Among the notable deaths of 2008 are: Joshua Bailey, a gentle soul who loved the outdoors, was taken from his loving family too soon. Margaret Ellen Barrett left this world at age 60 after passing her time baking, teaching, reading and befriending all those she met along the way. Eve Carson was a young leader…
Community Q&A: What is local?
Last week in our editorial, we asked the question “What is Local?†Following are some our readers’ responses. Send your thoughts to editor@carrborocitizen.com You can read the editorial on our web site.
Year in Review: 2008 by the month
A look at 2008 with more than 100 top stories from the pages of The Citizen. Read the list after the jump.
A year of major events, great elation and stunning sorrow
By Kirk Ross Staff Writer The happenings that drive the news cycle are typically either something big that changes the lives of a few people or something incremental that affects many. Major news — something big that happens to many — is rarer. The year 2008, however, is an exception. Going into it, we all…
Hometown New Year’s resolutions
Margot C. Lester Staff Writer New Year’s resolutions have been traced all the way back to ancient Rome, where citizens offered resolutions to honor the god Janus, for whom January is named. (By the by, Janus was the god of the gates, doorways, beginnings and endings). Here in the States, we probably have Ben Franklin…
Get outdoors on New Years’s Day
Get outdoors on New Year’s Day The annual Eno River Association’s New Year’s Day walk is a decades-old tradition. This year, hundreds of folks, young and old, will enjoy another well-organized walk along the river, welcoming the New Year and celebrating that long corridor of preserved wild lands.
Breakdown: Amid the doom and gloom, positive developments in Orange County
Following is the final story in our Breakdown series on mental health care in North Carolina. by Taylor Sisk Staff Writer Buried in the deluge of news about our state’s collapsing mental health care system are reports of at least two encouraging developments in Orange County, each the sort of community-based response that local advocates…
Year in Review: A hard year for school
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer It has certainly been a year of transition in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, with the opening of new schools and facilities and the appointment of new administrators. But while many would like to look back on 2008 and remember the new successes of the sports teams and the first…
Red Cross blood drives
The Orange County American Red Cross will hold a number of blood drives over the next weeks. Locations include: Berry’s Grove Baptist Church, 9828 Berry Road, Timberlake, Jan. 4 from 1 to 5 p.m.; Piedmont Electric, 2500 N.C. 86, Hillsborough, Jan. 8 from noon to 5 p.m.; University Mall, 201 S. Estes Drive, Chapel Hill,…
Aquatic center opens
The Homestead Aquatic Center will open on Saturday. Area swimmers are invited to enjoy the new facility, run by the Town of Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation Department. The center is located in the northwest corner of the 40-acre Homestead Park at 300 Northern Park Drive off Homestead Road in Chapel Hill. The center has…
Community Calendar 12/31/08
Special Events Phil Blank Exhibit — Dec. 12-Jan. 6, 7pm. Wootini. Pittsboro First Sundays — 12-4pm. Food, arts and crafts and music on Hillsboro St. 260-9725, pittsboroshops.com CCCC Registration — Jan. 6, 9am-7pm. Central Carolina Community College will hold open registration for spring semester classes at its campuses in Chatham, Harnett and Lee counties. cccc.edu
Police, fire officials offer holiday safety tips
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer While the holiday season is, for many, a time to come together with friends and family to celebrate, it also brings an increased risk of home break-ins and residential fires. Both the Carrboro Fire-Rescue and Police departments have reported a fairly quiet season thus far; and to keep it that…
Living well at 100 and counting
Obituary: Claire Butcher
Claire Butcher died on December 10, 2008, at North Carolina Memorial Hospital. She was born on November 7, 1930, to Paul and Estella Tenney. On August 26, 1950, she married James H. Butcher. They had two children – J. Jeffrey Butcher and Elaine Butcher Moorefield. She is survived by her husband, Jim, by her son…
Obituary: Mary Alice Renfro Beall
Mary Alice Renfro Beall, age 62, of Chapel Hill, NC, died on Friday, December 12, 2008, following a brave battle with leukemia.