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Call before you dig

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Staff

North Carolina One reminds residents to call the North Carolina One Call Center in advance of any digging on their property. North Carolina law requires residents to notify their area utilities at least 48 hours in advance of an excavation project. However, residents can dial 811 to talk toll-free to the North Carolina One Call…

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Disc golf course to open May 2

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Staff

The Carrboro Parks Project will open a new disc golf course at Anderson Park off N.C. 54 on May 2. The project was approved by the Carrboro Board of Aldermen in March of last year. Since then, the Carrboro Parks Project has raised more than $10,000 to fully fund the disc golf course. Funds were…

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Aldermen meeting canceled

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Staff

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen voted on Tuesday to cancel their April 28 public hearing. No items were scheduled for the hearing. The board of aldermen’s next meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. on May 5 at Carrboro Town Hall.

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Boys and Girls Club launches campaign to open in Orange County

Posted on April 23, 2009April 23, 2009 by Staff

The Boys and Girls Club will launch a campaign to open its first club in Orange County with a dinner featuring UNC football coach Butch Davis on May 6 at 7 p.m. at Pazzo in Southern Village. The Boys and Girls Club hopes to raise enough funds to open this year. Tickets are $110 for…

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Real Men Rock

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Staff

The third annual Real Men Rock event will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at University Mall on South Estes Drive. The event is focused on reaching out to parents, especially fathers, to educate them about the dangers of shaking small children and provide them with tips for coping with a crying…

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Jordan Lake festival

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Staff

The Jordan Lake Arts and Music Festival will be held May 2 and 3 from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. both days. The event will feature arts and crafts exhibits, as well as music by the Bluegrass Experience, Sweet Potato Pie, Coyote Ridge, Williamson Brothers, No Strings Attached, Vintage Blu and Cool John Ferguson. In…

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Kids’ tomato seedling event in Carrboro

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Staff

The Carrboro Farmers’ Market will give away Cherry and Sungold tomato seedlings to children on April 25 starting at 8:30 a.m. The market will supply growing instructions and the Orange County Master Gardeners will offer planting advice. In 10 weeks, the children should come back with a clipping from their seedlings, and the fruit will…

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Carrboro Market meeting

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Staff

The Carrboro Farmers’ Market will hold a meeting to plan for the future Friends of the Carrboro Farmers’ Market on May 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Carrboro Town Hall. The Friends of the Carrboro Farmers’ Market is being developed as a tax-exempt organization to undertake charitable and educational activities related to agricultural issues. Market officials…

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South Estes Farmers’ Market anniversary

Posted on April 23, 2009April 23, 2009 by Staff

The South Estes Farmers’ Market will celebrate its first anniversary on May 2 from 8 a.m. to noon. The event will feature more than 25 local vendors, live music by The Starlite Band, prize drawings, cooking demonstrations and face painting. The South Estes Farmers’ Market is held outside of A Southern Season at the University…

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Food-processing center receives grants

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Staff

The planned Piedmont Food and Agricultural Processing Center in Hillsborough has been awarded more than $1 million in grants during the past six months. The center will open in 2010 and will provide a wide range of food-processing equipment and business development support and education. Farmers and local food entrepreneurs in the Piedmont will have…

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No happy alternatives

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Staff

Evidently, Tuesday evening was decision night in southern Orange County, as both the Carrboro Board of Aldermen and the Orange County Board of Commissioners reached conclusions on two of the more controversial issues in their jurisdictions. Carrboro has long tried to find a workable compromise with the state Department of Transportation on the widening of…

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Online and off base

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Staff

North Carolina is reviewing the idea of dropping requirements that legal advertisements run in local newspapers. The North Carolina Press Association’s ad campaign, which featured a confused, elderly woman, probably didn’t do much to burnish the industry’s image as a place to reach younger readers, but it made a solid point that many people do…

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Honoring a true leader

Posted on April 23, 2009April 23, 2009 by Staff

Editor’s note: Following is a mayor’s proclamation in honor of Shirley Marshall read at Tuesday’s Carrboro Board of Aldermaen meeting: WHEREAS, Shirley E. Marshall was born on April 27,1925 in Hempstead, New York; and WHEREAS, guided by a deep inner core of strength, when faced with the inconceivable tragedy of losing both her husband and…

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Toward a deeper understanding of autism

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Staff

By Peter Kramer April is Autism Awareness Month, a good time to learn about and focus on one of the more perplexing disorders. On Thursday, April 30, from 1 to 3 p.m., Geri Dawson, the chief science officer for Autism Speaks, an advocacy group, will present a talk entitled “Recent Findings on The Diagnosis, Causes,…

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Save our students or the booster clubs?

Posted on April 23, 2009April 23, 2009 by Staff

By Chris Fitzsimon Senate finance chairman David Hoyle announced this week that the Senate tax package would be released next Wednesday, and it seems all but certain that it will expand the base of sales and income taxes and lower the overall rates. The budget the Senate passed last week counts on $500 million from…

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