Chapel Hill Transit will demonstrate the bike-on-bus feature available on all system buses on May 14 from noon to 2 p.m. in celebration of bike-to-work week. Staff from The Clean Machine and Cycle 9 will conduct free bike inspections and show commuter bicycles. Refreshments will be available. In addition, the Town of Carrboro is collecting…
Chatham Habitat to offer homes
Chatham Habitat for Humanity, in partnership with homebuilder Van Groce of Custom Contracting Corporation, is offering home ownership opportunities in the Chatham Oak subdivision for nurses, teachers, municipal employees and other middle-income workers. All homes in the neighborhood are priced below $165,000, with monthly payments of less than $1,000. While Chatham Habitat for Humanity typically…
Elections chair earns certification
Billie Cox, chair of the Orange County Board of Elections, has earned the title of Certified Elections Official by the State Board of Elections Certification Board. Cox was appointed to the board in 2003 and has been chair since 2007. She served as chair of the Orange County Democratic Party from 1989 to 1993 and…
Planetarium to offer $1 tickets
Morehead Planetarium at UNC will offer $1 admission to any regularly scheduled planetarium show at Morehead from 6:30 p.m. Friday until 3 p.m. on Sunday. The discounted rate honors the 60th anniversary of the planetarium on Sunday. Weekend shows include “Carolina Skies,†“Destination: Space,†“Extinction,†“Solar System Adventure†and more. Seating is limited to 240…
Not in this house
By Lydia Lavelle In Carrboro, we try to play fair with our house rules. We have this silly notion that housing opportunities should be available to everyone. Not so in the big House, where our local bill could not make it intact out of the Local Government II Committee. Our town charter addresses housing discrimination,…
Education Matters: From gap to chasm
By Steve Peha I’ve lived in Carrboro for six years now and each year there’s been discussion of the achievement gap issue in our local schools. But this year, the gap has reached an unprecedented and, frankly, shocking level. Currently, we have almost a 60-point difference in the achievement levels of white and black students….
Missing Mother’s Day
By S.A.M. Brooks Like most women, I have an abundance of Mother’s Day memories. The clay pots I shaped and colored, necklaces made of paper-mâché, paste and various organic items that could be found around an upper New York State schoolyard. Yearly, one of these priceless gifts would find itself at the breakfast table the…
Reasons not to resume executions
By Chris Fitzsimon The ruling by the North Carolina Supreme Court Friday that the state medical board can’t discipline doctors who play a role in executions has reignited the debate about capital punishment and is prompting calls from death penalty supporters for executions to resume at Central Prison. Executions have been on hold for more…
Obituary: Clarence Pace
Clarence Pace, 94, former local civic and business leader and head of the General Electric small appliance manufacturing operations in Asheboro, died at home in Chapel Hill on Thursday. He had led a vigorous life and died peacefully, in his sleep, of natural causes. Mr. Pace was a native of Glasgow, Kentucky, where he spent…
Obituary: Theodore Curtis Chambers
Mr. Theodore Curtis Chambers, 75, of Leland, formally of Chapel Hill, passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. Theodore was born July 3, 1933. He was preceded in death by his wife of 48 years, Frances Chambers, and his parents, Rooney and Lizzie Chambers. He…
Obituary: Lucille Elizabeth Collins Turner
Mrs. Lucille Elizabeth Collins Turner, 77, 430 Highway 70-A East, died Wednesday, April 29, 2009. She was a native of Orange County, a member of Gospel Baptist Tabernacle, and a graduate of Hillsboro High School. She enjoyed church, Christian Life and her family. Surviving are her daughter, Ann T. Boyd (Clifton), Hillsborough; her grandson, David…
Obituary: Robert Stanley Carter
Robert Stanley (Bob) Carter, 57, returned to his Maker on April 27, 2009. He was at home at the time of his death. Born in Watts Hospital, Durham, on March 8, 1952 to Eva Doris Blackwood and Jesse C. (J. C.) Carter, Bob attended the Chapel Hill public schools, graduating in 1970. He received his…
LHS/CHS Hall of Fame
The 2009 inductees to the Chapel Hill High School and Lincoln High School Hall of Fame gathered Saturday at Chapel Hill High for a meal and a hearty round of applause. From left, the inductees are: • Woody Burns (1982) — Burns was named All-Conference in wrestling his junior and senior years and had a…
Teachers of the Year
Schools in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district have selected their 2009-10 Teachers of the Year. Elementary school Teachers of the Year are: Myriam Casimir, Carrboro Elementary; Gretchen Capps, Ephesus Elementary; Gina Pace, Estes Hills Elementary; Leigh Ann Cardman, Frank Porter Graham Elementary; LaWanda Rainey-Hall, Glenwood Elementary; Janet Davis-Castra, McDougle Elementary; Karen Reid, Morris Grove…
School board meeting
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meets tonight (Thursday) at 7 at the Chapel Hill Town Hall on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Items on the agenda include: • a recommendation to delay dual-language implementation at McDougle Elementary School; • action steps in preparation of the 2009-10 school year; • position exchange requests…