Carrboro High School was named the 2009 Best High School by the Southeast Chapter of the Council of Educational Facilities Planners International. Carrboro High was the school district’s first high school to receive Silver LEED Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The school was designed by Moseley Architects.
McDougle Middle School students fight hunder
McDougle Middle School students celebrated their efforts against community and world hunger at an assembly on April 3. Students collected more than 1,000 non-perishable goods to contribute to the food pantry operated by the Interfaith Council and raised more than $1,700 to contribute to Heifer International.
ECHHS math team wins regionals
The East Chapel Hill High School Algebra II team won first place at the regional contest on April 2 in Greensboro. This is the second year in a row that the ECHHS team has won the contest. Students Connie Zhong, Sheila Demg and Daniel Liu placed in the top 10 percent and will compete in…
Phillips to present plays
The Phillips Middle School Drama Department will present two one-act plays Friday through Sunday in the school’s auditorium. Students will perform Sorry, Wrong Number and The Hitch Hiker. Friday and Saturday’s performances will begin at 7:30 p.m., while the Sunday performance will start at 3 p.m. Tickets are $3 and will be sold at the…
MILL: Farm tour
Outstanding in the field One of the finest tours available in the Piedmont is somewhat self-guided and only happens once a year. But with the combination of a little preplanning and a healthy curiosity, you can learn a lot about the work of some of the most productive and innovative farmers in the land. This…
MILL: Notes from a Carolina spring
(This column was orginaly published April 2) You may not have had time to notice, but the landscape has taken a sudden shift from dull and near monochromatic to Technicolor and then some. Of course, if you’ve been watching closely this should be no surprise — buds have been swelling and it was just a…
MILL: Old stones tell their tales
Photos by Mitch Virchick By Mitch Virchick One of the few certainties in the trajectory of our lives is that we eventually return to earth. The ground will rise up to claim our remains. If we are fortunate, our legacies survive, for a time, in our accomplishments, in the pages of books and journals, in…
Police seek rape suspect
Carrboro Police are looking for a suspect in connection with a rape that occurred in the Prince Street area last week.
Farm tour
The Carolina Farm Stewardship Association will host its annual Piedmont Farm Tour on April 25 and 26. The event features more than 40 farms in Orange, Chatham, Durham and Alamance Counties, including eight new farms this year, and is the largest sustainable farm tour in the country. Buttons for the tour are $25. For a…
East principal Dave Thaden announces retirement
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer After three decades as an educator in Chapel Hill, much of that as the first and only principal at East Chapel Hill High, Dave Thaden announced this week that he’s stepping down. Thaden cited his 30-year mark and a need to focus on his health as the reasons for this…
Erasing lines, breaking down barriers
By Taylor Sisk Staff Writer Once city lines are drawn, they become fences, says Mark Dorosin of the UNC Center for Civil Rights, fences that isolate communities and deny their residents basic amenities. Dorosin and the center aim to help communities break down those fences. The UNC Center for Civil Rights was founded in 2002…
Recently: Getting lost in the shuffle
By Valarie Schwartz This story needs to be heard — really — I wish you could hear this story. As I climbed the steep steps to the second floor of the Ballet School of Chapel Hill, I could hear it — the sounds of the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble (NCYTE) calling me into the studio….
Homestead fire station on track
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer The Carrboro Board of Aldermen endorsed plans for the new fire station on Homestead Road on Tuesday, with construction still targeted to begin this summer. During a work session, the board heard an update on the project design from architect Ken Newell. The $3 million fire station is the town’s…
County to sell four buildings
The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted last week to sell four county surplus properties. The properties are the Clerk of Court Annex, 112 N. Churton St., Hillsborough; the Graham Building, 118 N. Churton St., Hillsborough; the Homestead Community Center, Homestead Road, Chapel Hill; and the old ABC store, N.C. 49, Cedar Grove. The board…
Cistern stolen from community garden
A new cistern was stolen from the Growing Healthy Kids Community Garden on James Street last week. The cistern, which cost about $1,000, is a 2,600-gallon tank that would have been used to collect and store water for the garden. A new cistern will have to be purchased for the garden. The garden is used…