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Community Brief: MLK events

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Staff

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Branch of the NAACP will sponsor its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day rally, march and worship service on Jan. 19 starting at 9 a.m. at the Franklin Street Post Office in Chapel Hill. This year’s theme is “Environmental Racism” and the keynote speaker will be Rev. Robert Campbell of the Rogers…

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Community Brief: Lowery talk

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Staff

Harvard University assistant professor of history Malinda Maynor Lowery will discuss “Indians, Southerners and Amercans: Race Tribe and Nation During Jim Crow” on Jan. 20 at 4 p.m. at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center at UNC. The talk will focus on the North Carolina Lumbee community, examining American Indian identity and federal policy during…

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Community Brief: Conversations on race and politics

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Staff

James A. Joseph, former U.S. ambassador to South Africa and professor of public policy at Duke University, will reflect on Barack Obama’s election as part of the “Light Up Your Winter” series on Wednesday at 5:45 p.m. at the United Church of Chapel Hill. The talk will be part of a series of conversations on…

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Community Brief: Blood drive

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Staff

The Orange County American Red Cross will hold a number of blood drives over the next several weeks. Locations are: • University Mall, 201 S. Estes Drive, Chapel Hill, Jan. 9 from 2:30 to 7 p.m.; • UNC Hospitals, Manning Drive, behind the hospital, Jan. 14 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; • New Sharon…

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Carey named to key state post

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Staff

by Susan Dickson Staff Writer Governor-elect Beverly Perdue has appointed former Orange County Commissioner Moses Carey as the chairman of the Employment Security Commission for the State of North Carolina. Perdue announced the appointment over the weekend. The Employment Security Commission (ESC) provides employment services, unemployment insurance and labor market information to the state’s workers,…

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Obituary – Eric Edwin Diener

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Staff

Eric Edwin Diener, a green home builder who spent most of his life in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area, died unexpectedly Dec. 29 in Montgomery, Ala. He was 39. Deeply saddened by this loss are his wife Laura Dominkovic, his parents Thomas and Patricia (Pam) Diener of Brentwood, Tenn., his sister Erin Diener of Wilmington, N.C.,…

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News Brief: Temporary Chatham water changes

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Staff

Chatham County will temporarily stop adding ammonia to its water-treatment disinfection process from Jan. 15 to Feb. 15, affecting water supplied to the northeast and southeast parts of the county. The water will still be safe for everyday use, including drinking and cooking, but some special customers are advised to take precautions. Customers with kidney…

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News Brief: Revaluations arriving this week

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Staff

The 2009 official property revaluation notices should begin arriving this week. The letters, mailed by the Orange County Tax Assessor’s Office, are not tax bills, but notices of each property’s new value. Orange County performs a revaluation of property every four years to keep taxable property values more equitable and aligned with market values. Since…

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News Brief: Reward upped in Torain case

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Staff

Crime Stoppers is offering up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest relating to the hit-and-run crash that caused the death of Rodney Torain in November. The crash occurred during the early-morning hours of Nov. 16. According to police, a small silver or gold four-door vehicle, possibly occupied by several Hispanic individuals, is believed…

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Land & Table Brief: Kids and nature

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Staff

The Emerson Waldorf School will hold a series of workshops on Jan. 24 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to explore how Waldorf Education addresses how to connect children with nature and thus increase sustainability. Workshops will address such topics as natural play, nurturing reverence for the world, shelter building and connecting with the plant…

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Land & Table Brief: Winter markets

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Staff

The Carrboro Farmers’ Market, we’re happy to report, is back in full swing. Hours are 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday. Other markets open year round are: • The Durham Farmers’ Market — now going from 10 a.m. to noon each Saturday; • Orange County Farmers Market — open the first and third Saturdays (the…

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Land & Table Brief: Global energy discussion

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Staff

The Solar Energy Research Center in the chemistry department at UNC and the Research Triangle Energy Consortium will sponsor a discussion, “Securing our Energy Future: Thoughts on the Global Energy Picture,” on Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Sonya Haynes Stone Center Theater at UNC. Nathan Lewis, professor of chemistry at the California Institute…

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Land & Table Brief: Environmental seminars

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Staff

Environmental staff and faculty at UNC and Duke will host a series of six seminars on sustainable food systems, starting Jan. 21. The Robertson Seminars on Sustainable Food Systems will take place every other Wednesday, alternating between Duke’s Love Auditorium and Room 116 in UNC’s Murphy Hall. The series aims to raise awareness and interest…

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The Eater

Posted on January 8, 2009January 8, 2009 by Staff

Welcome back After taking feasting season off to concentrate on the tasks at hand, The Eater returns and would like to first off welcome back all the students and others who spent the holidays elsewhere. Also deserving of a welcome back are the regulars at the Carrboro Farmers’ Market, who got back to work last…

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UNC Notes

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Staff

Frank Heath The men UNC’s men’s basketball team fell with a clunk from the ranks of unbeaten on Sunday, losing in a dull, cluttered performance to surprising Boston College, which had been picked pre-season to finish second to last in the ACC. Instead, the Eagles are 13-2, ranked in the Top 25 and, for now,…

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