry champion Kevin Tie, a senior at East Chapel Hill High, has qualified to compete for one of four spots on the U.S. team bound for the 44th-annual International Chemistry Olympiad.
College-bound athletes honored
Twenty students from Chapel Hill High School were honored at the school’s third annual College Bound Student Athlete Celebration last week.
CARRBORO HEADS TO STATE FINALS
The Carrboro High women’s soccer team defeated First Flight High, 4-2, and then they trounced Swansboro on Tuesday in the 2A NCHSAA regional finals, 5-1.
Well fed and well read
PORCH is partnering with Book Harvest to include books in its Food for Families deliveries this month.
Memorial Day events
Veterans of Foreign Wars members, joined by American Legion Post 6 veterans and Boy Scout Troop 835, will decorate the graves of veterans with flags on Saturday.
Peace Officers Memorial Service
The 2012 Orange County Peace Officers Memorial Service will be held today (Thursday) at 4 p.m. at Chapel Hill Bible Church, 260 Erwin Road in Chapel Hill.
Up Close and personal
Creative reuse of old garments will be on display at “ReFashion,†a fashion show presented Wednesday at 5 p.m.
Transgender documentary
Planned Parenthood is presenting the Sundance Grand Jury-winning documentary Southern Comfort at The ArtsCenter today (Thursday) at 7 p.m.
Family Dollar decision again postponed
The Carrboro Board of Adjustment on Wednesday again postponed a decision on the project.
Board shows support for FPG magnet
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education support a recommendation to turn Frank Porter Graham Elementary School into a dual-language magnet school.
PTA Thrift facelift approved
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen gave unanimous approval to the redevelopment of the PTA Thrift Shop on Tuesday.
Residents praise, criticize 2020 draft
Following the release of the latest draft of the Chapel Hill 2020 plan, residents spoke both in praise and critically of the draft.