The Chapel Hill Police Department seeks information regarding a strong-armed robbery in the parking lot of Borders Books on Fordham Boulevard on Friday around 5 p.m. According to police, a suspect grabbed the victim’s purse and pushed her, and a second suspect ran up beside the first suspect before they jumped into the back of…
Rabid bats found in Chapel Hill
Two bats found in Chapel Hill tested positive for rabies recently at the State Laboratory of Public Health. The first bat was submitted after residents in the vicinity of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Weaver Dairy Road saw their cat with its paw on a bat in their driveway. The second bat was submitted…
Swine flu forum
Dr. James Thomas, associate professor of epidemiology at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, will discuss the H1N1 virus at a science forum today (Thursday) at 7 p.m. Thomas will discuss H1N1 — the virus commonly known as swine flu — in the context of epidemics and pandemics. The forum is free and…
Animal services facility set to open
The new Orange County Animal Services Center will open at noon on June 1. The state-of-the-art facility at 1601 Eubanks Road will house the animal shelter, animal control and administrative staff under one roof. Construction began early last year. Animal services will operate the animal shelter and animal control in their existing locations until the…
Bolin Creek greenway workshop
The Town of Carrboro will hold a workshop on Wednesday from 4:30 to 7 p.m. to gather input as staff develops conceptual plans for greenways along Bolin Creek and Jones Creek. The workshop will be at the Homestead Community Center at 600 Homestead Road. Town staff, project consultants and members of the Greenways Commission will…
Mental Health Advocacy Day
The Coalition will hold an Advocacy Day and Rally to advocate the protection of services and funding for mental health, developmental disability and addictive disease services on Wednesday at the General Assembly in Raleigh. The Coalition represents individuals and organizations in North Carolina that advocate for persons needing services and support for mental health, developmental…
Massey Award recipients honored for service
UNC honored six employees with the 2009 C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards The awards were presented at a luncheon in late April by Chancellor Holden Thorp, who selected this year’s recipients based on nominations from the campus community. In addition to the award citation, each honoree will receive a $6,000 stipend. This year’s recipients…
Richard Burr’s dismal record on health care
By Adam Linker When politicians get nervous that they have done nothing to advance a cause dear to many of their constituents, the savvy politico will file a bill with a catchy name to misrepresent his or her voting record. That way, the politician can at least claim that he or she did something. The…
Holidays for Quince party
Chapel Hill label Holidays for Quince Records will be throwing down this weekend, celebrating its second anniversary with a three-night block party of shows at Nightlight. Friday night’s festivities will also serve as a release party for Liza Kate. Joining her will be the Embarrassing Fruits, Mount Moriah and Max Indian. Saturday night’s lineup is…
Dreaming dreams for our youth
By Valarie Schwartz During our lives, we are introduced to countless people, some whose names we never catch or quickly forget, others who seem to instantly become a part of our circle. For me, Elaine Jerome became the latter when we met last December at a Seymour Center event. Her vibrancy and enthusiasm belie her…
Obituary: William Bruce Holt
Mr. William Bruce Holt, 79, 7206 Bradshaw Quarry Road, Mebane, died Friday, April 24, 2009 in UNC Hospitals. He taught at Elon College and Alamance Community College. He was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard. Surviving are his wife, Nancy F. Holt, and two sons, Mike Holt and Brian Holt, both of Snow Camp….
Cutbacks planned for solid waste centers
By Rich Fowler Staff Writer Orange County commissioners want to look at the daily use at each of the county’s solid waste convenience centers before deciding which days or hours to cut. At a budget work session Tuesday night commissioner Barry Jacobs said he was wary of shutting down the centers on Sunday, saying that…
Obituary: Gudrun Gross
Gudrun “Goodie†Gross, 87, died peacefully on April 17 at the Lebanon Valley Brethren Home in Palmyra PA. Born January 27, 1922 in Berlin, Germany, the beloved daughter of the late Felix Weber and Martha Hänsler Weber, she worked as a secretary, survived the bombing of her home, became a refugee fleeing the Russians and…
Obituary: Kourtney Peterson
Kourtney Kean Peterson, 58, of Chapel Hill, passed away, surrounded by her husband and sons, on Mother’s Day, May 10th, after a sudden illness. The daughter osf Sam and Martha Kean of Toledo, Ohio and Altamonte Springs, Florida, Kourtney was born April 18, 1951 in Toledo. She graduated from Sylvania Northview High School, held a…
Carrboro library cuts on the table
County budget proposal drops tax rate to 85.8 cents By Kirk Ross Staff Writer The Orange County Board of Commissioners debated proposed cuts in services Tuesday night, including the permanent closure of the Carrboro Branch Library at McDougle Middle School. The discussion came after a presentation by County Manager Laura Blackmon of a proposed $177,589,039…